The Associated Press has usually been the first media house to call elections in the US and has been doing so with near accuracy since 1848, when it declared Zachary Taylor as the 12th US president.

Election Day wasn’t always set on a specific date across the United States, according to the Encyclopedia ... unified ...

Donald Trump has flipped the US election map ... AP has been compiling and tabulating election results since 1848. This election, AP will have a network of about 4,000 reporters across the ...

Republicans have won the majority of the House, but one race is still outstanding that will determine the size of the party’s ...

WASHINGTON — After polls close on election night ... had been elected the first African American president of the United States, defeating Republican John McCain. The U.S. doesn't have a ...