electorate
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But with the electorate in a dour mood and reeling from rocketing gas prices, some speculate voters’ willingness to tax themselves may be dwindling as ballots arrive for the June 2 primary election.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
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
The question is whether the electorate – and his party – will let him.
From BBC • May 2, 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
Assume that one-third of the electorate prefers Dukakis to Gore to Jackson, that another one-third prefers Gore to Jackson to Dukakis, and that the last one-third prefers Jackson to Dukakis to Gore.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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