electoral college
noun
variants
or Electoral College
plural electoral colleges or Electoral Colleges
: a body of electors
Voting has now closed in the parliamentary party vote, which means all three electoral colleges have finished voting.—
Hugh Linehan and Harry McGee
Hugh Linehan and Harry McGeeHe chairs the electoral college of the Culinary Institute of America's Vintners Hall of Fame …—Cy Musiker
Cy Musiker
especially,
usually Electoral College
: one that elects the president and vice president of the U.S.
If the Electoral College did end up tied, the Constitution dictates that it's the incoming Congress who breaks the stalemate, with the House of Representatives determining the president—but instead of voting as 435 individual members, each state votes as a single bloc. —Trevor Bach
Trevor Bach In the electoral college, Roosevelt buried Wilkie 449 to 82. —Mary Beth Norton et al.
Mary Beth Norton et al. Examples of electoral college in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
But former President Joe Biden and Harris each managed to carry the district and its one electoral college vote, leaving Democrats optimistic that Bacon’s retirement will aid them in their yearslong quest to reinforce the Blue Dot’s namesake.
—Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
Its Federal National Council is a 40-member advisory body, half of whose members are indirectly elected through an electoral college of Emirati citizens while the other half are appointed by the rulers of the emirates.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
Two years later, Harris won California’s electoral college with 58 percent.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
And then this was going to be, to witness history, the certification of the electoral college is a big deal.
—ABC News, 28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for electoral college
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
Its Federal National Council is a 40-member advisory body, half of whose members are indirectly elected through an electoral college of Emirati citizens while the other half are appointed by the rulers of the emirates.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Mar. 2026
Two years later, Harris won California’s electoral college with 58 percent.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
And then this was going to be, to witness history, the certification of the electoral college is a big deal.
—ABC News, 28 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for electoral college
Cite this Entry
“Electoral college.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electoral%20college. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
