electability

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noun

The capability of a candidate to be elected.

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Meanings

nounelectability (plural electabilities)

plural electabilities

  1. The capability of a candidate to be elected.
    1 more example

    That applicant, the aide said, focused on electability and appeal to voters in all 62 counties of New York, and spoke not only of retaining the seat, but of delivering votes for Mr. Paterson. “We figured that the major frame that he’s looking through in this is his own re-election in 2010,” the aide said.

    2009 January 18, David M. Halbfinger, Jeremy W. Peters, “Would-Be Senators Describe Job Interview With the Governor”, in New York Times

Origin

Translations

German Wählbarkeit
  • Wählbarkeitcapability to be elected
Spanish elegibilidad, esleibilidad
  • elegibilidadcapability to be elected
  • esleibilidadcapability to be elected
Swedish valbarhet
  • valbarhetcapability to be elected
Cite this entry
APA

electability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electability

MLA

“electability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electability. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electability,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electability.

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