electoral prospects
collocation in Englishmeaningsofelectoralandprospect
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electoral
adjective[before noun]
uk/iˈlek.tər.əl/us/iˈlek.tɚ.əl/
relating to ...
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prospect
noun
uk/ˈprɒs.pekt/us/ˈprɑː.spekt/
the possibility that something good might happen in ...
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First, being loyal to a party can improve theelectoralprospectof a candidate if the party label matters greatly to voters in making voting decisions.
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The prime minister's electoral prospects depend not only on the fragmentation of her coalition, but also on its numerical strength vis-a-vis the opposition.
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Secondly, they estimate electoral prospects with greater noise.
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The first assumption captures the idea that parties provide resources essential for the electoral prospects of politicians.
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That is, do considerations of electoral prospects weaken the mass public's satisfaction with democracy?
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Everything else being equal, we expect voters to prefer an alternative party with superior electoral prospects.
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The more coalition parties, the more likely either of these scenarios and, therefore, the weaker are the electoral prospects of the prime minister.
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This result is largely explained by its high correlation with candidate electoral prospects.
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In an earlier version of this article, we found strong results for a measure of electoral prospects under the proposed new system.
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Each congressional candidate's party affiliation affects electoral prospects differentially over time and independently of individual-level factors.
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And by weakening the movement's organizational infrastructure, it undermined both immediate electoral prospects and the subsequent ability to sustain a party apparatus.
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This undermined the new party's electoral prospects by isolating the union movement from potential middle-class and working-class allies.
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The prime minister's electoral prospects also depend on the partisan fragmentation of her existing cabinet.
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The correlation between incumbent involvement with the negative factors and electoral prospects is 0.309.
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She argues that central governments seek to decentralise revenues when they perceive their future electoral prospects to be best at the subnational level.
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These price controls are also used by governments to enhance their electoral prospects.
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However, under certain types of electoral rules, it does not necessarily improve the electoral prospects of a candidate.
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Politicians who have yet to achieve a safe seat, the necessary condition for participation in legislative politics, must focus primarily on their electoral prospects.
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