Sentence examples for moderate electorate found from inspiring English sources

Yet the Texas likenesses could still be an issue for Mr. Perry, particularly to the degree he tries to appeal to the more moderate electorate found in some Northern battleground states like New Hampshire, which gave Senator John McCain a victory in the 2000 Republican presidential primary.

NO PRESIDENT has ever been elected because the electorate found him unpresidential.

In fact, most of the Republican electorate found themselves unfamiliar with Kemp early in his campaign.

The American electorate finds it hard to warm up to Mitt Romney.

After all, their anxiety soothed, Civic Platform's moderate electorate could be forgiven for feeling demobilised.

—David R. Jones In Michigan, a More Moderate Electorate With the first waves of exit polls in from voters in Michigan and Arizona, the state of Michigan has a slightly more moderate electorate than some previous Republican caucus and primary contests in 2012.

Both men have also courted establishment conservatives and a more moderate electorate, shying away from Tea Party extremes.

Wisconsin has a more moderate electorate, a favorable climate for Mr. Romney, with smaller numbers of Tea Party supporters and evangelical Christians.

Christie won the primary and then the general election, in part by assuring a more socially moderate electorate, "I am pro-choice".

The audience for this message was not, in the first instance, the moderate electorate, most of whom pay little attention to these political setpieces.

Ironically, in New Hampshire, a state known for its socially moderate electorate, the candidates had the most extended discussions about reproductive rights in the campaign so far.