Sentence examples for contest more closely from inspiring English sources
A recent tightening of the race involved a surge among Republican-leaning independents, who are more certain to vote and are following the contest more closely than their Democratic equivalents, polls suggest.
The contest more closely resembled soccer, with teams scoring by kicking the ball into the opponent's net, and lacked a uniform rules structure.
Instead, they more closely resemble international breath-holding contests.
With the two frontrunning candidates now neck-and-neck in the first-round polls, it is turning out to be a far more closely fought contest than many had imagined it would be.
The precise calendar will not be known for some time, but the effect is that the contests will be earlier & more closely bunched.
Representative Ed Perlmutter of Colorado, whose district was aggressively pursued by Republicans, said he had seen his re-election prospects improve in recent weeks as voters have focused more closely on the contest, and he said he expected many of his embattled Democratic colleagues to prevail.
A slew of non-federal races are on the ballot in the state, none more closely watched than the contest for governor.
It means Corbyn will be much more closely associated with the Labour contest next year, in which Goldsmith and Khan will fight it out.
This, I remember thinking at the time, rendered the event unlike the sort of high school debate cum memorization contest we are accustomed to in the United States and made it into something more closely resembling the actual work of government.
Voting tendencies for the assembly polls tend to align more closely with national party share, but all eyes are on the razzmatazz of the mayoral contest.
