electorate
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Political experts argue that messages that seem contradictory to a candidate’s background, as well as drowning voters with incessant ads, can be jarring and off-putting to the electorate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
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
Of all the candidates, Mitchell said, Pratt as an outsider adept at Instagram and TikTok has the greatest opportunity to create a new surge electorate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The top-two finishers could turn on the composition of the electorate, which is hard to predict.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 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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