Sentence examples for large plurality from inspiring English sources

A former mayor, senator and vice president, Mr. Estrada was elected with an unusually large plurality in May 1998, over an uninspiring and fragmented field of opponents.

Estimates show that the state was 49.5percentt white in 2003, down 1.5 percentage points from 2002 but still a large plurality.

The People Power Party, which backs him, won a large plurality and claims to have secured party alliances that will allow it to form a coalition government.

And indeed, voter turnout in the local elections was pathetic: in a large plurality of precincts, lower than 20%, often below 10%.

Indeed, one recent poll suggests that a large plurality of the public believes that the budget deficit will go up if we go off that cliff.

In the September 7 election Nasheed won a large plurality of votes (45 percent) but not enough to avoid a runoff election against the second-place candidate.

large pluralities of people in France, Germany, and the United States (amongst other countries) . . .

Large pluralities believe their children will have fewer opportunities than they do.

Whitman and Bush would come to Washington after a period in which all forms of pollution except greenhouse gases declined -- and yet polls show large pluralities believe pollution to be increasing.

Polls conducted during the Obama era have consistently shown that large pluralities of whites believe that they, not blacks, Latinos, or Asian-Americans, are the primary victims of racism in contemporary America.

Spending for preservation has hit historic highs since 1998, when the four towns' voters approved 2percentt real estate transfer taxes to finance preservation and Suffolk voters -- with large pluralities on the East End -- approved a $60 million parks, farms and open space program.