# electoral

Pronunciation: US say "uh-LEK-tur-uhl" /əˈlɛk.tɚ.əl/; UK say "i-LEK-tuh-ruhl" /ɪˈlɛk.tə.ɹəl/; AUS say "uh-LEK-tuh-ruhl" /əˈlek.tə.ɹəl/

## Adjective

1. Of or relating to elections, or to the process of voting for candidates or measures.
   - Simple: Connected with elections, when people vote to choose leaders or decide questions.
   - _Investigators found no evidence of electoral fraud in the disputed districts._
   - _The party's electoral strategy focused on winning suburban voters in a handful of swing states._
2. Relating to electors, or consisting of a body of electors appointed or entitled to cast votes.
   - Simple: Connected with the people chosen to cast official votes, or made up of those people.
   - _The candidate lost the electoral count when several of the state's electors broke with the popular vote._
   - _In the Holy Roman Empire, the electoral body that chose each new emperor consisted of seven princes._

## Origin

Formed from "elector" combined with the suffix "-al".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/electoral (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).