the vote

noun

: the legal right to vote
In 1920, American women won the vote.

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Farias received 64% of the vote and Ledo received 36%. Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024 Voters in his district reelected Coleman Tuesday, giving him more than 80% of the vote. Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris finished with a slim majority of support from Hispanic voters, at 53%, while Trump vacuumed up about 45% of the vote, a 13-point increase from 2020 and a record high for a Republican presidential nominee, according to NBC News exit polls. Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024 Democratic candidate Timothy Findley Jr. received 42.5% of the vote. Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the vote 

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“The vote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20vote. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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