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.

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[sedesdraconis.livejournal.com]

Latest word I've heard is the Nebraska 2nd district still isn't called, and is leaning back towards Obama.
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10480262

As crschmidt metions, if it is called for Obama it would be the first time either of the states which theoretically split their vote have actually split for different candidates.