Sentence examples for makeup of the district from inspiring English sources

"Sure, certainly" the racial makeup of the district could be more balanced, she said.

Because of the heavily Democratic makeup of the district, winning the primary is tantamount to winning in the general election.

Both major parties are considered capable of winning the seat, although reapportionment could alter the political makeup of the district, which is in western Suffolk County.

He had an understanding of the makeup of the district, of the nature of the registration and of the voting patterns".

Still, given the makeup of the district, one of four in the state that John McCain carried in 2008, Republicans said they needed to understand if they had misread the public.

Because of the political makeup of the district, Ms. Kelly is now all but certain to win the general election on April 9. "We made a concerted effort to say from the very beginning that this was not going to be about money, it was going to be about people," Ms. Halvorson said.

According to this metric -- which compares the racial makeup of individual schools in a district to the racial makeup of that district overall -- school segregation has in fact been on the decline.

The race is rated by most analysts as a pure tossup, in part because of the makeup of the new district.

"I understand that it is a part of history," he said, "but I guess with the makeup of the 5th District as it is right now, you would probably want to be more sensitive to things such as that, and to be hosting (meetings) on your farm... Wow, that's very, very surprising... wow, I'm really taken aback by that".

As governor, he will have the power to veto a plan submitted by the Republican legislature if he believes the makeup of the new districts is unduly partisan.

Mr. Straus's political resilience so far is in part because of the makeup of his district, which includes the affluent Alamo Heights neighborhood.