Word: almosts
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...their chief complaints is that "proportional representation" is really "perpetual representation": Sitting councillors almost always win. Critics of PR point to the most recent council election in 1987, when nine incumbents sought re-election, and nine incumbents...
There is a difference. Among the Democrats of Cambridge, many different interests and political views are represented. It's almost like having the normal range of liberal and conservative candidates--but shifted 10 notches to the left...
Zwirm acted neurotically and would pander to almost any group, no matter how politically repulsive. One of the council candidates was a Republican whom we nominated "for balance," taking the nomination away from an intelligent, articulate Democrat who could have run a much better campaign. The other council candidate was the hardest worker of the bunch. A liberal college professor, he is probably the only one on the slate with a chance...
Being a Democrat in Nassau County might best be defined as the politics of the down and out. We have no inspiring candidates, close to no money and almost no voter support. We are used to losing, and probably wouldn't even know what to do if we won. The result is one-party, closed-door government, running local affairs with no effective opposition...
...long been clear to honest observers that the Israeli administration of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip--where the Palestinian uprising has been raging for almost two years--is a far cry from democracy. A series of military orders regulate the territories, and the neglect of the Palestinian population and the abuse of military power both before and after the intifada's beginning have been well documented...