electoral

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To back up: State legislatures oversee the drawing of their electoral maps into districts.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

I’ve gone through these elections where the electoral college is very close.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

It’s almost possible to concoct a silver lining from this dreadful situation, but only by focusing on short-term electoral politics in the most bloodless and instrumental fashion.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

Most electoral lists were aligned with Abbas's secular-nationalist Fatah movement or composed of independents.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

There has never been a third-party movement to match it, not in the number of electoral victories it won, nor in the feeling of class unity across racial lines it engendered.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson