0 an act of voting by all the people in a country or area:
A popular vote would determine the state legislature's choice for United States senators.
Joe Biden won the greatest number of popular votes of any presidential candidate in history.
George W. Bush was declared the winner despite receiving fewer popular votes overall than his opponent, Al Gore.
He won the Electoral College but he did not win the popular vote.
He claimed that millions of illegal votes cost him the popular vote.
