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The majority of the cardinals are from Europe, including 17 electors from Italy, five from Spain and five from France.
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Abc News, ABC News, 8 May 2025
Voting is concluded and the electors return to Santa Marta.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Pope Leo appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday evening local time after white smoke had billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Here is a regional breakdown of the full 135 cardinal electors, according to Vatican statistics and following the Vatican's geographic grouping.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Abc News, ABC News, 8 May 2025
Voting is concluded and the electors return to Santa Marta.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 May 2025
Pope Leo appeared on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Thursday evening local time after white smoke had billowed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signifying the 133 cardinal electors had chosen a new leader for the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Here is a regional breakdown of the full 135 cardinal electors, according to Vatican statistics and following the Vatican's geographic grouping.
—Barney Henderson, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elector
voter
Noun
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Trump won the 2016 and 2024 U.S. presidential elections in part by appealing to working class voters hurt by the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs over many years.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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Janet Lynn Stumbo leaned on her cane and surveyed the two dozen or so voters who had convened in a small Appalachian town to meet with the chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party.—
Bill Barrow,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2025
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“Elector.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elector. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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