electoral
adjective
elec·tor·al
| \ i-ˈlek-t(ə-)rəl
, ˌē-lek-ˈtȯr-əl\
, ˌē-lek-ˈtȯr-əl\
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electorally
\ i-ˈlek-t(ə-)rə-lē
, ˌē-lek-ˈtȯr-ə-lē
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adverb
, ˌē-lek-ˈtȯr-ə-lē
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That electoral system, used in Maine, would allow Alaskans to pick multiple candidates on the statewide ballot. — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, "Supporters of election-reform ballot measure appeal rejection to courts," 10 Sep. 2019 The 2014 movement ultimately failed, with the electoral system remaining uchanged. — Jessie Yeung, CNN, "After a summer of being tear gassed, can Hong Kong protesters go back to being students?," 5 Sep. 2019 The total effect is to create an electoral system awash with self-interested money, with no countervailing pressure in sight. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: David Koch’s real legacy is the dark money network of rich right-wingers," 23 Aug. 2019 Most of this content is designed not to persuade people in any particular direction but to cause confusion, to overwhelm and to undermine trust in democratic institutions from the electoral system to journalism. — Claire Wardle, Scientific American, "Misinformation Has Created a New World Disorder," 20 Aug. 2019 And Putin has faced politics protests in the past, notably in 2011, 2012, and 2013 over the electoral system, all of which faded without much changing. — Jen Kirby, Vox, "The pro-democracy protests rocking Moscow, explained," 13 Aug. 2019 Of course, all the nukes and jets in the world won’t protect us from the assault our enemies abroad are currently waging against us, and that Republicans resist confronting: the one on our electoral system. — Catherine Rampell, The Denver Post, "Rampell: What are Republicans afraid of?," 6 Aug. 2019 One, Russia in 2016 was surprised at how vulnerable our systems were, our electoral systems. — Matt Laslo, WIRED, "Russia Is Going to Up Its Game for the 2020 Elections," 31 July 2019 The changes needed include replacing all seven members of the electoral council, says Juan Sebastián Chamorro, the director of Funides, a think-tank financed by the private sector. — The Economist, "Time is running out for Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega," 9 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'electoral.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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electoral
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of electoral
: of or relating to an election or to the process by which people are elected
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