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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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

And beyond Ohio, there’s a big question looming over the 2024 election: the Electoral College, and how big a margin Biden would have to win the popular vote by to get the 270-plus Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency. —Josh Feldman, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2024

As a result, Trump would claim a narrow victory in the Electoral College — 272 to 266 — even as Biden still wins the popular vote by almost 4 points. —Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2024