Electoral College

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constitutional institution 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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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Electoral College canonical 39
United States Electoral College 6
Electoral College (United States) 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional institution ⓘ
electoral college ⓘ
administeredBy state governments ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Electoral College ⓘ
surface form: United States 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 Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: District of Columbia has number of electors equal to the least populous state

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 ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
surface form: 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 United States Congress ⓘ
surface form: Congress of the United States
voteCountedIn joint session of Congress ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

President of the United States → appointedBy → Electoral College ⓘ
President of the United States → electedBy → Electoral College ⓘ
Electoral College → alsoKnownAs → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Electoral College
Vice President of the United States → electedBy → Electoral College ⓘ
Electoral Count Act of 1887 → relatedTo → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electoral College (United States)
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution → subject → Electoral College ⓘ
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact → doesNotAbolish → Electoral College ⓘ
National Popular Vote Interstate Compact → relatedTo → Electoral College ⓘ
United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
United States presidential election → finalDecisionBody → Electoral College ⓘ
Article II → establishes → Electoral College ⓘ
subject surface form: Section 1 of Article II
Article II of the United States Constitution → defines → Electoral College ⓘ
subject surface form: Section 1 of Article II
this entity surface form: Electoral College system (original form)
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution → subject → Electoral College ⓘ
Framers of the United States Constitution → compromise → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electoral College system
2020 United States presidential election → involvedInstitution → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Electoral College
Chiafalo v. Washington → hasLegalIssue → Electoral College ⓘ
NPVIC → relatedConcept → Electoral College ⓘ
1960 United States presidential election → votingSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
1948 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
Presidency of the United States → electionSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
2016 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
1968 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
2004 United States presidential election → usesSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
1988 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
2024 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
2024 United States presidential election → relatedTo → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Electoral College vote count in Congress
Colorado Department of State v. Baca → legalSubject → Electoral College ⓘ
Peter B. Chiafalo → electoralSystemConcerned → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Electoral College
United States federal elections → feature → Electoral College ⓘ
Three-Fifths Compromise → relatedTo → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electoral College of the United States
1852 United States presidential election → tookPlaceIn → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Electoral College
U.S. states → haveRepresentationIn → Electoral College ⓘ
2012 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
1888 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
American democracy → usesElectoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electoral College for presidential elections
How Democratic Is the American Constitution? → critiques → Electoral College ⓘ
1872 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
Electoral Commission Act → relatedConcept → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: Electoral College (United States)
1892 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
1856 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
United States presidential election, 1908 → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
1884 United States presidential election → electionSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
Michael Baca → constitutionalContext → Electoral College ⓘ
Ray v. Blair → legalSubject → Electoral College ⓘ
Ray v. Blair → holding → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Twelfth Amendment does not prohibit states from requiring elector pledges
President of the United States to specify numerical goals for unemployment and inflation → electedBy → Electoral College ⓘ
subject surface form: President of the United States
2020–2021 United States presidential transition → relatedTo → Electoral College ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Electoral College
1860 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
1796 United States presidential election → electoralSystem → Electoral College ⓘ
U.S. presidents → electedBy → Electoral College ⓘ