bloc

noun

1. A group of voters or politicians who share common goals.

   “But a huge bloc of non-Hispanic white residents without bachelor’s degrees — 72 percent of the population age 25 or older — has turned the 7th District into Republican turf.”

   “How that impacts Asia’s most stable democracy will become clearer only in the weeks ahead. Sunday’s vote was a mid-term election for the less powerful, upper house of the legislature. And the Sanseito party, while surging, is still only the fourth-largest bloc in that chamber.”

2. A group of countries acting together for political or economic goals, an alliance.

   “military bloc”

   “trading bloc”

   “Like the iPod and MySpace, the BRICS bloc is a product of the benign optimism of the 2000s.”

name

1. (Canada)Bloc Québécois