Sentence examples for electoral representation from inspiring English sources

Nevertheless, the substantive benefits of black electoral representation have been limited.

The problem of electoral representation hinges on the question of what is to be represented.

"Think of politics as a career ladder," Michael McDonald, a professor of political science at Binghamton University, who studies electoral representation, says.

The residence rule raises two fundamental issues: First, inmates in nearly all states aren't allowed to vote, yet their presence affects electoral representation in places where they do not live permanently.

Could Penny Mordaunt's forthcoming appearance on ITV's diving-themed dignity destroyer Splash! really have left the city so devoid of electoral representation that it needs its own government minister?

It is a so-called commonwealth of the United States, whose people are denied electoral representation in the federal government that decides their political destiny: no voice in Congress, no vote in Presidential elections.

(The Twenty-Third Amendment, adopted in 1961, provided electoral college representation for Washington, D.C).

But the party has floundered in the vagaries of Israeli politics, with its multitude of parties and unstable proportional representation electoral system.

Under a proportional representation electoral system governed by the d'Hondt formula, ballots are cast for a provincewide party list rather than for candidates representing individual constituencies.

Proportional representation, electoral system that seeks to create a representative body that reflects the overall distribution of public support for each political party.

The final count in last Friday's election -- a time-consuming tabulation because of Ireland's complicated proportional representation electoral system -- is still days away because of several recounts, but the dimensions of Mr. Ahern's victory are huge.