"Hanging chads" were simpler times. We're witnessing a true battle of good versus evil — and the odds are chilling.

While a losing candidate isn't required to give a concession speech, it's long been a traditional aspect of the U.S.

George W. Bush and incumbent Vice President Al Gore, it all came down to Florida. And then, all hell broke loose. Director Jay Roach and writer Danny Strong captured the stakes and the ...

After the attack on the Capitol by Trump's supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, the vice president's role in the process became ...

It changed elections forever but was still more civil and certainly less volatile than the political climate today, those involved then say now.

The 2000 election was on my mind as I listened to Slate’s excellent Season 10 of Slow Burn, which basically kicks off with the Bush v. Gore showdown and goes through 9/11 up through the wars in ...

Will we know the winner of the 2024 U.S. presidential election on the night of or morning after? That remains to be seen, but ...

The Supreme Court, in a split decision, determined that time had run out for additional recounts and handed Florida to Bush, who won the state by a margin of 537 votes on Dec. 12, 2000.

One of the closest elections in U.S. History meant the winner wasn't decided for weeks. And all the drama played out in ...

The lame-duck period in the US is longer than in other Western democracies, which tend to make the transition over a period ...