Sentence examples for intense electoral from inspiring English sources

Mandelson, who remains in touch with senior European leaders and diplomats, said many politicians, faced by intense electoral pressures, were showing a new flexibility on free movement.

The G20 committed a big mistake by naming as its chair for 2012 a possible war criminal who is in the midst of an intense electoral battle in his home country.

With numerous public meetings and campaign rallies expected in the coming months, Le Roux said "the intense electoral period we are entering increases the risk of further terrorist acts", echoing weekend comments by his predecessor, newly-appointed prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

As Dole's research director during his 1988 Presidential campaign, she received an intense education in electoral politics.

That culture, in turn, reflected a structural problem with the federal budget — scant discretionary spending at a time of intense, see-sawing electoral competition between the two big Parties, which increased the incentives for each Party to direct what funds might be available into political-patronage strategies.

It was my conviction at the time, because there was very intense, as there is now, electoral rivalry between Sinn Fein and Fianna Fail.

But the fight for Iowa's six electoral votes is intense in the closing stage of the campaign and it could provide a boost for Mr. Romney's efforts to win over a sliver of undecided suburban voters.

Mr. Manawi and Abdullah Ahmadzai, the chief electoral officer, have been under intense pressure over the past 10 months, facing charges of corruption and threats of indictment.

But the young guns of the Five Star Movement, including Luigi di Maio, have made clear that they will call for a swift election even before the electoral law is changed, creating intense pressure for Mattarella.

The electoral battle is expected to be intense in Andalusia, where the center-right Popular Party is aiming for a historic victory next May on the back of voters' resentment over the downturn.

Instead, we have seen an intense propaganda effort, aimed at establishing that the Mexican electoral procedures were, and are, incorruptible.