Sentiments about the electoral college vary by party, the poll found. Among Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents, roughly eight in 10 support changing to a popular vote system.

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to ban mail-in voting ahead of the country's midterm elections — a move that could ...

Oyintiloye also commended INEC over the conviction of Prof. Ignatius Udok, for electoral fraud, adding that “this shows the commission’s commitment to electoral integrity”.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday India's electoral system suffers from "serious ...

Much depends on how the districts are delineated. With district-based systems — including with U.S. elections for the House of Representatives — gerrymandering is always a concern.

Sherlock, then 25, was one of 16 candidates running for nine at-large seats on the council, which is an all-white electoral body in a city where one in five residents is Latino.

The Electoral College helps preserve our constitutional system. It has been used to successfully elect Presidents throughout this nation’s history in a way that best represents the diverse and ...

Lebanese elections this weekend are taking place under a system designed to keep the same parties in power in the parliament. But a few candidates hope they can send a message about change.

There are 538 electoral votes up for grabs in the election. At least 270 would put a candidate at more than 50% of the electoral vote. There has never been a 269-269 tie. If no candidate reaches 270, ...

* In the 2002 election, Prime Minister Bertie Ahern's Fianna Fail party and junior coalition partner, the Progressive Democrats, secured a majority of seats with a combined 46 percent share of the ...

A straightforward extension of the standard Stigler-Peltzman model of regulation, coupled with a Taagepera-Shugart analysis of electoral-system effects, suggests: (a) that the greater seat-vote ...

Here is a brief description of the electoral system: -- Austria is divided into nine constituencies matching the federal states (Bundeslaender), which in turn are subdivided into 43 electoral regions.