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voter

 noun
     
Related topics: Voting
vot‧er [countable]
1PPV someone who has the right to vote in a political election, or who votes in a particular election:
Voters overwhelmingly rejected the far right in the May elections.
In Ireland 83% of voters favoured EC membership in 1972.
Tory voters
2

voter apathy

a situation in which a lot of people who have the right to vote do not vote:
Voter apathy is especially high among young people.
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