vote into

vote into
ˌvote ˈin ˌvote ˈinto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they vote in he/she/it votes in present participle voting in past tense voted in past participle voted in] phrasal verb
to give a person or political party a position of power by voting

Would people be willing to vote the Tories in again?

vote someone in to something:

We’re the ones who voted him into office.

Thesaurus: to vote in an election or on a political issuehyponym
Main entry: vote

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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