electoral district
Representative's home turf
An electoral district is a geographic area whose residents vote together for a representative.
The term appears in parliamentary systems; Americans more often say congressional district or voting district.
District boundaries are redrawn periodically based on population shifts, a process that invites gerrymandering.
The candidate campaigned across the electoral district for six weeks.
Administrative jurisdiction zone
- wardProtected person; division
- boroughAdministrative town or district
- ridingControlling while mounted
- cantonSmall territorial division
parish · township · constituency · region · zone · sector · jurisdiction · neighborhood
Voting document
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- suffrageRight to cast ballots
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- voterBallot-casting citizen
booth · station · registration · roll · absentee · early voting · polling place · returns
Formal boundary setting
- borderOuter edge or limit
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
- reapportionmentRedistributing legislative seats
delineation · partition · outline · map · census · apportionment · threshold · enclosure
Elected maker of laws
- delegateEntrust authority to another
- lawmakerOne who drafts legislation
- senatorUpper chamber member
- congresspersonElected federal legislator
assemblyman · councillor · parliamentarian · incumbent · candidate · nominee · constituent · seat
precinct
Administrative jurisdiction zone
canton · parish · township · constituency · region · zone · sector · jurisdiction · neighborhood · enclave
ballot
Voting document
voter · booth · station · registration · roll · absentee · early voting · polling place · returns · tally
demarcation
Formal boundary setting
- borderOuter edge or limit
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- gerrymanderingManipulating electoral boundaries strategically
reapportionment · delineation · partition · outline · map · census · apportionment · threshold · enclosure · contiguity
legislator
Elected maker of laws
congressperson · assemblyman · councillor · parliamentarian · incumbent · candidate · nominee · constituent · seat · proportional
- Kuwait GovernmentNational Assembly, Crown Prince, constitutional court, defense ministry, foreign ministry
- geographic areascountry, county, province, zone, territory
- districtsborough, ward, precinct, zone, section
- subdivisionscounty, province, state, region, provinces
- UK electionsballot, candidate, ballot box, constituency, MP
- Australian Geographystates, territories, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
electoral districtnation
Sovereign political entity
country · national territory · nationwide · at-large · state
electoral districtadministrative region
Governed subdivision of territory
census tract · judicial district · military zone · school district · tax district
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