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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More:Find all 2024 Michigan election results here More:What is the Electoral College, how many electors does Michigan have? —

Arpan Lobo, Nushrat Rahman, Natalie Davies, Lindsay Tague, Alexander Boesch, Sarah Moore, Sophia Jundy, Mikia Lawrence, Alec Mork, Siddhi Choubey and Sonja Krohn, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024 How Does the Electoral College Impact Poll Results? —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 The effort to deny Trump’s 2020 defeat centered on the role of Congress, each January 6th after an election year, in certifying the results of the Electoral College. —

The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024 What happens if there's a tie in the Electoral College? —

Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Electoral College

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