Bellwether

Bellwether primarily refers to:

• Wether (ruminant), a castrated sheep or goat that has a bell placed on its neck 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