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 ...

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. President Donald Trump on Monday ...

Few economic philosophies have shaped Americas prosperity as profoundly as Henry Clays American System - a blueprint for national strength and self-sufficiency. Developed in the early 19 th century, ...

A cynical and impossible scheme — suits pressed while you wait! Doubtless there are worse ideas than ditching the Electoral College in favor of electing American Presidents by popular vote. But it ...

Ross Barkan is a partisan for a healthy American electoral system—his political imagination and career both depend upon it. The New York magazine columnist, who’s had stints at The Guardian and The ...

Congress has a chance this year to close a glaring vulnerability in the American electoral system. In April, the House passed H.R. 22, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill that ...

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump Tuesday cited India and Brazil’s voter identification systems, especially the biometric database, as one of the reasons for his overhaul of the federal election ...

American democracy is struggling. Political polarization has exacerbated division within the electorate, while gerrymandering and hyperpolarization mean only a handful of elections are truly ...

Before this year’s presidential election slips into gloomy history, we should pause to slam our moldy, undemocratic vote-counting system called the electoral college. If Donald Trump had to win, it’s ...