electorate

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In politics it is particularly important to demonstrate publicly as a group when the electorate feels their representatives aren’t listening to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Madrid suggested the demographic rallying is less a “reversion” and more a reflection of a rapidly changing electorate.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

Without the runoff rematch between Herrera and Gonzales, we won’t learn whether there are limits to how much internet edginess an electorate can handle.

From Slate • Mar. 9, 2026

Rob Jetten won over the Dutch electorate with promises of optimism and progress, but he will have his work cut out translating words into actions leading a minority government.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Dukakis will boast that two- thirds of the electorate prefer him to Gore, whereupon Jackson will respond that two-thirds of the electorate prefer him to Dukakis.

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