plebiscite
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Still, investors remain nervous about the fallout from Thursday’s plebiscite.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
In the daily plebiscite on America, this Ivy League historian votes “Yes, but.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
History is not a plebiscite in which 50% of the current population decides what’s true and important.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
This made it more a plebiscite than an actual election, with posters of Hadi above each ballot box.
From Slate ● Mar. 12, 2024
Ludwig, who had come by way of France, could tell us much of the great excitement that had been produced there by the plebiscite.
From Waldfried A Novel by Berthold Auerbach
Formerly German territories awarded to Poland and Denmark had Danish- and Polish-speaking majorities who voted decisively in League of Nations plebiscites that they did not wish to remain with Germany.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2023
Over the past 230 years, 93 percent of the 179 national plebiscites on new constitutions have been accepted, according to an analysis by Zachary Elkins and Alex Hudson, two political scientists.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2022
Among its exhibits is a ballot from one of the many plebiscites held in 1930s Germany to demonstrate universal support for the Führer.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2022
The proposals also include mechanisms for citizen participation such as referendums and plebiscites, as well as the creation of a constitutional court and a new national electoral institute.
From Reuters ● Sep. 16, 2021
“Write that down, Adah. If we don’t boil our water for thirty full minutes we’ll get plebiscites and what not.”
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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