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Electoral College
[ih-lek-ter-uhl kol-ij, ee-lek-tawr-uhl]
noun
none the Electoral College or the electoral college (in the United States) a group of individuals formed anew for each general election with the express function of electing the president and vice president: made up of a proportional number of members from each state, chosen by each state’s voters from the respective slates selected by that state’s political parties and usually expected to cast their vote in favor of the candidate who won the majority in their state or district.
a group of individuals whose function is to elect one or more leaders of government, as in Estonia, Nepal, and some other countries.
electoral college
noun
(often capitals) a body of electors chosen by the voters who formally elect the president and vice president
any body of electors with similar functions
Electoral College
The presidential electors who meet after the citizens vote for president and cast ballots for the president and vice president. Each state is granted the same number of electors as it has senators (see United States Senate) and representatives combined. These electors, rather than the public, actually elect the president and the vice president. The Founding Fathers assumed that electors would exercise discretion and not necessarily be bound by the popular vote, but the rise of political parties undermined this assumption. Electors are now pledged in advance to vote for the candidate of their party, and nearly always do so. Thus, the vote of the Electoral College is largely a formality.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of Electoral College1
Example Sentences
On January 6, 2025, Congress certified the Electoral College results that formally made Donald Trump the 47th president of the United States.
In this case, an electoral college was mandated which led to the popular Livingstone not winning selection.
I have some numbers here: If only people who had voted in 2022 had voted, Harris would have won the popular vote and also the Electoral College fairly easily.
Kornacki’s deep dives into polling numbers and voting results became a signature ingredient in the network’s political coverage, especially after he put in marathon hours in front of his touchscreen electoral college map when it took four days to call the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden.
"We know that Wisconsin, up to the very end of the presidential cycle, was very close," she said, noting that some cities such as Milwaukee and Madison unexpectedly swung towards Trump and helped deliver him the state's electoral college votes.
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When To Use
The Electoral College is an indirect voting system in the United States in which electors from each state, appointed based on the popular vote, go on to vote for the president.How is Electoral College pronounced?[ ih-lek-ter-uhl kol-ij ]
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