electoral defeat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelectoralanddefeat
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electoral
adjective[before noun]
uk/iˈlek.tər.əl/us/iˈlek.tɚ.əl/
relating to ...
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defeat
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈfiːt/us/dɪˈfiːt/
the fact of losing against someone in a fight or competition, or when someone or something is made ...
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(Definition ofelectoralanddefeatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Older members inevitably step back from leadership roles because of weariness, poor health,electoraldefeat, etc., and they must be replaced.
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Electoraldefeatis a key cause for parties to reform both their policy package but also to make organizational changes.
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The most common form of involuntary exit overall is almost certainlyelectoraldefeat.
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First, there was the ever-present threat ofelectoraldefeat.
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However, when they lose their position as prime minister after anelectoraldefeat, they also lose their ability to deliver patronage.
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Deselection, as we define it, is distinct from intra-partyelectoraldefeat.
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The likelihood ofelectoraldefeatis affected by several factors, including structural characteristics of the electoral system.
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Kaunda's acceptance of the new democratic order afterelectoraldefeathas been overrated.
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Forced to govern under conditions of continuous constraint, leaders are impelled to reformulate their costly and inefficient welfare states while minimising the risks ofelectoraldefeat.
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It follows that for a major party,electoraldefeatinvolving loss of office substantially weakens patron support for the party leader, and this makes that party leader's position less tenable.
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Again, repeatedelectoraldefeatwill have inhibited the incentives for participation associated with achieving policy goals, and this will in the long run, serve to reduce participation in the party.
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I am bound to say that they must be an excuse forelectoraldefeat.
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I feel sorry for him because we have all on occasions tastedelectoraldefeat.
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They are, without doubt, moving toelectoraldefeat.
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They suffered their worstelectoraldefeatsince 1832.
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The consequence of that would be the almost certainelectoraldefeatof my party at the next general election.
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They hate it because they think it spellselectoraldefeat.
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One has to give them credit at least for consistency, although they seem to have learned little from their recentelectoraldefeat.
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The reality is that for any leader to be seen to be flexible is tantamount toelectoraldefeat.
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