This system is only used to select the president - all other US elections are decided by a simple popular vote. Do electors have to vote for the candidate who won in their state? In some states ...

New York City’s mayoral contest has had plenty of drama ahead of the June 24 vote. The incumbent mayor, Eric Adams, decided ...

Harvard University professor of government Ryan Enos told me that foreign adversaries with an interest in the outcome of the US election are “aware of how decentralised the system is ...

Viewed through these lenses, trade-offs between the major types of electoral system become apparent. In a FPTP or winner-takes-all system — such as those in the United States and United Kingdom ...

This historic election, however, is not determined by a singular national poll, but rather a state-by-state contest. Many people outside the US, and some inside, do not understand how this complicated ...

In the United States, when only two candidates are on ... In order to combat this and other perceived shortcomings of the current voting system, some states have shifted (and more may be on ...

Trump voters’ skepticism about election administration and the counting of mail-in ballots declined sharply with their candidate’s win. 90% of Harris voters, versus 57% of Trump voters, are confident ...

but they'll be voting in a system that is different from the last time they voted. Why? Because in the US, electoral rules aren't set by a central independent voting authority the way they are in ...

Cerin Lindgrensavage is a counsel at Protect Democracy, where she leads the team advocating for proportional electoral reforms at the state level. The high stakes U.S. election this week is on ...