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Poll #24736 Stress question

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Native speakers of American English - where do you put the stress in the word "electoral"?

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E
3 (3.0%)

Lec
45 (45.0%)

Tor
51 (51.0%)

Al
1 (1.0%)

Native speakers of other Englishes, same question:

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E
3 (9.7%)

Lec
25 (80.6%)

Tor
3 (9.7%)

Al
0 (0.0%)

Nonnative speakers, all varieties, same question:

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E
0 (0.0%)

Lec
9 (100.0%)

Tor
0 (0.0%)

Al
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[maju]

Australian here. As far as I know it's only ever pronounced with emphasis on LEC in Australia, no matter what the context.

[fred_mouse]

Another aussie, agree entirely. I've spent a lot of time around politics wonks; e-lec-TOR-al was new to me with listening to clips on social media containing discussion of the USA electoral college, which comes so far into the 'you do politics how?' category.