the Electoral College
noun
: a group of people chosen from each U.S. state who meet to elect the President and Vice President of the U.S. based on the votes of all the people in each state
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As a result, there’s every expectation that both, as the two major-party nominees, will be on the ballot in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., totaling all 538 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 22 May 2024
Arizona is one of seven states that Trump lost in 2020 where his allies are accused of schemes to put up alternate electors for the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, when lawmakers met to count the Electoral College votes.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 21 May 2024
Our averages also show Trump leading in most swing states, though there is enough uncertainty that Biden could easily be ahead in enough to win the Electoral College.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
The District of Columbia has three electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College, according to the National Archives and Records Administration.
—The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
Perot's impressive 19% of the popular vote in 1992 did not translate to the Electoral College.
—Allison Novelo, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2024
The 'October Surprise,' Explained: A History of Late-Campaign Controversies
The Clinton campaign would soon face difficult news as the Electoral College swung in Trump's favor.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
The addition of two Sunbelt states from Trump's 2016 column, Arizona and Georgia, further enlarged Biden's share of the Electoral College.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Smith put Trump at the heart of three conspiracies that culminated on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to obstruct Congress’s role in ratifying the Electoral College outcome.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 22 May 2024
Arizona is one of seven states that Trump lost in 2020 where his allies are accused of schemes to put up alternate electors for the joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, when lawmakers met to count the Electoral College votes.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 21 May 2024
Our averages also show Trump leading in most swing states, though there is enough uncertainty that Biden could easily be ahead in enough to win the Electoral College.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2024
The District of Columbia has three electors and treated like a state for purposes of the Electoral College, according to the National Archives and Records Administration.
—The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
Perot's impressive 19% of the popular vote in 1992 did not translate to the Electoral College.
—Allison Novelo, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2024
The 'October Surprise,' Explained: A History of Late-Campaign Controversies
The Clinton campaign would soon face difficult news as the Electoral College swung in Trump's favor.
—Kyler Alvord, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
The addition of two Sunbelt states from Trump's 2016 column, Arizona and Georgia, further enlarged Biden's share of the Electoral College.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024
Smith put Trump at the heart of three conspiracies that culminated on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to obstruct Congress’s role in ratifying the Electoral College outcome.
—Adam Goldman, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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