The study found that sharing the same place of origin with selection committee members boosts a candidate's probability of election success by about 40 %. (sciencedaily.com)
They insist the woman is unknown to them and made no contribution to the party's election success in the municipality. (citifmonline.com)
Prior to the local elections Cameron's figures had begun to fall — after his trip to Norway and the press coverage of his shoes being chauffeur driven behind his bike his net approval rating fell to +13, but then the Conservative's local election successes gave him a huge boost, pushing his net approval up to +28. (ukpollingreport.co.uk)