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0I'm trying to understand what popular vote is. Suppose 60% of the population are likely to vote for presidential candidate X, can I say the popular vote is X?02br02br00Thanks in advance!0-

Clive · Accepted Answer

0Hi,02br
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01font00I'm trying to understand what popular vote is. Suppose 60% of the population are likely to vote for presidential candidate X, can I say the popular vote is X?02font02br
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00Yes. It means the total number of votes in the whole election. 02br
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00You might like to consider this. Depending on how an election is organized, there may be situations where a party gets the majority of the popular vote but does not win the election.02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-

RayH · Answer

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01cite10New2grammar12cite10I'm trying to understand what popular vote is. Suppose 60% of the population are likely to vote for presidential candidate X, can I say the popular vote is X?12br
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10Thanks in advance!12br
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10Just to be sure we're talking about the same thing here let me rephrase your question as follows:02br
01span00Suppose 60% of the population are likely to vote for presidential candidate Jones, can I say the popular vote is Jones?02span02br
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00If this is what you meant to ask the answer is no.02br
00The popular vote is simply the total number of votes cast by the population in question (whether it be a state, city, county, province, nation, etc). You would not normally hear the vote cast for a particular candidate referred to as "the popular vote". Nor would you hear the winning candidate referred to as "the popular vote" as your question seems to be asking.0-

New2grammar · Answer

0If a nation of 10000 people has 3000 eligible voters. Do you say the popular vote is 3000?02br
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00I heard a person say, "I'm not going with popular vote" or something like that to refer to he's not voting for the same person the majority is voting for. In this case, what does popular vote mean?0-

Cool Breeze · Answer

0 Hi N2G02br
00pop·u·lar, adj.02br
001. regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.02br
002. regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances: He's not very popular with me just now.02br
003. of, pertaining to, or representing the people, esp. the common people: popular discontent.02br
01font004. of the people as a whole, esp. of all citizens of a nation or state qualified to participate in an election: popular suffrage;01b00 the popular vote02b00; popular representation.02br
02font005. prevailing among the people generally: a popular superstition.02br
006. suited to or intended for the general masses of people: popular music.02br
007. adapted to the ordinary intelligence or taste: popular lectures on science.02br
008. suited to the means of ordinary people; not expensive: popular prices on all tickets.02br
00Random House Unabridged Dictionary02br
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Clive · Answer

0Hi,02br
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01font00If a nation of 100 people has 3000 eligible voters. Do you say the popular vote is 3000? 02font01b00This is a very odd situation. If there are only 100 people, how can there be 3000 people who are eligible to vote?02b02br
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00The term, 'popular vote', refers to the number of votes 01u01i00actually cast02i02u00. eg If the nation has 100 eligible voters but only 70 people vote, then the popular vote is 70.02br
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00My Oxford Dictionary agrees with this definition. 02br
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00Best wsthes, Clive0-

New2grammar · Answer

0Thanks everyone.02br
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00Regarding my example, I clearly remember counting the zeros and I counted 4 0's (10000). Somehow the server ate two. 05002br
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00(Wow. It did it again. Look, it shows two zeros in the post but it's showing 4 zeros now while editing)010id1

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