In 1794, when he was 26-years-old, President George Washington appointed him as the U.S. Minister to the Netherlands. Years ...

Jackson both won the popular vote and got the most votes in the electoral college, but lost the election anyway.

When the US Constitution was written in 1787, the Electoral College was created to pick the US president using a majority ...

Political operatives like to say they only work when you are behind, ahead or even – in other words, all the time. Voters ...

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Yesterday, which was Constitution Day (from the Sept. 17, 1787 signing of America’s Great Charter) and Citizenship Day (set ...

Campaign yard signs may not necessarily sway an election — research has shown the placards could make a difference of between 1 and 2 percentage points — but they likely won’t disappear anytime soon.

There is extensive evidence in our history revealing that attempts to disenfranchise the electorate are not a new problem.

Only U.S. citizens are eligible to vote in this fall's presidential election, but the potential for noncitizens to register ...

Since 2020, a combined total of more than 700 years of on-the-job experience have left the job in Pennsylvania.

The Economist’s forecast model suggests that the state—with its 19 electoral-college votes, the most of any swing state—is ...

Newspaper editor Horace Greeley unsuccessfully ran against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant in November 1872. Twenty-four days ...