electorally
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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It was also electorally disastrous for his Republican Party, which got beaten quite badly by Democrats in both 1890 and 1892, before making a comeback in the 1896 election that crowned McKinley president.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2025
While the second half of this statement was true, for Carter was indeed electorally humiliated by Reason, the Georgia peanut farmer was also an accomplished president in both foreign and domestic policy.
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2024
Antiwar sentiment might have been widespread, but it wasn’t electorally consequential.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2024
Simon Welsh, a director at Redbridge, said political parties are waking up to the fact that the younger cohort, with many renting, is now electorally dominant in some inner city suburbs.
From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023
Now to know a man's name, electorally speaking, is a good beginning toward a knowledge of the man himself.
From The Deputy of Arcis by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott
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