electoral advantage

collocation in English

meaningsofelectoralandadvantage

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electoral
adjective[before noun]
uk
/iˈlek.tər.əl/us
/iˈlek.tɚ.əl/
relating to ...
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advantage
noun
uk
/ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/us
/ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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(Definition ofelectoralandadvantagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofelectoral advantage

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Would these candidates have won without theelectoraladvantageaccorded to them because of their states' partisan compositions?
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A more likelyelectoraladvantagepoliticians probably sought to pursue involved their position in the electoral system.
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Where it remained it was much more obviously and consciously linked to questions ofelectoraladvantage and local self-advertisement on more than a parochial level.
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In the end, theelectoraladvantagegoes to the party that succeeds in this endeavour.
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From 1972 to 1994 theelectoraladvantageof incumbency increased substantially.
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Existing political realities include the insistence of incumbents to tilt the playing field to give themselveselectoraladvantage.
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For example, three parties added token creditors to their parliamentary delegations forelectoraladvantage (alongside many influential debtorgroup representatives) - but then left these creditors almost totally isolated.
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Just as our focus on party competition is not intended to disregard other possible influences, our focus onelectoraladvantageis not intended to disregard the presence of ideology.
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Every electoral anomaly unredressed is anelectoraladvantageto the party opposite.
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When change is inevitable, however, they sign up and seekelectoraladvantage.
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The gravamen of his argument is that people were influenced in securing a delay because they wished to give one particular partyelectoraladvantage.
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At least he states his beliefs as they really are, and does not mould them toelectoraladvantage.
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I get noelectoraladvantageout of run down, decayed housing and deplorable housing standards.
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It is a sorry tale of withholding part of the truth forelectoraladvantage.
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Let us remember that the money was spent just forelectoraladvantage.
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It was said that it was her intention to gainelectoraladvantageby selling more properties in marginal wards.
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The district auditor condemned the council when he found that "theelectoraladvantageof the majority party was the driving force behind the policy".
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In many local authorities where gipsies have sites, there is not muchelectoraladvantagein providing them; it is an example of altruism at work.
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I should not consider that the slightelectoraladvantageto be gained would offset the disadvantage of being regarded as a cheat.
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Maybe they think that they can gain someelectoraladvantage.
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