Sentence examples for grass roots supporters from inspiring English sources

The party underestimated her and underestimated its grass roots supporters.

But even as he stands to gain, Dr. Dean may also alienate some of the grass roots supporters who have flocked to his crusade, disaffected by politics as usual and disappointed by Mr. Gore's losing campaign in 2000.

He brought to the job a gut feel for what the FA should be for – the grass roots, supporters, more equal sharing of money, as well as success for the big clubs and England team – but could not tiptoe through Premier League sensitivities deftly enough to deliver it.

In his observation of football's boardrooms, as astute as his slicing through the lies of South Yorkshire police, Taylor famously noted: "As for the clubs, it is legitimate to wonder whether the directors are genuinely interested in the welfare of their grass roots supporters.

By exploiting her blog network and power base as a regional president, she can appeal over the party elite in Paris to grass-roots supporters.

In 2011, a group of Tea Party-aligned legislators attempted to defeat Mr. Straus, recruiting grass-roots supporters to line the halls of the Capitol for the vote.

By contrast, the money raised by Mr. Trump and the Republicans, while robust, has been driven chiefly by small checks from his grass-roots supporters.

A more apt comparison may be Senator Mike Lee of Utah, a conservative Republican who picked off Robert F. Bennett in the 2010 primary with the heft of grass-roots supporters.

Grass-roots supporters of the party and a powerful bloc among its 57 members of Parliament have condemned these and other coalition measures as a repudiation of promises the party made in the May election.

He will become the first president in recent memory to run his re-election bid from outside Washington, a strategy that his advisers believe will help build a stronger connection with grass-roots supporters.

"It would be great if I could have their help, but if they choose to be sore losers that's O.K.."... Grass-roots supporters would get her through the general election, too, she said.