The presidential election race kicks off as Fine Gael will tomorrow open its nomination process for anyone seeking their ...

Known as the Electoral College, it’s more of a state-by-state race, really. 538 electoral ‘votes’ are up for grabs and distributed among states based on their population.

There are 538 electoral college votes in total. A candidate needs to gain a majority of the votes - 270 or more - to win the presidency. Their running mate becomes the vice-president.

In case you missed it, the scheme by special interest groups to replace the Electoral College with a so-called national popular vote may have just suffered a mortal blow — and it happened in a blue ...

Though America is in its 47th presidency (with many presidents serving multiple terms), just five times has a candidate won ...