party base
Loyal voter bloc
The party base is the core group of committed supporters who reliably vote for and identify with a political party.
These are the loyal voters a party can count on, as opposed to swing voters or independents.
Politicians often face tension between appealing to their base and reaching broader audiences: The candidate's rhetoric energized the base but alienated moderates.
A party that fails to turn out its base risks electoral defeat.
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- ground gameOffense via carrying ball
- door to doorVisiting each residence sequentially
- votersThose who cast ballots
- primary votersElectorate choosing party nominees
supporters · constituency · loyalists · core · faithful · electorate · turnout · mobilize · fired up · rally · delegates · primary · activists · true believers · platform · caucus · swing · big tent
- Political PartiesLabour, GOP, Democrats, Republicans, BNP
- primariesprimary election, primary elections, primaries, open primaries, primary ballot
party baseswing voters
Uncommitted potential voters
independents · floating voters · moderates · centrists · fence-sitters
party baseparty leadership
Those directing a faction
party bosses · power brokers · party elite · kingmakers · superdelegates
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