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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Democrats, Proto said, still have not grasped how Trump won both the popular vote and the Electoral College vote to return to the White House for a second term. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025 This means Democratic-leaning states are poised to lose seats in Congress next decade, giving Republicans an advantage in presidential races as the Electoral College number for each state is made up of its entire congressional delegation. Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025 Such a change would almost certainly mean Republicans would lose the House and have a smaller majority in the Senate, while boosting Democrats in the Electoral College. Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025 The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929, meanwhile, caps the number of House seats at 435, meaning that other state delegations would shrink to make room for the new Canadian members of the House — and, by extension, its delegates to the Electoral College. Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Electoral College

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“The Electoral College.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Electoral%20College. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.

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