Senate election likely to be deferred
- 15-Feb-2024
ISLAMABAD: The Senate election likely to be deferred due to incomplete electoral college for the upper house election, citing sources ARY News reported on Thursday. The National Assembly and four provincial assemblies are electoral college for the Senate. Sources said that a month-long schedule required for holding the senate elections. The elections will be held […]
‘Democracy prevailed,’ Biden says after US Electoral College confirms his win
- 15-Dec-2020
“In this battle for the soul of America, democracy prevailed,” Biden said in a prime-time speech from his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware.
Trump wins U.S. Electoral College vote
- 20-Dec-2016
WASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump prevailed in U.S. Electoral College voting on Monday to officially win election as the next president, easily dashing a long-shot push by a small movement of detractors to try to block him from gaining the White House. Trump, who is set to take office on Jan. 20, garnered more than the […]
Explainer: How does Electoral College in the US work?
- 19-Dec-2016
WASHINGTON: The 538 members of the US Electoral College meet Monday in the capital of each of the 50 states to designate a successor to Barack Obama as president of the United States. A candidate must obtain an absolute majority of the vote — or 270 of the 538 — to claim the presidency. Why […]
US electors expected to officially confirm Trump victory
- 19-Dec-2016
WASHINGTON: The US Electoral College is expected on Monday to officially select Republican Donald Trump as the next president in a vote that is usually routine but takes place this year amid allegations of Russian hacking to try to influence the election. At meetings scheduled in every state and the District of Columbia, the institution’s […]
How the United States elect its President?
- 08-Nov-2016
The United States voters do not technically elect their president. Instead, the results of the general election merely provide a guide for Electoral College members. They, in turn, pick the President. The popular vote not always decides the winning candidate. In the 2000 election Democrat Al Gore received more of the popular vote, but Republican […]
Clinton far ahead in Electoral College race: Reuters/ipsos poll
- 22-Oct-2016
NEW YORK: Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton maintained her commanding lead in the race to win the Electoral College and claim the US presidency, according to the latest States of the Nation project results released on Saturday. In the last week, there has been little movement. Clinton leads Donald Trump in most of the states that […]
Clinton heavily favored to win Electoral College: poll
- 16-Oct-2016
NEW YORK: After a brutal week for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton maintained a substantial projected advantage in the race to win the Electoral College and claim the U.S. presidency, according to the latest results from the Reuters/Ipsos States of the Nation project released on Saturday. If the election were held this […]