Election Day

noun

: a day legally established for the election of public officials

especially : the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an even year designated for national elections in the U.S. and observed as a legal holiday in many states

Examples of Election Day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The early returns were surprising for a candidate who had entered the race with little name recognition but, by Election Day, had become an unlikely figure in the increasingly bitter contest between the two Democrats. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

And so the disturbing part of the dissent in the mail ballot case was that this was about a very narrow issue, whether ballots that are postmarked by Election Day can be counted if they're received in some period after. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 8 July 2026

Regardless, in this scenario, voters would be electing the immediate replacement and the full-term lawmaker on the same Election Day. — Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

While not a member of the DSA himself, Sanders did identify as a democratic socialist, and the new attention that democratic socialism thereby received resulted in the DSA’s membership increasing from 6,500 in 2014 to 8,500 by Election Day in 2016. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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