A simple majority of electoral votes is needed to win: 270. Ultimately, what happens with the popular vote doesn't matter in deciding who becomes president of the United States.

Key statistics and data about the demographic, geographic and economic characteristics of the U.S. Black population.

Millions of voters are headed to the polls to elect the 47th President of the United ... The map below—which will update automatically as states are called by the AP—shows where the race ...