A vote for a given candidate despite distaste for him or her.

plural of donkey vote

(Australia) The act of casting a vote, in an election using a preferential voting system, by specifying the candidates in the order in which they are listed on the ballot paper (i.e., by numbering the choices sequentially from top to bottom, ignoring what they represent); a vote so cast.

The total number of votes of a given electorate.

(politics) In the Westminster parliamentary system, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are strictly required to vote as directed by the leadership of their political party.

plural of vote of confidence

(Canada) A gathering of usually young people assembled for the purpose of voting in an election or encouraging youth participation in it and often organized through online social media

(politics) In a Westminster parliamentary system and other democratic systems, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are permitted by their respective political parties to vote as they individually see fit, without direction from their political leaders.

(slang, US, derogatory) The rural, white, Southern portion of the US electorate.

The distribution of a material benefit to an individual voter in exchange for support in a ballot