electorate
    n 1: the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote

Electorate \E*lect"or*ate\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lectorat.]
   1. The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as
      in the old German empire.
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   2. The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are
      entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or
      division of them.
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            The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M.
                                                  Arnold.
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