ORLANDO, Fla. - The Electoral College has been used, since the United States was founded, to elect the nation's president.

A key issue to understand about Electoral College is "it proportionately favors smaller states over larger states," says Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the law school a U.C. Berkley. It would take ...

The Electoral College consists of 538 electoral votes, which are distributed amongst each state based on the number of congressional members. Washington, D.C. also has three electoral votes.