voting
Expressing electoral choice
Voting is the act of casting a vote—expressing a choice in an election, poll, or group decision.
The term covers both the individual act I'm voting tomorrow and the collective process Voting begins at 7 a.m. .
As a modifier, voting describes things related to this process: voting booth, voting rights, voting bloc.
Organized effort toward goal
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
- nomineeOne proposed for position
front-runner · runoff · primary · general · midterm · turnout · registration · constituency
General group agreement
- unanimityComplete group agreement
- majorityOver half of total
- minoritySmaller part of whole
- pluralityLargest share among several
quorum · bloc · coalition · caucus · faction · bipartisan · cross-party · veto
Right to cast ballots
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
rights · access · eligibility · representation · republic · parliamentary · constitutional · direct
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- participationAct of taking part
activism · informed · electorate · public · grassroots · community · mobilization · outreach
Pressed pulp for writing
- boxLidded storage container
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
chad · punch · mark · slip · ticket · absentee · mail-in · provisional
Favored choice among alternatives
- selectionChosen item or items
- optionAvailable course of action
- decisionSettled course of action
- alternativeAnother available choice
pick · ranked · write-in · abstention · undecided · single-issue · strategic · tactical
campaign
Organized effort toward goal
- candidatePerson seeking selection
- incumbentCurrent position holder
- challengerOne competing against incumbent
nominee · front-runner · runoff · primary · general · midterm · turnout · registration · constituency · delegate
consensus
General group agreement
plurality · quorum · bloc · coalition · caucus · faction · bipartisan · cross-party · veto · ratification
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- disenfranchisementRemoval of voting rights
suppression · rights · access · eligibility · representation · republic · parliamentary · constitutional · direct · participatory
duty
Required moral task
- responsibilityState of being answerable
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
participation · activism · informed · electorate · public · grassroots · community · mobilization · outreach · education
paper
Pressed pulp for writing
precinct · chad · punch · mark · slip · ticket · absentee · mail-in · provisional · spoiled
preference
Favored choice among alternatives
alternative · pick · ranked · write-in · abstention · undecided · single-issue · strategic · tactical · conscience
- social studiescivics, social studies, maps, economics, community
- group activitiesgroup games, protest, group dance, group project, game night
- civicsballot, election, ballots, Bill of Rights, branches of government
- democracyelection, elections, ballot, ballots, candidate
- electionsballot, ballots, candidates, polls, election day
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
votingabstaining
Voluntarily doing without
abstention · nonvoting · sitting out · boycotting · disengagement
votingappointing
Selecting for a position
appointment · appointed · inheritance · hereditary succession · conscription
votingdictating
Speaking for recording
decree · fiat · imposition · mandate · autocratic rule
- votive candleSmall ritual offering light
- voting boothPrivate space for ballots
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- voting outRemoving by majority decision
- voting procedureSystem for collecting choices
- voting ageMinimum years for suffrage
devotion, devotional, devoting, votive, voting systems, voting booth, voting system, voting machines, voting machine