Sentence examples for backbone of the vote from inspiring English sources

"They are the backbone of the vote up here".

Although black women were the backbone of the voting rights movement, none of the official speeches were by women.

Texas is the backbone of the Republican Party's electoral vote fortunes in Presidential elections and is the source for a lot of money and high-profile politicians for the GOP.

One need only visit a shopping mall in Burr Ridge or a youth baseball game in Barrington Hills to see throngs of the white, highly educated voters who are the electoral backbone of the area, and once voted solidly for presidential candidates like Mitt Romney.

It's not the only sign that Harris hopes to make African Americans the backbone of her voting coalition.

Rangers Coach John Tortorella often calls Lundqvist the backbone of the team, and he has been voted the Rangers' most valuable player for seven consecutive years.

Exit polls found that black women, the backbone of the Democratic Party, who make up 18percentt of the electorate, voted for Jones by a margin of 97 to three.

They were the backbone of the paper".

Beans are the backbone of the dish.

"The army is the backbone of Syria, the backbone of the government," she said.

The middle class is the backbone of the economy.