Tag: Electoral College

The Electoral College can only be justified if, sometimes, it is appropriate for a candidate to win the presidency without winning the popular vote. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Why we have to keep the Electoral College

Brad Smith · December 19, 2016 12:00 pm

The Electoral College Will Meet Today

Tws Staff · December 19, 2016 11:15 am

Trump opponents set their sights on the Electoral College

W. James Antle III · December 19, 2016 5:01 am

"If my many supporters acted and threatened people like those who lost the election are doing, they would be scorned & called terrible names!" Trump wrote. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Trump: My backers would be ‘scorned’ if they ‘threatened’ people

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2016 11:16 pm

Clinton courts elector with cue cards in ‘SNL’ skit

Anna Giaritelli · December 18, 2016 6:10 pm

National Security

No intel briefing for Electoral College

Anna Giaritelli · December 17, 2016 12:55 am

"The Electoral College is a vestige. It's a carry-over from an earlier vision of how our federal government was going to work," said President Obama. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama: ‘The Electoral College is a vestige’

Sarah Bedford · December 16, 2016 9:41 pm

In an op-ed published Wednesday night, E.J. Dionne said even though Trump has won the needed electoral votes on Election Day, his post-election behavior has shown that he's unfit for office. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Washington Post columnist advises electors to reject Trump

Eddie Scarry · December 15, 2016 9:21 pm

The Daily Caller reported Tuesday that Megaphone Strategies was co-founded by Van Jones, who worked in the Obama administration as the green jobs czar before resigning in 2009. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Report: Public relations firm working with faithless electors has Obama, Clinton connections

Kyle Feldscher · December 13, 2016 8:51 pm

Some in Washington and others on social media are speculating that President-elect Trump is on the cusp of a tidal wave of "faithless electors" defecting from their pledges. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

There won’t be a rebellion inside the Electoral College

Salena Zito · December 13, 2016 5:01 am

National Security

Clinton camp backs intel briefing for electors

Sarah Bedford · December 12, 2016 1:07 pm

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: With 7 days left, Trump resistance pins last hope on Electoral College

Byron York · December 12, 2016 11:58 am