Americans first began the custom of weekday voting in 1845, when Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day in the hope of streamlining the voting process. But why a...

A report on the historic Iraqi election held in January, 2005. Here are opinions of people around the world. People from Iraq have also commented.

As Florida's electoral votes became too close to call, controversy ensued over hanging chads, dimpled chads and butterfly bullets. Five hundred thirty-seven votes. That's all that separated Democrat Al Gore and his Republican challenger...

As election day approaches quickly, understand why the United States elections are always held on Tuesdays.

This site from BBC provides the twentieth anniversary retrospective of the day Margaret Thatcher won the election for Prime Minister in 1979. Various personalities comment on their response that day.

The New York Times's obituary on politician Alf Landon presents a great overview of his life and political career. It discusses his upbringing, his campaign for presidency, his landslide defeat in the 1936 election against FDR, and the...

Front page of the New York Times with major story on Johnson's decision not to run in 1968. Links to related stories.

When Donald Trump takes the stage in Cleveland to accept the Republican nomination Thursday, it will be the culmination of decades in the limelight. From his early days as a New York real estate developer to his entertainment career to...

Let's take a step back from the news of the past few days and ask a fundamental question: Why does everything suddenly seem different? Donald Trump, the unsinkable candidate who seemed immune to political consequences while winning...

Are you actually electing the president when you vote on election day? This article explains how the Electoral College works, based on the 2004 election, and suggests activities for helping students understand it. The file can be...

In the Senate and House women, not just women, but women with different cultural backgrounds, won seats in the 2016 election. Find out more about the historical winners of the day.