Synonyms and antonyms of Votes and the process or act of voting in British Thesaurus

absentee vote (noun)

American a postal vote

absolute majority (noun)

a result in an election when one person or political party wins more than half the votes or seats

abstention (noun)

a decision not to vote in an election or meeting

adoption (noun)

British the choice of someone to represent a political party in an election

aye (noun)

formal a vote in support of something, or someone who votes this way

ballot (noun)

the process of voting secretly to choose a candidate in an election or express an opinion about an issue

ballot (noun)

the total number of votes recorded in an election

ballot box (noun)

the democratic system of voting

block vote (noun)

a vote by someone who is representing a group of people in an organization

casting vote (noun)

the vote that gives one group a majority when the other votes are equally divided. The person in charge of a committee, for example, often has the right to give a casting vote.

election (noun)

the process of electing a person or government

election (noun)

relating to an election

e-voting (noun)

the process of voting in an election using the Internet

gerrymandering (noun)

the process of dividing a region in which people vote in a way that gives one political group an unfair advantage

majority (noun)

the number of votes by which a person or party wins an election

nay (interjection)

formal used for saying ‘no’ when you vote in a group of people. The word for ‘yes’ is yea.

no (noun)

a negative answer or vote

overall majority (noun)

more votes won in an election than all the other political parties added together

overall majority (noun)

the number of extra votes won by a political party that make it able to form a government

plebiscite (noun)

a vote by everyone in a country about a very important issue

plurality (noun)

mainly American the number of votes that a politician or party gets in an election that is more than any other but is less than an absolute majority

the poll (noun)

the process of voting and the counting of votes

the poll (noun)

the total number of votes in an election or referendum

polling (noun)

the act of voting in an election

postal vote (noun)

British a vote that you send through the post, usually because you will be away on the day of an election

proxy vote (noun)

a vote that someone else casts for you

push polling (noun)

the practice of carrying out opinion polls whose real purpose is to influence people’s opinions rather than to find out what they think

quota (noun)

a number of votes that someone needs to get in order to be elected

tactical voting (noun)

a vote for a politician or party that you do not really support but are willing to vote for in order to defeat another politician or party that you dislike

vote (noun)

the formal expression of a choice between two or more issues, people etc

vote (noun)

an occasion when people formally choose between two or more issues, people etc in an election

vote (noun)

the total number of votes made in an election

vote of censure (noun)

a voting process in which members of a parliament show that they consider the government is responsible for something bad that has happened

vote of confidence (noun)

a voting process in which people show support for a person or group in power

vote of no confidence (noun)

a voting process in which people show that they do not support a person or group in power

yea (noun)

a vote for something, or someone who votes for it

yes (noun)

a vote that shows that someone wants something or agrees with it