Sentence examples for a narrow majority and from inspiring English sources

A man trapped by a narrow majority, and overshadowed by aggressive deputies.

With 50.07% of the votes, Kenyatta won by a narrow majority and thus avoided a runoff election.

On Tuesday, Coloradans favored Hillary Clinton by a narrow majority, and they endorsed an amendment that will raise the minimum wage by more than forty per cent.

Harold Wilson's Labour government of 1964 was initially slow to respond to the pirate ships, not least because it held a narrow majority and feared alienating potential voters.

The threat of an audit weighed more heavily on village heads who were politically insecure, holding only a narrow majority and facing re-election within two years.

Stuart Rothenberg, an elections analyst and editor of an independent political newsletter, predicted: "You'll have a narrow majority, and a president elected possibly with a plurality, not a majority.

Mr. Monserrate was arrested after his election to the State Senate, where Democrats won a narrow majority last year, and was sworn in after his arrest over the objections of some senators.

We're going to have a Republican Congress with a very narrow majority and a Republican president with something less than an overwhelming mandate.

In 1832, opposition parties began to gain strength, and he won a narrow majority over Democratic and Anti-Masonic opposition.

Ms Park's Saenuri Party holds a narrow majority in parliament and is said to favour lower taxes and big business.

His hope is to join a unity coalition with the left-of-center Labor Party and the rightist Likud Party to achieve a narrow majority in Parliament and govern without the religious.