electing
Voting someone in
Electing is the act of choosing by vote—selecting someone for office or membership through a formal decision process.
Beyond voting, electing means making a deliberate choice: She is electing to have the surgery.
The participial form often modifies: the electing body, electing officials.
Voting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- electorateEligible voting body
turnout · voter · registration · tally · absentee · proxy · caucus · primary
One proposed for position
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- nominationFormal candidate selection
candidacy · running · campaign · platform · stump · endorsement · frontrunner · contender
Rule by the people
- republicState with elected leaders
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
- senateLegislative governing body
parliament · representation · sovereignty · legitimacy · federalism · bicameral · congressional · mandate
Picking from options
- optingActively making a choice
- decidingMaking a choice
- appointingSelecting for a position
- designatingFormally identifying or assigning
naming · picking · preferring · determination · choice · decision · handpicking · tapping
ballot
Voting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
electorate · turnout · voter · registration · tally · absentee · proxy · caucus · primary · plebiscite
nominee
One proposed for position
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- delegateEntrust authority to another
nomination · candidacy · running · campaign · platform · stump · endorsement · frontrunner · contender · challenger
democracy
Rule by the people
- republicState with elected leaders
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
senate · parliament · representation · sovereignty · legitimacy · federalism · bicameral · congressional · mandate · inauguration
selecting
Picking from options
- optingActively making a choice
- decidingMaking a choice
- appointingSelecting for a position
designating · naming · picking · preferring · determination · choice · decision · handpicking · tapping · anointing
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- choiceschoice, choose, decide, decision, pick
- assigningassigning, allocating, appointing, attributing, crediting
electingappointing
Selecting for a position
nominating · anointing · designating · installing · crowning
electingrejecting
Refusing to accept
defeating · dismissing · ousting · blackballing · vetoing
electingwavering
Showing unsteady resolve
hesitating · dithering · vacillating · abstaining · equivocating
- election turnoutProportion who voted
- election interferenceUndermining legitimate ballot processes
- election resultsOfficial vote counts
- presidential electionVote for head of state
- runoff electionsContests after no majority
- election nightWhen winners are announced