Sentence examples for primary favored from inspiring English sources

Democratic voters in Ohio who made up their minds in the final days before the primary favored her, according to exit polls.

Democratic voters in Connecticut abandoned him in last year's primary, favoring the antiwar candidate Ned Lamont.

That changed in 1911 with the passage of a law requiring direct primary elections, an experiment that lasted only 10 years in the face of criticism that the primaries favored wealthy demagogues.

In "The Wrong Way to Fix the Primaries," (Op-Ed, Jan . 25, Paul Simon wisely suggests that the traditional scheduling of primaries favors not only the less populous states but also moneyed interests who bet heavily on candidates in the early primary states, ignoring the "dark horse" contenders who are eliminated far too early.

As for television, McCarthy, who made another run for the Presidency as an independent in 1976, and was shut out of several debates with the regular party candidates (he ran again in 1992, in the Democratic primaries), favors making newspapers give up their TV stations.

It's impossible to say for sure why primary voters favored Mr. Mourdock over Mr. Lugar.

But in Florida, more G.O.P. primary voters favored a less drastic approach to immigration--and those voters flocked to McCain.

Delve a little deeper than Limbaugh's crowing and you find the 9% of Republicans who voted in the Texas primary actually favored Barack Obama.

Secondly, the primary timetable favors him.

In a section titled "The following primary factors favor release or transfer," the only comment is "No information available".

With many Democratic primary voters favoring a total withdrawal, Senator Clinton appears to be trying to balance her political interests with the need to retain some flexibility.