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electoral [ɪˈlɛktərəl] adj
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) relating to or consisting of electors electorally adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations electoral [ɪˈlektərəl] A. ADJ → electoral B. CPD electoral college N → colegio m electoral electoral register, electoral roll N → registro m electoral, censo m electoral(Sp) electoral vote N (US) (Pol) → voto m electoral ELECTORAL COLLEGE Los norteamericanos no votan directamente a su Presidente o a su vicepresidente, sino que votan a unos compromisarios (electors) que a su vez se comprometen a votar a determinados candidatos. Estos compromisarios conforman el electoral college, tal y como se contempla en la Constitución. El número de votos que tiene un estado para elegir al Presidente es igual al de senadores y diputados. Cada partido político elige a un grupo de compromisarios y en el día de las elecciones presidenciales el pueblo vota al grupo que apoya al candidato de su elección. Como el grupo que gana usa todos los votos del estado para votar a su candidato, podría ocurrir, en teoría, que un candidato ganara el voto popular pero no las elecciones, si le han apoyado colegios electorales con un número pequeño de votos. electoral [ɪˈlɛktərəl] adj [system] → électoral(e) electoral college n → collège m électoral electoral district electoral division n (US) → circonscription f (électorale) electoral adj → Wahl-; electoral boundaries → Grenzen pl → der Wahlbezirke; electoral defeat/victory → Wahlniederlage f → /-sieg m; electoral fraud → Wahlbetrug m; electoral process → Wahlverfahren nt; electoral support → Unterstützung f → durch die Wähler; electoral system → Wahlsystem nt; the electoral map (lit) → die Aufteilung der Wahlbezirke; (fig) → die Stimmenverteilung in den Wahlbezirken How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| When the Legislature acted politically--that is to say, when it dealt with foreign complications, or electoral reforms--he followed his leader. Ergo, with it des Lupeaulx goes into the electoral college, becomes eligible, count, and whatever he pleases. To reckon the importance of Mademoiselle Cormon's salon at its true value, it will suffice to say that the born statistician of the society, du Bousquier, had estimated that the persons who frequented it controlled one hundred and thirty-one votes in the electoral college, and mustered among themselves eighteen hundred thousand francs a year from landed estate in the neighborhood. |
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