vote1 verbvote2 noun
votevote1 /vəʊt $ voʊt/ ●●● S2 W2 verb 
VERB TABLE
vote
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | vote |
| he, she, it | votes | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | voted |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have voted |
| he, she, it | has voted | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had voted |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will vote |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have voted |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am voting |
| he, she, it | is voting | |
| you, we, they | are voting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was voting |
| you, we, they | were voting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been voting |
| he, she, it | has been voting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been voting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be voting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been voting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- 70% of the population voted for independence.
- Greg says he has never voted.
- Hundreds of people lost their lives in the past fighting for the right to vote.
- I've voted Democrat all my life.
- I haven't decided who I'm going to vote for.
- In tomorrow's election, many young people will be voting for the first time.
- Only two people voted against the expansion of the business.
- Teachers will be voting on a proposal to accept the 5% pay offer.
- The Board of Supervisors has refused to vote more money for the project.
- The vast majority of people voted in favour of closer links with Europe.
- A review of computer messages between council members during April shows some of them lobbying colleagues on how to vote.
- All adults enjoy the right to vote in free general elections that must be held at least every 5 years.
- But he could be forced from office if 61 members of the 120-seat Knesset voted to remove him.
- Compton, it is worth noting, had voted against Exclusion in the Lords in November 1680.
- He was also voted top baritone player in 1998.
- Mr Alton said official electoral registration surveys were inadequate, missing many people actually eligible to vote.
- Only 26 members of his own party ended up voting not to reprimand him.
- This would allow Congress to count on the savings without ever voting to alter the index.
THESAURUS
[intransitive, transitive] to show which person or party you want, or whether you support a plan, by marking a piece of paper, raising your hand etc: · I’ve voted Democrat all my life.· You can vote for your favourite singer.· A majority of the people voted for independence.· In tomorrow’s election, many young people will be voting for the first time.
[transitive] to choose a leader, representative, or government by voting, so that they become the new leader, representative etc: · He was elected mayor of London.· the newly-elected government· I think we should start by electing a new chairman.
if a country or voters go to the polls, they vote in an election – used especially in news reports: · The US goes to the polls in November.· The economic crisis could well be a decisive factor when voters go to the polls this autumn.
if a group of people at a meeting take a vote, they vote about something: · We should take a vote on whether or not to accept their offer.· They took a vote and picked Bernard.
formal to mark a piece of paper, call a telephone number etc in order to vote: · The first votes have been cast in the country’s general election.· Click here to cast your vote.
[transitive] to ask the members of an organization to vote on something in order to decide what to do: · The union will ballot its members on whether to go ahead with the strike action.
[transitive] to vote against something that other people have agreed on, so that it cannot happen: · The president has the right to veto any piece of legislation.
Longman Language Activatorto vote to formally choose someone such as a political representative or show your support or disapproval of something, for example by putting a mark on a piece of paper in an election: · In tomorrow's election, many young people will be voting for the first time.· Hundreds of people lost their lives in the past fighting for the right to vote.vote for (=vote to support them): · I haven't decided who I'm going to vote for.· 70% of the population voted for independence.vote against: · Only two people voted against the expansion of the business.vote in favour of something: · The vast majority of people voted in favour of closer links with Europe.vote on: · Teachers will be voting on a proposal to accept the 5% pay offer.vote Republican/Labour etc (=vote for a political party): · I've voted Democrat all my life.
if a group of people have or take a vote , they each make it known which idea they agree with, as a formal way of deciding what to do: · We couldn't agree on a way forward, so we decided to have a vote.have/take a vote on: · I think we should take a vote on whether or not to accept their offer.
also cast a ballot American to vote in a political election: · By the end of the day, less than 40% of the population had cast their votes.· Over three quarters of the votes cast were for the Liberal candidate.· Not until all the ballots have been cast can they be counted.
to ask a group of people to vote on something that has been discussed in order to come to an official decision about it: · Let's put it to the vote. All those in favour raise your hands.· When the matter was put to a vote, the staff voted overwhelmingly not to go on strike.
if someone vetoes a decision that other people have agreed on, they use their official power to refuse to allow it: · The president has the right to veto any piece of legislation.· The deal was agreed by the board but vetoed by the chairman.
to decide something by asking the members of an organization to formally vote on it: · The union will now ballot its members on whether to go ahead with strike action.
if the people of a country or area go to the polls , they vote in a political election - used especially in newspapers and on television or radio: · The people of Houston will go to the polls next week to elect a new mayor.· With only two days left before France goes to the polls, all parties are campaigning hard.
the system of choosing a government by voting - used especially in newspapers and on television or radio: · They are determined to win power through the ballot box, not by violence.· The voters have expressed their views at the ballot box.
to choose a government, leader, or representative by voting to choose a government, leader, or representative by voting: · I think we should start by electing a new chairman.elect somebody leader/chariman/president etc: · Ken Livingstone was elected mayor of London in May 2000.
give someone a position of political power by voting for them: vote somebody/something in: · They always seem to vote in these corrupt, incompetent governments.vote somebody into power/office: · The conservatives have promised to cut taxes if they are voted into office.
to elect someone to a position that they have had since the previous election: · The chairman and treasurer have both been re-elected for another year.re-elect somebody as something: · Simon Mungford has been re-elected as party leader.
British to elect a politician as a member of parliament - used especially in news reports: · Only 96 Conservative MPs were returned at the last election.
to formally suggest that someone should become one of the people who will be voted for in an election: · Whoever is nominated today will go forward to the leadership elections.nominate somebody for something: · By now it was clear that Bush was going to be nominated for President.nominate somebody as something: · I was nominated as chairman.
an occasion when people vote when people vote to choose a government or leader: · It will be interesting to see what happens at the next election.hold an election: · South Africa held its first multi-racial elections in 1994.call an election (=to say officially that there will be an election): · The government may decide to call an election early.presidential/gubernatorial election (=an election to choose a president or governor): · America is preparing for the presidential elections, which will take place in two weeks' time.general election British (=an election to choose a government): · Taxation will be one of the major issues at the next general election.
relating to an election: · Support for electoral reform is growing.· This was the first of her many electoral successes.· Electoral systems vary from country to country.
when everyone in a country votes on a particular important political subject: · How will you be voting in the referendum?hold a referendum: · The government has promised to hold a referendum and let the people choose.referendum on: · The Irish people voted 'no' in a referendum on divorce in 1986.
when the members of an organization vote on something by marking what they want on a piece of paper, especially in order to make sure that it is secret: · The result of the ballot showed that nurses were not in favour of a strike.ballot of: · He was elected by a ballot of all the teaching staff in the college.hold a ballot: · It was decided to hold a ballot of all party members.secret ballot (=when no-one knows what you voted for): · Voting will be by secret ballot.
a political election - used especially in news reports: · The party is still trying to recover from the losses it suffered at last year's polls.at the polls: · Richards won a huge victory at the polls.the polls: · Voters have been flocking to the polls to elect a new president.
the process of voting in a political election: · Polling has been going on since 9 am.· The announcement of her resignation came just two days before polling was to begin.polling day British (=the day when an election is held): · Polling day is 30 May.polling booth/station (=a place where people vote): · Security was tight at the polling stations.
when the people in a group are asked to vote informally by raising their hands: · A show of hands suggested that Martins had little support.· She was elected by a show of hands.
someone who votes someone who votes in a political election: · Italian voters have shown that they are ready for a change of government.Republican/Labour etc voters: · There is disappointment among Labour voters that the party has not done more to help traditional industries.
all the people who can vote in a country or area: · Research has shown that thirty percent of the electorate have still not decided how they will vote.· He has been accused of misleading the electorate.
the right to vote the right to vote in an election: · People are campaigning for civil rights and especially for the vote.have the vote: · The majority of immigrant workers do not have the vote.get the vote: · In 1928 in Britain, women got the vote at 21 on equal terms with men.
if you have a vote , you have the right to vote: · In Britain, everyone over 18 has a vote.· The secretary is allowed to attend meetings, but does not have a vote.
formal the right to vote in elections - use this especially to talk about people's fight to be allowed to vote: · There was a fierce struggle for women's suffrage in Britain early this century.· Suffrage reforms took place in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.universal suffrage (=the right of every adult in a country to vote): · Even now, not every country in Europe has universal suffrage.
formal the right to vote in political elections: · The franchise was later extended to any person over 18 years old.
formal to give a person or a group of people the right to vote in political elections: · This legislation enfranchised many thousands of people.· The group works in developing countries to increase literacy and enfranchise women.
formal to take away someone's right to vote in an election: · If you don't get your name on the electoral register you may be disenfranchised.
ways of saying how many votes are made or received the total number of votes made in a political election: · 63% of the vote went to the National Party.somebody's share of the vote: · Once again, the Democrats increased their share of the vote.
if a candidate receives or gets a particular number of votes, that is the number of people who have voted for him or her. Receive is more formal than get: · Standord received 50% of the male vote.· The Green Party candidate got only one more vote than the Socialists.
British to receive a particular number of votes in an election: · He polled 23,579 votes.· The Labour candidate polled 52% of the votes.
to try to get elected also stand British · Ellis has not yet announced whether or not he will run.· I hope Ian will decide to stand because he'd make an excellent president.run for · Only eight percent of those standing for the National Party were women.run against · We've got an excellent candidate to run against Harwood in the election.stand for Parliament British · He first stood for Parliament in 1974 but failed to get in.stand for election British · If you want to change the way the committee does things, you should stand for election yourself.run for President/mayor/office etc · There are rumors going around that I'm running for President, but they're not true.
especially British to try very hard to get elected, especially when this is difficult: fight an election: · The Prime Minister has decided to stay on to fight another election.fight somebody for something: · Neil Phillips will now fight Adams for leadership of the party.
someone who tries to get elected: · I think Reid is definitely the best candidate.candidate for: · She stood as the candidate for Hackney East.Conservative/Nationalist/Communist etc candidate: · My name is Andrew Fraser. I'm your Labour candidate.· the Democratic candidate
political activities before an election the activities and advertising used over a period of time to persuade people to vote for a particular party or person: · Richards and his team have already started planning his campaign for election as party leader.· Throughout the campaign, Baldwin looked the most likely to win.election campaign: · The government does not want this kind of bad publicity in the middle of an election campaign.
activities such as visiting places and talking to people to try to persuade them to vote for a particular person or party - use this especially when you think politicians are not being sincere when they do this: · Modern electioneering is sophisticated and highly organised.· Critics have dismissed his visit to a shelter for the homeless as an obvious piece of electioneering.
to go around an area or to people's houses in order to find out if they intend to vote for you or your party and, if not, to try to persuade them that they should: · She was canvassing in the Greenside area of town yesterday.· I spent the whole afternoon canvassing voters.canvass for: · I canvass for the Democrats at election times.
to officially reject a request or suggestion to use your official authority to formally refuse a request or suggestion: · Judge Gifford rejected the defense's request.· The immigration authorities have rejected his application for refugee status.· It was predicted that the Senate would reject the bill by about 60 to 40.
if a parliament, a council, or other official political organization throws out a plan or suggestion, they refuse to accept it or make it legal, especially after voting on it: throw out something: · Local councillors threw out proposals for the building of a new stadium.throw something out: · The House passed the bill, but the Senate threw it out.
to refuse to accept a request or to give someone permission to do something, especially when the request is a reasonable one: turn down something: · Their application to build a new extension has been turned down by the planning authority.turn something down: · We put in a request for a little extra time for us to finish the project, but the board turned it down.
to officially decide that someone cannot have something they have asked for, or cannot do something they want to do: refuse an application/request/demand etc: · Judge Eyck refused his request for bail.· Over 2,000 applications for political asylum were refused last year.refuse somebody something: · Under the law, doctors cannot refuse patients access to their own medical records.refuse something to somebody: · The city is refusing contracts to firms that do not practice an equal opportunities policy.
to officially refuse to accept a request, suggestion, or bad situation: · Employees have repeatedly requested child care facilities, but the company has always said no.say no to: · We're hoping the government will at last say no to low wages and poverty.
to refuse to accept a plan, proposal, or new law by voting: · The majority of union members voted against further industrial action.· Homeowners voted against new bonds and higher taxes.· Only Councilwoman Shirley Lanion voted no.vote no on something: · I urge you to vote no on Measure A.
to use your position of power to refuse to allow something to happen, especially something that other people, organizations, or countries have agreed: · European plans to deregulate air fares were vetoed by Spain.· Requests to take foster children abroad are often vetoed by the biological parent.· The governor vetoed a bill that would have given some much-needed money to public libraries.
also turn thumbs down on something American informal to reject a plan or suggestion: · The commission wisely gave the golf course proposal the thumbs down.· The city council turned thumbs down on Marison's new proposal, citing potential parking problems.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadverbs/NOUNS
Over 500,000 18-year-olds will become eligible to vote this year. They always vote Labour. The government lost by one vote. The Communist candidate lost by a whisker (=a very small amount). a proxy vote Lee received 324 votes (=324 people voted for him). Do campaign gifts swing votes? On April 19 the new government won a vote of confidence by 339 votes to 207. On April 22 the National Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in the government.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· How many people voted Yes in the referendum?
(=vote for someone who is Conservative etc)· Cubans in the city of Miami have traditionally voted Republican.
(=with everyone voting a particular way)· The committee voted unanimously in favour of the proposition.
(=by a very large majority)· On Dec. 7 delegates voted overwhelmingly to strike.
(=by a small majority)· The Senate voted narrowly to continue funding the controversial project.
(=not for the party you support, but to get an acceptable result)· People appear to have voted tactically in order to prevent the Conservative candidate from gaining a seat.
phrases· All those aged 18 or over are eligible to vote.
(=put your name on a list of voters)· We must encourage people to register to vote.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· plans to bring down the voting age from 18 to 16
Over 500,000 18-year-olds will become eligible to vote this year.· Only half the citizens vote.
They always vote Labour. The government lost by one vote. The Communist candidate lost by a whisker (=a very small amount).· The majority vote carries the resolution.
· He won the presidency with almost 86 percent of the popular vote.
British English Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote.
Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote.· Shareholders will vote on the proposal on May 5.
a proxy vote Lee received 324 votes (=324 people voted for him).· Are there any comments you wish to make before we vote on this resolution?
· In the first round of voting he took 44.5 percent of the vote,
Do campaign gifts swing votes? On April 19 the new government won a vote of confidence by 339 votes to 207. On April 22 the National Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in the government.· Which Ugly Sister are you voting for?· They're made to pay taxes they didn't vote for.
· Individuals can not choose what they vote on or when they vote.· Most dividends are paid quarterly, and each quarterly payment must be voted on and approved by the board.· The commitments have been abandoned before they have been voted on.· The women never went to the rallies with the men, even when the settlement was voted on.· The scheme has to be voted on by Headteachers and parents within ten days to guarantee it's success.· Legislation to derail these plans was voted on by the Senate last year.· Read in studio Hundreds of bus company workers have been voting on whether to accept a six percent pay cut.· The package is part of the budget bill to be voted on for the next fiscal year.
· On Dec. 7 delegates voted overwhelmingly to retain the party's name.· The House and Senate voted overwhelmingly last month to repeal the tax break only after it had become public.· The members of the 26-strong congressional black caucus voted overwhelmingly on July 11 to oppose the nomination.· When the special Texas Convention was called on July 4, to consider the issue, it also voted overwhelmingly for annexation.· I know that the House will vote overwhelmingly for the Bill, which I wholeheartedly recommend.· In the end, the conference voted overwhelmingly to endorse the amendment.· After two hours of debate the synod voted overwhelmingly to receive the report and moved on to detailed discussion of the legislation.· Parents there voted overwhelmingly against opting out in the final ballot.
· During the initial month's activity in August 1990 which saw 10 resolutions adopted, only 4 were voted unanimously.· The commission voted unanimously for a 38-page reading and writing standard that includes a section on listening and speaking skills.· They also voted unanimously to approve adding three more pages to minutes of a July 10 meeting.· The commission unanimously voted to reprimand Williams for lying about the Las Vegas hotel rooms.· Later that year, the House voted unanimously to censure Diggs.· The regents voted unanimously to accept a compromise plan delaying the end of affirmative action until spring 1998.
NOUN· Lawmakers initially had been scheduled to vote on the bill Friday, but postponed the balloting for lack of sufficient votes.· But will he vote against the mastectomy bill?· I know that the House will vote overwhelmingly for the Bill, which I wholeheartedly recommend.· John Vasconcellos, D-San Jose, voted for the bill while urging the state to follow through with a job-creation program.· At that time the Conservative party voted against the Bill because we thought that it was entirely wrong.· The education measure disturbed Bryant enough that he voted against the bill in its final form.· All Nottinghamshire Conservative Members were present at that debate, and they voted against the Bill.
· On Wednesday, the new board voted 7 to 3 for the new standards.· The board is scheduled to vote on the Salvation Army grant in two weeks.· Continental's managers and supervisory board urged shareholders to vote against several of the resolutions proposed by Mr Vicari.· Last week, the board voted to declare bankruptcy.· Examining past, present, and projected student enrollments in one district, the school board voted to dismiss four teachers.· However, he tabled the measure before the Board of Supervisors voted on it.· Syncronys' board will vote Feb. 29 on selling the naval ship computer design program maker for $ 440, 000.
· And if voters have voted for an excluded candidate, why should they be permitted to switch their preference?· On election day, the regime brought contingents of troops into the city to vote for its candidates.· These other Electors can vote for their chosen candidate, but they can not put themselves forward as Emperor.· Meyer voted for independent presidential candidate Ross Perot in 1992, then voted a straight Republican ticket in 1994.· Mr Knapp warned passengers and rail workers alike their fate was in their own hands if they voted for candidates supporting privatisation.· Team members vote on candidates and develop rankings-high to low.· Since 1879, House rules have required a majority of those voting for a distinct candidate to elect a speaker.
· The central committee of Tehiya voted to leave the coalition government.· Afterward, the committee proceeded to vote 7 to 3 to reject the charter concept.· Not one woman on the committee would vote for her.· The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to split the bill into two parts, one each dealing with legal and illegal immigration.· Yet the committee voted four-to-two in favour of smoking in the directors' suites - though they reckoned the air-conditioning would need fixing.· The committee voted 17-9 to table the bill.· After the ethics committee voted on Dec. 12, 1995, that the complaints former Rep.
· The council voted narrowly last month to rejoin the devolved government.· Last month, the Council on Competitive Government voted to accept bids on a contract.· Last June, the Council voted to bring in the arrangements from September 2000.· The city council done voted to take over these whole twelve blocks.· Gloucestershire County Council will vote on the ban tomorrow - the anti-hunt groups say they're confident of victory.· The council will vote on the re-&.· There was no consistent pattern in Security Council voting over the crisis.· Then the City Council voted to become the Town Council.
· They even won over about half of the traditionally Democrat-voting Catholics.
· Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.· The members know perfectly well that they will be beaten over the head with any yes vote at the next election.· The most desirable on-line capability was voting in elections, with half the sample in favor.· The first round of voting in the presidential elections took place on Aug. 2.· They vote because elections matter to them; they are the only citizens whose votes should matter to us.· All adults enjoy the right to vote in free general elections that must be held at least every 5 years.· Most of them had not voted in several elections.
· The Derbyshire Times noted that defiant parents were voting with their feet by keeping children away from school.· The problem is how to keep up with the pace of voting without putting a foot wrong.· Perhaps it is not surprising that many younger doctors are voting with their feet.· If not, they will vote with their feet when they are old enough to do so.
· The strained but defiant Premier pleaded with Tory Euro-rebels not to vote against the Government.· Do I vote for lower taxes or do I vote for higher government spending?· He said he was threatened that his career was finished if he voted against the Government.· Late last night Mellor did his duty as a backbencher by voting for the Government at the end of the economy debate.· By voting with the Government, it let Labour walk away.· I was not shown as voting for the Government motion in Division 15.· The independence of the cross-benchers provided little balance: calculations in 1988 showed that they voted two-one in favour of the government.· I voted for this government because they said they weren't going to go in for that sort of rubbish.
· That same year, the 100-member House voted for outright repeal, causing a General Assembly stalemate.· Late last year, the panel and House leaders agreed the House would vote on the sanction by Jan. 21.· Under a schedule worked out earlier this week, the House would vote on the sanction no later than Jan. 21.· The House is scheduled to vote Jan. 21 on proposed sanctions against Gingrich.· Only two months ago the House voted to eliminate all spending for AmeriCorps.· Gallegly said Gingrich promised him Wednesday that the House would vote on a version of the bill with his amendment in it.· Each year since then, she has pushed for similar sanctions, but the House has consistently voted no.· A budget bill passed the Republican-controlled House by only three votes earlier this week.
· Moreover, even if I were called, there is no opportunity to vote on the issue.· Overall, Feingold has a liberal voting record on social issues and a moderately conservative one on fiscal matters.· The people of Birmingham ought to be allowed to vote on this all-important issue.· No surprise there: Political handlers tell candidates that only 2 percent of the electorate considers foreign affairs a voting issue.· Then there is the problem of qualified majority voting on foreign policy issues.· He did not completely rule out qualified majority voting on foreign policy issues.
· The majority of people voted in favour of parties that advocate the inclusion of the social chapter, but the Government rejects it.· A majority of those voting can overturn the actions of their own elected representatives.· Then there is the problem of qualified majority voting on foreign policy issues.· But the majority voted to support her.· The fact that a majority did vote for them has shifted the balance of power back towards the reformers.· But that is pretty magnanimous of him, given the large majority who voted for him rather than for Bush.· Though short of the needed 50% of all voters, a big majority of those who voted favoured new parliamentary elections soon.· In the end, it appeared a majority would not vote to enshrine a right to physician-assisted suicide.
· Under the Arab League Charter a resolution passed by a majority of votes was binding only on member states voting in favour.· For the U. S. Supreme Court to hear a case, four of its nine members must vote to do so.· Although the move was defeated and the renationalisation policy endorsed, party members voted to remit the controversial proposal for further consideration.· Council members also voted in principle to pay themselves or their firms for the time they spent working on Council affairs.· For example: Union members vote for Hoover then, and Reagan now.· In November, at a neighborhood meeting, 11 of the 12 sitting members were voted out.
· It's the ordinary folks at home who vote you into office, remember - and out of it.· Four of the five who voted him out of office either refused to discuss the removal or did not return phone calls.· If democratic elections still exist, the chances are that the government will be voted out of office.· Within weeks, he was voted back into office.· In 1991 he was voted out of office as governor of Carinthia for praising Hitler's employment policies.· Having failed to see this, Bush was voted out of office.· Mr I Wall, was then voted into office.· If managers do badly, the company's directors may be voted out of office at the annual general meeting of shareholders.
· The nearest thing to a University Parliament, they were voting on plans to promote fifteen people to professor.· In the Parliament of 1679 he voted against the exclusion of the Duke of York from the throne.· He knew full well: by Acts of Parliament, voted by landlords to benefit their like.
· Miners all over the country will know that the Labour party voted against those terms.· No senator crossed party lines in the voting.· Although the move was defeated and the renationalisation policy endorsed, party members voted to remit the controversial proposal for further consideration.· He defeated Ichiro Ozawa, head of the opposition Shinshinto party, 288 votes to 167.· We should not forget that his party voted against a review body.· Or is it the party that voted to support a Constitutional Amendment that would make abortion illegal?· Some 282 of the 410 members of the Birkenhead party voted in the contest.· Instead, party members will vote for the nominee, either by phone, computer or mailbox by next Friday.
· Politicians like them because holding shares may persuade people to vote against parties keen on renationalising former state businesses.· Only 29 percent of the 19. 5 million people old enough to vote in California participated.· The chairman asked each candidate to give a one sentence reason why people should vote for them.· The people voted for 172 thinking they would be getting increased money for public safety.· They believed at least 5 percent of the people would vote for a cleaner, safer and kinder future.· Under Florida law, such people are banned from voting for life.· Mr Alton said official electoral registration surveys were inadequate, missing many people actually eligible to vote.· S.-brokered peace agreement in Bosnia as 2. 9 million people prepare to vote in national elections scheduled Saturday.
· Of the republican budget 2.8 percent was voted for military expenditure.· Bob Dole Wednesday, is that no more than 16 percent of independents will vote.· This week, 60 percent voted for multilateralism.· Among all registered voters in Texas, 7 percent said they would vote to put Perot in the White House.· Preliminary results indicated a turnout of about 58 percent, of whom 69.2 percent voted in favour and 25.6 percent against.· The Gaylord family controls about 60 percent of the voting stock, so approval is virtually certain.· The 9 percent PacTel vote adds momentum to this campaign.· Regaining the initiative, King quipped that the other 2 percent are all voting for Pat Buchanan.
· If you voted for president in 1992, who for? 36.· Electors before 1804 did not vote separately for president and vice-president, as they do now.· Dole likes to joke that he was voted president of Iowa, known as the Hawkeye State.· Exit polls showed that 81 percent of those who voted for the president had a favorable opinion of his wife.
· Being a Republican he would vote the Democratic ticket.· I have been a loyal Republican all my voting life until the past two presidential elections.· I am a staunchly independent Republican who votes his constituent base.
· And the nation cheered when the Supreme Court and the Senate voted last week to impeach him.· Meanwhile, the Senate voted but failed to get a two-thirds majority on the balanced budget and flag desecration amendments.· Gramm missed 68 votes, making him a participant in 88. 9 percent of the Senate votes.· Connie Mack, R-Fla., as the Senate voted 74-22 for the bill.· However, the override is given little chance of passing the Senate where 54 senators voted for the ban last year.· Each delegate prepares a bill or a resolution for the mock senate to vote on.· The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to split the bill into two parts, one each dealing with legal and illegal immigration.
· The laws blocking these citizens from voting are state laws.· Republicans will vote in seven states with 362 delegates, and Dole is expected to win at least 300 of them.· Now that burden may shift to Republicans, some of whom have never voted for a state budget.· Those responding said they vote regularly in state elections.· Election votes in many states and localities overwhelmingly show it.· Turnout for the primary was high with about 75 percent of registered Republican voters showing up to vote, state officials said.
· And if voters have voted for an excluded candidate, why should they be permitted to switch their preference?· To assure party loyalty, the precinct captains merely accompany the voter into the voting machine.· Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.· Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.· There is little evidence to suggest voters voting for a particular party because of its stand on a particular issue.· The proposal so spooked lawmakers that they offered an alternative referendum that allowed independent voters to vote in primaries.· What is most noteworthy here is that at every stage after the first the exhaustive ballot enables voters to vote knowledgeably.· After his defeat by 984 votes, Dornan immediately claimed the election was marred by voter fraud, including voting by noncitizens.
· And the nation cheered when the Supreme Court and the Senate voted last week to impeach him.· Buchanan and Forbes moved on Tuesday to the industrial states that will vote next week.· The chances of the Government being defeated when amendment 27 is voted on in a few weeks are now difficult to judge.· With more than 1. 1 million eligible to vote last week, only 49, 266 voted.· The county Planning Commission voted 4-1 last week to endorse it.· The Senate is slated to vote this week.· It voted last week to determine whether doctors are giving placards to the undeserving.· A budget bill passed the Republican-controlled House by only three votes earlier this week.
· Note 1933 elections Religion: large no. of women vote for 1st time.· He and a white woman in her twenties voted against the amount of the awards.· This was held on 17 November 1933, women voting for the first time.· In those early days, we are told, women voted as well as men.· Is it true that men are more likely than women to vote in a democracy?· A Mormon bishop boasted that when the women of Utah voted, they voted for the tried friends of the church.· National exit polls showed 54 percent of women voted for Clinton and 38 percent chose Dole.· Universal democracy needed a civil war to end slavery and a constitutional amendment to let women vote.
VERB· The bill marks the end of a shocking anomaly similar to the one that once allowed only men to vote.· And under no circumstances are you allowed to vote for me.· He cited examples of cities that allowed noncitizens to vote in municipal elections in Maryland and several other states.· So who should be allowed to vote in this election?· The proposal so spooked lawmakers that they offered an alternative referendum that allowed independent voters to vote in primaries.· All those with permanent residence in the republic are to be allowed to vote in a 10 December poll.· If voters do not understand the process, they should not be allowed to vote.
· You can find most people that way unless, like me, they don't register to vote.· The following year, Three registered to vote again, at a different address across the street.· Nearly 7, 000 full-timers are registered to vote in Texas' Polk County.· Every move requires a person to take the time and fight the hassle to register to vote.· Do you want to distinguish between those who are and are not registered to vote?· Every move required the mover to take the time to register to vote, if so inclined.· A dozen registered to vote at the Coming Home Hospice, a facility for people with less than six months to live.
· However, I am not at all surprised that many who would have profited had they won did not so vote.· Married women voted Republican in 1984 and 1988-and the Republicans won.· Can a majority of public opinion be won over to vote for joining a single currency in just three or four years?
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► vote with your walletPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► vote of no-confidence/no-confidence vote/motion of no-confidence etc
- Women are voting with their feet and leaving the party in large numbers.
- If not, they will vote with their feet when they are old enough to do so.
- Perhaps it is not surprising that many younger doctors are voting with their feet.
- The Derbyshire Times noted that defiant parents were voting with their feet by keeping children away from school.
- Four of the five who voted him out of office either refused to discuss the removal or did not return phone calls.
- But they will be in costume, and all party goers will have a chance to vote on the best disguise.
- They also voted the Cappuccino the best sub-£20,000 sports car in the show.
- But will I vote for him?
- Come November-ish time, the situation seemed rather less pressing, and I voted for no change.
- Despite the above, I voted for Labour although its victory would have hit my pocket.
- Gee, can I vote in Gilbert?
- Like many another newly enfranchised 18-year-olds, I voted Conservative in 1979.
- That doesn't mean I vote the full Griffith ticket.
- Dress is formal and block bookings are available.
- I had to assert the authority of my casting vote.
- In 1996, 8,605 people cast votes for mayor, including 6,570 for Owens.
- Its voters first cast ballots by mail on a state housing initiative in 1993.
- Just four Republicans cast ballots for some one other than Gingrich, six short of the number needed to block his selection.
- The deadline for casting votes is February 1, 2001.
- The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots, leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
- They can not accept that I should cast votes on their behalf without first asking each of them what they think.
- Those who do are forced to cast a vote of questionable worth.
- And I suppose the way to change the damned constitution is with a majority vote.
- It took the jury almost five hours to reach a majority verdict and acquit her on all three charges.
- Stopping the White House from selling weapons to a foreign country requires a majority vote in both houses of Congress.
- Supposing Yorkshire or Cornwall decided by a majority vote to secede from Britain and elect their own government.
- The majority decision said the cabinet must now report to the legislature on its plan to scrap the plant.
- The reason for this is that government output is determined on the basis of a simple majority vote model.
- Then there is the problem of qualified majority voting on foreign policy issues.
- With a pure majority vote, this would presumably be enacted.
- Nine legislators were charged with selling their votes for cash.
- Chairman Gerald Davies proposed a vote of thanks.
- I did listen to him proposing a vote of thanks occasionally, and I was always glad when he sat down.
WORD FAMILYnounvotevoterverbvote
1in election/to support [intransitive, transitive] to show which person or party you want, or whether you support a plan, by marking a piece of paper, raising your hand etc: In 1918 British women got the right to vote.vote for/against/in favour of I voted for the Labour candidate in the last election. 53% of Danes voted in favour of the Maastricht treaty.vote on The people of Ulster had finally been given a chance to vote on the issue.vote to do something Congress voted to increase foreign aid by 10%. Shareholders voted to reject the offer.vote Democrat/Republican/Labour/Conservative etc I’ve voted Democrat all my life. → block voting at block1(5)2vote somebody into/out of power/office/parliament etc to elect or dismiss someone by voting: The chances are that the government will be voted out of office.3choose for prize [transitive] to choose someone or something for a particular prize by voting for themvote somebody/something something In 1981 Henry Fonda was voted Best Actor for ‘On Golden Pond’.4money [transitive] if a parliament, committee etc votes a sum of money for something, they decide by voting to provide money for that particular purposevote something for something Parliament has voted £20 million extra funding for road improvements.5vote something a success/the best etc British English if people vote something a success etc, they all agree that it is a success: The evening was voted a great success.6 I vote ... spoken used to say that you prefer one particular choice or possible actionvote (that) I vote we go to the movies.vote for ‘What do you want to eat?’ ‘I vote for Mexican.’7vote with your wallet British English a) (also vote with your pocketbook American English) to vote for someone or something that you think will help you have the most money: People generally vote with their pocketbooks against new taxes. b) (also vote with your dollars American English) to show you like something by choosing to buy it: Readers vote with their wallets every day when they choose a newspaper.8vote with your feet to show that you do not support a decision or action by leaving a place or organizationGRAMMAR: Comparisonvote• You vote for someone or something: · Who are you going to vote for at the next election?· Most MPs voted for the bill.• You vote against someone or something: · The committee voted against the decision.• You vote to do something: · Congress voted to change the law.pass• Parliament, Congress etc passes a bill or law: · Parliament passed a law against drug smuggling.• Pass is often used in the passive in this meaning: · The law was passed by a big majority.elect• Elect is often used in the passive.• You elect someone as something: · She was elected as MP for Corby.• You elect someone something: · Obama was elected president in 2008.• You elect someone to Parliament, Congress etc: · She was elected to the Senate.COLLOCATIONSadverbs/NOUNSvote yes/no· How many people voted Yes in the referendum?vote Conservative/Democrat etc (=vote for someone who is Conservative etc)· Cubans in the city of Miami have traditionally voted Republican.unanimously (=with everyone voting a particular way)· The committee voted unanimously in favour of the proposition.overwhelmingly (=by a very large majority)· On Dec. 7 delegates voted overwhelmingly to strike.narrowly (=by a small majority)· The Senate voted narrowly to continue funding the controversial project.tactically (=not for the party you support, but to get an acceptable result)· People appear to have voted tactically in order to prevent the Conservative candidate from gaining a seat.phrasesbe eligible/entitled to vote· All those aged 18 or over are eligible to vote.register to vote (=put your name on a list of voters)· We must encourage people to register to vote.THESAURUSvote [intransitive, transitive] to show which person or party you want, or whether you support a plan, by marking a piece of paper, raising your hand etc: · I’ve voted Democrat all my life.· You can vote for your favourite singer.· A majority of the people voted for independence.· In tomorrow’s election, many young people will be voting for the first time.elect [transitive] to choose a leader, representative, or government by voting, so that they become the new leader, representative etc: · He was elected mayor of London.· the newly-elected government· I think we should start by electing a new chairman.go to the polls if a country or voters go to the polls, they vote in an election – used especially in news reports: · The US goes to the polls in November.· The economic crisis could well be a decisive factor when voters go to the polls this autumn.take a vote if a group of people at a meeting take a vote, they vote about something: · We should take a vote on whether or not to accept their offer.· They took a vote and picked Bernard.cast your vote formal to mark a piece of paper, call a telephone number etc in order to vote: · The first votes have been cast in the country’s general election.· Click here to cast your vote.ballot [transitive] to ask the members of an organization to vote on something in order to decide what to do: · The union will ballot its members on whether to go ahead with the strike action.veto [transitive] to vote against something that other people have agreed on, so that it cannot happen: · The president has the right to veto any piece of legislation.vote something ↔ down phrasal verb to defeat a plan, law etc by voting: In 1999 the town had voted down a petition to close the school.vote somebody ↔ in phrasal verb to elect someone by voting: A new chairman was voted in.vote somebody ↔ out phrasal verb to remove someone from a position of power by voting: With policies like that, he’ll be voted out in the next election.vote something ↔ through phrasal verb British English to approve a plan, law etc by voting: The proposals were voted through yesterday.vote1 verbvote2 noun
votevote2 ●●● S2 W2 noun WORD ORIGINvote2
Origin:
1200-1300 Latin votum ‘promise, wish’, from vovere ‘to promise’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All the votes were counted before 6 o'clock.
- Both sides expect a close vote.
- Do you think my vote really makes a difference?
- Clinton carried Ohio and its 21 electoral votes by barely 90, 000 votes in the three-way race in 1992.
- Forte already holds 68.36% of the equity and has rights to 42.12% of the group's total votes.
- In early November Singh's beleaguered government lost a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.
- Perot did not win any states or electoral votes, however.
- Several of the speakers could call for a vote of confidence during the debate.
- So a vote for amendment 27 will be a vote to prevent the social chapter being administered.
- The Umpires' Association had planned to table a motion giving an official vote of support for Lamb.
Longman Language Activatorto vote
to formally choose someone such as a political representative or show your support or disapproval of something, for example by putting a mark on a piece of paper in an election: · In tomorrow's election, many young people will be voting for the first time.· Hundreds of people lost their lives in the past fighting for the right to vote.vote for (=vote to support them): · I haven't decided who I'm going to vote for.· 70% of the population voted for independence.vote against: · Only two people voted against the expansion of the business.vote in favour of something: · The vast majority of people voted in favour of closer links with Europe.vote on: · Teachers will be voting on a proposal to accept the 5% pay offer.vote Republican/Labour etc (=vote for a political party): · I've voted Democrat all my life.
if a group of people have or take a vote , they each make it known which idea they agree with, as a formal way of deciding what to do: · We couldn't agree on a way forward, so we decided to have a vote.have/take a vote on: · I think we should take a vote on whether or not to accept their offer.
also cast a ballot American to vote in a political election: · By the end of the day, less than 40% of the population had cast their votes.· Over three quarters of the votes cast were for the Liberal candidate.· Not until all the ballots have been cast can they be counted.
to ask a group of people to vote on something that has been discussed in order to come to an official decision about it: · Let's put it to the vote. All those in favour raise your hands.· When the matter was put to a vote, the staff voted overwhelmingly not to go on strike.
if someone vetoes a decision that other people have agreed on, they use their official power to refuse to allow it: · The president has the right to veto any piece of legislation.· The deal was agreed by the board but vetoed by the chairman.
to decide something by asking the members of an organization to formally vote on it: · The union will now ballot its members on whether to go ahead with strike action.
if the people of a country or area go to the polls , they vote in a political election - used especially in newspapers and on television or radio: · The people of Houston will go to the polls next week to elect a new mayor.· With only two days left before France goes to the polls, all parties are campaigning hard.
the system of choosing a government by voting - used especially in newspapers and on television or radio: · They are determined to win power through the ballot box, not by violence.· The voters have expressed their views at the ballot box.
to choose a government, leader, or representative by voting to choose a government, leader, or representative by voting: · I think we should start by electing a new chairman.elect somebody leader/chariman/president etc: · Ken Livingstone was elected mayor of London in May 2000.
give someone a position of political power by voting for them: vote somebody/something in: · They always seem to vote in these corrupt, incompetent governments.vote somebody into power/office: · The conservatives have promised to cut taxes if they are voted into office.
to elect someone to a position that they have had since the previous election: · The chairman and treasurer have both been re-elected for another year.re-elect somebody as something: · Simon Mungford has been re-elected as party leader.
British to elect a politician as a member of parliament - used especially in news reports: · Only 96 Conservative MPs were returned at the last election.
to formally suggest that someone should become one of the people who will be voted for in an election: · Whoever is nominated today will go forward to the leadership elections.nominate somebody for something: · By now it was clear that Bush was going to be nominated for President.nominate somebody as something: · I was nominated as chairman.
an occasion when people vote when people vote to choose a government or leader: · It will be interesting to see what happens at the next election.hold an election: · South Africa held its first multi-racial elections in 1994.call an election (=to say officially that there will be an election): · The government may decide to call an election early.presidential/gubernatorial election (=an election to choose a president or governor): · America is preparing for the presidential elections, which will take place in two weeks' time.general election British (=an election to choose a government): · Taxation will be one of the major issues at the next general election.
relating to an election: · Support for electoral reform is growing.· This was the first of her many electoral successes.· Electoral systems vary from country to country.
when everyone in a country votes on a particular important political subject: · How will you be voting in the referendum?hold a referendum: · The government has promised to hold a referendum and let the people choose.referendum on: · The Irish people voted 'no' in a referendum on divorce in 1986.
when the members of an organization vote on something by marking what they want on a piece of paper, especially in order to make sure that it is secret: · The result of the ballot showed that nurses were not in favour of a strike.ballot of: · He was elected by a ballot of all the teaching staff in the college.hold a ballot: · It was decided to hold a ballot of all party members.secret ballot (=when no-one knows what you voted for): · Voting will be by secret ballot.
a political election - used especially in news reports: · The party is still trying to recover from the losses it suffered at last year's polls.at the polls: · Richards won a huge victory at the polls.the polls: · Voters have been flocking to the polls to elect a new president.
the process of voting in a political election: · Polling has been going on since 9 am.· The announcement of her resignation came just two days before polling was to begin.polling day British (=the day when an election is held): · Polling day is 30 May.polling booth/station (=a place where people vote): · Security was tight at the polling stations.
when the people in a group are asked to vote informally by raising their hands: · A show of hands suggested that Martins had little support.· She was elected by a show of hands.
someone who votes someone who votes in a political election: · Italian voters have shown that they are ready for a change of government.Republican/Labour etc voters: · There is disappointment among Labour voters that the party has not done more to help traditional industries.
all the people who can vote in a country or area: · Research has shown that thirty percent of the electorate have still not decided how they will vote.· He has been accused of misleading the electorate.
the right to vote the right to vote in an election: · People are campaigning for civil rights and especially for the vote.have the vote: · The majority of immigrant workers do not have the vote.get the vote: · In 1928 in Britain, women got the vote at 21 on equal terms with men.
if you have a vote , you have the right to vote: · In Britain, everyone over 18 has a vote.· The secretary is allowed to attend meetings, but does not have a vote.
formal the right to vote in elections - use this especially to talk about people's fight to be allowed to vote: · There was a fierce struggle for women's suffrage in Britain early this century.· Suffrage reforms took place in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.universal suffrage (=the right of every adult in a country to vote): · Even now, not every country in Europe has universal suffrage.
formal the right to vote in political elections: · The franchise was later extended to any person over 18 years old.
formal to give a person or a group of people the right to vote in political elections: · This legislation enfranchised many thousands of people.· The group works in developing countries to increase literacy and enfranchise women.
formal to take away someone's right to vote in an election: · If you don't get your name on the electoral register you may be disenfranchised.
ways of saying how many votes are made or received the total number of votes made in a political election: · 63% of the vote went to the National Party.somebody's share of the vote: · Once again, the Democrats increased their share of the vote.
if a candidate receives or gets a particular number of votes, that is the number of people who have voted for him or her. Receive is more formal than get: · Standord received 50% of the male vote.· The Green Party candidate got only one more vote than the Socialists.
British to receive a particular number of votes in an election: · He polled 23,579 votes.· The Labour candidate polled 52% of the votes.
to try to get elected also stand British · Ellis has not yet announced whether or not he will run.· I hope Ian will decide to stand because he'd make an excellent president.run for · Only eight percent of those standing for the National Party were women.run against · We've got an excellent candidate to run against Harwood in the election.stand for Parliament British · He first stood for Parliament in 1974 but failed to get in.stand for election British · If you want to change the way the committee does things, you should stand for election yourself.run for President/mayor/office etc · There are rumors going around that I'm running for President, but they're not true.
especially British to try very hard to get elected, especially when this is difficult: fight an election: · The Prime Minister has decided to stay on to fight another election.fight somebody for something: · Neil Phillips will now fight Adams for leadership of the party.
someone who tries to get elected: · I think Reid is definitely the best candidate.candidate for: · She stood as the candidate for Hackney East.Conservative/Nationalist/Communist etc candidate: · My name is Andrew Fraser. I'm your Labour candidate.· the Democratic candidate
political activities before an election the activities and advertising used over a period of time to persuade people to vote for a particular party or person: · Richards and his team have already started planning his campaign for election as party leader.· Throughout the campaign, Baldwin looked the most likely to win.election campaign: · The government does not want this kind of bad publicity in the middle of an election campaign.
activities such as visiting places and talking to people to try to persuade them to vote for a particular person or party - use this especially when you think politicians are not being sincere when they do this: · Modern electioneering is sophisticated and highly organised.· Critics have dismissed his visit to a shelter for the homeless as an obvious piece of electioneering.
to go around an area or to people's houses in order to find out if they intend to vote for you or your party and, if not, to try to persuade them that they should: · She was canvassing in the Greenside area of town yesterday.· I spent the whole afternoon canvassing voters.canvass for: · I canvass for the Democrats at election times.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The proposal was rejected by 19 votes to 7. policies designed to win votes in the South It’s the club secretary that counts the votes. Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it. The Greens increased their share of the vote from 2.9% to 4.9%. In France women didn’t get the vote until 1945. At that time black people did not yet have the vote. The motion was passed by a vote of 215 to 84.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Over 500,000 18-year-olds will become eligible to vote this year. They always vote Labour. The government lost by one vote. The Communist candidate lost by a whisker (=a very small amount). a proxy vote Lee received 324 votes (=324 people voted for him). Do campaign gifts swing votes? On April 19 the new government won a vote of confidence by 339 votes to 207. On April 22 the National Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in the government.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
The proposal was rejected by 19 votes to 7. (=vote in a political election) Harkin won 74 percent of the votes cast.
Harkin won 74 percent of the votes cast. policies designed to win votes in the South It’s the club secretary that counts the votes. Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it. (=decide something by voting) Let’s put it to the vote. All those in favor raise your hands.
Let’s put it to the vote. All those in favor raise your hands. The Greens increased their share of the vote from 2.9% to 4.9%. In France women didn’t get the vote until 1945. At that time black people did not yet have the vote. The motion was passed by a vote of 215 to 84.· plans to bring down the voting age from 18 to 16
Over 500,000 18-year-olds will become eligible to vote this year.· Only half the citizens vote.
They always vote Labour. The government lost by one vote. The Communist candidate lost by a whisker (=a very small amount).· The majority vote carries the resolution.
· He won the presidency with almost 86 percent of the popular vote.
British English Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote.
Housebound voters should register early for a postal vote.· Shareholders will vote on the proposal on May 5.
a proxy vote Lee received 324 votes (=324 people voted for him).· Are there any comments you wish to make before we vote on this resolution?
· In the first round of voting he took 44.5 percent of the vote,
Do campaign gifts swing votes? On April 19 the new government won a vote of confidence by 339 votes to 207. On April 22 the National Assembly passed a vote of no confidence in the government.· The black vote is astonishingly loyal to the Democratic Party.· Christie Whitman got 25 percent of the black vote in New Jersey.· Another astute electoral move helped to win 70% of the black vote for Kennedy.· George Allen received 22 percent of the black vote.· Clinton returned to the electoral fray last week to get out the black and Hispanic vote in California and the south.· This leaves one important question: How does the Republican nominee get more of the black and minority vote?· Q: Can the Democratic Party afford to take the black vote for granted?
· There was heated debate, but by the casting vote of the chairman we got our grant.· Without hesitation the General threw his casting vote in favour of the gallows.· The Chair has the casting vote in the case of a tie.· The only solution seems to be to rotate the casting vote, but there are always Trollopean difficulties and rivalries.· Verity Lambert would have artistic control over, and generally the casting vote in any decisions about, the programme.
· It certainly lost us quite a lot of Conservative votes.· The religious conservative vote is perhaps more influential in South Carolina than in any state.· Our Conservative vote increased from 23,753 to 24,591.· He is preaching to the choir of religious-right Protestants and conservative Catholics whose votes should already be locked up.· Her great threat to the Howard government is to split the conservative vote three ways.· The Conservative vote dropped from 59.9 percent of the valid vote at the 1987 general election, to 40.9 percent.
· Hayes's election depended on contested electoral votes in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Florida.· He noted that Wisconsin controls only 11 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.· If all the disputed electoral votes went to Hayes, he would win; just one of them would elect Tilden.· Perot did not carry a single state in 1992 and, as a result, did not win any electoral votes.· At 3.15 this morning Clinton had passed the magical 270 electoral votes he required to win the presidency.· Perot did not receive even one electoral vote in his 1992 independent campaign for president.· Historically, they have been states or part of a bloc of states that have large numbers of electoral votes.· It takes 270 electoral votes to win.
· It called for a free vote on marijuana, and also for possible referendums on abortion and the restoration of capital punishment.· He has spent his life campaigning for free trade unionism and free votes.· Members are traditionally allowed a free vote and can not be instructed by their party to follow a line.· On a free vote the amendment was carried by 292 votes to 246, a majority of forty six.· The issues of Maastricht - single currency, sovereignty and legal structure - deserve thorough scrutiny and a free vote.· Who is really winning will not be known before the free vote on the embryo Bill in the new year.· No wonder, it will be a free vote.
· The ardent left-winger helped launch the Red Wedge pop-meets-politics movement to boost the Labour vote in the 1987 general election.· The Labour vote suffered a double slippage.· The Labour vote suffered from increasing local distress caused by the strike which was still in progress.· Although the Labour vote was still six million, its numbers were lower than at any time since 1910.· But anti-Tory feeling in a recession-battered area has polarised the Labour vote to his disadvantage.
· Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly, elected by direct popular vote for a five-year term.· If the system had been built on popular votes rather than the electoral college, each would have pursued a different strategy.· Now they've managed to get round the popular vote.· Equally ironic was the fact that four years earlier Johnson had won the biggest percentage of the popular vote in modern history.· The President is elected for a five-year term by popular vote.· In 1992, he ended up with 19 percent of the popular vote.· The popular vote was, apparently, 4,300,000 for Tilden to 4,036,000 for Hayes.· Perot garnered 19 percent of the popular vote in the three-way race in 1992
· Only one had a postal vote.· Something similar may also have happened in Martin county, where 9,770 postal votes are at stake.· Voluntary patients can register on the electoral roll and can have postal votes.· Telephone canvassing, postal votes, the party machine at Labour's Millbank headquarters had all the answers.
· Likewise, the single transferable vote system normally operates, and is usually thought of as operating, in multi-member constituencies.· Its unintended effect was also to crush a succession of much less well-prepared Republican hopefuls before a single vote had been cast.· That may be what he'd like to say, but the single preferential vote makes it impossible.· And I fear for the darkness as four Justices anxiously await the single vote necessary to extinguish the light.· A single vote, wasted votes and used votes Nothing escapes attention so easily as the obvious.· He was impeached by radical Republicans and escaped by a single vote being found guilty and ousted from office.· He had just missed being elected a member of this Academy by a single vote.· Schweiker changed not a single convention delegate vote.
NOUN· It is rather like a Labour Party conference, without the block vote.· That can now change - indeed, if the block vote goes, it will have to change.· In the end the pro-democracy motion was defeated-crushed under the boot of the union block vote.· The rumbling row with the unions over ending the block vote is a classic example of its suicidal tendencies.· Although that would reduce the union block vote more drastically than other options, it would also give both sides a veto.· A composite motion demanding the straight forward abolition of the block vote was defeated on a show of hands.· Millions of trade unionists could not simply be represented by the casting of a block vote once a year.
· No government can fail a confidence vote without suspicion that parties were bought by the opposition.· On 15 April the government lost a confidence vote in parliament and Gaillard resigned.· Three Foreign Ministry officials resigned but the government survived a no confidence vote on Jan. 31.· If the government does lose the showdown, it seems likely that John Major will call a confidence vote 24 hours later.· Parliament meets for the confidence vote on December 30.· Haughey dismissed two ministers before the no confidence vote.
VERB· Ninety-seven percent of those qualified to vote did so and a new democratic constitution was adopted by unanimous vote.· The Committee adopted by voice vote an amendment offered by Senator Helms to the proposed resolution of ratification.· It was adopted by 101 votes to none with eight abstentions.· Resolution 44/115 on chemical weapons was adopted without a vote.· All three parts of Resolution 45/57 on the prohibition of chemical and bacteriological weapons were adopted without a vote.· It was adopted by 75 votes to 20 and 40 abstentions.· The declaration was adopted by 907 votes to 13, with nine abstentions.
· But in the teacher contest the electors can cast as many votes as they wish.· We propose the single transferable vote, by which electors cast their votes in multi-member constituencies based on natural communities.· In 1996, 8,605 people cast votes for mayor, including 6,570 for Owens.· I had to assert the authority of my casting vote.· George Thacher cast the lone dissenting vote.· That is, the value of each vote is equal to the amount owed to the creditor casting that vote.· His opponent will be lucky to get seventy thousand Republicans interested enough to cast a primary vote.
· But this time there was particular urgency about their work as if each woman were counting votes for the two competitors.· Other members count votes before items reach a public meeting or talk as a quorum of a council subcommittee.· Others, however, are counting on your vote.· Otherwise we just elect a few representatives who can totally ignore our wishes for several years after we have counted the votes.· Nobody bothers to count the votes.· It is understood the moves were made to make it easier to count the votes and complete the procedure by the weekend.
· But his bid was defeated by 27 votes to 17.· The housing project, which had been approved by the town council, was narrowly defeated by public vote.· Danquah was defeated by over 1100 votes.· His concern was justified when the no confidence motion was defeated by only 447 votes to 412.· In parliament, Mr Rabin's Labour Party defeated by 50 votes to 41 a right-wing no-confidence motion prompted by the bloodshed.· Later on Nov. 23 the no confidence motion was defeated by 201 votes to 159, with six abstentions.· As well as shortage of time, the bill can be defeated on a vote or it can be talked out.
· Legislative power is vested in the National Assembly, elected by direct popular vote for a five-year term.· Three of the hardest selling dealers were elected, usually by vote.· I was duly elected without a vote being needed, on to the Standing Committee, as were five other people.· Seleznev was elected by 285 votes to two.· For instance: is the test of a democracy the fact that a government is elected by the votes of the people?
· It would cause an outcry and lose votes including mine.· In Southern states where Democrats had returned to power, blacks had just lost the vote.· He saw it as his mission to make sure the Prime Minister did not lose this crucial vote.· Defence, which lost Labour so many votes in 1983 and 1987, is especially important.· Last week was the first time Hastert had lost such a procedural vote.
· A drive in a limousine is passed by silent vote.· The Presidio bill and the huge parks package it was tied to passed by unanimous voice vote.· The bill was passed by 241 votes to 55, with 55 abstentions.· A few hours later, it passed by seventy votes to twenty-three.· Congress formally passed a vote of thanks to the new president.· The motion to continue proceedings on the bill was passed by 319 votes to 316 with seven deliberate Conservative abstentions.· With the new dynamic of California politics, getting any ballot measure passed with just Anglo votes is fast becoming impossible.
· New Democracy again abstained so that neither candidate was able to win a two-thirds majority, Alevras receiving 127 votes and Sartzetakis 21.· All five, for better or worse, have received recent votes of confidence from their respective general managers or team presidents.· This arose as local businesses paid rates but did not receive a vote.· Perot did not receive even one electoral vote in his 1992 independent campaign for president.· They replied that their only concern was survival and whatever politician might help them with that would receive their vote.· He received 52 votes while the Communist candidate, Thein pe, got only 33 votes.· Perot received 64 percent of votes cast, while Lamm won 35 percent.
· All required a two-thirds majority vote, but achieved less than half.· The idea of funding the museum with a lease revenue bond, which requires a simple majority vote, may be used.· The amendment would require a two-thirds vote of Congress to pass tax increase measures.· Stopping the White House from selling weapons to a foreign country requires a majority vote in both houses of Congress.· Forty senators could block the bill because Senate rules require 60 votes to take up a conference committee report.· The bonds, which require a simple majority vote for passage, would result in a rate increase for water customers.· Ultimately, a valley breakaway could require a vote of the people.
· In the precinct where Owens lives, the mayor won six more votes than Brown.· If Fabre wins the vote in the Federation Executive then he will take over, although no one knows for how long.· Some have interpreted it as an attempt to win Hispanic votes at the expense of military readiness.· George W Bush initially won Florida by 2,000 votes.· After last-minute arm-twisting by Dole, Lott wound up winning by just one vote.· Mr Gorbachev might well have won such a vote, and added to his formal powers the authority he now lacks.· Perot garnered 19 percent of the popular vote in 1992 but did not win any electoral votes.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► vote of no-confidence/no-confidence vote/motion of no-confidence etc
- Barkeley gets my vote for sexiest man of the decade.
- Pans and scans: Rowdy Gaines gets my vote as best analyst at these Games thus far.
- 63% of the vote went to the National Party.
- Davis won the election with 57% of the vote.
- In 1928 in Britain, women got the vote at 21 on equal terms with men.
- Once again, the Democrats increased their share of the vote.
- People are campaigning for civil rights and especially for the vote.
- The majority of immigrant workers do not have the vote.
- But of all the determinants of voting behaviour, religion was the most precise.
- But the charter still prohibits the mayor from voting to get rid of many city officials, starting with the manager.
- If the votes of working men were to be obtained, the parties had to offer them something.
- In the March 12 primary, Morales received 36 percent of the vote and Bryant received 30 percent.
- McCain did not just get out the vote.
- Pat Buchanan got out the vote.
- Qiao Shi, the intelligence chief who had abstained in the martial law vote earlier, endorsed an immediate army crackdown.
- Another astute electoral move helped to win 70% of the black vote for Kennedy.
- Ashcroft also addressed concerns raised about allegations of voter intimidation and other problems in Florida that may have depressed the black vote.
- Christie Whitman got 25 percent of the black vote in New Jersey.
- George Allen received 22 percent of the black vote.
- One of the keys to the Republican victory was the black vote.
- Q: Can the Democratic Party afford to take the black vote for granted?
- The drop in the black vote was estimated to be more than one hundred thousand.
- Although the Labour vote was still six million, its numbers were lower than at any time since 1910.
- But anti-Tory feeling in a recession-battered area has polarised the Labour vote to his disadvantage.
- But the Green vote has disintegrated.
- Her great threat to the Howard government is to split the conservative vote three ways.
- The ardent left-winger helped launch the Red Wedge pop-meets-politics movement to boost the Labour vote in the 1987 general election.
- Dress is formal and block bookings are available.
- I had to assert the authority of my casting vote.
- In 1996, 8,605 people cast votes for mayor, including 6,570 for Owens.
- Its voters first cast ballots by mail on a state housing initiative in 1993.
- Just four Republicans cast ballots for some one other than Gingrich, six short of the number needed to block his selection.
- The deadline for casting votes is February 1, 2001.
- The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots, leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
- They can not accept that I should cast votes on their behalf without first asking each of them what they think.
- Those who do are forced to cast a vote of questionable worth.
- And I suppose the way to change the damned constitution is with a majority vote.
- It took the jury almost five hours to reach a majority verdict and acquit her on all three charges.
- Stopping the White House from selling weapons to a foreign country requires a majority vote in both houses of Congress.
- Supposing Yorkshire or Cornwall decided by a majority vote to secede from Britain and elect their own government.
- The majority decision said the cabinet must now report to the legislature on its plan to scrap the plant.
- The reason for this is that government output is determined on the basis of a simple majority vote model.
- Then there is the problem of qualified majority voting on foreign policy issues.
- With a pure majority vote, this would presumably be enacted.
- Nine legislators were charged with selling their votes for cash.
- Chairman Gerald Davies proposed a vote of thanks.
- I did listen to him proposing a vote of thanks occasionally, and I was always glad when he sat down.
WORD FAMILYnounvotevoterverbvote
1choice by voting [countable] an act of voting in an election or meeting, or the choice that you make when you vote: A vote for us is not a wasted vote. The proposal was rejected by 19 votes to 7.vote for/in favour (of)/against The House of Representatives approved the budget, with 52 votes in favor, 16 against and 12 abstentions.cast your vote (=vote in a political election) Harkin won 74 percent of the votes cast. policies designed to win votes in the South It’s the club secretary that counts the votes. → casting vote2occasion of voting [countable usually singular] an occasion when a group of people vote in order to decide something or choose a representative SYN ballot: The results of the vote were surprising – 80% of workers favoured strike action.vote on There will be a citywide vote (=all the voters in a particular city) on the matter.take/have a vote (on something) Unless anyone has anything to add, we’ll take a vote. Let’s have a vote on it.put something to the/a vote (=decide something by voting) Let’s put it to the vote. All those in favor raise your hands. → free vote3the vote a)the total number of votes made in an election: Davis won the election with 57% of the vote. The Greens increased their share of the vote from 2.9% to 4.9%. b)the right to vote in political elections: In France women didn’t get the vote until 1945. At that time black people did not yet have the vote.4the ... vote a)the black/Jewish/middle-class etc vote black, Jewish etc voters, or their votes: The black vote is astonishingly loyal to the Democratic Party. b)the Labour/Conservative/Green etc vote British English the total number of votes the Labour Party, Conservative Party etc win in an election: The Green vote looks likely to increase again.5result of voting [singular] the result of a vote: A close vote is expected. The motion was passed by a vote of 215 to 84.6somebody/something gets my vote spoken used to say that you are ready to support someone or something, or that you think that someone or something is the best of their kind: Anything that will mean a better deal for our children gets my vote.- worker
- Workers' Educational Association
- work ethic
- work experience
- kinetics
- kinfolk
- king
- King and Country debate
- kingdom
- Kingdom Hall
- King, Don
- kingfisher
- King James Bible
- King Kong
- King, Larry
- King Lear
- kingly
- kingmaker
- King, Martin Luther
- King of the Jews
- kingpin
- King, Rodney
- King's Bench
- King's College Chapel
- King's Counsel