electoral
Of the polls
Electoral is an adjective relating to elections or electors—the people who vote.
It most commonly modifies nouns like process, system, college, vote, and reform.
In American politics, the Electoral College is the body of electors who formally cast votes for president, making electoral votes distinct from the popular vote.
Electoral fraud refers to illegal interference with elections.
The word appears frequently in political and journalistic contexts but rarely in everyday conversation.
Right to cast ballots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- ballotVoting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- turnoutNumber attending an event
precinct · caucus · primary · general · midterm · absentee · early · runoff
Rule by most voters
- proportionalScaled to match another
- ranked-choiceBallot listing candidates by preference
- first-past-the-postMost votes wins
- pluralityLargest share among several
threshold · quota · mandate · constituency · district · gerrymandering · redistricting · apportionment
One proposed for position
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
- running mateVice presidential nominee
- ticketEntry permit slip
slate · frontrunner · dark horse · campaign · platform · endorsement · nomination · primary
Act of taking part
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- dutyRequired moral task
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
mobilization · registration · activism · advocacy · grassroots · get-out-the-vote · observer · transparency
Appointed agency leader
- poll workerVoting site attendant
- registrarKeeper of official records
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
- observerOne who perceives events
scrutineer · delegate · supervisor · clerk · warden · judge · certifier · canvasser
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
turnout · precinct · caucus · primary · general · midterm · absentee · early · runoff · recount
majoritarian
Rule by most voters
- proportionalScaled to match another
- ranked-choiceBallot listing candidates by preference
- first-past-the-postMost votes wins
plurality · threshold · quota · mandate · constituency · district · gerrymandering · redistricting · apportionment · swing
nominee
One proposed for position
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
- running mateVice presidential nominee
ticket · slate · frontrunner · dark horse · campaign · platform · endorsement · nomination · primary · debate
participation
Act of taking part
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- dutyRequired moral task
- turnoutNumber attending an event
awareness · mobilization · registration · activism · advocacy · grassroots · get-out-the-vote · observer · transparency · accountability
commissioner
Appointed agency leader
- poll workerVoting site attendant
- registrarKeeper of official records
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
observer · scrutineer · delegate · supervisor · clerk · warden · judge · certifier · canvasser
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- government termslegislative, federal agencies, congressional, state agencies, parliamentary
- presidentialpresidential, executive, inaugural, incumbent, sworn
- politicalconservative, liberal, moderate, centrist, leftist
- political fictiondystopia, utopia, Nineteen Eighty-Four, 1984, dystopian fiction
electoralappointive
Filled by assignment
appointed · hereditary · inherited · nominated · self-appointed
electoralmonarchical
Of or like kingship
autocratic · dictatorial · hereditary · dynastic · theocratic
electoralautocratic
Ruling with absolute authority
dictatorial · authoritarian · totalitarian · undemocratic · antidemocratic
- electoral votesState-allocated presidential selection units
- electoral collegeIntermediary voting delegation system
- electoral mapVisual of voting outcomes
- electoral fraudIllegal election manipulation
- electoral rollList of eligible voters
- electoral systemRules governing ballot counting
electoral college, elector, electorate, electors, selector, electorally, electorates, electoral system, electoral fraud