Sentence examples for a mere plurality from inspiring English sources
Republicans widely questioned the legitimacy of an administration that would assume office with a mere plurality of the vote.
She entered the race because the recall offered a low-cost opportunity for a progressive candidate to win the governorship with a mere plurality, she said.
By directing money to one of the establishment candidates at the expense of the other, Mr. Rove's group could force the insurgent candidate to win an actual or near-majority of vote rather than a mere plurality.
If you factor in the millions who opted for outriders--Ralph Nader to Gore's left; Patrick Buchanan, Harry Browne, and Howard Phillips to Bush's right--then the electorate's expressed preference for a budgetary and tax regime more liberal than Bush's goes from a mere plurality of half a million to an outright majority of two and a half million.
Assume that a simple plurality determines the winning alternative.
These days, of course, the United States may still have the largest number of Protestants, but the percentage of the population that is Protestant has slipped to a mere 50percentt, meaning that sometime in the near future, America will be a nation with a religious plurality and not a majority.
A mere chardonnay, perhaps.
Unemployment is a mere 2.9%.
