low-propensity

comparative more low-propensity · superlative most low-propensity

1. governmentEligible to vote but having a history of infrequent or inconsistent participation in elections.

   a campaign targeting low-propensity voters

   3 more examples

   “Modern politics now is about engaging low-propensity voters,” he [Steve Bannon] told Politico in an interview.

   2026 January 2, Sam Tanenhaus, quoting Steve Bannon, “Mamdani Represents 21st-Century America”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   “A lot of our low-propensity voters are young men who don’t like politics very much, but a lot of them do like the U.F.C., and so I think President Trump demonstrating sort of a cultural awareness of the U.F.C.’s popularity is a boon,” said Brad Todd, a veteran Republican strategist, speaking ahead of the event.

   2026 June 14, Bayliss Wagner, quoting Brad Todd, “Trump’s U.F.C. Event Comes as Backing of Young Men, Once a Strength, Wanes”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   If the goal is simply to energize the low-propensity Trump voter, then it is also a crapshoot, given the low likelihood that this type of person was even aware of the convention, much less watching it.

   2026 September 12, Jamelle Bouie, “The Cult of Trump Is Waning”, in The New York Times, →ISSN