Collocations for "voting"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "voting" in context.
WordReference English Collocations © 2025
vote
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- vote for the [next, new]
- vote for your [favorite, preferred]
- vote for the [candidate, party]
- vote [for, against] the
- vote for [president, senator]
- vote for him for [president]
- [going to, will probably] vote for her
- vote on the [issue, bill]
- vote on the [poll, survey]
- vote in the elections
- vote in [privacy, private]
- vote [confidentially, in secret]
- vote [in favor of, against]
- vote by [party, mail, proxy]
- vote by [ballot, show of hands]
- vote at the [meeting, gathering]
- vote [now, today]
- vote to [approve, serve, pass, confirm]
- vote to [surrender, withdraw]
- have (still) not voted (yet)
- not [old enough, eligible, registered] to vote
- the right to vote
- voted [it, the trip, the party] a [success, disaster]
- I vote we [keep, make, leave]
- voted them out (of office)
- a [yes, no, blank, neutral] vote
- a [public, private, postal] vote
- a [unanimous, majority, marginal] vote
- [crucial, critical, undecided] votes
- [predicted, forecasted, likely] votes
- [buy, rig, manipulate] votes
- cast your vote
- [obtain, register, get] more votes than
- need [more, 200] votes for a [majority, win, re-run]
- can we count on (you for) your vote?
- my vote is for the [Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives]
- my vote goes to
- every vote [counts, matters]
- needs every vote she can get
- (has) earned him the popular vote
- votes for women
- give [women, citizens, prisoners] the vote
- a vote [in favor of, against] the [idea, proposal]
- a vote in the [local, regional, national, general] elections
- enough votes for the majority
- [10] votes for and [five] votes against
- a vote of (no) confidence
'voting' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):