Jeff Greenfield is a contributing writer at POLITICO Magazine covering U.S. politics. He’s a five-time Emmy-winning network television analyst and has written multiple books about American politics.

Americans are voting with their feet. Recent census data shows significant population gains mostly in so-called “red states.” ...

On election night, Americans across the country were focused on one number: 270. It’s a well-known – and hotly-contentious – fact that in American politics, presidential candidates must win 270 ...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - In the United States, a candidate becomes president not by winning a majority of the national popular vote but through a system called the Electoral College, which allots electoral ...

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College. So did George W. Bush in 2000. The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It is different ...

Here’s a little factual nugget that never fails to baffle: American voters do not directly elect the president. Yes, you read that correctly: The U.S. president is not chosen through a one-person, one ...

For an explainer on today’s process, click here. To see the times each state will vote, click here. To see a list of legislatures live-streaming Electoral College voting, click here. It’s the first ...

For the last couple of decades, the Electoral College has been under increasing scrutiny. Though controversy around it dates to our nation’s founding, it was the 2000 election that really reignited a ...

The next presidential election is still three years away, but the constant shift in Illinois’ Electoral College vote has been fascinating to watch. While most American elections are simple matters of ...

It’s the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December in a presidential election year, so we all know what that means – Electoral College day. As per the Constitution, electors in 50 states ...