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ELECTABLE (9)
electable
electable, unelectable - a
Fit or able to be elected, especially to public office: an electable candidate.
in a sentence
Clinton's youthful image made him an extremely electable candidate.
His accomplishment has been to make them electable.
She is one of the most electable politicians within DPP, enjoying tremendous popularity among the urban and upper-middle class voters.
Republican voters ignored his call to support a relatively moderate, electable candidate in New York's special Congressional election.
etymology
1758, "qualified for election;" see elect (v.) + -able. Meaning "capable of getting enough support to win an election" is by 1962. Related: Electability.
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