electoral

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That’s an essential ingredient to building electoral support for changes that often feel like a huge leap of faith when voters are accustomed to the false security of the status quo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

But having led Welsh Labour to victory at 2021 Senedd election, he leaves with his party's proud century-long record of electoral success in Wales hanging in the balance.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner, said that when presidential elections are held again in Venezuela, she will participate "in that electoral process" but did not specify whether she would run.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

“Rather than relying on a single metric such as polling, it takes a multidimensional approach to evaluating candidate viability. That approach better reflects how political scientists measure complex phenomena like electoral competitiveness.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

For several weeks it was not at all clear whether Jefferson would become the next abiding occupant, because the final tally of the electoral vote had produced a tie between him and Burr.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis