These days, running for the Democratic presidential nomination and appealing to a very different electorate from that of his small, largely rural state, Dr. Dean assures audiences that he firmly supports the assault weapons ban enacted under President Bill Clinton in 1994 though vigorously opposing any further federal regulation of guns.
Carter had won the Democratic Presidential nomination by appealing to the center, while most of his opponents competed for liberal voters.
"Arguably the two most polarizing figures in America, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, are going to be the nominees!" "Trump gets the nomination by appealing to the 30percentt [of GOP voters] who think the scourge of the Earth is Mexican immigration," he added, unsympathetically.
A conservative governor from the Midwest known for his bitter fight against unions, Walker was once considered a front-runner best positioned to win the nomination by appealing to both conservatives and establishment Republicans.
My data shows Perdue was able to win the Republican nomination by appealing to women, younger voters, and moderates, against his opponent, Representative Jack Kingston, who was more likely to be the favorite of conservatives and TEA Party voters.
By that calculation, Clinton could reach the number of delegates needed to secure the nomination only by appealing to the so-called superdelegates — elected and Party officials who aren't bound by actual voting in the primaries and caucuses.
By that calculation, Clinton could reach the number of delegates needed to secure the nomination only by appealing to the so-called superdelegates elected and Party officials who aren't bound by actual voting in the primaries and caucuses.
But it also underscored the reality that advisers to Mr. Giuliani believe that his best prospects for winning the nomination could rest in appealing to moderate voters in the crush of primaries in California, Florida and New York, which will require costly advertising campaigns.
In a clamorous primary campaign against better known, more seasoned candidates, he won the Democratic nomination without a runoff, by appealing directly and doggedly to struggling New Yorkers who see a city of lofty wealth rising out of their reach.
Eight years ago, Mr. Obama defeated Mrs. Clinton for the Democratic nomination in large part by appealing to young people and minorities who had never participated in presidential elections but were inspired by his hopeful message and newness to politics.
