voters

plural of voter
as in electors
a person who votes or who has the legal right to vote minority voters Less than 10 percent of (the) voters favor the measure.

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Recent Examples of voters That achievement is key for his pitch to voters. Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025 Her win, a surprising triumph in Japan’s deeply patriarchal political system, signals to disillusioned LDP voters that traditional conservatism is alive and well. Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025 The group combed through publicly available records to map out a network that captured the personal and professional relationships among the College of Cardinals (the senior clergy members who serve as both voters and candidates for the papacy). Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025 For the president, Columbus Day was an opportunity to resolve a diplomatic crisis with Italy and gain favor with Italian American voters after rioters in New Orleans lynched 11 Italian Americans the year prior. Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2025 Cutting down on defensive gaffes that surely stick out in voters’ minds will vault him into a group with the best rearguards in the sport. Peter Baugh, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025 Early voting had already begun in Virginia when the Jones drama broke, but voters have roughly three more weeks to cast a ballot before election day. Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025 Still, Republicans risk blowback from voters by not trying. Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025 While Mamdani, a democratic socialist, leads with 46% of likely voters, Cuomo, running as an independent, increased his support to 33%, up from 23% in Quinnipiac’s poll in September, before Adams had dropped out. Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025

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“Voters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voters. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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