electorate
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The state’s electorate reaffirmed its support a decade ago, voting down a ballot initiative that would have abolished capital punishment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Young men and Latino voters -- two segments of the American electorate crucial to Trump -- turned sharply away from the president and his Republican Party, exit polls showed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
"One of the foundations of democracy is the ability to have a peaceful transfer of power. This stems from the understanding that the will of the electorate obligates us all."
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 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
A large part of the electorate turned to the Nazi party and its leader, Adolf Hitler, who condemned the peace treaty and vowed to regain Germany’s lost territories and restore its military might.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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