Even more insidious, this population counts in the rural area with the prison but not in the similar adjacent rural without the prison, which enhances the prison region's clout compared to its neighbors.
Children are far more expert at extracting "grants" from parents than is the Treasury HMRCC has no clout to compare with "Edinburgh could be our big break, Dad".
This was the first election campaign since the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court, and it's clear to me that my voice matters very little when compared with the clout of American Crossroads, organized by Karl Rove, or the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
And their institutional power has been as nothing compared with their ideological clout.
Polls show the public favors closing the gun show loophole by a wide margin, but the people's right to safety is nothing when compared with the gun lobby's clout.
Some 5% of Chinese now live below the national poverty line, compared with 29% of Indians.Economic strength begets strategic clout.
For instance, although workers are allowed to form unions in these three Southeast Asian countries, their collective political clout is relatively limited and labor rights are significantly curtailed, compared with those found in liberal democracies in western countries; protests by workers are rarely tolerated and often suppressed immediately.
Compared with Californians, Wyoming ranchers have "72 times more clout per capita".
South Africa, which has a population of 49 million, compared with China's 1.36 billion, is betting on raising its clout on the world stage by joining BRIC, while strengthening political and trade ties within the bloc.
Compared with youngers, many elders have more free time, financial resources, experience, economic and political clout, and sense of connection to nature.
Compared with the Egypt of old, with its film industry, or Dubai today, with its snazzy architecture, the kingdom has no cultural clout.
