"electorate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- For Mr. Locke, it was a logical decision, part of his political evolution as he reached beyond his base of support to a statewide electorate less familiar with him.
- For example, in reviewing the political benefits, the Mayor's advisers noted that Catholics make up over 40 percent of the statewide electorate and have helped elect a number of Roman Catholics to statewide office.
- Paying for the construction of the plaza was a major problem, since a bond issue for an Albany project would almost certainly have been disapproved by the statewide electorate.
- At each election, voters choose half of the 22 upper house members, each of whom serve eight-year terms in a single statewide electorate.
- Rarick did not warm to rural voters, and his strict constitutionalist views did not appeal to many in the statewide electorate.
- For 16 years, the Hispanic voters of South Florida, who make up about 7 percent of the statewide electorate, have been steadfast allies of Republican Presidential candidates.
- Monday's decision held that the punch-card voting system used in six California counties that represent 44 percent of the statewide electorate could be expected to produce a large and disproportionate number of uncountable votes.
- But women make up just over half of the total statewide electorate, and among Republican women, Mr. Checchi attracts more support in the polls than Ms. Harman.
- Vote Due on Sunday Racing The bill also allowed the voters of Hot Springs, rather than the more conservative statewide electorate, to decide this spring whether to allow Sunday racing.
- Then, speaking to a statewide electorate, he appended his exhortation that young, unmarried people not become parents by promising - twice in a row, for emphasis - that the babies would nonetheless be loved in Texas.
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