Sentence examples for prepared to elect a from inspiring English sources

"Whites in this city were prepared to elect a black mayor.

None of them, she said, should waste a second before getting stuck into the Tories again, as they prepared to elect a leader to replace Ed Miliband.

Was the Clinton camp's underestimation of Mr. Obama's appeal due in no small part to the not-unreasonable assumption that many Americans were not prepared to elect a black man as president?

In a week when Mr. Romney delivered a speech intended to deal with concerns about his religion — he would be the nation's first Mormon president — the poll found that little more than half of Republican respondents thought the United States was prepared to elect a Mormon to the Oval Office.

When you learn, for example, that more Americans are prepared to elect a Muslim president than an atheist, it can sting.

But as Barack Obama, the senator from Illinois whose father is from Kenya, spends this weekend exploring a presidential bid in New Hampshire, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the first woman to represent New York in the Senate, calls potential supporters in Iowa, the question remains: are Americans prepared to elect an African-American or a woman as president?

It is a sentiment increasingly heard across Iraq as the country prepares to elect a new Parliament on March 7.

As Britain prepares to elect a new Parliament on June 7, fewer women are running than ran four years ago.

The city is preparing to elect a new administration, which should get a stalled construction permitting system back on track and may produce a new economic stimulus package.

In a sense, the same ambiguity hangs over almost every aspect of the state as it prepares to elect a new governor.

As the N.F.L. players prepare to elect a new executive director for their union, they should seek the advice of Marvin Miller, the former Major League Baseball Players Association boss.