The phrase "additional clout" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to extra influence or power that someone or something has in a particular context.
Example: "The endorsement from a celebrity gave the product additional clout in the market."
Alternatives: "extra influence" or "more power".
But its sheer size, its concentrations of both liberals and conservatives, its status as a money tree for candidates and its role as fertile ground for policy innovation make California especially likely to wield additional clout this time around.
These words carried additional clout since they were delivered by Roy McMurtry, Ontario's Chief Justice, who as a provincial minister in 1982 worked alongside Mr Chrétien (then the federal justice minister) in a three-man "kitchen cabinet" to win support for the Charter.But backing among Liberal MPs for same-sex marriage is far from solid.
With DoubleClick, Google would have additional clout in the world of advertising.
I expect we will see streaming market consolidation accelerate as Spotify scoops up some smaller adversaries to give it additional clout.
And now Kingsley, well-known for his roles in Gandhi and Schindler's List, is set to add some additional star clout to the movie based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling.
Tsai came out of the day with additional political clout.
"Considering how Novo Nordisk plans to market Victoza when it receives FDA approval, this relationship with Takeda provides Amylin with some additional marketing clout when the obesity compounds come to market.
Additional negotiating clout was not the only motivation for 21st Century Fox.
And the recent involvement of the labor movement in the battle against Wall Street and the big banks injects additional political clout into the activist coalition.
America's trade deficits, its tremendous buying power, strangely gave it additional economic global clout.
Gaydos also points to the efficient Oscar campaign run by its backers as an additional reason for its awardsseason clout.
