Many of the electors in the 1788 election of George Washington were picked directly by state legislatures, including those from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, New Jersey and South Carolina.

More voters voted for Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8, but Donald Trump, who got 2 million fewer votes, won the presidency because, as Trump predicted, the election was rigged. It ...

Since our country's first Presidential election in 1788, the strategies of those campaigning have changed dramatically. Although the tactics that presidential hopefuls used in the early days of ...

Between 1788 and 1845, states decided their own voting dates. ... Now that you know why elections are held on Tuesdays, find out what to do if you’re in line when the polls close, ...

The first presidential election started on Dec. 15, 1788, and ended almost a month later, on Jan. 10, 1789. In 1792, ...