By such means did he free himself from the pesky problems of the poor benighted electorate and spend his working hours in some manner no doubt more agreeable to his personal preference.
Ghanaian democracy has been praised by President Barack Obama.Yet the poor, illiterate electorates of many African countries are obviously keen on handouts, and thus easy to manipulate.
As suffrage expanded — by the time Andrew Jackson was elected President, in 1828, nearly all white men could vote — scrap voting had become a travesty, not least because the newest members of the electorate, poor men and immigrants, were the least likely to know how to write.
In 2009 and 2010 the administration and the Democratic Congress were seen as transferring scarce tax dollars away from seniors to a younger, poorer, disproportionately minority electorate, not only through expanded health care but also through the billions spent on extensions of long-term unemployment insurance — which shot up from $35.1 billion in 2007" to $160.1 billion in 2010.
"The general mood of the electorate is poor".
The Times is right to mention Congress's poor standing with the electorate.
A poor and badly educated electorate is unable to control the behaviour of politicians, says Claudio Weber Abramo of Transparência Brasil, an anti-corruption NGO.
It makes red and blue seem an apt description of the 2000 election outcome, but an exceedingly poor definition of the electorate.
Ingredients 1 urge to change the political debate 1 electorate with poor representation 12 people well connected into their communities 1 educated diaspora of young tech-savvy people A good pinch of chutzpah Method 1. Draw together a small group of people you trust with a range of skills and determine your "values statement".
The day before the election, the Ottawa Citizen predicted a Conservative win, and it was not alone in its poor judgment of the electorate.
