marginal districts
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmarginalanddistrict
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marginal
adjective
uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
very small in amount ...
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district
noun[C]
uk/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/us/ˈdɪs.trɪkt/
an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from ...
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(Definition ofmarginalanddistrictfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Capturing marginal districts is essential to winning an election.
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Voters are more likely to be contacted in marginal districts and those who are contacted are more likely to vote.
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As argued above, although in majoritarian systems all parties want to target marginal districts, election results can change parties' perceptions of which districts are marginal.
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Given these incentives, whichever party is in government will want to garner support in marginal districts.
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For instance, in marginal districts candidates from other parties were nominated on a party slate so as to increase the acceptability of the list as a whole.
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In times like this marginal districts like the development areas—and, in particular, my own area—suffer very considerably.
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In general these methods are only effective in marginal districts and only affect the allocation of a single seat per district.
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