plebiscite

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In the daily plebiscite on America, this Ivy League historian votes “Yes, but.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The UN recommended holding a plebiscite to settle the question of whether the state would join India or Pakistan.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

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

The result of the election was regarded as the plebiscite upon the question of annexation, and also upon the Oregon question, but more especially upon the former.

From The Middle Period 1817-1858 by Burgess, John William