Sentences with phrase «unwinnable seats»
"Unwinnable seats" refers to political districts or constituencies that a particular political party or candidate has very little chance of winning in an election. These seats are considered difficult or impossible to win due to factors such as strong opposition support or a historically dominant party in that area. Full definition
The Liberal Democrats have selected 5.6 % of their candidates from ethnic minorities, though these are usually in unwinnable seats.
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Best - case scenario: Today's polling from ICM shows just what would happen: unwinnable seats become contestable once more.
Nobody has enough money to burn and / or throw down the drain on unwinnable seats.
None of this is set in stone of course — up until 2015 the system tended to favour Labour — if a party outperforms in marginal seats it can do better than uniform swing suggests, if it gains votes in safe or unwinnable seats then it would do worse.
The Tories believe that the flight of poor, mainly Labour - voting families from inner London will allow hitherto unwinnable seats to fall into their lap.
Differential turnout, with Labour voters less likely to turnout both in safe seats and in unwinnable seats.
She stood in 1997 in an unwinnable seat - «that was a very fun campaign» - before being approached for North Ayrshire and Arran in 2005.
Again, it's not that women candidates lead to unwinnable seats but that unwinnable seats lead to women candidates.