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
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This past year, Obama campaigned on the ground for the Democratic Party’s Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial candidates and spoke with Mamdani ahead of Election Day.
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Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2025
Of course, many Americans vote early and have since the COVID-19 crisis, so his fearmongering about Election Day trickery is pointless.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2025
The retreat from the expensive, enormous AI plays that propelled the indexes for half a year has been underway for more than a month, with the Nasdaq-100's dominance over the median stock having peaked around Election Day.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
By Election Day, those ad buys had come to an end.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
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Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 15 Dec. 2025
Of course, many Americans vote early and have since the COVID-19 crisis, so his fearmongering about Election Day trickery is pointless.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2025
The retreat from the expensive, enormous AI plays that propelled the indexes for half a year has been underway for more than a month, with the Nasdaq-100's dominance over the median stock having peaked around Election Day.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
By Election Day, those ad buys had come to an end.
—Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Election Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Election%20Day. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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