Sentence examples for longstanding advantage from inspiring English sources

"We don't have to win the education debate to win the election," said one of Mr. Bush's advisers, acknowledging the Democrats' longstanding advantage on the issue.

"Since May 2010, women's longstanding advantage in unemployment rates has halved from 1.8 percentage points to 0.9 percentage points and it's getting worse," said Oakeshott.

Her attitude speaks directly to one of the biggest challenges facing the Republican ticket this year: countering the Democrats' longstanding advantage as the party more trusted to deal with Medicare.

But their persistent role in Republican administrations, from Ike's two terms down to Robert Gates's tenure as Bush's defense secretary, was deeply important to the G.O.P.'s longstanding advantage on foreign policy.

President Bush has also worked hard to blunt the Democrats' longstanding advantage on retirement issues by winning approval for a prescription drug plan for the elderly -- a huge new government entitlement program.

These groups are determined to overcome the longstanding advantage of the Republican National Committee, which has relied on its deep pockets and on sophisticated "microtargeting" from demographic data banks to locate sympathetic voters and get them to the polls.

Connecticut has also had a longstanding tax advantage.

The next year Microsoft released Windows 95, eliminating the Mac's longstanding GUI advantage.

He co-opted the Republicans' longstanding political advantage on issues from crime to the economy to welfare, and even, for a time, on morality and values.

In Lynn Milos's previous business endeavors as a caterer and private chef, customer service was old school and face to face — the longstanding marketplace advantage enjoyed by small businesses over big businesses.

And rapidly emerging scientific powers such as China and India will test America's longstanding competitive advantages in research.