competitive election
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompetitiveandelection
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competitive
adjective
uk/kəmˈpet.ɪ.tɪv/us/kəmˈpet̬.ə.t̬ɪv/
involving ...
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election
noun[C or U]
uk/iˈlek.ʃən/us/iˈlek.ʃən/
a time when people vote in order to choose someone for a political or ...
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(Definition ofcompetitiveandelectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcompetitive election
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For district leaders, standing forcompetitiveelectionwould make the position of township chief more secure.
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For the political elite, this type of clientelism, based on gaining office in acompetitiveelection, acts as an incentive to corruption.
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Higher scores are assigned to polities that choose leaders through elite designation,competitiveelection or transitional arrangements between designation and election.
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In earlier years the elections for the board were acompetitiveelectionwith both board-nominated and self-nominated petition candidates.
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Apathy was lower in the 2008 election, which featured acompetitiveelectionfor president.
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Indeed, he argues that winning the support of voters in highly competitive elections has been responsible for the slow pace of neoliberal reform.
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The introduction of free competitive elections is a necessary step in the establishment of democracy.
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In 1896, the socialist party was founded with effective universal suffrage and competitive elections as leading principles of its political platform.
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From this, three core elements of party government can be extracted: free competitive elections, homogeneous parties, and government control.
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In addition, the analysis reveals that marginal incumbent spending is more effective than challenger spending in competitive elections.
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Results from this article suggest that an increase in public financing is more likely to help incumbents in competitive elections.
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Virtually all regime type measures attempt to account for several basic features of democracy: political rights, civil liberties, competitive elections and constitutional constraints.
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Democracy in this sense is not identical with competitive elections, held at regular intervals.
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The reconstitution of military and security forces has advanced, a multiparty political order has been established, and competitive elections have been held.
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One cannot imagine a democratic system without free and competitive elections held at regular intervals.
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People feel much freer than before to say what they think and do what they like, a necessary precondition for competitive elections.
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Leaders who achieve office through heredity or through open and competitive elections receive the highest scores.
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It was a highlycompetitiveelection.
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The hypothesis that civil war could create incentives for the formation of organised parties persuasively challenges the conventional view that modern parties only emerge in the presence of competitive elections.
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