U.S. Electoral College

Pennsylvania’s members of the Electoral College gathered in the state Capitol Monday for a constitutional ritual that began with flowery nods to American history and ended with a largely pro forma vote that help usher President Barack Obama and...

The best part about the end of the presidential election other than the end of a presidential election is speculating about who will run in the next presidential election. In the wake of their sound defeat at the polls, the Republicans are especially...

I am so relieved that I don't live in a swing state. I can sleep through Nov. 6 and wake up knowing that Maryland's Electoral College votes will be safely in President Barack Obama's pocket — or Gov. Martin O'Malley will be in witness protection....

TALLAHASSEE — For the sake of conversation, here's a poll released by a Democratic-leaning research firm called Project New America that has President Obama clinging to a 48-45 percent lead in Florida. The poll findings fall within the survey's 4-...

If Republican Presidential Candidate ... ... Mitt Romney fails to come away with a win or at the first presidential debate at the University of Denver next month, the former Massachusetts governor could find his candidacy abandoned by GOP moneymen......

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America will be blessed with four more years of President Barack Obama and his administration. The president was given a mandate with 332 Electoral College votes, and he won all of the battleground states except for North Carolina. Even though the economy...

This is what the moment looked like in a downtown Orlando ballroom late Tuesday night –with Central Florida Democrats gathered to celebrate their party wins– when CNN projected that Pres. Barack Obama would reach the magic 270 Electoral...

The winner of this year’s coveted yet imaginary Crystal Blog trophy for most accurate election forecast is local gay activist, physician and author Carlos T. Mock, who correctly named the winner in all six races in the contest and correctly......

Now that the Mitt Romney campaign has conceded Florida, the final Electoral College vote in favor of President Barack Obama is 332-206. By comparison, his predecessor, George W. Bush, won 286 in his re-election bid in 2004. Both men ended......

The 2012 election season rolls to its long-desired conclusion Tuesday night with hour upon hour of results on local stations, broadcast networks and cable news channels. ABC, CBS and NBC start their coverage at 7 p.m. Cable news will begin earlier. You...

Recapping the entries in the 2012 Crystal Blog contest: I didn't get around to mentioning that that 62 percent of entrants thought that the Democrats would pick up at least 5 seats in the U.S. House. The answers to the......