英语词汇“unit rule”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

unit rule n. U.S. Politics a procedure for allocating votes that obliges all of a state's representatives to vote the same way, typically for a candidate supported by the majority of constituents. Originating in national conventions for the Democratic Party during the 19th cent., the term has since been applied in other contexts, most prominently to voting in the electoral college, where the procedure is used by 48 states and the District of Columbia.

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1856 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 2 June 5/1 The Massachusetts delegation cannot be brought up to the unit rule, and will vote ten or twelve for Buchanan and 14 or 15 for Pierce.

1876 T. P. Cook Life & Public Services Hon. S. J. Tilden xxiii. 319 Indiana voted her 30 votes solidly for the amendment, and so did Kentucky, which voted under a unit rule, and was in the hands of a greenback majority.

1932 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 24 June 1/7 The unit rule could not be abolished for the present convention because delegations have already begun to arrive with instructions from their states to vote under the unit rule.

1981 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. 67 855/3 Many observers believe that the unit rule has been a principal guarantee of the two-party system in the United States.

2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Mar. 16/1 The ‘unit rule’..gives all of a state's electoral votes to the winner of that state's popular vote.

单词	unit rule
释义	> as lemmas unit rule unit rule n. U.S. Politics a procedure for allocating votes that obliges all of a state's representatives to vote the same way, typically for a candidate supported by the majority of constituents. Originating in national conventions for the Democratic Party during the 19th cent., the term has since been applied in other contexts, most prominently to voting in the electoral college, where the procedure is used by 48 states and the District of Columbia. ΚΠ 1856 N.-Y. Daily Tribune 2 June 5/1 The Massachusetts delegation cannot be brought up to the unit rule, and will vote ten or twelve for Buchanan and 14 or 15 for Pierce. 1876 T. P. Cook Life & Public Services Hon. S. J. Tilden xxiii. 319 Indiana voted her 30 votes solidly for the amendment, and so did Kentucky, which voted under a unit rule, and was in the hands of a greenback majority. 1932 Emporia (Kansas) Gaz. 24 June 1/7 The unit rule could not be abolished for the present convention because delegations have already begun to arrive with instructions from their states to vote under the unit rule. 1981 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. 67 855/3 Many observers believe that the unit rule has been a principal guarantee of the two-party system in the United States. 2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 24 Mar. 16/1 The ‘unit rule’..gives all of a state's electoral votes to the winner of that state's popular vote. extracted from unitn.adj. < as lemmas
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