A group at an election is a group. A collective noun is a noun used to group people or things in a descriptive or fanciful way. The noun 'group' is inherently a collective noun.
Collective nouns are an informal part of language. Any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun.
Alternate collective nouns that can be used are:
There is no collective noun for a person of an election because collective nouns are used for a group of two or more people or things.
If you mean the person of an election as a candidate, the standard collective noun is a slate of candidates.
A presidential primary refers to election of each party's candidate. A general election on the other hand is an election involving all candidates selected by their respective parties.
You might be asking one of two questions, either about the electoral college, or the electoral system. Please be more specific.
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It is possible that a candidate could win the "national" popular vote total but lose the electoral vote total. However, the electoral vote of every state accurately reflects the popular vote within that state. A candidate could win the electoral votes in a large state such as California winning the state by a huge margin. However, the opposing candidate could win the electoral votes in other states because a majority of the voters in those states vote for the opposing candidate.
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No, because it does not describe/explain an adjective.
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An Adjective is a word that describes a Noun. (That's the simplest definition of Adjective that you'll be able to find.)
No one agreed with the Federalists.
He is nominated at a party convention and runs for the office. In the general election people vote, but a president is not elected by popular vote but by electors. These people are House members, senate members. It takes 270 electoral votes to win.
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