Vote Vəʊt Candidate Extra Examples Party Win/Lose Election

• to win/lose votes
• you can cast your vote at the local polling station.
• he took 53% of the votes in the election.
• they've started opening the ballot boxes and counting the votes.

vote

1. a formal choice that you make in an election or at a meeting in order to choose somebody or decide something
• SEE ALSO alternative vote
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/alternative-vote
• to win/lose votes
• You can cast your vote at the local polling station.
• He took 53% of the votes in the election.
• They've started opening the ballot boxes and counting the votes.
• No candidate gained a majority of the votes in the first round.
• The Tory candidate received only 4203 votes.
• There were 21 votes for and 17 against the motion, with 2 abstentions.
• The motion was passed by 6 votes to 3.
• The Green candidate won over 3 000 of the 14 000 votes cast.

Extra Examples

• Everyone's vote counts.
• The chairperson has the deciding vote.
• It's a cynical attempt to get votes at the next election.
• They do not yet have the votes needed to pass the bill.
• The party received its lowest number of votes since 1935.
• He won the seat thanks to Polish block votes.
• My vote will go to the party that addresses crime.
• The bill was passed by a single vote.
• They want to persuade voters to change their vote.
• Votes are still being counted.
• Mr Olsen was approved by a vote of 51–47.
• a vote for the government
• an overwhelming vote in favour of autonomy
• factors that could swing the vote against the president
2. an occasion when a group of people vote on something
• SEE ALSO free vote
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/free-vote
• to win/lose a vote
• to have/take/hold a vote on an issue
• We saw today a decisive vote in favour of (= for) industrial action.
• The issue was put to the vote.
• The vote was unanimous.
• He called on the government to delay the vote to authorize miltary action.
• Decisions have to be ratified by a majority vote.

Extra Examples

• They took a vote on who should be their new leader.
• I think it's time to put this issue to the vote.
• When will we know the outcome of the vote?
• We should put the resolution to the vote.
• We took a quick vote to decide on a leader.
• Let's take a vote on the issue.
• Any senator can force a vote on virtually any proposal.
• Members are elected by direct vote.
• Members of Parliament will have a free vote on this bill.
• The law was ratified by popular vote.
• a vote on the new law
3. the right to vote, especially in political elections
• In Britain and the US, people get the vote at 18.
• How many years is it since women have had the vote?
• legislation to give prisoners the vote
4. the total number of votes in an election
• SEE ALSO the popular vote
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/popular-vote#popularvote_sng_2
• She obtained 40% of the vote.
• The party increased their share of the vote.

Extra Examples

• Our candidate polled only 10% of the vote.
• The party's vote fell by 6%.
5. the vote given by a particular group of people, or for a particular party, etc.
• SEE ALSO protest vote (2)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/protest-vote#protestvote_sng_2
• the student vote
• the Labour vote
• the Hispanic/Latino vote

Extra Examples

• Bush had courted the military vote.
• the party that split the Republican vote
• Ferrer got 84% of the Hispanic vote.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Latin votum ‘a vow, wish’, from vovere ‘to vow’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.