minority party

collocation in English

meaningsofminorityandparty

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minority
noun
uk
/maɪˈnɒr.ə.ti/us
/maɪˈnɔːr.ə.t̬i/
a smaller number ...
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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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(Definition ofminorityandpartyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminority party

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Only fifteen times in a total of 106 cases has a sitting majority party member been unseated in favor of aminoritypartycontestant.
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Second, as theminorityparty, the president's partisans would have limited leverage to influence the adoption of new institutional practices.
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Their legislative actions also affect the chances of their political party to remain a majority orminoritypartywithin the legislature.
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And this should lead to higherminority-partyroll rates, as a majority of theminoritypartyshould vote unsuccessfully against said bills.
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During the 1880s, theminoritypartyfrequently used the "disappearing quorum" to stifle the ability of the majority party to pursue its agenda.
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Thus,minoritypartyleaders realized that the majority party typically had a very slim margin of error.
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Drawing from the general chamber overselectsminoritypartymembers - due to party ratio stacking.
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That said, majority party senators might have reasoned that the governing majority could simply ignore objections from theminorityparty.
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By contrast, in hung councils withminoritypartyadministrations, the ruling party will invariably present its budget without prior consultation with other parties.
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Second, under the uncertainty model, one would expect that the blue slip would have been extended to both majority andminoritypartysenators.
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Dealing in the president's party (serving as theminorityparty) under this scenario would not be rational for two reasons.
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Extending the blue slip to theminoritypartywould improve the majority's prospective influence over filling court vacancies should the majority lose control of the chamber.
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This is a secret committee from which theminoritypartyis completely excluded.
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They are continuing to use the formula on the basis that there are two major parties and oneminorityparty.
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They have taken 18 seats, and we have accepted 16 as the leadingminorityparty.
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Yet that is what that smallminoritypartyopposite advocates.
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