electorally
Through the polls
Electorally means in terms of elections or voting outcomes.
A party may be electorally vulnerable in certain districts.
A policy might be electorally popular even if controversial among experts.
The word appears most often in political analysis: The candidate performed well electorally but struggled to govern.
Number attending an event
- ballotVoting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
voter · precinct · tally · abstain · majority · minority · proxy · scrutineer
Person seeking selection
- rallyGathering for a cause
- debateFormal argument on issues
- stumpTrunk base after felling
- caucusParty selection meeting
primary · nominee · endorsement · platform · swing · pundit · incumbent · canvassing
Direct vote by citizens
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- measureUnit of quantity
- amendmentChange to official text
ratification · approval · rejection · passage · defeat · binding · nonbinding · advisory
Division into shares
- redistrictingRedrawing electoral boundaries
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- districtingDividing into administrative areas
- reapportionmentRedistributing legislative seats
proportional · delegate · mandate · census · seat · legislature · bicameral · parliament
Defeating an opponent
- defeatVictory over another
- landslideMass of earth falling
- upsetDisturb, topple, or shock
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
margin · plurality · runoff · recount · concession · certification · contested · decisive
Administrative jurisdiction zone
- wardProtected person; division
- ridingControlling while mounted
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- divisionSplitting into parts
constituency · zone · sector · locality · territory · jurisdiction · battleground · bellwether
turnout
Number attending an event
franchise · voter · precinct · tally · abstain · majority · minority · proxy · scrutineer · pollster
candidate
Person seeking selection
caucus · primary · nominee · endorsement · platform · swing · pundit · incumbent · canvassing · slogan
plebiscite
Direct vote by citizens
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- measureUnit of quantity
amendment · ratification · approval · rejection · passage · defeat · binding · nonbinding · advisory · recall
apportionment
Division into shares
- redistrictingRedrawing electoral boundaries
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- districtingDividing into administrative areas
reapportionment · proportional · delegate · mandate · census · seat · legislature · bicameral · parliament · assembly
victory
Defeating an opponent
mandate · margin · plurality · runoff · recount · concession · certification · contested · decisive · narrow
precinct
Administrative jurisdiction zone
division · constituency · zone · sector · locality · territory · jurisdiction · battleground · bellwether · marginal
electorallyby appointment
Requiring prior arrangement
hereditarily · autocratically · dictatorially · undemocratically · tyrannically
- 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