Sentence examples for electoral principle from inspiring English sources

The Consulate did not entirely eliminate the electoral principle from the new regime, but voters were left with no real power, and elections became an elaborate charade.

As the Peking University scholar, Pan Wei, put it: "The meritocratic principle of competition holds the same central position in the history of Chinese governance as the electoral principle of the majority holds in Western democracy".

The question is whether Sistani and his followers maintain this position because they are the majority in Iraq and elections would favor them, not the Sunnis, or whether they want an electoral system on principle.

Opposing him are those, like Mr Meyer, whose views are shaped as much by electoral arithmetic as principle: they argue that the party's only chance of becoming electable is by reaching out to the black majority.Mindful of this argument, Mr de Klerk last year dispatched his party on a quest for a "new political movement".

Of course, there are those who just hate all parties and the electoral process, on principle.

Next week's Morgan State debate would be just the platform to put aside electoral pandering for larger principle on issues important to all Americans.

Some may not care that this risks alienating nonaligned voters, believing that submission of principle to electoral arithmetic is intrinsically corrupt and that honourable defeat is worthier than tainted victory.

Even those sympathetic to the party's beliefs complain that it is prone to infighting, fundamentally more committed to principle than electoral action and seemingly incapable of raising money or organizing supporters.

In December 1964 a new electoral law introduced the principle of the "national remainder," by which a certain number of seats were distributed to parties according to their proportion of the vote.

Surrendering principles for electoral success could turn out to be a hollow victory – or no victory at all, says a former Kennedy adviser, Andrew Karsch.

The inclusion of the foreign experts was also among a list of principles for electoral reform that Afghan advocacy groups have drawn up and were signed Wednesday by about 40 political parties and factions.