It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that the presidential election ends with an Electoral College tie. If it did come to pass, here's how the next president would be determined.

Harris is still favored to win the popular vote, even if she loses the Electoral College. In that critical respect, the institution still helps Trump more than it hurts him. If he cannot shore up robust support among white Americans, he will soon learn the limits of nonwhite support in a system designed to devalue their votes.

The Constitution in Article II, Section 1 and as modified by the Twelfth Amendment mandates that the president shall be the “Person” who wins a majority of “The

Actually, the Electoral College was about both and more. Examining the perspective of John Dickinson, a delegate from Delaware and an architect of the Electoral College who neither distrusted the people nor supported slavery, sheds light on the Framers’ intentions and how we might proceed at this moment in American politics.

Enten on ‘closest polls in the Electoral College that we’ve ever seen’ CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten details polling data that shows Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump within one percentage point in four critical battleground states.

Though it’s unlikely, a 269-269 tie in the US Electoral College is theoretically possible, leaving Donald Trump or Kamala Harris without enough electoral votes to secure the presidency. While this scenario hasn't happened in modern politics,