Sentence examples for be a potent issue from inspiring English sources

Ed Miliband knows immigration can be a potent issue.

Polls suggest that gun violence and laws to control it could be a potent issue in this November's elections.

Instead, the new numbers, leave little doubt that the economy could still be a potent issue for John Kerry and the Democrats.

Instead, the new numbers, coming just three weeks before the G.O.P. convention, leave little doubt that the economy could still be a potent issue for the Democrats.

And that could be a potent issue in another election -- the one that pits Hillary Rodham Clinton against Rick Lazio for the New York Senate seat.

Mr. Branstad predicted that the economy would be a potent issue, even in Iowa's Republican caucuses, which are typically driven by social issues.

Communications are a potent issue in the electorate.

He added, "I think it is a potent issue with the public".

"This is a potent issue in American politics, and has been for a long time," the presidential scholar Michael Beschloss said.

Senate Republicans, who have been adamantly opposed to comprehensive legislation, seem to know this is a potent issue for the Democrats.

Historically, the deficit has been a potent issue with independent voters in particular, and it is already projected to remain at record levels for years to come.