Polled more electoral strength
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Jefferson won by a majority of 73 electoral votes to 65. In defeat, the colorless and presumably unpopular Adams polled more electoral strength than he had gained four years earlier—except for New York.
The American Pageant by Thomas A. Bailey
How can I interpret “polled more electoral strength”? This is the only definition of "poll" that I find fits. But here it is not the votes, but the strength that was received.
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4 : to receive (votes) in an election
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It's another way of saying tha t he got more electoral votes than he got 4 years earlier. Clive
- It's another way of saying tha t he got more electoral votes than he got 4 years earlier.
- Clive
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It's another way of saying that he got more electoral votes than he got 4 years earlier.
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