Sentence examples for partisan battleground from inspiring English sources

The issue has become a partisan battleground.

Could a Republican playground be morphing into a partisan battleground?

The commission, created in 1964, has often been a partisan battleground populated by strongly ideological personalities.

The issue of election reform has become merely another partisan battleground.

The state, which has become a partisan battleground in recent years, is considered to be leaning toward Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, the presumptive Republican nominee, but not by enough to keep Mr. Gore from contesting it aggressively.

Mr. Timbers, citing two recent casualties of today's partisan battleground -- the moderate Republican senators Olympia Snowe of Maine and Richard Lugar of Indiana -- said that he, like many people, is alarmed by how Congress looks and sounds more and more like a bitter divorce than a bicameral legislative body.

As a result, Supreme Court confirmations have become partisan battlegrounds.

Amtrak had by then become a prime battleground in the partisan tax-and-spending wars in Washington.

The real question is whether they will rise to the challenge or continue to view these vital programs as battlegrounds for scoring partisan points.

This helps keeps the story alive in the absence of new facts, turning it into a lively battleground for American partisans of all persuasions during a summer of political torpor.

On Monday, Romney campaign pollster Neil Newhouse joined a chorus of conservative pundits in questioning the partisan and demographic composition of recent polls in battleground states.