vote count
Ballots added up
A vote count is the tabulation of votes cast in an election or other balloting process.
The term refers both to the act of counting and to the resulting total: The vote count took all night, The final vote count showed a margin of twelve thousand.
In close elections, recounts may be demanded when the initial vote count is disputed.
- tallyRecorded count
- ballotVoting document
- ballot boxContainer for cast votes
- pollGathering of opinions
- electionOrganized public voting
election night · majority · landslide · precinct · turnout · tabulate · winner · returns · swing state · electoral · certification · absentee · provisional · contested · audit · canvass · spoiled · hanging
- election disputescontested results, electoral dispute, electoral disputes, ballot disputes, contested seats
- legislative votesyea, nay, aye, ayes, nays
- UK electionsballot, general elections, general election, by-election, candidate
- countingcountdown, tally, tallying, headcount, numeral
- electionsballot, ballots, candidates, polls, election day
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, bill
vote countnon-participation
Choosing to stay uninvolved
disenfranchisement · voter suppression · voter apathy · boycott · spoiled ballots
vote countmargin of victory
Gap separating winner, loser
margin · vote share · swing · point spread · differential
vote countdiktat
Unilateral authoritative decree
decree · fiat · edict · appointment · executive order
vote, count, votes, voted, voter, voters, voting, votive, votary