Sentences with 'electors'

Example sentences and phrases with the word electors and other words derived from it.

« The Habsburgs were also favoured by the leadership of the electors because their kingdoms bordered the growing Ottoman Turkish empire, and thus played a vital role in keeping the Turks in check. »
« Much of the survival of Luther and Protestantism is due to the simple fact that both the Pope and Charles V were reluctant to threaten Frederick the Wise, who was one of the electors of the empire and one of the most powerful nobles, essentially a king in his own right. »
« As an additional safeguard, the delegates created the Electoral College, the mechanism for electing the president. Under this plan, each state has a set number of electors, which is its number of senators (two) plus its number of representatives in the House of Representatives. Critics, then as now, argue that this process prevents the direct election of the president. »
« For the first time, the popular vote mattered in a presidential election. Electors were chosen by popular vote in eighteen states, while the remaining six used the older system in which state legislatures chose electors. »
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