electorate
noun
elec·tor·ate
i-ˈlek-t(ə-)rət 
1
: the territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of a German elector
2
: a body of people entitled to vote
Examples of electorate in a Sentence
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This largest bloc of the electorate could go Republican or Democratic, deciding everything.
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Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
The program’s launch is the latest sign that Biden’s team hasn’t entirely abandoned the idea of winning Florida in November, despite a years-long rough patch for Democrats in the state and growing signs that its vast Hispanic electorate may be realigning itself with the Republican Party.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
Double haters make up about 15% of the electorate, according to a poll this month by USA TODAY/Suffolk University, giving them significant sway in deciding the outcome of the November election.
—USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
When turnouts are low, the electorate consists of a higher proportion than usual of right-leaning voters, including older white people and Republicans.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Exit polls showed Trump leading former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley among broad segments of the GOP electorate, with voters saying immigration and the economy were their most important issues.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
In both countries, a critical mass — though not the majority — of the electorate is skeptical of the West and open to the Russian perspective of the war.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
But with recent polls still pegging at least a fifth of the electorate as undecided, the race remained unsettled with the clock ticking down.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
Yet polls show that the electorate isn’t giving him much credit for these salutary developments so far.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2024
The program’s launch is the latest sign that Biden’s team hasn’t entirely abandoned the idea of winning Florida in November, despite a years-long rough patch for Democrats in the state and growing signs that its vast Hispanic electorate may be realigning itself with the Republican Party.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2024
Double haters make up about 15% of the electorate, according to a poll this month by USA TODAY/Suffolk University, giving them significant sway in deciding the outcome of the November election.
—USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2024
When turnouts are low, the electorate consists of a higher proportion than usual of right-leaning voters, including older white people and Republicans.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Exit polls showed Trump leading former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley among broad segments of the GOP electorate, with voters saying immigration and the economy were their most important issues.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
In both countries, a critical mass — though not the majority — of the electorate is skeptical of the West and open to the Russian perspective of the war.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
But with recent polls still pegging at least a fifth of the electorate as undecided, the race remained unsettled with the clock ticking down.
—Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2024
Yet polls show that the electorate isn’t giving him much credit for these salutary developments so far.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
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electorate
noun
elec·tor·ate
i-ˈlek-t(ə-)rət
: a body of people entitled to vote
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