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popular vote
[ pop-yuh-ler voht ]
noun
- the vote for a U.S. presidential candidate made by the qualified voters, as opposed to that made by the Electoral College. Compare electoral vote.
- the vote for a candidate, issue, etc., made by the qualified voters, as opposed to a vote made by elected representatives.
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Example Sentences
I mentioned in my piece that the Trump administration tried this before: They set up a whole election integrity commission in 2017, after Trump claimed that 3 million people voted illegally in the 2016 election in California and that’s why he lost the popular vote.
Trump also noted how he won the popular vote, along with the electoral college, and mentioned the name of the candidate he defeated, former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Federal courts require states to uphold the constitutional principle of equal protection if the government of a state has determined that certain offices are to be decided by popular vote.
But he won the popular vote by a mere 1.5 percentage points.
He still managed a clear-cut victory over Kamala Harris and even won the popular vote, though he fell shy of a 50% majority.
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