electorate
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Fewer than 15% of Los Angeles city voters are registered Republicans, and the electorate last chose a GOP mayor in 1997.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
That year, Latinos made up 35% of the electorate but less than a quarter of the turnout.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
But of the biggest, highest priority projects DC should be taking on, you should tell the electorate, “Here’s what we’re going to get done over the next two years.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
About one in five members of the Scottish electorate are registered for a postal vote, meaning they had the chance to cast their ballot ahead of polling day.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Dukakis will boast that two- thirds of the electorate prefer him to Gore, whereupon Jackson will respond that two-thirds of the electorate prefer him to Dukakis.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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