Republicans hope to win votes by highlighting areas where Democratic orthodoxy strikes most Americans as unfair.
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The Democrats hope to protect American jobs (or, at least, win votes in the forthcoming elections).
Democrats hope to win votes because Ms Sotomayor would be the first Latina on the Supreme Court.
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"It knew what it was doing - this was a calculated attempt to win votes, " he said.
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To win votes, of course, Mr Gore will need to impress the voters as well as the politicians.
It is not certain that this Czech Gaullism, as Mr Klaus's credo has been called, will win votes.
However, it's hard to say how much that will help them win votes.
Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman both dropped off after failing to win votes in their respective political campaigns.
Although tariffs are notionally set by regulators, local politicians often hold sway and keep them low to win votes.
Racial appeals often win votes, but discrimination, positive or otherwise, rarely does much for race relations, or for prosperity.
Many in Congress also want the Fed to monetize government debt to accommodate deficit spending, designed to win votes.
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In Jakarta the candidates are busy making coalition deals and secret pacts to win votes, unencumbered by any serious debate.
Without an overall majority, the Labour Welsh government cannot rely on its own members alone to win votes in the chamber.
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With the national mood shifting against them, it will be especially hard for Republicans to win votes among blacks in November's elections.
But Farage questioned whether Cameron is truly committed to reclaiming powers from the European Union, or is just seeking to win votes.
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The support of the Democratic party, even the support of the bulk of Americans, does not win votes in the House of Representatives.
Still, with the 2012 election continuing to be a cliffhanger in many polls, the candidates are looking for every opportunity to win votes.
The election saw them win votes from a large number of moderate conservatives who have no taste for the hyper-partisanship that delights the coasts.
Alliance leader David Ford has claimed that unionists have whipped up tension in east Belfast over the flag issue in order to win votes.
They know that on their own, they can't solve the real problems and they need to create divisiveness to attract attention and win votes.
Sarkozy cozied up to the far right to win votes but he ended up scaring off the center and losing the election by a larger margin.
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Others see it as a concerted bid by the Congress party to win votes in India's caste-ridden largest state, Uttar Pradesh, where elections are due next year.
In Clinton and Dole we have two candidates whose being is defined, whose views are shaped and whose success is measured by their ability to win votes.
It would also, muse some Republican strategists, make foreign policy an issue with which conservatives might hope to win votes, just as they did in the heyday of Reaganism.
Sinn Fein dismiss this as idle media chatter among bored journalists, and the theory that a politician from Northern Ireland can't win votes in the Irish Republic is branded "partitionist".
The unions have attempted to regain some of their influence within the Labour Party, but they have found that although they can win votes at Party conferences, they cannot necessarily change policy.
His attack on out-of-state meddling may also win votes: Wisconsin is proud of its distinctive culture, of its beer and the traces of German in its accent, of its footballers and fine cheese.
Karp wrote that Naidu's party could emerge as second only to the BJP in the ruling coalition, demonstrating how regional politics can affect the national picture and how economic belt-tightening can still win votes.
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Monday's ceremony comes just days before the government's term is set to expire and could be designed to win votes by making the ruling Pakistan People's Party look like it's addressing the energy crisis.
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