as in selecting
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
I've elected to study French as my foreign language
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Democratic strategist Michael Gordon mentioned Virginia's similar trend of electing governors from the opposite party of the president, except when Democrat Terry McAuliffe won during Barack Obama's second term while speaking to Newsweek.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
The notion of electing Milwaukee School Board members as a matter of democracy in action is in a rather troubled state, especially when combined with the low (sometimes extremely low) turnout in school board elections.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Nature abhors a vacuum, and the Democratic Party is in the wilderness looking for an identity, and electing a DNC Chair that most Americans have never heard of isn't going to change that.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Elite colleges withhold some early admissions data This cycle, Harvard University broke decades of precedent by electing to withhold admissions data following the release of early action results.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Since it was tweaked by the Twelfth Amendment in 1804, our system for electing presidents has remained constitutionally unchanged.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
Interestingly, the bill appears to exclude green card holders from electing into the new system, further narrowing its scope.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
In 1972, voters sent shockwaves throughout the state by electing Republican Jim Holshouser governor on the coattails of Richard Nixon’s landslide reelection (in which the incumbent president won a whopping 49 states).
—Christopher Cooper / Made By History, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
The notion of electing Milwaukee School Board members as a matter of democracy in action is in a rather troubled state, especially when combined with the low (sometimes extremely low) turnout in school board elections.
—Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
Nature abhors a vacuum, and the Democratic Party is in the wilderness looking for an identity, and electing a DNC Chair that most Americans have never heard of isn't going to change that.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
Nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing Elon Musk.
—Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
Elite colleges withhold some early admissions data This cycle, Harvard University broke decades of precedent by electing to withhold admissions data following the release of early action results.
—Christopher Rim, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Since it was tweaked by the Twelfth Amendment in 1804, our system for electing presidents has remained constitutionally unchanged.
—The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2024
Interestingly, the bill appears to exclude green card holders from electing into the new system, further narrowing its scope.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.d., Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
In 1972, voters sent shockwaves throughout the state by electing Republican Jim Holshouser governor on the coattails of Richard Nixon’s landslide reelection (in which the incumbent president won a whopping 49 states).
—Christopher Cooper / Made By History, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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