For this reason, the president can, both theoretically and in practice, build a large constituency for his policy vision, despite constitutionally lacking the final say on matters of national security and foreign policy.
There is a large constituency for keeping the present rule — the medical community, which worries about asthma and other respiratory diseases, environmentalists who worry about forests dying from acid rain, and officials in Eastern and Northeastern states whose air is polluted by emissions that float downwind from Midwestern power plants.
"There may not be a large constituency clamoring for a shift away from oil, but it's a growing one, and even the government is looking at diversifying the economy from oil".
"She has what it takes to represent a large constituency and deliver for them," he said.
Well, there actually is a large constituency in America for a political leader who is willing to take responsible positions — to call for more investment in the nation's education and infrastructure, to propose bringing down the long-run deficit through a combination of spending cuts and tax increases.
Mr. Putin agreed, and he seemed to be positioning himself to arrive at the summit meeting this week, where he is to meet Mr. Bush for the second time, as the spokesman for a larger constituency of countries disaffected with American leadership.
The N.I.H. pays for areas of science that are high profile or have a large constituency.
Westminster City Council, which has a large constituency of wealthy homeowners to placate, has a reputation for enthusiastic enforcement of its own regulations.
On the other hand, such a move could alienate a large constituency within her fledgling party.
Copeland is a large constituency on the Cumbrian coast, taking in Whitehaven (the old name of the constituency), part of the Lake District National Park and the Sellafield nuclear power plant.
