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Contraposition Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

call an election

What does 'call an election' mean?
  

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allow the country to vote.

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  • allow the country to vote.
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allow the country to vote.
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contrapositionWhat does 'call an election' mean?
In some countries, elections are as regular as clockwork. For example, in the US, the president is elected every four years, on the first Tuesday in November.

In other countries, elections are called when the political party in power loses its popularity. The minority party can "call an election" if the
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It can also mean "to determine the winner". A news organization will "call the election" when one candidate clearly has enough votes to win.

Perhaps AlpheccaStars' example is an idiom, I'd expect the term to be "call for an election".
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VorparPerhaps AlpheccaStars' example is an idiom, I'd expect the term to be "call for an election".
In the UK it is usually Call an election or Call a general election rather than call for an election.
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