Electoral College

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The Electoral College is the body of electors established by the U.S. Constitution that formally selects the President and Vice President of the United States based on state-by-state election results.

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Generate an image of the Electoral College (The Electoral College is the body of electors established by the U.S. Constitution that formally selects the President and Vice President of the United States based on state-by-state election results.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional institution ⓘ
electoral college ⓘ
administeredBy state governments ⓘ
alsoKnownAs United States Electoral College ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
appliesToOffice President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
composedOf electors from each state ⓘ
electors from the District of Columbia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article II of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
created 1787 ⓘ
criticizedFor discouraging voter turnout in safe states ⓘ
focus on swing states ⓘ
overrepresentation of small states ⓘ
possibility of electing a candidate who did not win the national popular vote ⓘ
electorAllocationRule District of Columbia has number of electors equal to the least populous state ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

number of U.S. Senators plus number of U.S. Representatives for each state ⓘ
electorSelectionMethod state law ⓘ
elects President of the United States ⓘ
Vice President of the United States ⓘ
exceptionStateAllocation Maine ⓘ
Nebraska ⓘ
faithlessElectorsRegulation some states bind electors to popular vote results ⓘ
firstUsedInElection 1789 ⓘ
foundedByDocument United States Constitution ⓘ
governingFederalStatute Electoral Count Act of 1887 ⓘ
hasPart presidential electors ⓘ
vice-presidential electors ⓘ
influencedByConcept federalism ⓘ
indirect democracy ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
legalStatusOfElectors can be regulated by state law ⓘ
location United States of America ⓘ
MaineAllocationMethod congressional district method ⓘ
majorityNeededToWinPresidency 270 ⓘ
majorityNeededToWinVicePresidency 270 ⓘ
meetsOn first Monday after the second Wednesday in December following the general election ⓘ
NebraskaAllocationMethod congressional district method ⓘ
notableSupremeCourtCase Bush v. Gore ⓘ
Chiafalo v. Washington ⓘ
phenomenon faithless electors ⓘ
presidingOfficerForCount Vice President of the United States ⓘ
purpose to formally elect the President and Vice President of the United States ⓘ
reformProposalsInclude National Popular Vote Interstate Compact ⓘ
direct national popular vote ⓘ
district-based allocation of electors ⓘ
proportional allocation of electors ⓘ
relatedTo United States Congress ⓘ
United States Supreme Court ⓘ
United States presidential election ⓘ
United States vice presidential election ⓘ
selectionMethod indirect election ⓘ
totalElectors 538 ⓘ
typicalVotingSystem winner-take-all by state ⓘ
updatedByStatute Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 ⓘ
voteCertificationBy Congress of the United States ⓘ
voteCountedIn joint session of Congress ⓘ

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President of the United States → appointedBy → Electoral College ⓘ
President of the United States → electedBy → Electoral College ⓘ
Electoral College → alsoKnownAs → United States Electoral College ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
Electoral Count Act of 1887 → relatedTo → Electoral College (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
Section 1 of Article II → establishes → Electoral College ⓘ
subject linked to: Article II
Section 1 of Article II → defines → Electoral College system (original form) ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
Framers of the United States Constitution → compromise → Electoral College system ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
2020 United States presidential election → involvedInstitution → United States Electoral College ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
Chiafalo v. Washington → hasLegalIssue → Electoral College ⓘ
NPVIC → relatedConcept → Electoral College ⓘ
2024 United States presidential election → relatedTo → United States Electoral College vote count in Congress ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
Peter B. Chiafalo → electoralSystemConcerned → United States Electoral College ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
United States federal elections → feature → Electoral College ⓘ
Three-Fifths Compromise → relatedTo → Electoral College of the United States ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
1852 United States presidential election → tookPlaceIn → United States Electoral College ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
U.S. states → haveRepresentationIn → Electoral College ⓘ
American democracy → usesElectoralSystem → Electoral College for presidential elections ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
Electoral Commission Act → relatedConcept → Electoral College (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
Michael Baca → constitutionalContext → Electoral College ⓘ
Ray v. Blair → legalSubject → Electoral College ⓘ
Ray v. Blair → holding → The Twelfth Amendment does not prohibit states from requiring elector pledges ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
President of the United States → electedBy → Electoral College ⓘ
2020–2021 United States presidential transition → relatedTo → United States Electoral College ⓘ
linked to: Electoral College
U.S. presidents → electedBy → Electoral College ⓘ