Majorities in a sentence

Also, following Partition, religious majorities in both halves became preponderant majorities, capable of turning into oppressive majorities.

At the same time that Californians were electing Democratic majorities if not super-majorities, they were seeking to shake up the political system to get some new people elected.

Abortion was such a winning issue in the 2022 midterms that Democrats held onto the Senate and caused Republicans to have the worst out-of-power election results in history, hanging onto the House only by the slimmest of majorities.

As the DFL has advanced a progressive agenda so far in the legislative session, passing things like abortion rights protections and a clean energy law, they have appeared remarkably united despite their narrow majorities.

Britain’s ruling Conservatives held the former seat of ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson but saw hefty majorities in two other districts blown away in by-elections on Thursday.

But overall, majorities of Americans in all regions agreed that unusual weather is happening more often.

Congressional majorities, formed by either side, could make laws that applied to all states.

Democrats are also pushing back against the way Republicans have exercised their power in Tennessee and other states where they hold overwhelming majorities in the legislatures.

Democrats haven’t been able to build majorities in their old rural strongholds.

Democrats now hold majorities in both chambers and control the legislative agenda.

Fairness in this regard is to ensure that regardless of the size of governing majorities, that all MPs, from all parties, (including backbench MPs in the governing party) get a good showing in debates.

In a pair of decisions announced June 29, court majorities struck down affirmative action in college admissions, ruling against UNC-Chapel Hill and Harvard University, the nation’s oldest public and private colleges, respectively.

Increasingly lopsided DFL majorities have created a deeper blue in the St. Paul and Minneapolis urban core and inner-ring suburbs, while lighter shades of blue are spreading outward ever farther into outer suburban rings.

Louisiana’s current GOP-drawn map, which was used in the November congressional election, has white majorities in five of six districts - despite Black people accounting for one-third of the state’s population.

Majorities of both White and Hispanic Republicans disapprove of selective educational institutions taking race and ethnicity into account in admissions decisions in order to increase the racial and ethnic diversity at the school.

Majorities say services are available in their community to support children who are abused or neglected (58%), children with disability (56%), and children and adults with mental or emotional problems (52%).

Mr. Biden faces limited Democratic primary opposition despite polling that suggests majorities of Democrats would prefer he not seek re-election in 2024.

Other progressive priorities were stifled despite historic Democratic majorities.

Republicans, meanwhile, foisted blame right back at the Democrats, who control majorities in both the House and Senate, in addition to controlling the governor’s office.

She said the bill’s fate — it died in a year with historic Democratic majorities in the Legislature — is something lawmakers will all need to explain to their constituents.