Bellwether
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Bellwether primarily refers to:
- Wether (ruminant), a castrated ram that has a bell placed on its neck, and is intended to lead a herd of sheep and be easily tracked.
- Bellwether (politics), a region whose election results closely tracks wider political trends
- List of election bellwether counties in the United States, counties in the United States said to track US Presidential election results
Bellwether may also refer to:
- Bellwether (novel), a 1996 Connie Willis novel
- Bellwether trial, a test case to determine the merits of a legal argument or claim
- Bellwether Gallery, an art gallery in Chelsea, New York City, from 1999 to 2009
- Bellwether Pictures, a film studio established in 2011
- Bellwether Prize, a literary award established in 2000
- Dawn Bellwether, a character in the 2016 film Zootopia
- Mira Bellwether (1982–2022), author of the zine Fucking Trans Women