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

Electoral Votes in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: votes
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 19
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.5 words

Words in this phrase

electoral votes

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • electoral can mean: Relating to or composed of electors. Frequent word
  • votes can mean: plural of vote Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

7 more electoral votes were available 1× 74 more electoral votes are needed 1× all available electoral votes in the 1× all seven electoral votes to whichever 1× allotted 55 electoral votes give california 1× be 366 electoral votes total and 1× before the electoral votes were cast 1× hayes the electoral votes he needed 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

andrew jackson received 1× but the outcome 1× clinton received 379 1× generally the ticket 1× gloria says the 1× if disputed jefferson 1×

Common sentence endings:

the electoral college 2× 159 electoral votes 1× and new york 1× available to contest 1× close to call 1× cusp of victory 1×

Context words

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

vote 9× needed 7× wins 5× win 5× college 5× biden 4× 270 4× popular 4× won 3× states 3× nebraska 3× new 3×

Related phrases

national electoral electoral college electoral process electoral system votes cast electoral act electoral commission electoral body electoral commissioner electoral reform

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around votes:

votes cast 17×

Just before it in the phrase index:

electoral vote electoral system electoral reform electoral process electoral commissioner electoral commission

Just after it in the phrase index:

electric bass electric buses electric car electric cars electric field electric fields

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

electoral college electoral process electoral system electoral act electoral commission electoral body

Same ending:

received votes

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "electoral votes" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 7 more electoral votes were available, 74 more electoral votes are needed, vote, needed and wins stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with national electoral, electoral college, electoral process and votes cast, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with electoral votes

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

So far, states with 196 electoral votes have joined, so only 74 more electoral votes are needed. (17 words)

Clinton received 379, or over 70 percent of the Electoral College votes, with Dole receiving 159 electoral votes. (18 words)

If disputed, Jefferson and Burr would have lost 4 electoral votes, leaving them with 69 electoral votes each. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

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)

Winning Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes would put the former vice-president over the 270 he needs to secure the presidency, while taking just Georgia’s 16 electoral votes would put him on the cusp of victory. (37 words)

The electoral map looked a lot like four years prior, with California continuing to vote Democrat, giving Kerry a 10% win in the state and handing him its increased 55 electoral votes, the number still allotted today. (37 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.

If the bill passes the state Senate, Virginia’s 13 electoral votes would bring that total to 209. That leaves 61 electoral votes needed for the compact to take effect.

So far, states with 196 electoral votes have joined, so only 74 more electoral votes are needed.

The state’s current allotted 55 electoral votes give California more than 10% of all available electoral votes in the country.

Trump nets 20 electoral votes from his wins in Louisiana, Nebraska, Nebraska’s 3rd, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming, while Biden takes 34 electoral votes for winning New Mexico and New York.

Winning Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes would put the former vice-president over the 270 he needs to secure the presidency, while taking just Georgia’s 16 electoral votes would put him on the cusp of victory.

Andrew Jackson received more electoral and popular votes than any other candidate, but not the majority of 131 electoral votes needed to win the election.

Clinton received 379, or over 70 percent of the Electoral College votes, with Dole receiving 159 electoral votes.

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Generally, the ticket that wins the most votes in a state wins all of that state's electoral votes and thus has its slate of electors chosen to vote in the Electoral College.

If disputed, Jefferson and Burr would have lost 4 electoral votes, leaving them with 69 electoral votes each.

If these electoral votes were included, there would be 366 electoral votes total, and 184 would be needed to win.

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.

Roosevelt won the largest number of electoral votes ever recorded at that time, so far only surpassed by Ronald Reagan in 1984, when 7 more electoral votes were available to contest.

Two smaller states— New Mexico (5 electoral votes) and Oregon (7 electoral votes)—were still too close to call.

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.

But the outcome of the election is determined in the Electoral College, where each state's electoral votes, based largely on population, are typically awarded to the winner of a state's popular vote.

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.

The electoral map looked a lot like four years prior, with California continuing to vote Democrat, giving Kerry a 10% win in the state and handing him its increased 55 electoral votes, the number still allotted today.

Trump still only makes it to 268 electoral votes, while Biden ends up at 270, the exact amount needed to win the electoral college.

The compact is a way for Oregon to the electoral college in the future by pledging to give all seven electoral votes to whichever candidate wins the popular vote.

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