President-elect

[pne]

I keep hearing Obama referred to as "president-elect".

Strictly speaking, though, he won't be until the Electoral College up and elects him, though, won't he? Right now, people have only voted for electors; they just (many of them) thought they're voting for the next president.

Though I imagine having an elector vote for someone other than they pledged to do (or not voting at all) is probably rather rare.

Comments

[leora.livejournal.com]

Oh neat. I didn't notice any such thing on my ballot, but also I'm legally blind, so it might have been there and I may have missed it.

[crschmidt.livejournal.com]

I can confirm that there was no such thing on my ballot in MA this year or NH four years ago.