Bull shit idea that makes it so the person who won the popular vot, usually doesn't become president.
by Sam April 4, 2005
Get the electoral collegemug. The electoral college is the most worthless piece of shit I have ever seen in my life! Look who it elected!
by JesusIsMyDaddy January 30, 2017
Get the electoral collegemug. The chosen elite who *actually* get to vote for the president, while you're out pretending your vote means something.
Bob: Hey Mary, we got the same polling place, wanna go make our voices heard?
Mary: Ain't nobody gonna hear my voice with the electoral college speaking all over me.
Mary: Ain't nobody gonna hear my voice with the electoral college speaking all over me.
by JillyBeane December 14, 2013
Get the Electoral collegemug. The only way Trump can win the 2020 election is if he can pack the electoral college to his advantage and win.
The terminology stems from "pack the supreme court" which is basically adding more justices to the supreme court to make the outcome decision in favor to the packer.
In "packing the electoral college" the packer basically packs more electoral college votes into the states that they won to the point where they have the required majority to win the election.
The terminology stems from "pack the supreme court" which is basically adding more justices to the supreme court to make the outcome decision in favor to the packer.
In "packing the electoral college" the packer basically packs more electoral college votes into the states that they won to the point where they have the required majority to win the election.
Trump: "We lost all the law suit cases Rudy. Now what? What are we going to do? "
Rudy Giuliani: "We still have one option remaining so that we can still win. "
Trump: "What option is that?"
Rudy Giuliani: "We pack the electoral college with electoral votes in the states we won, until we have the majority to be called the winners."
Rudy Giuliani: "We still have one option remaining so that we can still win. "
Trump: "What option is that?"
Rudy Giuliani: "We pack the electoral college with electoral votes in the states we won, until we have the majority to be called the winners."
by MST3K I like November 24, 2020
Get the pack the electoral collegemug. People think that it is unbelievable if a presidential candidate wins in the electoral college but has 5 to 10 percent LESS popular vote. This definition shows an absurd and extreme, but illuminating example of how the loser in the presidential election can have an arbitrarily high percentage of the popular votes compared to the winner, i.e., way more then 5 or 10 percent.
Suppose there are 540 electoral votes. Divide the states into two groups, one having 271 votes, the other 269. Suppose in the "271" states, only 1 person in each state votes Democrat, 0 Republican. Suppose in the "269" states, 0 vote Democrat, millions Republican. Then by the electoral college majority, the democrats win but the Republicans have a million times more votes than the Democrats.
Suppose there are 540 electoral votes. Divide the states into two groups, one having 271 votes, the other 269. Suppose in the "271" states, only 1 person in each state votes Democrat, 0 Republican. Suppose in the "269" states, 0 vote Democrat, millions Republican. Then by the electoral college majority, the democrats win but the Republicans have a million times more votes than the Democrats.
In the 2012 presidential election, it initially appeared that we might have an electoral college paradox. But the Democratic popular vote came back up and it was avoided.
by BillyBuggy November 9, 2012
Get the electoral college paradoxmug.