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Recent Examples of electorOn the first day of the Conclave, the 133 electors participating can hold one round of voting in the afternoon, which consists of two ballots.—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 The electors must not only give up their cellphones but are also encouraged to vote using disguised handwriting.—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 May 2025 The Vatican conclave, set to begin on May 7, will include 133 Cardinal electors, the first with more than 120, according to Vatican News.—Todd Spangler, Variety, 3 May 2025 In reviewing his record, the cardinal electors might have taken a number of factors into account.—Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for elector
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voter
Noun
Trump won the 2016 and 2024 U.S. presidential elections in part by appealing to working class voters hurt by the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs over many years.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Janet Lynn Stumbo leaned on her cane and surveyed the two dozen or so voters who had convened in a small Appalachian town to meet with the chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party.
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