voters
They choose representatives
Voters are people who cast votes in elections or other decision-making processes.
The term usually refers to citizens eligible to participate in political elections: Voters turned out in record numbers.
It can also describe anyone with voting rights in a particular context—shareholders, committee members, or award panelists.
Swing voters are those whose preferences shift between parties or candidates.
Eligible voting body
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
- blocAllied group sharing interests
base · independents · undecided · first-time · youth · seniors · suburban · rural
Right to cast ballots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
gerrymandering · redistricting · poll-tax · accessibility · representation · amendment · restoration
Voting forms
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- campaignsOrganized efforts toward goals
- primariesIntraparty nomination contests
caucuses · referendum · turnout · pollsters · debates · platforms · incumbent · midterms
Advocating to decision-makers
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- petitionFormal written appeal
- boycottOrganized economic protest
protest · rally · testimony · dissent · pressure · endorsement · donation · volunteer
Number attending an event
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
- registrationFormal recording of participation
activism · abstention · enthusiasm · fatigue · suppression · access · outreach · canvassing
electorate
Eligible voting body
- constituencyElectoral district's voters
- demographicsStatistical population characteristics
- partisanshipLoyalty to one faction
bloc · base · independents · undecided · first-time · youth · seniors · suburban · rural · urban
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- disenfranchisedDeprived of voting rights
suppression · gerrymandering · redistricting · poll-tax · accessibility · representation · amendment · restoration
ballots
Voting forms
- pollingSystematic opinion gathering
- candidatesThose seeking selection
- campaignsOrganized efforts toward goals
primaries · caucuses · referendum · turnout · pollsters · debates · platforms · incumbent · midterms · presidential
lobbying
Advocating to decision-makers
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- petitionFormal written appeal
boycott · protest · rally · testimony · dissent · pressure · endorsement · donation · volunteer · coalition
turnout
Number attending an event
- apathyAbsence of feeling
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- mobilizationOrganizing for action
registration · activism · abstention · enthusiasm · fatigue · suppression · access · outreach · canvassing · door-knocking
- democracyelection, elections, ballot, ballots, candidate
- electionsballot, ballots, candidates, polls, election day
- human groupstribe, clan, class, caste, crowd
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- votingballot, ballots, polls, candidates, aye
- campaigningcandidate, campaign signs, canvassing, campaign manager, fundraising
voterscandidates
Those seeking selection
politicians · elected officials · representatives · officeholders · nominees
votersnon-citizens
Those without nationality status
subjects · felons · minors · serfs · ineligibles
- voted outRejected at the polls
- getting out the voteSpurring electoral participation
- right to voteLegal power to elect
- vote outRemove through election
- vote suppressionDiscouraging or preventing casting ballots
- vote with your wallet
vote, devoted, devote, voter, votes, devotee, voted, outvoted, outvote