pre-election

noun

1. existing or occurring before an election

Example Sentences

The BBC tracked a huge wave of pre-election fraud claims that carried through election day and into the evening.

From BBC

In pre-election surveys and preliminary exit data, inflation and affordability continued to top lists of voters' concerns.

From BBC

Justice Juan Merchan will decide by Tuesday whether to grant Trump’s pre-election request to throw out his conviction.

From BBC

“Pre-election polls clearly showed that a Trump victory was well within the realm of possibility and it would only take a slight advantage for him to sweep most of the battleground states considering how closely they track together,” Jackson said.

From Salon

James Fallows makes that case in a pre-election essay in Wired, where he argues that California’s role as a force for good and innovation will continue despite the election results or even our own misgivings.

From Los Angeles Times