| 单词 | electoral college |
| 释义 | electoral college (once / 9359 pages) n Don’t bother sending in an application; the Electoral College isn’t a regular college. It’s a process that the founding fathers came up as a compromise between election of the President by Congress and election by popular vote. When you vote for President, your vote counts as part of the popular vote. But to become president, the candidate also has to win the majority of the Electoral College votes. In 2000, although Al Gore won the popular vote, George W. Bush became president because he was awarded the majority of Electoral College votes. Every state has a different number of electors in the Electoral College, which is determined by the population of the state. WORD FAMILYelectoral college: electoral colleges USAGE EXAMPLESAt least one theory is irrefutable: Popular votes don’t decide presidential contests in this country; the electoral college does. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) Dionne Jr. said that the electoral college must be abolished. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Trump clinched victory by winning states representing an Electoral College majority, though Clinton captured more than 2.8 million more votes nationwide. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) n the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president Hyper body a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity |
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