Sentence examples for a general electorate from inspiring English sources

Other GOP presidential hopefuls have tried to walk a finer line on the issue, faced with a general electorate in which the majority has embraced gay marriage.

In a much heralded immigration speech in Phoenix, the Republican nominee finally put to rest any pretence that he would moderate his views for a general electorate.

The role of the States General which continued to represent a general electorate of tax-paying citizenry was strictly limited to the enactment of laws proposed by the government and to approval of a long-term budget; it was in no sense the representative of a sovereign people.

Mr. Burton predicted that concerns about Mr. Romney's wealth "will only grow as he is introduced to a general electorate that rightly has deep concerns about the Wall Street deals that benefited executives like Mitt Romney, but left middle class families devastated".

The former Florida governor collected a war chest of $118m last year and accrued the backing of many in the party's hierarchy who believed it was Bush, who has a Mexican-born wife and a comparatively moderate approach to immigration reform, who offered the most broad appeal for a general electorate.

For all his appeal, Trump still had great difficulty winning a majority of the vote in competitive Republican primaries, and faces a far bigger challenge winning a majority in a general electorate, of which roughly 30% of voters will be members of minority groups.

Having been a black, big-city mayor is not an obviously useful credential among a conservative general electorate, but, in the cultural code of Texas, Dallas is no ordinary big city.

Republican strategists are acutely aware that their party must maintain a delicate balance between an intensely conservative primary constituency and a more moderate general electorate.

The debate has also put the party's presidential candidates on the spot as they struggle to attract Tea Party support in nominating contests months away, while remaining mindful of a more centrist general electorate.

McCain himself was to flip-flop over endorsing Trump as he sought to win a difficult nomination battle before pivoting to a much more diverse general electorate.

The memory of his battles with Mr Clinton are as much a turn-off for the general electorate as they are a turn-on for primary voters.