going to the polls
Exercising electoral rights
Going to the polls means voting in an election.
The polls are the places where votes are cast—polling stations or voting locations.
The phrase appears in news coverage and political speech: Millions of Americans are going to the polls today.
It can also describe the collective act of voting: When voters go to the polls in November, they'll decide the fate of the referendum.
- electionOrganized public voting
- election dayScheduled voting occasion
- ballotVoting document
- voteFormal choice expression
- candidatePerson seeking selection
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going to the pollsabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
staying home · disenfranchisement · voter suppression · voter apathy · apathy
going to the pollstaking to the streets
Publicly gathering in protest
protesting · rioting · revolution · armed resistance · civil disobedience
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