Elections

America’s Electoral College system is difficult to explain, but it has successfully enabled the election of presidents since the country’s founding.

On May 20, 2018, Nicolás Maduro rigged Venezuela's presidential election and has remained in power ever since. Learn how the election was manipulated.

Find out how candidates who are not members of the two major U.S. political parties can still make their mark in American politics.

Read on to learn why ballots in American elections are offered in so many different languages and what some of those languages are.

The U.S. national election in November might be more challenging this year, but the U.S. democracy isn't going to let the new coronavirus change it.

The United States released a new framework for democracy in Venezuela with the possibility of lifting sanctions once progress toward full democracy is made.

U.S. presidential candidates have to win states to become president. Some states' choices are obvious, but others, the swing states, could go either way.

Super Tuesday voters and election workers in the state of Virginia weigh in on one of the foundations of American democracy: voting.

Learn how USAID helped lay the groundwork for transparent, peaceful and inclusive electoral processes in Ukraine, Mauritania and the Maldives.