popular vote

The total number of votes of a given electorate.

Japanese Meaning

一般有権者全体が行った総投票数 / 単純得票数

Although she won the popular vote by a narrow margin, the electoral college result favored her opponent.

彼女は有権者全体の得票数では僅差で勝利したが、選挙人団の結果は対立候補に有利だった。

Sense（1）

The total number of votes of a given electorate.

The president was elected even though he received only 40% of the popular vote.

popular votes

（ plural ）