Sentence examples for inroads of support from inspiring English sources

Moreover, before Mr. Clinton's affair with a White House intern and his subsequent impeachment took its toll, the president had managed to make strong inroads of support among the kinds of blue-collar families that the Democrats had been ceding for years.

Making inroads toward this level of support involves achieving one of those nebulous activism buzzwords: awareness.

Despite all Mr Gore's rhetoric about "fighting for working families", 46% of those who described themselves as "working class" voted for Mr Bush.These Republican inroads into the Democrats' traditional sources of support explain why the vote was so agonisingly close.

Latino voters remain Sanchez's strongest base of support, but even there Harris has made inroads, the survey shows.

Even under these circumstances, the opposition party won handily in the cities and made powerful inroads in rural areas, which have been Mr. Mugabe's base of support since independence.

Speaking after President Barack Obama's victory, Santorum noted the GOP's lack of support among Latinos, saying that the party would need to make inroads in order to have a chance in 2016.

His base of support is among the rural poor, and the movement has made deep inroads in northeastern and northern Thailand.

The Republican candidates, sensing an opportunity to make inroads among Jewish voters, have made much of their staunch support for Israel and criticized Mr. Obama for what they characterize as lack of support for a close ally.

Still, administration officials said, the legislation has made some inroads in supporting the development of a fresh-cut flower industry in Colombia.

The inroads of tuberculosis have also been greatly reduced.

Farther inland, the inroads of mining into forest areas have given rise to environmental disputes.