Examples of 'went to the polls' in a sentence

Meaning of "went to the polls"

The phrase 'went to the polls' refers to the act of participating in an election by casting one's vote. It implies that individuals or voters exercised their right to make a choice or decision by selecting a preferred candidate or party. This phrase is commonly used to describe the overall voter turnout or participation in an election, indicating the level of civic engagement in the democratic process
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How to use "went to the polls" in a sentence

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went to the polls
They went to the polls in very large numbers.
The guy came and went to the polls.
They went to the polls and were as democratic as they could be.
One third of eligible voters went to the polls.
Voters went to the polls in six provinces.
Millions of people just went to the polls.
The country went to the polls under terrorist threat.
Voters in seven other states went to the polls as well.
We went to the polls to elect our new national government.
Basically the country went to the polls demanding change.
I went to the polls one time.
About half the voters went to the polls.
Britons went to the polls and voted.
And estimated twenty three million people went to the polls today.
Brazil went to the polls today.

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She wanted Queenslanders to see the report before they went to the polls.
Americans went to the polls today.
Unlike other elections this Sunday most voters went to the polls early.
Voters went to the polls yesterday.
Of eligible voters went to the polls.
I went to the polls early.
Henriette Reker was viciously stabbed in the neck a day before voters went to the polls.
Italy went to the polls.
This is exactly what the American people rejected when they went to the polls.
Britain went to the polls.
Seventy-five percent of eligible voters went to the polls.
Canadians went to the polls and they expect us to keep our commitments.
Sixty-two percent of eligible voters went to the polls.
We all went to the polls.
Barely one-third of those eligible to cast ballots went to the polls.
As voters went to the polls his attack on the energy industry began to crescendo.
The next month New Yorkers went to the polls for a new assembly.
They went to the polls in extraordinary numbers last month and approved a new constitution.
Swedish voters went to the polls on Sunday.
I went to the polls for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election today.
I remember the day I went to the polls for the first time.
We went to the polls together, then we went our separate ways.
The world 's biggest democracy went to the polls last month.
EGYPTIANS went to the polls to vote for a new constitution.
Preliminary results indicated only about 45 per cent of registered voters went to the polls.
Many voters who went to the polls were told they had already voted.
Over the weekend, Italian voters went to the polls.
Albanians went to the polls on Sunday to elect new local representatives.
Fewer than 56 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls during the first round.
Israelis went to the polls in April expecting to elect a new government.
So what might be in store if Lebanon went to the polls again?
Iranians went to the polls on Friday to vote for a new parliament.
A week ago, several million Australians went to the polls in another touchstone election.
Voters went to the polls to elect a new President of the Republic and a new Congress.
Three post-bailout countries went to the polls over the past five months.

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