group of electors that officially elects the President and Vice President of the United States on behalf of the voters in the electors' respective states (U.S. Politics)
An electoral college is a set of
electors, who are empowered as a
deliberative body to elect a candidate to a particular
office. Often these electors represent a different
organization or
entity with each organization or entity by a particular number of electors or with
votes weighted in a particular way. Many times, though, the electors are simply important persons whose
wisdom, it is hoped, would provide a better choice than a larger body. The system can ignore the wishes of a general membership whose thinking may not be considered. When applied on a national scale, such as the election of a country's leader, the popular vote can on occasion run counter to the electoral college's vote, and for this reason there are some who feel that the system is a distortion of true democracy in a democratic society.
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