Below you will find example sentences with "electoral vote". The examples show how this phrase is used in real sentences and which words often surround it.

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Words in this phrase

electoral vote

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • electoral can mean: Relating to or composed of electors. Frequent word
  • vote can mean: A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute. Common word

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

popular 13× votes 9× states 8× source 7× citation 7× electors 7× chose 5× win 5× won 4× president 4× election 4× winner 4×

Related phrases

national electoral electoral college electoral process electoral votes electoral system popular vote electoral act electoral commission electoral body majority vote

Other phrases with this word

Other phrases with electoral:

national electoral 20× electoral college 20× electoral process 20× electoral system 18× electoral act 14× electoral body 10×

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

electoral college electoral process electoral votes electoral system electoral act electoral commission

Same ending:

popular vote majority vote

Example types with electoral vote

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Short example sentences

Trump will win the popular vote and will win the electoral vote. (12 words)

And how will Democrats accept another Electoral Vote defeat if they win the popular vote? (15 words)

Source (Electoral Vote): citation (a) Only 10 of the 17 states chose electors by popular vote. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

President Harrison's re-election bid was a decisive loss in both the popular and electoral count, unlike President Cleveland's re-election bid four years earlier, in which he won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote. (39 words)

If Harris wins Pennsylvania along with Michigan, Wisconsin and a single electoral vote in Nebraska (all of which Biden won in 2020) she would reach 270 electoral votes even if she were to lose the remaining four swing states. (39 words)

Gloria says the fact that Nevada’s six electoral votes could push Democrat Joe Biden beyond the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to win the presidency reaffirmed the need to not rush the count. (34 words)

Question examples

And how will Democrats accept another Electoral Vote defeat if they win the popular vote? (15 words)

Example sentences (20)

The Electoral Commission awarded Rutherford B. Hayes the electoral votes he needed; Congress certified he had won by one electoral vote.

Electoral vote Source: citation (a) Only 6 of the 10 states casting electoral votes chose electors by any form of popular vote.

President Harrison's re-election bid was a decisive loss in both the popular and electoral count, unlike President Cleveland's re-election bid four years earlier, in which he won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote.

Results Source (Popular Vote): citation Source (Electoral Vote): citation (a) These candidates received votes from Electors who were pledged to Horace Greeley, who died before the electoral votes were cast.

If Harris wins Pennsylvania along with Michigan, Wisconsin and a single electoral vote in Nebraska (all of which Biden won in 2020) she would reach 270 electoral votes even if she were to lose the remaining four swing states.

Gloria says the fact that Nevada’s six electoral votes could push Democrat Joe Biden beyond the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to win the presidency reaffirmed the need to not rush the count.

Electors from the state of Michigan were selected using the congressional district method (the winner in each congressional district wins one electoral vote, the winner of the state wins two electoral votes).

In both states, two electoral votes are awarded to the winner of the statewide race and one electoral vote is awarded to the winner of each congressional district.

And how will Democrats accept another Electoral Vote defeat if they win the popular vote?

President Trump and President George W. Bush won the electoral vote during the election, but not the popular vote.

The only other similar challenge occurred in 1969 and dealt with a single electoral vote cast by a Republican elector expected to vote for Richard Nixon, but who backed George Wallace instead.

Trump will win the popular vote and will win the electoral vote.

It doesn’t matter if Massachussets votes for Democrat 100% or by one vote more than necessary – its electoral vote goes to Democrat.

While Stein didn't win a single electoral vote in the 2016 election, her campaign put Donald Trump in the White House due to her total vote numbers in a few key battleground states.

Despite the narrow (0.7%) difference in the popular vote, Humphrey only took 35.5% of the electoral vote.

Few Americans were surprised when Van Buren lost by an electoral vote of 234 to 60. But many were amazed by the close popular vote.

Source (Electoral Vote): citation (a) Only 10 of the 17 states chose electors by popular vote.

Source (Electoral Vote): citation (a) Only 11 of the 17 states chose electors by popular vote.

Source (Electoral Vote): citation (a) Only 15 of the 24 states chose electors by popular vote.

Source (Electoral Vote): citation (a) Only 9 of the 18 states chose electors by popular vote.