vote
— Verb
– English
~ express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion"; "None of the Democrats voted last night"
vote down
— Verb
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~ vote against; "The faculty turned thumbs down on the candidate for the Dean position"
vote in
— Verb
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~ elect in a voting process; "They voted in Clinton"
vote down
— Verb
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~ thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
vote
— Verb
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~ be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"
vote out
— Verb
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~ thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
vote
— Verb
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~ express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the Democratic ticket"
vote
— Verb
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~ bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
casting vote
— Noun
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~ the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie
block vote
— Noun
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~ a vote proportional in magnitude to the number of people that a delegate represents
cumulative vote
— Noun
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~ an election in which each person has as many votes as there are positions to be filled and they can all be cast for one candidate or can be distributed in any manner
voteless
— Adjective
– English
~ deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
swing voter
— Noun
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~ a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
voter
— Noun
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~ a citizen who has a legal right to vote
voter turnout
— Noun
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~ the total number of voters who participated; "they are expecting a large vote"
floating voter
— Noun
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~ a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
crossover voter
— Noun
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~ a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
multiple voting
— Noun
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~ the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.)
scrutin uninominal voting system
— Noun
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~ based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district
uninominal voting system
— Noun
– English
~ based on the principle of having only one member (as of a legislature) selected from each electoral district