electorate
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Under-30s make up about a quarter of Peru's electorate, and many who protested feel neither candidate can deliver real change.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
Last month the party won its first lower house election battle in the seat of Farrer, a large inland agricultural and mining electorate in New South Wales, beating the traditional conservative parties.
From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026
Unlike recent contests to lead the nation’s most populous state, this year’s gubernatorial contest failed to energize the electorate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026
Polls show a substantial portion of the electorate views her unfavorably because of her handling of the Palisades fire.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 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
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