voter
Democracy's active participant
A voter is someone who casts a vote in an election or other decision-making process.
The term applies both to those actively voting and to those eligible to vote: registered voters, likely voters, voter turnout.
Politicians court voters; analysts study them.
In contexts like shareholder meetings, voters are those entitled to participate in formal decisions.
Systematic opinion gathering
- ballotVoting document
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
- boothTemporary enclosed compartment
- registrationFormal recording of participation
absentee · turnout · electorate · constituent · mail-in · provisional · disenfranchised · swing
Person seeking selection
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- issuePoint of contention
- platformRaised flat structure
- policyAdopted principle of action
endorsement · referendum · initiative · proposition · primary · caucus · ticket · write-in
Act of taking part
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- dutyRequired moral task
- activismDirect effort for reform
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
suffrage · advocacy · mobilization · outreach · canvassing · volunteer · drive · awareness
Depiction or likeness
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- republicState with elected leaders
majority · minority · consent · accountability · mandate · legitimacy · self-governance · enfranchisement
polling
Systematic opinion gathering
registration · absentee · turnout · electorate · constituent · mail-in · provisional · disenfranchised · swing · undecided
candidate
Person seeking selection
- preferenceFavored choice among alternatives
- issuePoint of contention
- platformRaised flat structure
policy · endorsement · referendum · initiative · proposition · primary · caucus · ticket · write-in · incumbent
participation
Act of taking part
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- dutyRequired moral task
- activismDirect effort for reform
grassroots · suffrage · advocacy · mobilization · outreach · canvassing · volunteer · drive · awareness · education
representation
Depiction or likeness
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- citizenshipStatus as state member
republic · majority · minority · consent · accountability · mandate · legitimacy · self-governance · enfranchisement · voice
- electionsballot, ballots, candidates, polls, election day
- U.S. PoliticsCongress, senator, representative, president, vice president
- votingballot, ballots, polls, candidates, aye
- civic rolescitizen, taxpayer, constituent, candidate, elected official
- election participantscandidate, elector, poll worker, delegate, nominee
- community membersresident, citizen, neighbor, local, townsperson
votercandidate
Person seeking selection
politician · nominee · elected official · representative · incumbent
voternon-citizen
One without nationality status
foreigner · alien · undocumented immigrant · refugee · felon
- votive candleSmall ritual offering light
- voted outRejected at the polls
- getting out the voteSpurring electoral participation
- right to voteLegal power to elect
- vote outRemove through election
- voting boothPrivate space for ballots
vote, voting, votes, voted, voters, votive, outvoted, outvote, nonvoter