VOTER


Meaning of VOTER in English

vot ‧ er /ˈvəʊtə $ ˈvoʊtər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ vote , ↑ voter ; verb : ↑ vote ]

1 . 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.

⇨ ↑ floating voter

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.