electorate in English

noun
1
all the people in a country or area who are entitled to vote in an election.
But the rules changed and the electorate was entitled to vote by post without giving a reason.
2
the office or territories of a German elector.
Originally, the Duke held the electorate personally, but it was later made hereditary along with the duchy.

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "electorate" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "electorate", or refer to the context using the word "electorate" in the English Dictionary.

1. The electorate is/are disillusioned.

2. The government was responsible to the electorate.

3. There is widespread apathy among the electorate.

4. A majority of the electorate oppose the law.

5. They largely misread the mood of the electorate.

6. most of the electorate is pro-choice.

7. 3 words related to Constituency: body, electorate, constituent

8. Twelve percent of the electorate strongly opposes me.

9. The government misjudged the mood of the electorate.

10. The electorate is growing tired of his posturings.

11. • But 26m voters, or 69 % of the electorate, Abstained

12. The government largely misread the mood of the electorate.

13. The party's share of the electorate has diminished steadily.

14. The Government could expect only ingratitude from the electorate.

15. Only about half of the electorate bothered to vote.

16. Only 70% of the electorate voted in the last election.

17. Since Independence the electorate has been polarized equally between two parties.

18. He can't even outsmart his own electorate, let alone us.

19. These responses were drawn from a random sample of the electorate.

20. This law also states that governing power rests with the electorate.

21. According to radio the British electorate are going to vote tomorrow.

22. The government received a massive vote of confidence from the electorate.

23. He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.

24. It's hard for any government to sell new taxes to the electorate.

25. Fortunately, the electorate is far more observant and astute than it thinks.

26. Politicians all too often pander to the envious tendencies among the electorate.

27. The proposed increase in income tax proved deeply unpopular with the electorate.

28. Our so-called democracy is a complete sham and an insult to the electorate.

29. Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate.

30. The electorate in countries large and small would lose all power over the laws.

31. Electorate of Bavaria (Kurfürstentum Bayern), an independent hereditary electorate existing from 1623 to 1806.; FC Bayern Munich, the professional football team operated by a Munich-based sports club of the same name

32. The rise of a mass electorate forced politicians to try and broaden their appeal.

33. But during the Eighties, when materialism and malfeasance predominated, the electorate suffered guilt pains.

34. She says lawmakers should reject Jega's nomination, reappoint Iwu, and better educate the electorate.

35. Two-thirds of the national electorate had the chance to vote in these elections.

36. The electorate was expected to be weary of elections and possibly apathetic as well.

37. ll those elected have to render account of what they have done to the electorate

38. They've won over a lot of the electorate since she's been leader of the party.

39. 24 The rise of a mass electorate forced politicians to try and broaden their appeal.

40. 23 As a cynical attempt to manipulate the electorate and the media, it was unsurpassed.

41. The senators are elected by the whole electorate and do not represent any geographical district.

42. About half the electorate were party supporters in 19 and half uncommitted, by this definition.

43. We poll a tiny fraction of the electorate and we predict the outcome of national elections.

44. This is doubtful: the electorate, being composed of ordinary people, is less impressionable than Tory grandees.

45. The electorate of the capital, Titograd, also voted to reinstate the city's old name of Podgorica.

46. Constituting 23 percent of the voting electorate, this community tended to deliver a monolithic yea or nay.

47. In most parliamentary democracies voter turnout tends to be around half to three-quarters of the electorate.

48. The overall abstention rate was reported to be as high as 55 percent of the electorate of 000.

49. And it was this convergence that engendered a tradition among the working-class electorate of voting Labour.

50. • The overall Abstention rate was reported to be as high as 55 percent of the electorate of 2,200,000