electoral

Example Sentences

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That narrative was always more wishcasting than the underlying electoral reality suggested.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Consequently, the clause confers on Congress especially broad authority over state electoral systems and makes judicial second-guessing of legislation designed to ensure equal representation for all particularly improper.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

He said the accounts were "independently audited by external auditors and are submitted to the electoral commission for scrutiny".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Yet when the 1896 presidential election pitted the soft-money populist, William Jennings Bryan, against William McKinley, the hard-money Republican, McKinley won the electoral majority, 271 to 176, and the popular vote, 51% to 46.7%, besides.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 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