electoral vote

[ ih-lek-ter-uhl voht, ee-lek-tawr-uhl ]

noun

1. the vote cast in the Electoral College of the United States by the representatives of each state in a presidential election. Compare popular vote ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of electoral vote¹

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

As lawmakers debated where and how they should reconvene to continue the electoral vote count disrupted by the violent mob, Pence pushed to continue the session where it had begun — in the Capitol.

From Washington Post

Within short order, both the House and the Senate responded to the effort to block the counting of the electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election by resuming that count.

From Washington Post

She, along with other San Diego representatives, all voted against the objections to electoral votes for president from Arizona.

From Voice of San Diego

Ted Cruz, the Republican senator from Texas who was among a group of senators challenging the electoral votes on Wednesday, also called for peace.

From Fortune

Pages carry in two mahogany wood boxes filled with the sealed envelopes of certified electoral votes from the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

From Washington Post

Having barely lived through that along with the rest of the country, I pray that the popular vote and electoral vote totals align.

From The Daily Beast

Forget Romney winning the popular vote and Obama winning the electoral vote.

From The Daily Beast

It wasn't the popular/electoral vote split that was the problem in 2000, it was the Florida voting.

From The Daily Beast

The outcome will be decided in the battleground states—and here Obama has many more paths to a 270 electoral-vote majority.

From The Daily Beast

Reagan won a landslide of the electoral vote, but less than 51% of the popular vote.

From The Daily Beast

Congress had counted the electoral vote on February 9, giving to Pierce 254 and 42 to Scott.

From Project Gutenberg

With two or three exceptions the electoral vote of every state in the Union was carried for Grant and Wilson.

From Project Gutenberg

Lincoln had received a majority of the electoral vote but far from a majority of the popular vote.

From Project Gutenberg

Fifteen States gave him no electoral vote, and in nine States' he received not a single popular vote.

From Project Gutenberg

The returns of the electoral vote in 1828 revealed the sources of Jackson's power.

From Project Gutenberg