electorate
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The electorate nibbles popcorn quietly, waiting their turn to let their voices be heard on who should hold legislative power for the next two years.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even so, he remains deeply unpopular with the electorate as a whole.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
The nonwhite share of the electorate ticked up only to 28%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
More than 50% of the Democratic primary electorate in South Carolina is Black.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Assume that one-third of the electorate prefers Dukakis to Gore to Jackson, that another one-third prefers Gore to Jackson to Dukakis, and that the last one-third prefers Jackson to Dukakis to Gore.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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