Caroline Kennedy, honorary president of the JFK Library Foundation, presents the 2026 Profile in Courage Award to the people of the Twin Cities of Minnesota

From Ted Cruz to Hillary Clinton, presidential candidates are looking to make their campaign announcements on social media. CNET's Dan Ackerman joins CBSN with more on how social media will play a huge role in the 2016 elections.

Here's a comparison of some campaign promises from the Democratic and Republican Party for the 2016 presidential election. These are direct Party Platform or candidate positions from Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON — United States citizens over the age of 18 can choose to vote in presidential elections. This is called the popular vote. But American voters don’t actually pick the president through a majority vote. That’s the job of the electoral college. In 2016, a candidate will need at least 270 electoral votes to become president. This system is strange to many, but it goes back to the earliest days of the founding of the United States of America. The founding fathers created the electoral college because they worried states with smaller populations might not be fairly represented. They also didn’t think the “common man” was informed enough to choose a suitable president. So they created the electoral college, which is a group of selectors who cast votes as representatives of each state. Today, it has 538 members. That’s one for every member of the House of Representatives and Senate, representing all 50 states. In addition, Washington DC has three electoral college members. To win the presidency, a candidate must win at least 270 electoral votes. Winning electoral votes is mostly achieved by winning the popular vote in each state. Win California’s popular vote and you take home the state’s 55 electoral votes. Win the popular vote in Texas and you are awarded that state’s 38 electoral votes. This is called a winner-take-all system. But sometimes, a candidate wins the popular vote nationally but doesn’t amass enough electoral votes. This happened in 2000 when Democratic candidate Al Gore won the popular vote nationwide, but Republican George W. Bush won Florida in a close contest. Bush’s win in Florida was enough to give him the electoral vote victory, and the presidency, despite Gore beating Bush by roughly half a million popular votes. Usually the electoral college and the popular vote produce the same winner. Only four times in America’s history has the popular vote been different from the electoral vote. ----------------------------------------­--------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app:http://bit.ly/1sYjIzc Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Crying dog breaks the internet’s heart — but this sad dog story has a happy ending" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4prKTN9bYQc -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

Dr. Abramowitz is one of the nation's leading election forecasters. At a Carter Center event held two months before the November election, he predicted the next president-elect to be Hillary Clinton, the nominee of the Democratic Party. In a welcome return to the Carter Center, Abramowitz explains how he, and so many other pollsters, were wrong in predicting a Clinton victory and why Donald Trump performed so strongly.

A former New York state trooper was sentenced to two-and-a-half to seven-and-a-half years in prison for his role in the death of an 11-year-old Brooklyn girl back in 2020. CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports. For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office announced Tuesday it will transform the historic thoroughfare into a busway, meaning it'll soon be limited to buses, trucks and emergency vehicles most of the time. CBS News New York's Lisa Rozner reports. For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com

As CBS News New York's Christine Sloan reports, Kean Jr. has been absent for three months with an undisclosed medical issue. For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com

The Knicks will be looking to end a 53-year championship drought when they take on the Spurs in the best-of-7 series, which begins on Wednesday night in San Antonio. CBS News New York's Otis Livingston reports. For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com

As CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports, the state of New Jersey is now suing the private operator of the ICE detention facility. For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com

Israel continued its attacks in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, but did not strike Beirut following a partial ceasefire agreement with the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. Lebanon said that, under an agreement announced by US President Donald Trump late on Monday, Israeli forces would not bomb the capital in exchange for Hezbollah not attacking Israel. It came after Iran said Israeli action in Lebanon jeopardised talks on a deal to end its war with the US. Following the ceasefire announcement, the Israeli military said it had intercepted two projectiles fired into northern Israel. Hezbollah said it had attacked Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, where officials reported deadly Israeli strikes. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews