How many votes are needed to win the election for House speaker? The magic number is usually 218, a simple majority of the 435 members in the House. In the 118th Congress, however, it's currently 217. This year, David Cicilline, Democrat of Rhode Island, resigned in June, and Chris S...
in many or all races. Because errors are correlated, we’re going to have better years and worse ones in terms of “calling” races correctly. This year was one of the better years — maybe the best we’ve ever had — but it’s still just one year. In the long run, we want our...
How many Electoral College votes does each state have? The number of Electoral College votes each state gets is equal to its total number of U.S. senators and representatives in Congress. This means each state gets at least three, while states with larger populations get more. The District o...
However, if McCarthy is unable to get enough votes on multiple ballots, the House could adjourn without a speaker. If the process goes on long enough, the House could approve a resolution to green-light a speaker by a plurality -- as happened in 1856, after some two months and 133 b...
Jan. 6: Congress counts the electoral votes. Typically, this process formally certifies a winner. But if no candidate wins a majority of electors, the House votes to determine who becomes president. This procedure is laid out in the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Each sta...
There are many ways to describe inflation, but people generally think of it as an overall rise in prices. Inflation is when goods and services, across the board, are getting expensive. It can show up in many ways and have different causes. Most of the time, inflation rises gradually. Less...
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck and neck heading into election night. Trump has a history of outperforming poll numbers, but a lot could happen before the final votes are cast – and the election results are ultimately ratified by Congress in January 2025...
Remonstrance was only passed in the House of Commons by a majority of 11 votes (159 to 148). In other words, many MPs thought that the Puritans were going too far. There was indeed considerable support for King Charles within Parliament, especially if the House of Lords was also taken ...
California, which has a population of nearly 40 million, has 55 votes in the Electoral College - while North Dakota, home to about 762,000 people, has just three votes. There are a total of 538 electors in total - 435 representatives from Congress, 100 Senators and three additional voters...
Jordan asked for another secret-ballot vote to test his potential floor support, in which 55 Republicans said they wouldn’t support him. Not nearly that many voiced their opposition publicly in the ensuing floor votes, but enough did to stop him from winning the speakership, at least as...