Sentence examples for they are electing from inspiring English sources

Maine voters, despite enduring a long election funded from afar, don't like to be told that they are electing a puppet, nor are they likely to believe it.

"People are not electing a set of issue positions," Mr. Shrum said, "they are electing a person".

Texans might ask why they are electing a governor to a term that he wants to end in two years with another presidential run.

"In some sense, people see this election as less important," said Yaron Ezrahi, a political scientist, "because no one thinks they are electing a prime minister who will serve out his term.

That is, people may not care all that much about the war in Afghanistan or Iraq, but they damn well expect that the person they are electing knows enough about it to keep them safe from harm.

A lack of business confidence, certainly, does seem to be hampering the recovery: corporate profits have been very high recently, so businesses are sitting on a ton of cash — but they are electing not to invest it despite interest rates being very low.

They are elected for life.

They are elected on lies.

Small surprise, considering the process by which they are elected.

They are elected by the General Assembly and Security Council for nine-year terms.

"They think that just because they are elected, they can do anything.