electorates
Bodies of voters
Electorates are bodies of voters or the districts they represent.
In parliamentary systems, an electorate is a geographic constituency that elects a representative: She won her electorate by a narrow margin.
More broadly, electorate refers to all eligible voters collectively: The electorate has grown increasingly polarized.
The plural emphasizes distinct voting populations or regions.
Electoral regions or supporter groups
- ridingsElectoral districts, especially Canadian
- precinctsBounded administrative areas
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
seats · boroughs · cantons · voting districts · congressional districts · parliamentary seats · regional divisions · boundary lines
Parts of a whole
- ballotsVoting forms
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- registered votersPeople officially eligible to vote
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
suffrage · franchise · citizen participation · voter rolls · demographics · swing voters · voter base · grassroots
Depiction or likeness
- proportionalScaled to match another
- first-past-the-postMost votes wins
- pluralityLargest share among several
- majorityOver half of total
at-large · ranked choice · preferential voting · Westminster · parliamentary · threshold · quota · allocation
constituencies
Electoral regions or supporter groups
- ridingsElectoral districts, especially Canadian
- precinctsBounded administrative areas
- wardsProtected dependents or districts
divisions · seats · boroughs · cantons · voting districts · congressional districts · parliamentary seats · regional divisions · boundary lines · redistricting
constituents
Parts of a whole
- ballotsVoting forms
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- registered votersPeople officially eligible to vote
polling · suffrage · franchise · citizen participation · voter rolls · demographics · swing voters · voter base · grassroots · mobilization
representation
Depiction or likeness
- proportionalScaled to match another
- first-past-the-postMost votes wins
- pluralityLargest share among several
majority · at-large · ranked choice · preferential voting · Westminster · parliamentary · threshold · quota · allocation · mandate
- democracyvote, voting, ballot, ballots, voters
- Holy Roman EmpireHoly Roman Empire, emperors, Charlemagne, Reichstag, Frederick Barbarossa
- Imperial Estatesestates, princes, imperial cities, free cities, prelates
- Australian Geographystates, territories, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland
- Rhine HistoryRhine River, Rhineland, Cologne, Koblenz, Bonn
electoratescandidates
Those seeking selection
nominees · elected officials · officeholders · politicians · representatives
- polarized electorateVoters split into opposing factions