How to Use electoral college in a Sentence

electoral college

noun

• Trump's edge in the electoral college came from close wins in swing states.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 6 July 2020
• Here’s what’s too old: the electoral college is too old.
  — Abigail Abrams, Time, 19 Oct. 2019
• The poll looked at the overall vote, not the electoral college breakdown.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Jimmy Carter squeaked by in Texas, by three points, and in the electoral college by 57 votes.
  — Rick Perlstein, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Aug. 2020
• Take the case of our blithe acceptance of the electoral college.
  — E.j. Dionne Jr., The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2019
• There was enough votes, electoral college votes, for Trump to win last night.
  — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2020
• The 538 website takes its name from the number of electors in the U.S. electoral college.
  — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2024
• Even so, polling suggests a tight race for the state’s 15 electoral college votes.
  — Philip Elliott, TIME, 8 Aug. 2024
• Go look at the electoral college vote for Obama in 2012.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 22 Mar. 2018
• And there was Trump, who lost the popular vote by 2.1 points but won the electoral college.
  — chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• Eastman had urged Pence to call for a delay in the counting of the electoral college votes on Jan. 6.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2022
• In another, the camera zooms in on King in front of the electoral college map.
  — Giulia Heyward and Saba Hamedy, CNN, 6 Nov. 2020
• Those electors will cast votes in the electoral college.
  — Amber Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
• In a game of inches—as the 2016 battle for the electoral college was—that could make the difference.
  — Clifton Leaf, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2020
• The man lost by 4 million popular votes and still had a chance to win the electoral college.
  — Christi Carras Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• But Nixon had won in the electoral college and was now president-elect of the United States.
  — Patrick J. Buchanan, WSJ, 5 Apr. 2018
• The state’s four electoral college votes are only 0.7% of the whole kit and kaboodle.
  — Eli Amdur, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• In 2020, a vote shift of less than a percentage point in three close-run states would have changed the outcome in the electoral college.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
• It’s one of a handful of states that for years has been projected to lose a seat - and the electoral college vote that goes along with it.
  — Ramsey Archibald | [e-mail], al, 15 Apr. 2021
• An attempt to change the state’s electoral college system failed last week on an 8-36 vote.
  — Maya Marchel Hoff, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
• In the electoral college system, the person who receives the most votes overall may not win.
  — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2020
• The path to 270 electoral college votes appeared to favor Biden late Wednesday, but was still too close to call.
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• The winner of the presidential race will get the state's 13 electoral college votes.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
• Kamala Harris wants to get rid of the electoral college and ban fracking.
  — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 12 Sep. 2019
• This is part of the reason Democrats loathe the electoral college these days and Republicans love it.
  — NBC News, 20 Dec. 2020
• Arizona has 11 electoral college votes, placing it in a tie for 14th-most votes among states.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
• Ohio was a more important state for Trump to win on the way to 270 electoral college votes; Biden had more paths to get there without Ohio.
  — Jackie Borchardt, The Enquirer, 8 Nov. 2020
• And then there was the amazing, inside-straight nature of Trump’s electoral college win.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 14 Apr. 2018
• He was chosen by the electoral college, a first for the country, rather than the popular vote, says Robin Forestier-Walker, a reporter following the situation in Georgia.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
• The head of state will be chosen on Dec. 14 by an electoral college consisting of members of parliament and local government representatives.
  — Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024