Sentence examples for heavy majority from inspiring English sources

The government lost by a heavy majority.

A plurality of voters — and a heavy majority of Republicans — thought the deficit had gone up.

An Edison/Mitofsky exit poll found that more than half of Oklahoma voters identified themselves as evangelical Christians and that a heavy majority of them had voted for Mr. McCain.

Marriage and Achievement The heavy majority of couples typically featured in the Sunday wedding announcements either attended elite universities, hold corporate management positions or have parents with corporate management positions.

It was supposed to focus on dangerous felons, but the heavy majority of those it catches are noncriminals or minor offenders — more than 30 percent have no convictions for anything.

Some teams will give a small portion to their season ticket holders as well, however the heavy majority of those tickets are given to organization personnel.

There are at least 24 major issues that are supported by heavy majorities, which include Left-Right and Conservative-Liberal.

The election euphoria of 2008, when their party secured heavy majorities in both chambers of Congress and Barack Obama won the presidency with ease, has deflated so rapidly that analysts are now diagnosing on the left an affliction they ascribed to the Republicans back then: an "enthusiasm gap .The present gap is really more of a chasm.

When the General Assembly convened, each Democratic nominee was elected, the party possessing heavy majorities in both houses.

"He is a centrist Republican running in a state with heavy Democratic majority," said James G. Gimpel, a professor at the University of Maryland.

The district has a heavy Republican majority and a history of electing Republicans; in 2008, Mr. Shadegg defeated his Democratic opponent by 12 percentage points.