electorate
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Under the country's mixed-member proportional representation system, voters must tick two options -- a general party list as well as an individual member to represent their electorate.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
He appears to have energized Black voters furious over a Supreme Court decision that could let Republicans eliminate Mississippi’s only majority-Black congressional district while also winning over about a quarter of the white electorate.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
The survey - officially called the Voter Poll - asks tens of thousands of the American electorate their opinions and motivations, and providing a breakdown by age, gender, education and other demographics.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
NEW ORLEANS—Lying on a couch in 1992, a phone to his ear, James Carville uttered a line about the U.S. electorate that has followed him to this day: “It’s the economy, stupid.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The economy was stable, the white electorate untroubled.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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