Sentence examples for popular elections from inspiring English sources

A power broker in his own right, Mr. Luzhkov, above with Mr. Putin, has used his popularity to win two popular elections since his appointment in 1992.

Now as then, Chinese officials reject popular elections as unsuitable.

Popular elections involve informed voters, not a back room full of political cronies.

"Minnesota has chosen to select its judges through contested popular elections," she wrote.

Certainly issues get distorted and simplified, but the same thing happens in popular elections.

Despite having openly stated his disbelief in popular elections, Yazdi himself was voted in to the Assembly.

By 1824, eighteen out of twenty-four states were holding popular elections for delegates to the Electoral College.

The early 20th century brought popular elections to the Senate (before, senators had been chosen by state legislatures), as well as primary elections in state races.

Although Mr Nazarbayev appears to be popular, elections are rigged and a vast media and public-relations machine is given over to his personality cult.

Lawmakers in Russia's Dagestan region voted Thursday to cancel popular elections for governor and allow President Vladimir V. Putin to choose its next leader.

The American authorities have maintained that popular elections are impossible in the absence of a census, which cannot be completed by next summer.