electoral college

1789 - George Washington is unanimously elected to be the first President of the United States by the U. S. Electoral College.

After doing so, he was re-elected to a five-year term as president in a controversial vote by an electoral college.

When a State is won, it contributes a number of "Electoral College Votes" towards the election of the candidate.

Sarkozy's advocates note that it wasn't a direct election; a sort of Electoral College chooses the French Senate.

Under the Electoral College system, the nationwide popular vote for president has no final significance.

Which in turn votes and elects the Prime Minister of Pakistan through the concept of electoral- college vote.

Set up in the early days of the republic, the Electoral College currently has 538 members.

Though his liberal stance won the electoral college, Patriarch Daniel will still have much to do to shore up his church against its critics.

A swing state is a state in which no single candidate has overwhelming support in securing that state's Electoral College votes.

Electoral College vote in an election year in December after the second Wednesday of the first to be held Monday.

Who elects the President of the United States? A: The Electoral College.

On February 4, 1789, the 69 members of the Electoral College made George Washington the only chief executive to be unanimously elected.

The chief executive is chosen by an electoral college of 800 representatives, most of them loyal to Beijing.

Finally, it is time for the general election and the Electoral College to come into play.

Each state has as many votes in the Electoral College as it has members in Congress.

Members of the electoral college have the moral obligation to vote for the candidate who won the popular vote in their state .

America's allies would rally to him: the global electoral college on our website shows a landslide in his favour.

The electoral college, the primaries, the convention delegates and the arcane disputes over butterfly ballots are utterly baffling.

The Electoral College operated as a deliberative body and each elector voted his conscience.

Mr Musharraf secured 98 per cent of valid votes cast in an electoral college composed of national and provincial assemblies.

When the new Constitution was ratified, the Electoral College unanimously elected Washington President.

In the electoral college, Jackson got more than four times the number of votes than Clay got.

The loss of a congressional seat also means the loss of a vote in the electoral college, which decides presidential elections.

The party's electoral college consists of party members, MPs, and trade unions and other affiliated bodies.

All five electoral college votes then swing to that party.

Republican President Bush captured Florida's 27 crucial Electoral College votes, and won more than 50 percent of the vote in Florida.

The Electoral College makes America s electoral process different from everyone else in the world.

To win the presidency, a candidate needs to secure a majority of the 538 electoral -college votes.

But he got a majority of votes in the electoral college. Garfield won 214 electoral votes. Hancock got 155.

The Electoral College is set up by the founding fathers in the Constitution.

Americans are well aware of the Electoral College structure.

Its first job will be to form an electoral college to choose a fresh president and two vice-presidents.

No, your son couldn't get into the electoral college no matter how good his marks are.

Many people who favor a change in the nature of the Electoral College urge that the votes be awarded proportionately.

The 245-member Rajya Sabha is chosen indirectly through an electoral college and has a staggered six year term.

An American president is not chosen directly by the people . Instead, an Electoral College is used .

Gore did win, by more than 500, 000 votes, but the electoral college was in doubt.

He won the electoral college by 523 votes to eight.

True, this time the electoral college swelled to 130, 000, or 12% of the citizenry, from just 7, 000 anointed voters in 2007.

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