United States Electoral College

institution that officially elects the President and Vice President of the United States
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United States Electoral College
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Summary

United States Electoral College is an electoral college[1]. It draws 12,886 Wikipedia views per month (electoral college category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: organization[4]
  • Commons category: Electoral College (United States)[5]
  • Foundational text: Article Two of the United States Constitution[6]
  • Has part(s): member of the U.S. Electoral College[7], faithless elector[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:United States Electoral College[9]
  • Described at URL: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college[10]
  • Number of seats: 538[11]
  • Described by source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America[12], Red Blue Translator[13]
  • Published in: New International Encyclopedia[14]
  • Different from: Electoral college[15]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for United States Electoral College include FiveThirtyEight[16], a website[17], in United States[18], founded in 2008[19], headquartered in New York City[20].

Why It Matters

United States Electoral College has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for it include FiveThirtyEight[16], a website[17], in United States[18], founded in 2008[19], headquartered in New York City[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . GovInfo. Retrieved . ncsl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . archives.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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