mainstream party

collocation in English

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mainstream
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪn.striːm/us
/ˈmeɪn.striːm/
considered normal, and having or using ideas, beliefs, etc. that are accepted by ...
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party
noun
uk
/ˈpɑː.ti/us
/ˈpɑːr.t̬i/
a social event at which a group of people meet to talk, eat, drink, dance, etc., often in order to celebrate a ...
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Many people and groups of people have to be directly involved in governmental decision-making and, in particular, people outside the orbit ofmainstreampartypolitics.
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It is a disgrace that no elector can affect what happens to amainstreampartycandidate.
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He was also out of step with themainstreampartyon the issue of capital punishment.
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Independent candidates led in over half of the country's 18 largest cities againstmainstreampartycandidates.
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Moreover, the mere presence of anti-immigrant parties can push mainstream parties towards a tougher line on immigration for fear of being outflanked.
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It was condemned right across the political spectrum, from loyalism to republicanism, as well as by the mainstream parties.
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Both mainstream parties have failed to advance that approach.
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That party clearly retains the ability to attract some support, despite the fact that politicians of all mainstream parties condemn it.
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The best answer to that is for the mainstream parties to show that they have sensible policies to manage the issues that worry people.
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The answer of the mainstream parties is to juggle a marginal tax rate here and attract inward investment there.
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That sort of nonsense is of course far away from the doctrine from any of the mainstream parties today.
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Democratic mainstream parties are far too slow to distance themselves from extremists because they fear losing votes, and the result is a creeping political acceptance of extremism and intolerance.
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It is a way of showing the mainstream parties that they should take an issue more seriously, and they do so in the hope that they will.
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Those of us in the mainstream parties do not have to be intimidated by the thugs and bully boys of the extremist right, left or fundamentalists of any kind.
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The move was vetoed by the mainstream parties.
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The speech turned out to be highly controversial among the other mainstream parties.
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It also gave audiences the opportunity to see these guys because at more mainstream parties or clubs more mainstream music was played.
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The scandals were devastating for the mainstream parties and resulted in their dissolutions.
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These measures had been advocated by the mainstream parties but the monarch had refused to actively participate, stating that the king reigns, but does not govern.
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