Sentence examples for electoral clout from inspiring English sources

Perhaps 30,000 Russians vote in south Brooklyn, and their electoral clout is indisputable.

Sad for Simba Wrong vintage ReprintsAs usual, boycotts and infighting reduced the Arabs' electoral clout.

Last year, Latinos demonstrated new electoral clout when their votes helped re-elect President Obama.

But the real news was about the electoral clout of "these people".

Much policing involves small, unpopular groups Irish travellers, for example, or drug abusers with no electoral clout.

And the revived energy of grass-roots conservatives has given electoral clout to the movement's intellectual and constitutional arguments.

A big election victory bestows big post-electoral clout.

So while the loss of electoral college clout in states like Pennsylvania and Michigan will hurt Democrats, he thinks the region's overall graying might create a more receptive audience for Democratic economic security messages in states leaning Republican, such as Missouri and Ohio.

None of his competitors have his national clout, electoral machine or campaign war-chest, which is reportedly around $10.5m.

Over all, organized labor here does not have nearly the electoral or lobbying clout that it has in states like California and New York, where unions remain powerful.

Additionally, the loss of Metropolitan Caracas, Miranda and Carabobo represents the loss of "states and regions that are among the country's most important with respect to population and electoral, industrial, and economic" clout.