Sentence examples similar to an opening vote from inspiring English sources
While the opening vote provided advocates a glimmer of hope, the Newtown shootings, the tearful pleas of the parents of killed children and an aggressive push by the president could not turn the tide.
Walter F. Mondale, the former vice president who, as a senator, pressed for campaign reform after the Watergate scandal, said that while the vote created an opening, larger matters such as restricting soft money may not go anywhere because some senators can now assure constituents that they had backed changes to the system.
His enthusiasm for the cause redoubled in June, when France's Green parties scored well in European Parliament elections, creating an opening for Sarkozy to attract votes from the Socialists, his main opposition.
"Winning the vote is only an opening wedge," said Carrie Chapman Catt, founder of the League.
Democrats have an opening to entice these groups to vote Democratic in 2020, as many did in the midterms.
Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at USC, said he believes Unz's entry into the Senate race could splinter the Republican vote and provide an opening for Sanchez to squeak out a second-place finish in June.
Cleaver became visibly riled when asked about a recent report by Axios that GOP lobbyists were working with African American lobbyists to create an opening for Trump to pick off votes through the Congressional Black Caucus on a tax-reform and infrastructure package. .
Pennsylvania does not allow widespread early voting, which gives the campaign an opening until the end.
