electorate

Example Sentences

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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

Yes, incumbent governments at Westminster frequently find themselves on the receiving end of volleys of opprobrium from the electorate between general elections.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Campaigns that use “red-boxing” will post on their websites information supposedly aimed at voters, but the messages are often in language that is not typically used to communicate with the electorate.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

There were dozens of caucus rooms across Detroit’s Huntington Place—rural, women, Black, educators, LGBT—each with its own electorate and set expectations.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 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