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

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

It was a reference to his parliamentary party, the crucial electorate for any party leader: it is their MPs who decide their fate.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Finally, Gore will counter by noting that two-thirds of the electorate prefer him to Jackson.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos