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group of people chosen by voters by state to elect the President and Vice-President of the United States
indirect system for electing the U.S. President. Means that the winning candidate may not have received a majority of votes nationwide.
the body that elects the president and vice-president of the United States.
the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice-president
a set of electors representing different organizations or entities, who are empowered to elect someone to a particular post
a set of electors who are empowered as a deliberative Hong Kong, India, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Madagascar, Nepal, Pakistan
The group of people who directly elect the President and Vice-President.
A body of electors chosen to elect the President and Vice President of the United States
Mechanism by which the President is chosen. Each state has a number of electoral votes equal to the number of members it sends to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives
When American voters go to the polls to vote for president, many believe that they are participating in a direct election of the president. Technically, this is not the case, due to the existence of the electoral college, a constitutional relic of the 18th century. The electoral college is the name given a group of "electors" who are nominated by party members within the states. On election day, these electors, pledged to one or another candidate, are popularly elected. In December, following the presidential vote, the electors meet in their respective state capitals and cast ballots for president and vice president. To be elected, a president requires 270 electoral votes.
1. a system by which a guy who didn't actually win sometimes gets to be the president anyway 2. an institution that calls itself a college but really isn't, like the Southern Nevada Business School
In U.S. presidential elections, the Electoral College is the group of electors who actually cast ballots for the President. When a voter casts a ballot for a presidential candidate, he or she is actually voting for a slate of electors from their state who will cast their ballots for their candidate.
a group of people who formally elect the president of the USA (their vote happens after the popular vote). The Electoral College is composed of delegates from each state (plus the District of Columbia). (The number of delegates from each state is equal to the sum of that state's Senators plus Representatives.) According to the US Constitution, the electors (chosen by popular vote) assemble in their respective state capitals on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December and vote for president. Electors are supposed to vote for the candidate who received a plurality of votes in the state or area they represent. To become president, a candidate must get more than half of the Electoral College votes (270 out of 538 votes).
The entity that casts the official vote for president. It is made up of party slates of electors from each state, which are allotted a number of electors directly proportionate to their population. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes is given all of the state's electoral votes; the candidate who wins the most states receives the college's official vote.
a body of individuals which elect the President and Vice President of the United States. The Constitution created this body, which consists of gatherings of state electors in each state to formally cast their ballots for a candidate for whom they have pledged to vote. Today, the Electoral College is basically a formality. In the past, however, on at least two occasions, a president was elected based on the electoral college, even though he lost the popular vote.
The Constitutional Convention adopted the Electoral College system as a method of electing presidents. Each state had electors equal in number to its representation in Congress. Each elector cast two votes for president, but if no candidate received a majority, the election would be decided in the House of Representatives.
An electoral college is made up of a set of electors who are empowered as a deliberative body to elect a candidate to a particular office. It is an example of indirect election. Often these electors represent a different organization or entity with each organization or entity represented by a particular number of electors or with votes weighted in a particular way.