The 20 most important presidential norms Trump broke — and how Biden can restore them

The election was a referendum on Trump's norm-breaking. We examine what's been ignored and undermined and why preserving presidential norms is essential.

History tells us that a contested election won’t destroy American democracy

Five of the six disputed presidential elections in US history were resolved and the country moved on — but one ended in civil war. What will happen if the 2020 election is contested?

No matter who wins the election, disinformation will still poison our democracy

Treating disinformation as a partisan problem undersells its true dangers.

Unmasking Maine’s Electoral College members

‘We don’t speculate’: How AP counts votes and calls races

As it has for more than 170 years, The Associated Press will count the vote and report the results of presidential, congressional and state elections on Nov. 3 and beyond

Who formally declares the winner of the US presidential election?

‘Hey, Hey, Donald J., how many did you infect today?’

President Donald Trump seems to be using the Vietnam War playbook in dealing the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Electoral College benefits whiter states

With a Supreme Court ruling rejecting one of the founders' two reasons for creating the Electoral College, only one reason remains: racism.

Liberals should not push for an end to the electoral college

Like big states, mobs get their energy by pushing themselves on much smaller opponents.

Originalism threatens to turn the clock back on race

The philosophy that might undo some of the Supreme Court's more popular decisions.