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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As this summary description of the system implies, every elector has two votes.
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But in the teacher contest the electors can cast as many votes as they wish.
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Elections are said to limit Parliament because they give power to electors who ignorantly demand ever more state intervention.
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However, at addresses where the number of electors had changed, the probability of any individual being selected had also changed.
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In the 1983 election, more electors thought the Conservatives had the better policies than actually voted for the party.
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None the less, class remained the most important predictor of how an elector might vote.
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Since there are 538 electors, 270 votes are necessary to win the presidency.
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The truth is that electors are not a deliberative group like representatives or senators.