The Southern primary day was established in 1988 to increase the region's clout in the nominating process and give a boost to conservative candidates, but it has rarely worked out as planned.
Nearly a month after the Chicago Tribune exposed the influence of political clout in the admissions process at the University of Illinois, a group of the school's law professors are biting back.
The Harris-Sanchez contest was the first major test of California's top-two primary system, an experiment in democracy that state voters approved in 2010 in an effort to temper the highly partisan influence of the Democratic and Republican parties and give independents and moderates more clout in the political process.
The Harris-Sanchez Senate race was the first major test of California's "top-two" primary system, an experiment in democracy that California voters approved in 2010 in an effort to reduce the highly partisan influence of the Democratic and Republican parties and give independents and moderates more clout in the political process.
The Harris-Sanchez contest was the first major test of California's top-two primary system, an experiment in democracy that state voters approved in 2010 in an effort to temper the highly partisan influence of the Democratic and Republican parties and give independents and moderates more clout in the political process.
This leading and connecting role is critical to preventing the fragmentation of the community and the policy alternatives it espouses, which can significantly weaken such a community's clout as influencers in the process [ 21].
Specifically, it's about the role of the religious right in the G.O.P. -- and how its clout in the Presidential primary process is luring even the party's best leaders to reverse their own principles and strike Faustian bargains with Pat Robertson and Ralph Reed for votes.
Ben Alnwick, back in the Barnsley goal after suspension, tipped away a stinging drive from Dyer after excellent build-up play from Swansea, while Tomasz Cywka troubled Tremmel with a dipping volley that the German just held, clouting his head against the post in the process.
There's no strict application process — someone with clout in the Founders Den just has to vouch for you.
In the process, the pulps lost their clout in the book business.
