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voter Definition

voter (vōtər)

noun

a person who has a right to vote; elector, esp. one who actually votes
voter Synonyms

voter

n.

elector, balloter, registered voter, member of a constituency, member of the electorate; part of the farm vote, labor vote, urban vote, etc.; vote caster, absentee voter, native, naturalized citizen, poll-tax payer, taxpayer, resident voter, stay-at-home voter, straw voter, proxy voter, one of the folks back home, ballot-box stuffer, floater, fagot voter; see also citizen.

voter Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • disillusion: The government can also appeal to disillusioned heartland voters, by claiming to be improving inner-city schools.
  • convince: The Chancellor must convince skeptical voters that the fruits of the strong economy have not been squandered.
  • persuade: They will work in schools, markets and other places where people gather, to persuade voters to register.
  • canvass: I have a solid team of local activists who are out every day leafleting and canvassing the voters of Tyne Bridge.
  • remind: A description such as " Save Kidderminster Hospital " or " No to George Bush " would remind voters of what you stand for.

Preposition: in

  • constituency: The voters in each constituency will elect a single person to represent them in the House of Commons.
  • referendum: The Belfast Agreement was endorsed by 71.1 per cent of NI voters in a referendum held on 22 May.

Adjective modifier

  • floating: Become a bit of a floating voter in recent years.
  • undecided: This whole thing about ' undecided voters ' being the key to the US election.
  • Conservative: Many Conservative voters either didn't turn out or voted for another party.
  • first-time: They see an issue that appeals to first-time voters who don't seem to care about anything else very much.
  • postal: There is already enough such information displayed in the polling station, or included in the instructions sent to postal voters.
  • eligible: The second stage, an open primary for all eligible voters, was replaced by opinion polls.

Modifies a noun

  • apathy: THE PROBLEM Voter apathy is a pressing concern to everyone involved in British politics.
  • turnout: The likely outcome of the election campaign is a fall in voter turnout.
  • turn-out: MDC election campaign co-ordinator Victor Moyo conceded the opposition party was unhappy with the poor voter turn-out.
  • registration: The voter registration period itself runs from 10 to 30 November.
  • intimidation: Egyptian judges monitoring the polls have also complained of voter intimidation and interference by security forces in the earlier rounds of elections.

Noun used with modifier

  • swing: If I'm a middle class swing voter in a marginal seat then my vote is valuable.
voter Quotes

The consumer, so it is said, is the king†each is a voter who uses his money as votes to get the things done that he wants done.

—Samuelson, Paul Anthony

It's not what's there that counts, it's what's projected öand†it's not what he projects but rather what the voter receives† It's not the man we have to change, but rather the received impression.

—Price, Raymond

The woman voter would be pernicious to the State not only because she could not back her vote by physical force, but also by reason of her intellectual defects.

—Wright, SirAlmroth Edward

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