Sentence examples for elected like from inspiring English sources

He was concerned, he said, about the possible return of big government if Mr. Gore were elected; "like inflation," he added, "you have to fight it all the time, and Gore seems to have a half-dozen programs for every problem".

He talks of making prime ministers directly elected, like presidents, to give them more power.

"Hamas was elected like any government and never given the chance to govern.

They could be replaced by an individual who is directly elected, like a police commissioner.

No party now holds a majority in Congress, which was elected, like Mr. Fox, in July.

"All of this to me is so connected to why things are still so screwy here, and you can have someone get elected like Lance Gumbs, Hunterr said.

For decades, conservatives quietly elected like-minded ideological foot soldiers to local school boards, town councils and state legislatures as ways to build up their power bloc and extend conservative ideas throughout American society.

As artists and progressives, we will defend our values: dignity, truth, fairness and freedom and elect like-minded political representatives.

And Chávez has also sought (with mixed success) to help elect like-minded (read: anti-American) heads of state in Bolivia, Nicaragua and Peru.

If they fail to elect like-minded candidates, it'll be a big blow to their long-term goal -- getting enough lawmakers to push legislation in Congress.

Another will seek to elect like-minded candidates up and down the ballot across the country, and a third possible group might engage in other political activity.