electorate

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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

“In this election cycle, debates are perhaps the most important because we have such a large swath of electorate that is still undecided,” said Sara Sadhwani, a politics professor at Pomona College.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

From time to time, there are rumblings in Lib Dem ranks, wondering aloud why the party doesn't seem to be the beneficiary of a restless electorate on the hunt for alternatives.

From BBC • May 2, 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

A large part of the electorate turned to the Nazi party and its leader, Adolf Hitler, who condemned the peace treaty and vowed to regain Germany’s lost territories and restore its military might.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman