Sentences with phrase «electoral power»

For these and related reasons, the unions have major advantages over other groups, which can often translate into electoral power.

Get more seats in the legislature, get more governors elected, get more judges on the bench — the path to electoral power in a democracy is pretty straightforward.

Federal judges found more problems in Texas» voting rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minorities, who former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.

The stupid (i.e. red) states have too much electoral power.

There is also a downside, however, that weakens their ability to convert these advantages into electoral power.

While acknowledging that there are exceptional situations, the former President said: «Whatever the imperfections, whenever we feel we can not get justice from the executive through impeachment process or justice from the judiciary, at the end of the day we hope and pray and look forward to the electoral power.

Anyone who doubts the electoral power of the student vote should speak to former Education Secretary Charles Clarke, who lost his seat at the last election after refusing to commit to vote against higher tuition fees.»

(Cuomo touted the party as an overdue vehicle to capture women's electoral power, while critics called it a cynical pander to female voters.)

It's this type of approach which could recapture the electoral power of housing policy.