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."

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

In October of 1795 Aaron Burr visited Monticello, presumably to discuss the delivery of New York’s electoral votes, probably as a condition for his own place on the ticket as vice president.

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