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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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

Ohio's choice won the Electoral College in every four-year showdown from Lyndon Johnson's landslide in 1964 to Donald Trump's upset win in 2016. —Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024

On January 5, 2021, the day before the House was to certify the Electoral College results, Cheney arranged for Representative Chip Roy to address a closed-door meeting of the Republican conference. —David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024

On that day, Trump’s supporters tried to block Congress from counting the Electoral College votes that would affirm Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential race. —Jeffrey Collins, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2024

The Ohio mojo has even worked when the national popular vote and the Electoral College tally produced different winners. —Ron Elving, NPR, 23 Mar. 2024

Thanks to the Electoral College system, voters are selecting statewide delegates, who will cast their vote for president on behalf of their state's residents. —USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2024

Their relationship has essentially been over since Trump refused to accept the results of the Electoral College. —Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024