electorate

Example Sentences

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The snap vote has caught the ruling party, the opposition and much of the electorate off guard.

From BBC

Or they could propose and pass alternative versions of the measures, in which case both the originals and the alternatives would appear before the electorate, allowing voters to choose between them or reject both.

From The Wall Street Journal

For a democracy to exist, as those who founded this nation taught us, we need a well-informed electorate.

From Salon

Such views aren’t unusual in Japanese politics, but they repel some of the electorate.

From The Wall Street Journal

They argue that the electorate is sick of political soap opera and they want to get on with governing – against a tricky international and domestic backdrop.

From BBC