The United States has had 60 presidential elections, starting in 1789. New parties have come and gone, while new states expanded the electoral map. Maps show us how each state has voted over time ...

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Donald Trump is returning to the White House as voters handed him a decisive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election. The race was called early Wednesday ...

There's definitely a realignment going on in American politics,” said Dan Conston, the president of the Congressional ...

The report found the least free states are "either socially conservative and southern or mid-Atlantic and liberal." ...

Control of the United States Congress is also at stake on Tuesday, November 5. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for grabs, as are 34 of the Senate's 100 seats. In the Senate, where ...