What does it take to be president? You’ve got to be at least 35 years old and a natural-born citizen, for starters. But after the campaigning is done and the ballots are filled out, how does a ...

Get the facts on the electoral college. The electoral college is made up of 538 electors. That's the same number as members of Congress. 435 for members of the House of Representatives, 100 for the ...

WASHINGTON — Five times in American history, and twice in the last 20 years, the U.S. presidential election was won by a candidate who lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College. The unique ...

Since its founding, the United States has used the Electoral College to elect the nation's president. A candidate needs 270 electoral votes to win the White House. Five presidents in the history of ...

To become president, a candidate must win 270 electoral votes. If the candidates tie at 269 electors each, the election turns to the House of Representatives. After all the ballots in this year’s ...

An electoral college is a system in which a body of electors selects a candidate for a particular office. The United States uses it to choose heads of state, but an electoral college is not uniquely ...