How to Use electoral in a Sentence

electoral

adjective
  • God does not write electoral maps.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Still, some electoral pacts have been made on a case-by-case basis.
    — ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Nebraska is one of two states with a split electoral vote.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 13 May 2026
  • That shift carries electoral weight.
    — Giada Zampano, Fortune, 15 June 2026
  • That shift carries electoral weight.
    — ABC News, 14 June 2026
  • This isn’t an electoral campaign.
    — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This call for recognition was key to his electoral project.
    — Rebecca Traister, Vulture, 10 Feb. 2026
  • This volte-face was not just about electoral politics.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The ground is still fertile and ripe to get those folks involved in the electoral process.
    — Janay Kingsberry, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
  • So, yeah, there’s going to be electoral pushback.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Gore held a 250-246 edge in electoral votes.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That said, there is an electoral cost for a party being too unified.
    — Matt Harris, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
  • No wonder they rarely get mentioned as the cause of the party’s electoral woes.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Once again, the Democrats are staring into the electoral abyss.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
  • History suggests a new electoral arms race will take place.
    — ABC News, 6 May 2026
  • Trump’s demands of fealty to his false electoral claims are deeply troubling.
    — Ashley Parker, Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The lieutenant governor has some electoral ground to make up.
    — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Trump, though, has claimed that the edit was done to boost Harris’ electoral chances.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The race has already seen an early electoral upset.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Bukele’s path to electoral success was, frankly, a pretty simple one.
    — Wilfred Reilly, National Review, 16 Feb. 2024
  • To allow some people to vote twice makes a mockery of our electoral systems.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The judge said the electoral body should never have deferred its power to the state training board.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2022
  • Mike Pence switched up the script for presiding over the counting of electoral votes.
    — Grace Segers, The New Republic, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Mail-in voting is, and will remain, an integral part of the electoral process.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 19 May 2026
  • Mail-in voting is, and will remain, an integral part of the electoral process.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • In truth, the AfD did not achieve the electoral breakthrough its leaders hoped for.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • To improve his electoral prospects, Biden badly needs to turn those figures around.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Johnson stressed the need for the public to understand and trust the electoral process as one that is fair and safe.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Does anybody really have faith in the electoral system any more?
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Now Cuomo is back in the spotlight, but not for things that could benefit his electoral chances.
    — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Sep. 2024

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