Sentence examples for considerable electoral from inspiring English sources

The SDLP's considerable electoral strength allowed it to veto any proposed constitutional change.

Also, control of governors' mansions confers considerable electoral advantage to any party.

If Ukip could convince these people it was genuinely committed to "cutting immigration drastically", the party would reap considerable electoral rewards, he argued.

The Continuity IRA maintains a small but militant base in Lurgan and Craigavon which are areas that O'Dowd still receives considerable electoral support.

Whereas once upon a time working-class voters wielded considerable electoral power, they increasingly find themselves a minority force, suffering from Western democracies' move toward post-industrial and more highly educated economies, where the middle classes and graduates are dominant.

Israel has been under increasing pressure from the United States, its main ally, to stop building settlements in the occupied West Bank but the government has struggled to curtail the expansion because the settlers wield considerable electoral power.

"The number of votes invalidated and identified by the I.E.C. point to considerable fraud and electoral irregularities on election day," said Staffan de Mistura, the special representative for Afghanistan to the United Nations secretary general.

Of course, women have always been at a considerable disadvantage in electoral politics.

Although the post-election vote-counting controversy seems to have generated considerable interest in the electoral process, it has been conventional news sites that have seen traffic surge -- not the political speciality sites.

The new president, whoever he is, will take office with the most tenuous of electoral margins, considerable public doubt that he won fairly, and a severe level of rancor on Capitol Hill.

Widely viewed as a "reformer" by the West, Zenawi has been at the helm for the last 20 years, his rule marked by electoral fraud, considerable repression in parts of the country, and military intervention in Somalia.