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popular vote

 
pronunciation:
pap yu lr vot
part of speech: noun
definition 1: in the U.S., the vote for a President as participated in by the voters themselves, as opposed to the vote carried out by the electoral college.
definition 2: a vote on a particular issue or in selection of an official carried out by individual voters, as opposed to a vote carried out by a locality's elected representatives.