0 a vote by a member of an electoral college (= a group of people whose job is to choose a political leader) rather than by an individual voter: --
By this method, voters in each district would cast their ballots for the candidate they supported and the winner in each district would receive that electoral vote.
The democratic candidates were elected by an electoral vote of 170 out of 275.
The two houses then met jointly to count the electoral vote.
Then in 1876, 1888 and 2000, the winner of electoral vote lost the popular vote outright.
The current electoral vote distribution was determined by the 2010 census.
Each state was allotted two delegates per electoral vote, and territories were granted from two to six delegates.
In the event of a tie between the two candidates with the highest votes, the electoral vote is split between them.
Two votes were not cast at all when electors chose to abstain from casting their electoral vote for any candidate.
