Sentence examples for tallest candidate from inspiring English sources

Of course, many seeming correlations are actually coincidences, and odd theories for political success abound, like the idea that the tallest candidate wins the popular vote (true in all elections since 1952 except those in 1972 and 1976).

The taller candidate has won seven of them.

In the era of televised debates in the United States, the taller candidate has usually won.

More often than not, presidential contests go to the taller candidate.

It's like saying, since a taller candidate usually wins, you should nominate Shaquille O'Neal, and he'll be elected president.

Young, eager campaign aides are stock characters in movies and on television, but few have quite the élan of Mr. Love, who, at 6-foot-5, is about three inches taller than the tall candidate, fitter than the fit candidate (he can bench press more than 350 pounds) and cooler than the cool candidate.

Over the past half-century, the taller candidate has won the presidency ten out of 13 times, and most of our presidents have been taller than average.

Throughout history, the taller candidate has had an advantage in presidential elections.

Does McCain seem to care that 10 of the last 15 elections were taken by a taller candidate?

What a dirty trick to have such an attractive (and tall!) candidate with ideas most Americans respond to up against the angry penguin!

This looks like a big advantage for the taller candidate but it is just short of conventional statistical significance (5percentt probability of error).