electoral college
noun
variants or Electoral College
plural electoral colleges or Electoral Colleges
: a body of electors
Voting has now closed in the parliamentary party vote, which means all three electoral colleges have finished voting.
Hugh Linehan and Harry McGee
Hugh Linehan and Harry McGeeHe chairs the electoral college of the Culinary Institute of America's Vintners Hall of Fame … Cy Musiker
Cy Musiker especially usually Electoral College : one that elects the president and vice president of the U.S.
If the Electoral College did end up tied, the Constitution dictates that it's the incoming Congress who breaks the stalemate, with the House of Representatives determining the president—but instead of voting as 435 individual members, each state votes as a single bloc. Trevor Bach
Trevor Bach In the electoral college, Roosevelt buried Wilkie 449 to 82. Mary Beth Norton et al.
Mary Beth Norton et al. 
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Recent Examples on the Web In Georgia, Democrats met on the floor of the state Senate to cast 16 electoral college votes for Biden in a ceremony presided over by former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022 Although Biden’s win had been formally certified in their states, Trump supporters argued that when Congress met to count the electoral college votes, Vice President Mike Pence could choose to recognize Trump’s electors over Biden’s. Washington Post, 17 May 2022 Trump, for example, in 2016 defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton by winning more electoral college votes despite losing the popular vote by about 3 million votes. Keith Ridler, ajc, 14 July 2022 After last year’s insurrection, Calvert voted against certifying the electoral college votes of Arizona and Pennsylvania. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022 Tuesday’s hearing is likely to drill down on the period after states cast their electoral college votes on Dec. 14, 2020, action that confirmed Joe Biden’s victory. John Wagner, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 At least four men with ties to the group have been arrested in connection to the Jan. 6 riots that interrupted the certification of electoral college votes for the President Joe Biden election win in the 2020 election. Chris Ullery, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 Among the Alabama lawmakers who voted to reject electoral college votes from those states: Brooks, Reps. Robert Aderholt, Jerry Carl, Barry Moore, Gary Palmer and Mike Rogers as well as Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 27 June 2022 In that session, Eastman made the case for Pence to unilaterally act during the counting of electoral college votes to halt Trump’s defeat, The Post has previously reported. Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey And Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2022 See More
Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2022 Although Biden’s win had been formally certified in their states, Trump supporters argued that when Congress met to count the electoral college votes, Vice President Mike Pence could choose to recognize Trump’s electors over Biden’s. Washington Post, 17 May 2022 Trump, for example, in 2016 defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton by winning more electoral college votes despite losing the popular vote by about 3 million votes. Keith Ridler, ajc, 14 July 2022 After last year’s insurrection, Calvert voted against certifying the electoral college votes of Arizona and Pennsylvania. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022 Tuesday’s hearing is likely to drill down on the period after states cast their electoral college votes on Dec. 14, 2020, action that confirmed Joe Biden’s victory. John Wagner, Washington Post, 12 July 2022 At least four men with ties to the group have been arrested in connection to the Jan. 6 riots that interrupted the certification of electoral college votes for the President Joe Biden election win in the 2020 election. Chris Ullery, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022 Among the Alabama lawmakers who voted to reject electoral college votes from those states: Brooks, Reps. Robert Aderholt, Jerry Carl, Barry Moore, Gary Palmer and Mike Rogers as well as Sen. Tommy Tuberville. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 27 June 2022 In that session, Eastman made the case for Pence to unilaterally act during the counting of electoral college votes to halt Trump’s defeat, The Post has previously reported. Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey And Amy Gardner, Anchorage Daily News, 6 June 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1677, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
electoral college
noun
elec·tor·al college
often capitalized E&C
: a body of electors
specifically : the body of electors chosen from each state to elect the president and vice president of the U.S.
Note: Under Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, each state chooses electors in the same number that the state has senators and representatives. The electors have the discretion to choose the candidate they vote for, but in practice the electors vote for the candidate that wins the most votes in their respective states. In all the states except Maine, the candidate that wins a plurality of the popular votes wins all of the state's electoral votes.