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The pre-election predictions were clear: The contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris would be decided by the tiniest of margins. But the final result of [...]

With a decisive margin in the Senate, Republicans, who have shown their willingness to accommodate the president-elect, will have the numbers to overcome divisions over his personnel and policies. Republicans' [...]

Byline: Lenny Bronner Washington Post readers will notice a new feature as part of our coverage on election night -- and beyond, as long as races are still being contested. [...]

Byline: Kara Voght OMAHA - These days, the Tudor home of Ruth Huebner-Brown and Jason Brown looks like the headquarters of a wholesome, Seussian cult. One dot, two dot; blue [...]

Politics came last at the 89th Ephrata Fair Parade. After the cheerleaders, Shriners and Cub Scouts, after the Republican float piled with bales of hay, local Democrats, on Float No. [...]

No state is more coveted by Donald Trump and Kamala Harris than Pennsylvania, since their best strategies for an Electoral College victory hinge on winning it. With polls showing a [...]

On Dec. 1, 1960, the far-right preacher and racist demagogue Gerald L.K. Smith sent out a fund-raising appeal, headlined with a shocking claim in red type across the top: 'HOLD [...]

Byline: Lenny Bronner - - - Clarification: The original article has been updated to clarify that Al Gore did not lose Wisconsin in the 2000 presidential race. - - - [...]

Byline: Lenny Bronner In 2020, Joe Biden won the national popular vote for president by 4.5 percentage points, a seemingly safe margin that should have easily put him in the [...]

Byline: Dan Balz MILWAUKEE - As Republicans break camp at the conclusion of their national convention, the presidential campaign has taken a turn that no Hollywood scriptwriter would have dared [...]

President Biden's poor polling numbers have raised questions about the possibility of a blowout victory for former President Trump in November, even as he grapples with his own political challenges [...]

Throughout the Trump era it was a frequent theme of liberal commentary that their political party represented a clear American majority, thwarted by our antidemocratic institutions and condemned to live [...]

Byline: David Weigel At the start of this year, Republicans controlled the Senate, nearly nobody had gotten the coronavirus vaccine, and the savvy take on President Donald Trump's refusal to [...]

Voters of color make up an increasing percentage of the United States electorate, but that trend isn't hurting Republicans as much as conservatives fear. The Census Bureau released two important [...]

Byline: Michael Scherer WASHINGTON - Political power in the United States will continue to shift south this decade as historically Democratic states that border the Great Lakes give up congressional [...]

Byline: Aaron Blake The U.S. Census Bureau announced its once-in-a-decade reapportionment totals Monday, bestowing new congressional districts and electoral votes upon certain states while taking them away from others. All [...]

The new division in politics isn't between liberals and conservatives. It's between liberals and illiberals. Last month, Gallup released the results of a survey showing that public support for a [...]

Leaders of both political parties suggest that impeachments, Electoral College standoffs and Supreme Court nomination blockades may become frequent fights in American politics. WASHINGTON -- The second season of impeachment [...]

Byline: Trevor Potter Jan. 6 is not another Election Day. Don't let President Donald Trump convince you it is. What will happen then - a joint session of Congress to [...]

It's meaningless theater. Once the Electoral College has met and every state's election has been certified, there is no constitutional provision for an ''alternate slate'' of electors. A group of [...]

Byline: DAVID SHRIBMAN, Special to The Globe and Mail Lead An inconspicuous American civic group meets Monday for the 59th time, its procedures ordinarily nearly impenetrable, its proceedings routinely conducted [...]

Byline: Edward B. Foley For Print Use Only. The electoral college count is going against President Donald Trump. His efforts to overturn those results in courts are unlikely to succeed. [...]

Every vote matters, but thanks to the Electoral College, some votes may matter more. Love it or hate it, the Electoral College is the turnstile to the White House, and [...]

Government of the minority, chosen by a minority, on behalf of a minority, is not what Lincoln had in mind at Gettysburg. To hear more audio stories from publishers like [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the George Washington University: The final PEORIA Project election forecast from the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management (GSPM) [...]

Byline: Kevin Luhrs, Opinions Editor It is Sept. 21, 2020 and the Election Day is 43 days away. Here, we give a broad overview of how the election is going [...]

If you were looking for the perfect distillation of how dysfunctional the American system of electing the president is, it would be hard to top last week's federal appeals court [...]

President Trump's approval ratings are under water in national polls. His position for re-election, on the other hand, might not be quite so bleak. His advantage in the Electoral College, [...]

The demographic changes coming over the next few decades -- the continuing rise of a more diverse electorate, with more liberal views than previous generations -- won't destroy the Republican [...]

Not overly concerned about America's political stability? Here's a scenario, conceivable both politically and legally -- under existing federal and state statutes and precedents -- that might change your mind: [...]

The winners of Tuesday's elections -- Republican or Democrat, for governor, mayor or dogcatcher -- all have one thing in common: They received more votes than their opponent. That seems [...]

One hundred and fifty years ago this month, ex-slaves lined up across the South, clutching their ballots, joining the first elections in which large numbers of black Southerners participated. One [...]

BOZEMAN, Mont. -- This might have been Montanans' splashiest national publicity week since Butte's Evel Knievel crashed his motorcycle jumping the Caesars Palace fountains. On Wednesday, the night before the [...]

WASHINGTON -- President Trump took aim at reporters on Thursday for more than an hour at an impromptu White House news conference. ''The press has become so dishonest,'' he said, [...]

WASHINGTON -- One by one, the Democratic lawmakers stepped to the microphone on Friday, holding on to their letters and an impossible dream: denying the presidency to Donald J. Trump, [...]

WASHINGTON -- In Florida, protesters swarmed the Capitol rotunda, one hoisting a ''Trump Is Too Rusky'' sign featuring a hammer and sickle. In Wisconsin's statehouse, a heckler shouted, ''We're all [...]

Byline: Ed O'Keefe Donald Trump's years-long quest for the presidency is set to become official on Monday as the Electoral College meets to officially name him the winner. The usually [...]

Byline: Charles Lane What an outrage: On Sunday, the National Football League awarded the Tennessee Titans a win over the Denver Broncos because they scored more points, even though the [...]

Byline: Patricia Sullivan Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., is calling on fellow members of Congress to delay a December 19 electoral college vote because of reports about foreign interference in the [...]

Byline: Sean Sullivan and Ed O'Keefe When Joyce Haas noticed late last month that her mailbox was stuffed fuller than usual, she chalked it up to the arrival of the [...]