Statistics report on the history of U.S. presidential elections from 1789 to 2020 This report presents a range of statistics and facts relating to all U.S. presidential elections held from 1789 ...

It is widely known that George Washington was the first President of the United States. It is also well known that he was a ...

L egal experts across the political spectrum expressed alarm when the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling on Donald Trump’s claims to ...

Surprising facts about the Electoral College's origins and evolution—and just who is an elector—to ponder alongside giving a watch to One Person, One Vote? on PBS.

There isn't one solution to galvanizing the electorate; it's more of a suite of reforms, says Editorials Editor Ginnie Graham ...

While George Washington was the first and last independent to win the presidency in 1789, third-party and independent ...

According to a dataset "Presidential Election Results, 1789–2020" from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of History, a candidate, either presidential or vice presidential, has had the last name of ...

The “popular vote” has never decided a presidential election, EVER ... It’s been that way since 1789. Anyone complaining owes it to themselves to brush up on American civics.

The presidential election is the focus of political participants across the United States. However, the real fight may be for ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Before the election of 1824, the United States was at the tail end of the so-called Era of Good ...

The founders gave us the tools to protect against human fallibility. But Congress, the courts and presidents keep whittling ...

While George Washington was the first and last independent to win the presidency in 1789, third-party and independent candidates have made an impact in presidential elections. The most recent ...