voter

[ voh-ter ]

noun

1. a person who votes.
2. a person who has a right to vote; elector.

voter

/ ˈvəʊtə /

noun

1. a person who can or does vote

Word History and Origins

Origin of voter¹

1570–80; vote (v.) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

“He’s a voter, and like many of us he has concerns,” Guillen said.

From Los Angeles Times

Perhaps, then, the story about big cities softening up on Trump reflects not the salience of place and an attention to local governance, but a decline of those things, and a regression of the metropolitan voter toward the national mean.

From Slate

Our friend Jeff Sharlet reacted by saying that Biden’s speech was misinformation: “A moderate- or low-information voter who tuned in to that, not sure what to think, would have come away thinking that the Democrats had lost to a Mitt Romney or a John McCain. They would take it as permission to tune out again till ’28.”

From Slate

Harris would have stronger support overall from Democrats, who have a nearly 2-1 voter registration advantage over Republicans.

From Los Angeles Times

Voter opinions about Harris cannot be compared with those about the other candidates because voters were not asked to pick between them, DiCamillo said.

From Los Angeles Times

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