electorate

Example Sentences

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His promise of change resonated with an electorate that was angry at corruption, nepotism and elite rule.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Honduran President Nasry Asfura of the center-right National Party took office in January after the electorate turned out the pro-Cuba Libre Party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

Without the runoff rematch between Herrera and Gonzales, we won’t learn whether there are limits to how much internet edginess an electorate can handle.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2026

Only 39, he took up the role with gusto, launching into an anti-crime drive that proved popular with the electorate but not enough to keep his head off the chopping block.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

“On the day the electorate, as expected in polls, was voting in unprecedented numbers against bombing North Vietnam or otherwise escalating the war, we were working to set such a policy in motion,” Ellsberg recalled.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin