Assertion: vote | /r/HasProperty | cast for candidate
Facets:
value: for elector
type: PURPOSE
value: in the 50 states
type: LOCATION
value: in washington
type: LOCATION
value: by voters
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In a United States presidential election, the popular vote is the total number or percentage of votes cast for a candidate by voters in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.; the candidate who gets the most votes nationwide is said to have won the popular vote.
text: In the general ticket, the state canvass would report the number of votes cast for each candidate for elector, a complicated process in states like New York with multiple positions to fill.
text: Under such a system, electors would be selected in proportion to the votes cast for their candidate or party, rather than being selected by the statewide plurality vote.
text: While not every ballot in a state will be cast for the same candidate, most states opt to give all of their Electoral College votes to only one candidate in a winner-take-all elector system.
text: Votes cast for these candidates will be counted, and results will be reported on election night.