selectorate
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of selectorate
C20: from select + ( elect ) orate
Example Sentences
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In their 2005 academic study The Logic of Political Survival and its 2011 mass-market adaptation The Dictator’s Handbook, they propose a model for why some leaders are overthrown and other survive, known as selectorate theory.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2020
A recent poll by YouGov suggested that a majority of the selectorate will give him their first-preference votes.
From Economist • Aug. 20, 2015
Or does the selectorate split along the lines of KGB versus non-KGB backgrounds?
From Forbes • Feb. 3, 2015
Putin, in his 15th year in power, has apparently satisfied Russia’s shadowy selectorate, at least so far.
From Forbes • Feb. 3, 2015
We do not know if such criticism revokes their membership in the selectorate, but some speak out anyway.
From Forbes • Feb. 3, 2015
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