electorate

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  1. noun A body of qualified voters.
  2. noun The dignity or territory of an elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

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  • He and the electorate are about to teach us that a significant number of Americans are ignorant enough to believe that raising corporate and capital gains taxes will stimulate the economy during a recession. —  Jason Clarke's meta feed
  • Moreover, it is the responsibility of the Latin American electorate to hold government officials accountable for their actions, and to continue to build solid institutions so that the fragile, if not failed, democracies from the past do not come back to haunt them. —  Home
  • If the will of the Scottish people is to be identified accurately, then (as a minimum) next year's referendum should surely include a list of options representing the full spectrum of the debate, and the electorate should be allowed to cast their preferences through consensus voting. —  The Guardian World News
  • The electorate was pretty much aware of the multiple mandates of the UUP and DUP people they elected but how many of the Tories made sure the electorate was aware of their other jobs? —  Slugger O'Toole
  • The blatant abuse of power at the cost of the electorate is appalling. —  Muti
 

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  1. = French électorat = Spanish electorado = Portuguese eleitorado = Italian elettorato; as elector + -ate.
 

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/əˈlɛktərət/
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