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Multi-word Results
| casting vote |
the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to break a tie, as in a legislative body. |
| electoral vote |
the tally of the votes cast by the electors of the electoral college in a U.S. presidential election. In most states, the winner of the popular vote receives one hundred percent of that state's electoral vote; therefore, the percentage of the total electoral vote cast for each candidate may not reflect the percentage of the popular vote cast for each candidate. [2 definitions] |
| popular vote |
in the U.S., the vote for a President as participated in by the voters themselves, as opposed to the vote carried out by the electoral college. [2 definitions] |
| put to a vote |
to submit (an issue, matter, or the like) to be decided upon by voting, or to carry out a vote on. |
| straw vote |
an unofficial nonbinding vote or poll taken as a measure of public opinion on an issue. |
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