vote for

Example Sentences

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Indeed, because that is the case, voters may be reluctant to vote for them in the first place.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

“By that date,” Justice D. Arthur Kelsey writes for the 4-3 majority, “over 1.3 million votes had been cast,” which was “approximately 40% of the total vote for that election cycle.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Steyer said he would vote for the tax, but he agreed that state leaders ought to go further, including by taxing corporate interests more.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

But, with inflation higher than in other advanced economies, some members of its rate-setting committee may vote for a hike, analysts say.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

But the vote for the third election happened during the 1797 recurrence of yellow fever, when most well-to-do citizens had left the city.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy