voting power

collocation in English

meaningsofvotingandpower

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voting
noun[U]
uk
/ˈvəʊ.tɪŋ/us
/ˈvoʊ.t̬ɪŋ/
the activity of choosing someone or something in ...
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power
noun
uk
/paʊər/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ/
ability to control people ...
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(Definition ofvotingandpowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Secondly, we empirically estimatevotingpowerfrom observed election data.
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The models for votes have strong implications forvotingpower.
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How can or should these factors be used to determinevotingpower?
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As we discuss below, the random voting model has strong implications forvotingpower.
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It is often claimed that, in a proportionally weighted electoral system, voters in large jurisdictions have disproportionate 'votingpower'.
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As a result, classicalvotingpowerindexes make voters in large jurisdictions appear more powerful than they really are.
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We increased ourvotingpower.
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They have littlevotingpower.
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The essential power is thevotingpower.
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Obviously these children have novotingpower.
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They had neithervotingpowernor influence.
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Do these defalcations affect theirvotingpower?
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It may be a jointvotingpower.
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Our attempt to change thevotingpowerprocedure failed disastrously.
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We do not know exactly about thevotingpower.
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The first question raised is one ofvotingpower.
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They do it by exercising the normalvotingpower.
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They exercise only a small minority ofvotingpower.
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In what way will it upset thevotingpower?
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Equality invotingpoweris admittedly none of those things.
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It is not theirvotingpowerthat is significant.
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The president of a union normally hasvotingpower.
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The fact remains that they have substantially morevotingpower.
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