4. One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.
E*lect"or (?), a. [Cf. F. électoral.] Pertaining to an election or to electors.
In favor of the electoral and other princes.
Burke.
Electoral college, the body of princes formerly entitled to elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes given, in the United States, to the body of electors chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice President.
E*lect`or*al"i*ty (?), n. The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
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E*lect"or*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. électorat.] 1. The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.
2. The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.
The middle-class electorate of Great Britain.