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The phrase "a cheap election" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an election that is low-cost or perceived as lacking in quality or integrity.
Example: "Many voters expressed concerns that the campaign was nothing more than a cheap election, lacking the necessary funding for proper outreach."
Alternatives: "an inexpensive election" or "a low-budget election".
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It looks like a cheap election bung and it won't wash.
The German journalist who led the investigation for ARD said Coe was guilty of a "cheap election manoeuvre" in his attempt to become the next president of the IAAF.
I know that many of your colleagues see the American Jobs Act as something that's intended as a cheap, election year wedge-gimmick.
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He's been on the right side of every faux controversy involving Muslims, from Park51 to calling out politicians and pundits who use Islam or Muslims as a wedge issue or to score cheap election year political points.
They voted to hold these workers and their families hostage to secure cheap election goals.
And a Labour shadow minister called a Conservative pledge on rail fares "nothing more than a cheap pre-election stunt… unfunded, uncosted and unbelievable".
"You don't defend national sovereignty with flags, cheap election-rhetoric and advertising campaigns," Mr Harper said during a campaign speech, referring to the then Liberal government's supposed approach.
One reason for the pile-up is economics: "It's a cheap way to cover elections and draw viewers.
"The timing of the presidential pardons was not helpful at all - it provided a cheap excuse to avoid elections," he says.
Every opportunity it got to say it took down some misinformation or "inauthentic behavior," it took it — a mea culpa for its role in failing to prevent the spread of misinformation during the 2016 presidential election, or a cheap way to get some quick, positive headlines?
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