- voter
- nounADJECTIVE▪ eligible, registered▪
Only a quarter of registered voters actually voted in the election.
▪ absentee (AmE)▪ overseas▪ floating (BrE), uncommitted, undecided▪ first-time, new▪ swing▪ likely, potential▪ ordinary▪the feelings of ordinary voters
▪ Labour, Republican, etc.▪ black, rural, young, etc.▪ primary (AmE)▪ state (AmE)VERB + VOTER▪ appeal to, attract, woo▪attempts to appeal to undecided voters
▪ persuade▪ convince, remind▪ urge, warn▪ influence, sway▪ register▪ disenfranchiseVOTER + VERB▪ choose sb, elect sb, go for sb, pick sb▪In this election, voters chose candidates who promised economic security.
▪ back sb, favour/favor sb, prefer sb▪ participate in sth, turn out▪More than two million voters participated in the election.
▪ cast their vote, go to the polls, vote▪ want sth▪ approve sth, decide sth, pass sth, support sth▪ reject sthVOTER + NOUN▪ turnout▪Voter turnout was very low.
▪ participation▪ registration▪ apathy, fatigue▪ intimidation▪The opposition alleged voter intimidation by the army.
▪ fraud▪ list, roll (AmE)
Collocations dictionary. 2013.