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    What does it mean "to plump for somebody" in an election?

    Question #81244. Asked by davejacobs. (May 31 07 4:21 AM)


    gram2bam

    		Build them up, make them look better

    May 31 07, 5:59 AM
    mike32768

    		http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/plump

    –verb (used with object)
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    14. plump for, to support enthusiastically; be wholeheartedly in favor of: to plump for a team.

    May 31 07, 6:00 AM
    davejacobs

    		It actually means more than that. Remewmber this is in connection with an election.


    May 31 07, 5:17 PM
    davejacobs

    		In 19th C elections for the British parliament, some constituencies returned two MPs, so often two candidates from each party would stand.
    Electors were given two votes they could use as they liked.
    Some electors used BOTH votes for the same candidate. THIS is what was called 'plumping' for the candidate. When results were published, lists of who had voted for whom contained a section 'Plumpers for A', meaning people who had used both votes for the same man. These were the days before secret ballots of course.


    Jun 01 07, 1:10 PM

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