voters

noun

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 Platner allies, by contrast, are suggesting that the party should be bound to what primary voters chose last month. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 7 July 2026 The only plan voters supported in 2006 did not involve a tax increase and instead reallocated an existing bus tax. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026 In Burbank, voters approved the airport terminal replacement project in 2016. — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026 Last month, a critical geopolitical contest took place in the South Caucasus, when voters in Armenia went to the polls to appoint a new government. — Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 Each time, the Democratic establishment responds to a candidate who actually connects with voters by marshaling the institutional machinery against them. — Tad Devine, Fortune, 7 July 2026 Her youthful protege, 30-year-old Bardella, has been RN’s official leader since 2022 and is seen as having helped to distance the party from the toxic views of its founder and boost its appeal with younger voters. — Melissa Bell, CNN Money, 7 July 2026 With the Federal Election Campaign Act in 1972, Congress had sought to reduce the amount of money in politics to protect ordinary voters from being overshadowed by the influence of wealthy donors. — Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 But progressives are chirping reminders about how a similar process played out almost exactly two years ago when President Joe Biden transferred his nomination to Vice President Kamala Harris without letting voters have a say. — Philip Elliott, Time, 7 July 2026

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