Sentence examples for delegates to influence from inspiring English sources

Once these states register their quaint views, the candidates must career in a few weeks through a gantlet of states that actually have enough delegates to influence the choice of a nominee.

The question for the Sanders campaign and for his supporters is how he plans to use his public acclaim and apportioned delegates to influence the future of the Democratic party.

So a campaign looking to influence delegate selection will need to recruit, from the pool of 2,500 state delegates chosen at the county conventions this past Saturday, their most talented, politically connected supporters to run for national convention delegate.

For many true believers, winning a handful of caucuses and collecting a respectable number of delegates could give them power to influence the party's message, and maybe even its nominee, this summer.

"That's where you see the natural tendency of these delegates to come and want to influence the rules committee and influence the platform," she said.

It also undermines his strategy of using delegates to leverage influence at the Democratic National Convention this summer.

The move would amount to unconditional surrender by the country's most delegate-rich state in the contest to influence the presidential nomination process.

Tom Welch and Dave Johnson, who led Salt Lake City's effort to land the 2002 Winter Games, are accused of plying International Olympic Committee delegates with $1 million in cash and gifts to influence their vote.

During the November state delegate election, Falwell, Jr. got knee deep in attempting to influence the student vote.

Alonzo Washington delivered a dire warning to his fellow delegates in Maryland's legislature last month: Russia might try to influence their elections, too.

However, a presence at the bedside allowed fellows to influence the nature of resident involvement by delegating specific tasks such as technical procedures.