The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Monday with a bid by Louisiana officials and civil rights groups to preserve an electoral ...

But Republican nominee Donald Trump has maintained an edge over his Democratic rival in seven states that are crucial to secure the 270 electoral votes necessary to win. Here are the states that ...

CNN Electoral Map. The map below displays CNN's best estimate of the key states that will likely decide the 2012 presidential election. Determining what qualifies as a battlegroun ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is halfway to the next once-a-decade census, but the Supreme Court is still dealing with ...

Plaintiffs claimed that the map violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The civil rights era statute aimed to end voter suppression practices in southern states and specifically prohibits ...

(Map last updated: January 31, 2012) Safe/likely Democratic states (total electoral votes: 196) Safe/likely Republican states (total electoral votes: 159) ...

Several of the court’s conservative justices suggested they could vote ... map, and civil rights groups that more often find themselves fighting the state’s redistricting plans. The United ...

The sweeping order also would seek to take federal funding away from states that do not comply. Mr Trump has long questioned the US electoral system ... registering to vote in federal elections ...

a move that analysts warn could reignite trade tensions with the United States. A map created by Newsweek shows the states that would be most impacted if Mexico follows through with its proposed ban.