Sentence examples for support in the countryside from inspiring English sources
He argues that the SRP, hitherto an urban party, is gaining support in the countryside.
Mr. Samak's party commanded widespread support in the countryside during last year's elections.
Whereas she is a left-winger with a lot of support in the countryside, he is a conservative with a strong base in the capital.
Generous spending earned him support in the countryside, but Mr. Thaksin's brash, autocratic style ultimately alienated the country's urban middle class.
Senior members of Pasok suggested that its apparent slip in support in the countryside was a result of the government's unpopular agricultural policies in recent years.
His promise to turn Slovakia into Central Europe's Switzerland, and a combination of social benefits, lucrative deals for his friends, deficit spending and nationalist rhetoric won him support in the countryside and factory towns.
ReprintsIn the milk dispute, Mr Berlusconi may have gained a bit more public support, especially in the countryside and in the north.
Desperately unpopular with the voters, and at war with itself, it was losing support even in the countryside, where farmers, building workers and postmasters were turning their backs on their patrons in the party.Related items Japan's great hopeAug 2nd 2001Mr Koizumi won back this bedrock of voters, claiming victories everywhere from Tochigi to Niigata.
The severe lese-majeste law prevents any open discussion of this, but the notion that with his ambition and mass support base in the countryside Thaksin could somehow supplant the exalted position held for six decades by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who is now elderly and very frail, is a source of anxiety.
Bolsonaro's business support began in the countryside, where agribusiness — the core of the economy and the sector with the strongest political lobby in Brazil — backed Bolsonaro's proposals to cut environmental and labor regulations, as well as his violent anti-leftist rhetoric directed against movements for land reform.
The two Taliban officials said a lack of security and the slow pace of reconstruction were helping the group build widespread support in the Afghan countryside, particularly in the south and east.
