Sentence examples for democratic inroads from inspiring English sources

"Under the circumstances of the boom decade, traditional Republican areas have seen Democratic inroads," Ms. Reed said.

Nassau, a longtime Republican stronghold with a party machine praised as the one of the nation's strongest, has seen other Democratic inroads in recent years.

The county's five Republican incumbents in the state Senate were re-elected and the party reduced Democratic inroads in the Town Board in Hempstead, considered the foundation of the Republicans' once-ironclad control of county politics.

But instead of a refreshing democratic inroad into the private world of venture, MeVC has become a very embarrassing public display of bad judgment and back-scratching.

The Democratic Alliance made inroads that were measurable, if small, in the black townships here -- about 5percentt of the vote in Soweto and 7percentt in Alexandra.

Since launching his Senate campaign, he has also made some inroads with Democratic leaders statewide, including appearing alongside Democratic gubernatorial nominee Barbara Buono and capturing the endorsement of Essex County Freeholder Brendan Gill, who was one of Lautenberg's top aides.

Christie has also made significant inroads in Democratic support, with Point Pleasant Mayor William Schroeder on Monday becoming the 32nd Democratic elected official to endorse the governor.

The rest of the field appears to be having more than a little difficulty making inroads with Democratic voters.

That scenario is hardly a safe thing to assume with the economy the way that it is, but it's not crazy, either, because Romney hasn't been making many inroads into Democratic states.

At the same time, Republicans are trying to make inroads into Democratic constituencies like Hispanics, African-Americans, union members and Jews, he said, so that "long before Democrats can go after swing voters, they have to solidify their base".

With Republicans likely to make large inroads into Democratic majorities this November, many climate change advocates are left wondering just where their issue fits into the next legislative session.