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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Again, the votes spread out just right for the Electoral College.
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Facing defeat in the Electoral College in early 2021, Trump claimed the election had been stolen.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Donald Trump was certainly popular enough to win the Electoral College twice and win the popular vote once in the three elections of 2016, 2020 and 2024.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
If those projections bear out, Democrats in 2032 could win all 19 anti-Trump states, plus the former blue wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and still lose the Electoral College.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
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Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025
Facing defeat in the Electoral College in early 2021, Trump claimed the election had been stolen.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Donald Trump was certainly popular enough to win the Electoral College twice and win the popular vote once in the three elections of 2016, 2020 and 2024.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 2 Oct. 2025
If those projections bear out, Democrats in 2032 could win all 19 anti-Trump states, plus the former blue wall states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and still lose the Electoral College.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
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“The Electoral College.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Electoral%20College. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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