divided government
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdividedandgovernment
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divided
adjective
uk/dɪˈvaɪ.dɪd/us/dɪˈvaɪ.dɪd/
split into two or more opposing groups who ...
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government
noun
uk/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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(Definition ofdividedandgovernmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Dividedgovernmentaccentuates checks and balances.
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Dividedgovernmentjust makes those effects more extreme.
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Unintentional or non-purposive theories ofdividedgovernmentemphasize such considerations.
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Jeffords handed these citizensdividedgovernment, an outcome they should have cheered.
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In the first scenario we are interested individedgovernmentvoting.
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Dividedgovernment, however, does not seem to have been a considerable factor pushing decentralisation.
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When voters producedividedgovernment, it happens congressional district by congressional district or state by state.
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The return ofdividedgovernmentin 1997 created a climate propitious for judicial autonomy.
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The results of this study provide support for unintentional explanations ofdividedgovernment.
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The question provides most of the essential information without explicitly mentioning, 'dividedgovernment'.
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The 1946 -1983 period was characterised by only three years ofdividedgovernment.
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From 1862 through 1880, competition among three parties encourageddividedgovernment.
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Conversely, a voter who attributes greater importance to control and representation should prefer adividedgovernment.
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Does the case study reveal thatdividedgovernmentreally is a good proxy for policy conflict?
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Similarly,dividedgovernmentunder pure presidentialism occurs when the president lacks a legislative majority.
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In recent years the study ofdividedgovernmenthas been a growth industry.
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Every vote for the left can correspondingly be seen as a vote fordividedgovernment.
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Studies of ticket-splitting provide the theoretical foundation for examining public attitudes towardsdividedgovernment.
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Thus,dividedgovernmentcan serve the interests of moderate voters, particularly in periods when political parties advocate extreme policies.
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Low-information voters are much less likely to translate their preferences fordividedgovernmentinto split-ticket voting.
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Institutional factors including the number of parties and electoral laws play a role in determining whether there isdividedgovernment.
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The first is a simple dichotomous variable, coded 1 for respondents who supportdividedgovernment, and 0 otherwise.
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Over the past several years survey researchers have asked citizens about the extent to which they supportdividedgovernment.
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The presence of strong subnational governments introduces some of the same challenges to accountability presented by coalition ordividedgovernment.
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In contrast, survey questions aboutdividedgovernmenttypically inquire about partisan control of government in the abstract.
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