Sentence examples for major constituency of from inspiring English sources

A major constituency of the progressive left, particularly in academia, operates on the assumption that to speak is to produce either violence or safety; they have set themselves busily to work out ever more elaborate refinements to the new etiquette.

Mr. Reid is looking for an alternative to that tax, or a way to reduce it, because it is anathema to many labor unions, a major constituency of the Democratic Party.

But reactions to Mr. Bush's campaigning with Gov. Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey, a supporter of abortion rights, and Gov. Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania, who has urged the Republican Party to modify its anti-abortion plank, suggest that Mr. Bush, the party's presumptive nominee, could alienate a group that is a major constituency of the party.

But now that relationship is being shaken by the decision of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, and former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina to shun the debate, a move that has exposed fault lines among two major constituencies of the Democratic Party.

And it put him front and center for a major constituency all of the mayoral candidates are pursuing: Jewish voters.

Trende takes each scenario and describes what Republicans would have to achieve, in terms of vote margins among major constituencies, to remain competitive in presidential contests.

There are two major constituencies to deal with in implementing the programme – the employers who will provide the information and the developers of PAYE software.

The examples of successful large scale change they examined all took pretty much the opposite approach -- there was a lot of patience and a long term perspective, time was taken to involve major constituencies, lots of resources were devoted to the effort, and a host of other tactics that entailed doing things the hard way rather than the easy way.

Earnestly and methodically, he has appealed to each of the major constituency groups.

Veterans are also a major constituency.

Organized labor and the National Education Ass'n., two major constituencies, were guaranteed plenty of seats.