Electorate

Introduction to Electorate

Electorate, term applied to all of the eligible voters in a political democracy. If a substantial majority of the mature citizens of a community are allowed to participate in elections, and if no compulsion or restraint is involved in voting, that community is considered to have a democratic electorate. ” (1)

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Notes and References

• Information about Electorate in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia

Guide to Electorate

In this Section

Election, Voter Registration, Electoral Systems, Election Types, How Voters Decide, Electoral Realignments, Electorate (including Electorate Historical, Electorate Gender, Electorate Race and Social Position, Electorate Property and Poll Tax and Residence) and Electronic Voting (including Electronic Voting Origins and Electronic Voting Problems)

Hierarchical Display of Electorate

Politics > Electoral procedure and voting > Organisation of elections

Electorate

Concept of Electorate

See the dictionary definition of Electorate.

Characteristics of Electorate

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Translation of Electorate

• Spanish: Electorado
• French: électorat
• German: Wählerschaft
• Italian: Elettorato
• Portuguese: Eleitorado
• Polish: Elektorat

Thesaurus of Electorate

Politics > Electoral procedure and voting > Organisation of elections > Electorate

See also

• Sale
• Retail selling
• Wholesale selling
• Distance selling
• Credit sale
• Selling at a loss
• Discount sale
• Door-to-door selling
• Duty-free sale
• Auction sale
• Direct selling
• Fixing of prices
• Imposed price
• Free price
• Price list
• Producer group
• Market protection

• Cartel
• Dumping
• Monopoly
• Market-sharing agreement
• Market organisation

• Voting age
• Electoral register
• Registration of voters

• Electoral body
• Elector