noun
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Etymology
Origin of voter
Explanation
If you cast your ballot during an election, you're a voter. In a presidential primary, voters from each major party choose a candidate to run in the general election. A voter, simply put, is either someone who's eligible to vote in an election or someone who actually does vote. When a candidate addresses voters, they're speaking to a group of people, trying to convince that group to vote for them. When voters pass an ordinance or approve a school budget, that means that the majority of those who voted made those choices. The Latin root of both voter and vote is vovere, "to promise."
Example Sentences
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Security is a major voter concern in the election.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
First-time voter Ben Peters, 18, from Holland-on-Sea, said the election had been a "joke" since the start.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The DOJ, Sikma reported, had already obtained public voter rolls for many other states.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The results are estimated to have a margin of error of about 2.5 percentage points in either direction in the likely voter sample, and larger numbers for subgroups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Would Dr. King be willing to come to Selma, they asked, and help save their voter registration drive?
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
“That would be great. It would be a step in the right direction. I think voters would have more confidence in politicians,” Maldonado said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
But first Flávio must convince voters to treat him as a stand-in for his father.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Mayra Goulart, political science professor at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, told AFP the main challenge for Lula and Flavio will be to reach "disengaged voters" who are highly likely to abstain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
According to interviews and internal emails reviewed by ProPublica, career staffers at the Justice Department warned that transferring voter rolls to HSI to enable it to search for noncitizen voters could violate federal privacy laws.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Barack and I dropped into a downtown Des Moines food court over lunch and later made visits to various caucus sites to greet as many voters as we could.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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