Sentence examples for the smallest majority from inspiring English sources

This time around, despite previously holding the smallest majority of any Scottish MP, Murray beat his SNP opponent by about 2,500 votes, helped in part by the discovery that his nationalist opponent had tweeted, under a pseudonym, comparing pro-union voters to Nazi collaborators.

I do not understand a mind-set with some of these professors who, on the one hand, seem to argue for the greatest expansion of democracy possible and, on the other, rely on the smallest majority possible — five Justices on the Supreme Court.

So the smallest majority possible is not one seat but two.

In the end, I think Orman will choose to caucus with the Democrats, though, leaving them with the smallest majority possible: 50 plus Joe Biden.

Republicans kept control of the House but will have one of the smallest majorities this century.

The Wirral West MP holds one of the smallest majorities of high-profile coalition MPs with 2,436 votes.

Republicans have a 222-to-209 edge in the House, one of the smallest majorities in this century, and a 54-to-46 54-to-46 54-to-46enate.

Witness the post-election Congress, still Republican-controlled but with one of the smallest majorities of this century in the House and, at the moment, a one-seat majority in the Senate.

Dunglass regained the seat with one of the smallest majorities in any British constituency: 19,890 to Labour's 19,205.

The small majority could make the passage of major legislation in areas like Social Security, taxes and health care even more problematic.

The small majority after the 1950 election was not considered a mandate for action, which was convenient because by then the Labour ministers did not really have a clue what to do next.