Sentence examples for left disenfranchised from inspiring English sources

Up to 200 would-be voters in Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's constituency of Sheffield Hallam were left disenfranchised and a number made their way to Clegg's house to protest.

Francesca de Châtel at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, points out that rural communities had been left disenfranchised and disaffected from 50 years of policies that exploited and mismanaged Syrian resources.

It would be equally unlikely (a pairing of words that Tom Brokaw would have pulled a muscle trying to pronounce) that anyone who wasn't a devotee of Chris Wallace (whose fan base must consist of those left disenfranchised after the death of Lawrence Welk) wouldn't wonder what Stewart was doing spending his morning defending himself.

It leaves them disenfranchised before they even start.

This resulted in the Bosnian Serbs' disastrous knee-jerk decision to boycott the referendum, leaving them disenfranchised when the electorate resoundingly returned a vote in favour of secession.

We have an archaic and divisive voting system that leaves millions disenfranchised and forces millions more to feel that they have to vote for a 'lesser evil' – instead of who they really support.

There, most investment has been done solely with Chinese capital, companies and workers, leaving locals disenfranchised and unemployed.

It's not only bad for small to medium businesses, but threatens to widen the digital divide in a way that will leave the disenfranchised off on an island of their own -- possibly for good.

"We are very concerned that the ugliness and the divisiveness of this election has left voters feeling disenfranchised with politics, and they might sit this one out," Lisa Pike Sheehy, Patagonia's vice president of environmental activism, said in a phone interview.

This has left some homeowners feeling disenfranchised and subject to the whims of a government that does not understand them.

The state is home to the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group who have been left effectively stateless, and disenfranchised by the Burmese government.