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electorate Definition

elec·tor·ate (ē lektər it, i-)

noun

  1. all those qualified to vote in an election
  2. the rank or territory of an elector in the Holy Roman Empire

Etymology: ML electoratus

electorate Synonyms

electorate

n.

voters, registered voters, those casting ballots, body politic; see constituency, voter.

electorate Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • convince: Dave the Tea Boy: We need to convince the electorate that we've changed Good luck on that one, mate.
  • bribe: Yet the Labor party are continuing the Tory policy of trying to bribe the electorate, instead of maintaining proper levels of public expenditure.
  • mislead: They have such a strong sense of their own righteousness that they feel entitled to mislead the electorate.
  • persuade: Political leaders were therefore willing to attempt to persuade electorates of the merits of their cause.
  • confuse: We condemn the Government in London for this tactic to delay peace and confuse the electorate in Northern Ireland.
  • engage: Consent engages the whole electorate, consensus involves only a majority.

Preposition: at

  • election: They are even under no obligation to govern according to the platform they put before the electorate at the election.

Converse of subject

  • reject: Bizarre... Mike - I agree it's a manifesto that can be accepted or rejected by the electorate.

Adjective modifier

  • skeptical: Crucially, he argues, Labor must find a way of using its beliefs to explain its policies to an increasingly skeptical electorate.
  • municipal: Less than 15 per cent of the municipal electorate voted.
  • British: I believe the British electorate are ready to support such an agenda.
  • Scottish: Clearly the advent of new Tory leader has not impacted on the Scottish electorate, at least yet.
  • total: A petition reaching 5 % of the total electorate would trigger a referendum based on that petition.
  • entire: In fact, they make up about one-fifth of the entire electorate.

Modifies a noun

  • voting: In Scotland turnout is better than in England with 59.4 per cent of the electorate voting in the 1999 elections for Scottish Unitary councils.
  • vote: In the case of the second vote, the electorate votes for a political party or independent candidate standing for a Scottish Parliament region.

Noun used with modifier

  • constituency: In general, the intention is to ensure that constituency electorates are kept roughly equal.

Preposition: in

  • constituency: But an MP also works on behalf of the electorate in the home constituency.
  • referendum: It was to be put to the electorate in a referendum, but never was.

Preposition: of

  • constituency: It is their responsibility to the party to ensure that each candidate is able and has an appeal to the electorate of that constituency.
electorate Quotes

It is now apparent that this great, this powerful, this formidablekingdomisconsidered onlyas a province of a despicable electorate.

—Pitt,William, 1st Earl of Chatham known as  the Elder

   We are not the masters. The people are the masters.We are the servants of the people† What the electorate gives, the electorate can take away.

—Blair,Tony (Anthony Charles Lynton)