Crossword clues for voter
voter
- Exit poll participant
- Election Day participant
- Campaign ad target
- Ticket's target
- Ticket reader?
- Stumper's concern
- Responsible citizen
- Possible elector
- Poll participant
- Poll cat?
- Political ad target
- Person who's on a roll
- Person picking a ticket
- Person often courted
- Person marking a ballot
- Person in certain booth
- One wooed in October
- One with a poll position
- One on a roll
- One of the electorate
- One exercising a franchise
- Naysayer, say
- Man at the polls
- Leader chooser
- Hanging chad producer
- Exit poll target
- Electioneer's target
- Election VIP
- Constituency member
- Certain 18-year-old
- Certain "American Idol" viewer
- Candidate's quarry
- Booth user, perhaps
- Booth user
- Ballot reader
- Any woman since 1918
- Person in a booth?
- Nay-sayer, perhaps
- Ticket examiner
- November lever puller
- Participant in democracy
- Ballot caster
- Person in a polling booth
- Slate evaluator
- Person in a booth, maybe
- X maker, at times
- One looking for a ticket, maybe
- Campaign target
- Person behind a curtain, maybe
- Ballot marker
- U.S. woman since 1920
- Member of the electorate
- Electorate member
- Balloter
- V.I.P. in early Nov.
- Booth occupant, perhaps
- Election Day figure
- Person sued by candidates
- Enfranchised person
- Person who makes one cross electing 14?
- Candidate's concern
- Candidate's target
- Election participant
- Poll goer
- Turnout participant
- Target of October ads
- Politician's target
- One with a poll position?
- One who chooses
- October ad target
- Member of a select group?
- Member of a select crowd?
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
voter
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
customer/patient/voter etc satisfaction (=among customers/patients/voters etc )
▪ Staff work as a team to achieve customer satisfaction.
floating voter
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
▪ The average Republican voter boasted a middle-class or higher standard of living.
▪ No longer will it be a place where candidates have to go and shake the hands of average voters.
black
▪ To do so would alienate black voters whom he desperately needs.
▪ The Democratic Party has long since taken black voters for granted.
▪ Reform voting procedures that Democrats claim disenfranchised thousands of black voters last year.
▪ As it was, those legislators owed black voters nothing and were therefore free to take positions openly hostile to them.
▪ He was to celebrate the inauguration in Florida speaking up for the black voters who feel disenfranchised.
▪ Chavis said he hopes 8 million new black voters will be registered.
▪ As whites responded to black voter registration drives with bombings, arson, and shootings, the Justice Department did practically nothing.
conservative
▪ His pledge to reduce the role of government reflects the conservative drift among voters.
▪ More conservative voters heard a get-tough message; the party faithful heard jobs.
▪ Prosperity was an important factor for many Conservative voters in 1983 and 1987; such votes are instrumental and conditional.
▪ Therefore, the first-past-the-post system ensures that a Conservative voter living in Glagow has no representative in Westminster.
eligible
▪ Percentage of eligible voters voting yes: 52.8%.
▪ The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots, leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
▪ Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.
▪ He pointed out that in the last election, only about 48 percent of eligible voters voted.
▪ Gans predicted last week that the turnout would drop to 51 percent of eligible voters.
female
▪ Fears are growing that female voters who backed Labour in 1997 are having second thoughts.
▪ Other polls show that Clinton has a 2-to-1 lead nationwide over Dole among female voters.
▪ Post-election Republican surveys indicate that attacks on the Education Department cost the party crucial support among female voters.
▪ Some polls show he is favored by female voters by a 2 to 1 margin over Dole.
▪ The timing of female voter decisions adds to the election-eve tension.
▪ But among female voters, the president has enjoyed a steady 20-point lead.
▪ And so far, he is doing well in the public opinion polls with female voters.
independent
▪ Second, a weak and outnumbered Democratic Party rarely gets help from the large block of independent voters.
▪ His problem is with moderate and independent voters.
▪ The proposal so spooked lawmakers that they offered an alternative referendum that allowed independent voters to vote in primaries.
▪ He would be revered for his ability to balance the party loyalists and the independent voters.
labour
▪ In 1979 and in 1983 there was clear electoral support for several Conservative policies, even among many Labour voters.
▪ His results have been criticised by Newton for underestimating the effects of city size on the proportion of Labour voters.
▪ A spot-check of voters walking alongside Birkenhead Park yesterday found Labour voters roughly divided.
▪ They are mostly Labour voters but several confuse their Labour candidate with the leader of the Liberal Democrats.
▪ Though most of the tenants are probably Labour voters, the local Liberals and Tories have supported the co-ops.
▪ Most of them have never been involved in politics before, though all of them are Labour voters.
▪ His sidekick Sergeant Lewis is a Labour voter.
▪ It is difficult to find a single Labour voter in Frinton.
likely
▪ It is quite likely that the voters are in fact ignorant of those plans.
▪ Gore has never led when the poll is restricted to likely voters.
▪ Instead, it seems likely that voters choose on the basis of their experience, particularly of recent events.
▪ The poll showed Dole with 58 percent support and Buchanan with 15 percent among likely Republican primary voters.
▪ Each of the surveys showed Dole drawing less than 40 percent of the vote from likely voters.
▪ A Globe survey taken last February showed Dole far ahead of his rivals, with support from 42 percent of likely voters.
▪ And among the likely Democratic runoff voters, only 12 percent said they did not know of Morales.
median
▪ In Fig. 11-10 the D curve is the demand curve of the median voter for the locally provided good.
▪ The wage is set by the union executive to maximize the expected utility of the median voter.
▪ In Fig. 11-9 are illustrated the preferences of the median voter over a private good and the local public good.
▪ In this case we have the simple result that the preferences of the median voter are decisive.
▪ The median voter model can be applied directly to yield predictions about the determinants of public expenditure.
▪ Any such level of output will put the median voter on a higher indifference curve than would the reversion level.
▪ If the reversion level is, the median voter may vote for an output of almost.
▪ We therefore explicitly model the union wage-setting process in a median voter framework.
primary
▪ So Dole has been able to charge through the middle, as the candidate marginally more attractive to primary voters than non-Dole.
▪ But likely primary voters appear to believe that neither Forbes' wealth nor his inexperience should be held against him.
▪ The poll showed Dole with 58 percent support and Buchanan with 15 percent among likely Republican primary voters.
▪ Republican primary voters are overwhelmingly white.
▪ I was in New Hampshire recently watching the Republican presidential candidates chase each other and potential primary voters around.
republican
▪ The poll showed Dole with 58 percent support and Buchanan with 15 percent among likely Republican primary voters.
▪ His campaign never even left the starting gate. Republican voters say they want low taxes and prudent spending cuts.
▪ The uncomfortable truth is that every time Bush has come before Republican voters, he has performed below those great expectations.
▪ Only 11 percent of the Republican voters said they were unsure who they will support for the nomination two months from now.
▪ In each case a clear majority of Republican voters rejected him.
▪ The spectacle was a distressing one, and sure to inflame Republican voters.
▪ There are many, many Republican voters whose attitudes about the environment is extremely different from the Republican Congress.
▪ In 1970, there were just 711, 000 registered Republican voters and 2 million Democrats.
undecided
▪ He will argue that there are still a lot of undecided voters to make up their minds.
▪ Experienced Iowa Republican activists suggest that undecided voters may stay home on what is likely to be a raw wintry evening.
▪ Some observers believe polls overestimated the influence of undecided voters.
▪ More than 60 percent of the Dole voters and the undecided voters believed in limiting immigration.
▪ Of the undecided voters, 67 percent said they were pro-choice.
▪ Gramm lately has attempted to soften his image, holding a series of intimate discussions with undecided voters in their kitchens.
white
▪ But a recent poll of white voters showed only one in four giving the party their support.
▪ Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.
▪ By comparison, 34 percent of white voters live in these areas.
▪ That means white voters are more likely to have their votes counted than blacks-a point made by Gore.
▪ His message is aimed at the religious right and angry white working-class voters.
young
▪ Many of the younger voters will probably still be sticking loyally to the Ninja Mutant Turtles.
▪ Clinton also has helped attract young voters to the Democratic Party.
▪ Ingraham appealed more to young voters and advocated a 10-year limit of the Prime Minister's term in office.
▪ Polls do show that younger voters are much willing to address the problem, because they have the most to lose.
▪ The survey by Butler and Stokes detected a weakening of the class alignment among younger voters in the 1960s.
▪ The poor turnout among young voters dismays retiring Rep.
▪ I think we can eliminate blacks, women, and the younger voter from our enquiries.
▪ Dole noted that former President Ronald Reagan was popular with younger voters.
■ NOUN
approval
▪ But the tide of voter approval for her stand could scarcely be ignored by a party haemorrhaging support.
▪ Attorneys have told the districts they must seek voter approval of existing fees imposed in the past without a public vote.
▪ It requires voter approval of any new tax.
▪ This task force could examine the broader question of what types of projects should require voter approval.
▪ Holding elections to seek voter approval of existing taxes and fees is another expense.
▪ Even some single-payer adherents say it would be miraculous if the initiative wins voter approval.
registration
▪ It comes amid a campaign for voter registration for the region's first local elections, scheduled for the autumn.
▪ But that law was repealed as part of a legislative effort to boost voter registration and participation.
▪ This money was to be used for grass-roots organization, voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives.
▪ Hermandad is one of the agencies where Arauz said she saw workers assisting noncitizens with voter registration forms.
▪ He went to Tallahassee to help with voter registration, and there were a few bad riots up there that year.
▪ Women are the biggest demographic group but not the only one that will be the target of voter registration appeals.
▪ Big voter registration drives are a commonplace in presidential election years.
▪ For example, in addition to voter registration drives, there is a proposal by Rep.
turnout
▪ A voter turnout of 59 percent of some 13,300,000 registered voters was recorded for the Dec. 26 poll.
▪ Last winter, I suggested giving the early primaries to the states with the highest voter turnout in the prior presidential election.
▪ Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.
▪ Heavy voter turnout has been predicted for the first primary of 1996.
▪ In most parliamentary democracies voter turnout tends to be around half to three-quarters of the electorate.
▪ The 1996 presidential election, costliest in history, produced the lowest percentage of voter turnout since 1824.
▪ The official figure for voter turnout was over 1,600,000 people, representing just over 90 percent of those registered to vote.
▪ The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots, leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
■ VERB
appeal
▪ Ingraham appealed more to young voters and advocated a 10-year limit of the Prime Minister's term in office.
▪ His message is straight forward and superficially appealing to most voters: no more income tax.
▪ On 7 November, he appealed to the voters to support Gaullist candidates.
▪ Dole acknowledged that Buchanan did a better job appealing to voters who are feeling economically insecure.
▪ Perhaps Labour was also unable to appeal to many voters in an increasingly better-off, more obviously middle-class Britain.
▪ He said Bush appealed to women voters in 1994 by focusing on education, welfare reform and juvenile justice.
▪ Touting his help for women entrepreneurs seems a good way for Bill Clinton to appeal to women voters.
approve
▪ Schools are guaranteed a minimum level of funding spelled out by Proposition 98, approved by voters in 1988.
▪ The state lottery, approved by voters 11 years ago, offers lotto and scratch-off tickets as close as the corner market.
▪ A federal appeals court upheld the ban, approved by California voters in 1996.
▪ When does the county actually sell the bonds approved by the voters?
▪ It was approved by the voters but tossed by the courts.
▪ The ballot initiative ending state-backed affirmative action programs was approved by California voters by a 54-to-46 percent margin last month.
ask
▪ The first part would ask voters whether they wanted a new republic or a return to the Third Republic.
▪ Defying the leaders of both political parties, moderates are asking voters to approve open primary elections for California.
▪ He asked the voters to divide into two groups.
▪ The measure asked voters to allow the commission to create and conduct youth programs.
▪ Hanson skilfully exploited the system of proportional representation, which asks voters to list candidates in order of preference.
▪ He asked 750 voters in March 1995.
▪ He and buddy Chuck Bauman have been circulating petitions for months asking voters to repeal property taxes.
▪ He simply promised the addition of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and asked voters to trust him to reduce spending.
convince
▪ At home, a series of scandals has convinced voters that the government is no longer listening to them.
▪ Bush wants to convince voters that both he and Gore love the earth, they just differ in styles.
▪ But he was equally anxious to convince disaffected voters that he was listening to them.
▪ The central goal, however, is convincing voters that government programs are not the enemy, but rather our friend.
▪ In the end, the campaign worked to convince voters that professional football is good for Nashville.
▪ The people against the referendum are going to have to convince voters their water taxes are going to be raised.
register
▪ The poll of 806 registered voters statewide was conducted April 1-3 for the Chronicle and News 2 Houston.
▪ If county officials confirm that 28, 084 are those of registered voters, a referendum will be held around May 1.
▪ The other questioned 806 registered voters selected at random.
▪ The poll of 636 Davidson County registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.
▪ We hope to secure the signatures of two-thirds of our registered voters, thus bypassing the need for an incorporation election.
▪ In several places, including Saigon, the tally of votes for Diem exceeded the number of registered voters.
▪ That sentiment is shared by 23 percent of all registered voters.
show
▪ The 1983 and 1987 Gallup election surveys showed that voters across all parties agreed on many goals of government.
▪ Two surveys whose findings are published today show that many voters are unsure about some main planks of Government policy.
▪ Polls do show that younger voters are much willing to address the problem, because they have the most to lose.
▪ Early polls showed 78% of voters believed the Clinton taxes were fair.
▪ He knows the polls show voters would prefer smaller tax cuts.
▪ Yet statistics that show voter turnout slowly sliding down, down.
▪ An Examiner poll showed that California voters, by a nearly 2-1 ratio, support the ban.
support
▪ The Party List requires voters to support parties, rather than individuals.
▪ Ferry said more than 70 percent of voters support term limits.
▪ On 7 November, he appealed to the voters to support Gaullist candidates.
▪ This time around, the poll again will be used to determine the level of taxation voters would support.
▪ Middle-class voters have tended to support the Conservative party in Britain, and working-class voters the Labour party.
▪ About another 25 percent of the voters here supported other leftist or nationalist parties.
▪ Some middle-class voters have supported the Labour Party and about one-third of working-class voters have traditionally cast their ballots for Conservative candidates.
▪ Neither initiative had formal opposition campaigns, but both urged voters to not support the other.
vote
▪ And if voters have voted for an excluded candidate, why should they be permitted to switch their preference?
▪ To assure party loyalty, the precinct captains merely accompany the voter into the voting machine.
▪ Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.
▪ Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.
▪ There is little evidence to suggest voters voting for a particular party because of its stand on a particular issue.
▪ The proposal so spooked lawmakers that they offered an alternative referendum that allowed independent voters to vote in primaries.
▪ What is most noteworthy here is that at every stage after the first the exhaustive ballot enables voters to vote knowledgeably.
▪ After his defeat by 984 votes, Dornan immediately claimed the election was marred by voter fraud, including voting by noncitizens.
win
▪ His attempt to win southern gaucho voters by playing up family links there backfired when he got his regional expressions muddled up.
▪ They have articulated plans and goals and have won the support of voters.
▪ And so Labour went into the election on a fudged policy designed more to placate Roy Hattersley than to win over voters.
▪ The Clinton staff developed a genius for tapping into the emotions and aspirations of a winning number of voters.
▪ Even so, this was nowhere near enough to win over the Danzig voters.
▪ Even some single-payer adherents say it would be miraculous if the initiative wins voter approval.
▪ On the one hand, a message of change was needed in order to win new voters.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Italian voters have shown that they are ready for a change of government.
▪ Only 40% of eligible voters participated in the last election.
▪ There is disappointment among Labour voters that the party has not done more to help traditional industries.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Furthermore, most voters do not really make electoral choices.
▪ Instead, they want the voters to trust them, and, in return, they will spend lots of money.
▪ Table 9.2 shows that for nearly ten years now voters have agreed about her strength of personality and outspokenness.
▪ The Democrats had mounted an intense voter registration drive before the election, bringing thousands of inexperienced voters on to the rolls.
▪ Turnout dipped despite an increase in voter registration.
▪ White male voters made it clear in 1994 that they heavily favor the Republicans.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Voter
Voter \Vot"er\, n. One who votes; one who has a legal right to vote, or give his suffrage; an elector; a suffragist; as, an independent voter.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
voter
1570s, agent noun from vote (v.).
Wiktionary
voter
n. Someone who votes.
WordNet
voter
n. a citizen who has a legal right to vote [syn: elector]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "voter".
Gore effort to challenge absentee votes on a legal technicality, especially since the intent of these voters was quite clear.
Seminole County Canvassing Board allowed Republican Party volunteers to fill in missing voter registration numbers on applications submitted by registered Republican voters requesting absentee ballots.
The Alabama statute was very clear that the absentee ballots had to be notarized by the voter in order to be counted, and that procedure had been followed for years.
It had been announced in the speech from the throne that government would, in the present session, take up the question of the registration of voters in Ireland.
There were, moreover, many other voters who, while regarding Greenbackism as an economic heresy, were convinced that bimetallism offered a safe and sound solution of the currency problem.
But lie was tossed out of Parliament for bribing voters, and the success of his syndicates THE MAN WHO BECAME A COUNTRY 11 depended directly on bribing politicians.
Illinois Apportionment law, which created districts now having glaringly unequal populations, was attacked as unconstitutional on the ground that it denied to voters in the more populous districts the full right to vote and to the equal protection of the laws.
Rotary Club about dollar devaluation, gave Diefenbaker a valid base from which to reawaken the resentment against Liberal arrogance that had been strongly felt by Canadian voters in 1957.
State laws regulating direct primaries were amended so as to enable voters participating in primaries to designate their preference for one of several party candidates for a senatorial seat: and nominations unofficially effected thereby were transmitted to the legislature.
Some twelve thousand voters in the heretofore Slave State of Louisiana have sworn allegiance to the Union, assumed to be the rightful political power of the State, held elections, organized a State government, adopted a Free State constitution, giving the benefit of public schools equally to black and white, and empowering the Legislature to confer the elective franchise upon the colored man.
It won 55 percent of the posts that were filled by gubernatorial and local elections in May 1990, which gave it control of everything from street sweeping to voter registration.
They had made the law unwittingly, for threefourths of the voters objected to it, and yet three-fourths of the votes were in favour of it.
In their disillusionment, Quebec voters turned in 1962 to the political iconoclasm of Social Credit, and in 1963, back to the Liberal Party.
Others might regard it as a historic opportunity to broaden the political process to include those who customarily have been shut outthe dead, distant or otherwise ineligible voter.
That and his hair and his clothes had all been developed to make him seem like a cool norteamericano, not the jumpy, emotional Mexican that blue-eyed Duluth voters were afraid of.