noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
customer/patient/voter etc satisfaction (= among customers/patients/voters etc )
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Staff work as a team to achieve customer satisfaction.
floating voter
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
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The average Republican voter boasted a middle-class or higher standard of living.
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No longer will it be a place where candidates have to go and shake the hands of average voters .
black
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To do so would alienate black voters whom he desperately needs.
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The Democratic Party has long since taken black voters for granted.
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Reform voting procedures that Democrats claim disenfranchised thousands of black voters last year.
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As it was, those legislators owed black voters nothing and were therefore free to take positions openly hostile to them.
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He was to celebrate the inauguration in Florida speaking up for the black voters who feel disenfranchised.
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Chavis said he hopes 8 million new black voters will be registered.
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As whites responded to black voter registration drives with bombings, arson, and shootings, the Justice Department did practically nothing.
conservative
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His pledge to reduce the role of government reflects the conservative drift among voters .
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More conservative voters heard a get-tough message; the party faithful heard jobs.
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Prosperity was an important factor for many Conservative voters in 1983 and 1987; such votes are instrumental and conditional.
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Therefore, the first-past-the-post system ensures that a Conservative voter living in Glagow has no representative in Westminster.
eligible
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Percentage of eligible voters voting yes: 52.8%.
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The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots, leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
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Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.
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He pointed out that in the last election, only about 48 percent of eligible voters voted.
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Gans predicted last week that the turnout would drop to 51 percent of eligible voters .
female
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Fears are growing that female voters who backed Labour in 1997 are having second thoughts.
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Other polls show that Clinton has a 2-to-1 lead nationwide over Dole among female voters .
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Post-election Republican surveys indicate that attacks on the Education Department cost the party crucial support among female voters .
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Some polls show he is favored by female voters by a 2 to 1 margin over Dole.
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The timing of female voter decisions adds to the election-eve tension.
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But among female voters , the president has enjoyed a steady 20-point lead.
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And so far, he is doing well in the public opinion polls with female voters .
independent
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Second, a weak and outnumbered Democratic Party rarely gets help from the large block of independent voters .
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His problem is with moderate and independent voters .
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The proposal so spooked lawmakers that they offered an alternative referendum that allowed independent voters to vote in primaries.
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He would be revered for his ability to balance the party loyalists and the independent voters .
labour
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In 1979 and in 1983 there was clear electoral support for several Conservative policies, even among many Labour voters .
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His results have been criticised by Newton for underestimating the effects of city size on the proportion of Labour voters .
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A spot-check of voters walking alongside Birkenhead Park yesterday found Labour voters roughly divided.
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They are mostly Labour voters but several confuse their Labour candidate with the leader of the Liberal Democrats.
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Though most of the tenants are probably Labour voters , the local Liberals and Tories have supported the co-ops.
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Most of them have never been involved in politics before, though all of them are Labour voters .
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His sidekick Sergeant Lewis is a Labour voter .
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It is difficult to find a single Labour voter in Frinton.
likely
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It is quite likely that the voters are in fact ignorant of those plans.
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Gore has never led when the poll is restricted to likely voters .
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Instead, it seems likely that voters choose on the basis of their experience, particularly of recent events.
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The poll showed Dole with 58 percent support and Buchanan with 15 percent among likely Republican primary voters .
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Each of the surveys showed Dole drawing less than 40 percent of the vote from likely voters .
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A Globe survey taken last February showed Dole far ahead of his rivals, with support from 42 percent of likely voters .
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And among the likely Democratic runoff voters , only 12 percent said they did not know of Morales.
median
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In Fig. 11-10 the D curve is the demand curve of the median voter for the locally provided good.
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The wage is set by the union executive to maximize the expected utility of the median voter .
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In Fig. 11-9 are illustrated the preferences of the median voter over a private good and the local public good.
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In this case we have the simple result that the preferences of the median voter are decisive.
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The median voter model can be applied directly to yield predictions about the determinants of public expenditure.
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Any such level of output will put the median voter on a higher indifference curve than would the reversion level.
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If the reversion level is, the median voter may vote for an output of almost.
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We therefore explicitly model the union wage-setting process in a median voter framework.
primary
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So Dole has been able to charge through the middle, as the candidate marginally more attractive to primary voters than non-Dole.
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But likely primary voters appear to believe that neither Forbes' wealth nor his inexperience should be held against him.
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The poll showed Dole with 58 percent support and Buchanan with 15 percent among likely Republican primary voters .
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Republican primary voters are overwhelmingly white.
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I was in New Hampshire recently watching the Republican presidential candidates chase each other and potential primary voters around.
republican
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The poll showed Dole with 58 percent support and Buchanan with 15 percent among likely Republican primary voters .
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His campaign never even left the starting gate. Republican voters say they want low taxes and prudent spending cuts.
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The uncomfortable truth is that every time Bush has come before Republican voters , he has performed below those great expectations.
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Only 11 percent of the Republican voters said they were unsure who they will support for the nomination two months from now.
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In each case a clear majority of Republican voters rejected him.
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The spectacle was a distressing one, and sure to inflame Republican voters .
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There are many, many Republican voters whose attitudes about the environment is extremely different from the Republican Congress.
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In 1970, there were just 711, 000 registered Republican voters and 2 million Democrats.
undecided
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He will argue that there are still a lot of undecided voters to make up their minds.
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Experienced Iowa Republican activists suggest that undecided voters may stay home on what is likely to be a raw wintry evening.
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Some observers believe polls overestimated the influence of undecided voters .
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More than 60 percent of the Dole voters and the undecided voters believed in limiting immigration.
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Of the undecided voters , 67 percent said they were pro-choice.
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Gramm lately has attempted to soften his image, holding a series of intimate discussions with undecided voters in their kitchens.
white
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But a recent poll of white voters showed only one in four giving the party their support.
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Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.
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By comparison, 34 percent of white voters live in these areas.
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That means white voters are more likely to have their votes counted than blacks-a point made by Gore.
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His message is aimed at the religious right and angry white working-class voters .
young
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Many of the younger voters will probably still be sticking loyally to the Ninja Mutant Turtles.
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Clinton also has helped attract young voters to the Democratic Party.
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Ingraham appealed more to young voters and advocated a 10-year limit of the Prime Minister's term in office.
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Polls do show that younger voters are much willing to address the problem, because they have the most to lose.
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The survey by Butler and Stokes detected a weakening of the class alignment among younger voters in the 1960s.
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The poor turnout among young voters dismays retiring Rep.
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I think we can eliminate blacks, women, and the younger voter from our enquiries.
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Dole noted that former President Ronald Reagan was popular with younger voters .
■ NOUN
approval
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But the tide of voter approval for her stand could scarcely be ignored by a party haemorrhaging support.
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Attorneys have told the districts they must seek voter approval of existing fees imposed in the past without a public vote.
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It requires voter approval of any new tax.
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This task force could examine the broader question of what types of projects should require voter approval .
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Holding elections to seek voter approval of existing taxes and fees is another expense.
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Even some single-payer adherents say it would be miraculous if the initiative wins voter approval .
registration
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It comes amid a campaign for voter registration for the region's first local elections, scheduled for the autumn.
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But that law was repealed as part of a legislative effort to boost voter registration and participation.
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This money was to be used for grass-roots organization, voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives.
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Hermandad is one of the agencies where Arauz said she saw workers assisting noncitizens with voter registration forms.
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He went to Tallahassee to help with voter registration , and there were a few bad riots up there that year.
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Women are the biggest demographic group but not the only one that will be the target of voter registration appeals.
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Big voter registration drives are a commonplace in presidential election years.
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For example, in addition to voter registration drives, there is a proposal by Rep.
turnout
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A voter turnout of 59 percent of some 13,300,000 registered voters was recorded for the Dec. 26 poll.
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Last winter, I suggested giving the early primaries to the states with the highest voter turnout in the prior presidential election.
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Participation is measured using voter turnout , or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.
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Heavy voter turnout has been predicted for the first primary of 1996.
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In most parliamentary democracies voter turnout tends to be around half to three-quarters of the electorate.
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The 1996 presidential election, costliest in history, produced the lowest percentage of voter turnout since 1824.
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The official figure for voter turnout was over 1,600,000 people, representing just over 90 percent of those registered to vote.
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The majority of eligible voters said they would rather not cast ballots, leading to the worst percentage voter turnout since 1924.
■ VERB
appeal
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Ingraham appealed more to young voters and advocated a 10-year limit of the Prime Minister's term in office.
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His message is straight forward and superficially appealing to most voters: no more income tax.
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On 7 November, he appealed to the voters to support Gaullist candidates.
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Dole acknowledged that Buchanan did a better job appealing to voters who are feeling economically insecure.
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Perhaps Labour was also unable to appeal to many voters in an increasingly better-off, more obviously middle-class Britain.
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He said Bush appealed to women voters in 1994 by focusing on education, welfare reform and juvenile justice.
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Touting his help for women entrepreneurs seems a good way for Bill Clinton to appeal to women voters .
approve
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Schools are guaranteed a minimum level of funding spelled out by Proposition 98, approved by voters in 1988.
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The state lottery, approved by voters 11 years ago, offers lotto and scratch-off tickets as close as the corner market.
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A federal appeals court upheld the ban, approved by California voters in 1996.
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When does the county actually sell the bonds approved by the voters ?
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It was approved by the voters but tossed by the courts.
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The ballot initiative ending state-backed affirmative action programs was approved by California voters by a 54-to-46 percent margin last month.
ask
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The first part would ask voters whether they wanted a new republic or a return to the Third Republic.
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Defying the leaders of both political parties, moderates are asking voters to approve open primary elections for California.
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He asked the voters to divide into two groups.
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The measure asked voters to allow the commission to create and conduct youth programs.
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Hanson skilfully exploited the system of proportional representation, which asks voters to list candidates in order of preference.
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He asked 750 voters in March 1995.
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He and buddy Chuck Bauman have been circulating petitions for months asking voters to repeal property taxes.
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He simply promised the addition of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution and asked voters to trust him to reduce spending.
convince
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At home, a series of scandals has convinced voters that the government is no longer listening to them.
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Bush wants to convince voters that both he and Gore love the earth, they just differ in styles.
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But he was equally anxious to convince disaffected voters that he was listening to them.
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The central goal, however, is convincing voters that government programs are not the enemy, but rather our friend.
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In the end, the campaign worked to convince voters that professional football is good for Nashville.
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The people against the referendum are going to have to convince voters their water taxes are going to be raised.
register
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The poll of 806 registered voters statewide was conducted April 1-3 for the Chronicle and News 2 Houston.
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If county officials confirm that 28, 084 are those of registered voters , a referendum will be held around May 1.
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The other questioned 806 registered voters selected at random.
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The poll of 636 Davidson County registered voters has a margin of error of plus or minus four percentage points.
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We hope to secure the signatures of two-thirds of our registered voters , thus bypassing the need for an incorporation election.
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In several places, including Saigon, the tally of votes for Diem exceeded the number of registered voters .
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That sentiment is shared by 23 percent of all registered voters .
show
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The 1983 and 1987 Gallup election surveys showed that voters across all parties agreed on many goals of government.
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Two surveys whose findings are published today show that many voters are unsure about some main planks of Government policy.
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Polls do show that younger voters are much willing to address the problem, because they have the most to lose.
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Early polls showed 78% of voters believed the Clinton taxes were fair.
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He knows the polls show voters would prefer smaller tax cuts.
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Yet statistics that show voter turnout slowly sliding down, down.
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An Examiner poll showed that California voters , by a nearly 2-1 ratio, support the ban.
support
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The Party List requires voters to support parties, rather than individuals.
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Ferry said more than 70 percent of voters support term limits.
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On 7 November, he appealed to the voters to support Gaullist candidates.
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This time around, the poll again will be used to determine the level of taxation voters would support .
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Middle-class voters have tended to support the Conservative party in Britain, and working-class voters the Labour party.
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About another 25 percent of the voters here supported other leftist or nationalist parties.
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Some middle-class voters have supported the Labour Party and about one-third of working-class voters have traditionally cast their ballots for Conservative candidates.
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Neither initiative had formal opposition campaigns, but both urged voters to not support the other.
vote
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And if voters have voted for an excluded candidate, why should they be permitted to switch their preference?
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To assure party loyalty, the precinct captains merely accompany the voter into the voting machine.
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Participation is measured using voter turnout, or the percentage of the eligible voters who actually voted in national elections.
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Clinton hammered away at campaign themes tailor-made to appeal to predominantly white swing voters who might otherwise vote for Republican Bob Dole.
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There is little evidence to suggest voters voting for a particular party because of its stand on a particular issue.
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The proposal so spooked lawmakers that they offered an alternative referendum that allowed independent voters to vote in primaries.
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What is most noteworthy here is that at every stage after the first the exhaustive ballot enables voters to vote knowledgeably.
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After his defeat by 984 votes , Dornan immediately claimed the election was marred by voter fraud, including voting by noncitizens.
win
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His attempt to win southern gaucho voters by playing up family links there backfired when he got his regional expressions muddled up.
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They have articulated plans and goals and have won the support of voters .
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And so Labour went into the election on a fudged policy designed more to placate Roy Hattersley than to win over voters .
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The Clinton staff developed a genius for tapping into the emotions and aspirations of a winning number of voters .
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Even so, this was nowhere near enough to win over the Danzig voters .
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Even some single-payer adherents say it would be miraculous if the initiative wins voter approval.
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On the one hand, a message of change was needed in order to win new voters .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Italian voters have shown that they are ready for a change of government.
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Only 40% of eligible voters participated in the last election.
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There is disappointment among Labour voters that the party has not done more to help traditional industries.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Furthermore, most voters do not really make electoral choices.
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Instead, they want the voters to trust them, and, in return, they will spend lots of money.
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Table 9.2 shows that for nearly ten years now voters have agreed about her strength of personality and outspokenness.
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The Democrats had mounted an intense voter registration drive before the election, bringing thousands of inexperienced voters on to the rolls.
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Turnout dipped despite an increase in voter registration.
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White male voters made it clear in 1994 that they heavily favor the Republicans.