marginal districts

collocation in English

meanings of marginaland district

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marginal
adjective
uk /ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl/ us /ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl/
very small in amount ...
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district
noun[C]
uk /ˈdɪs.trɪkt/ us /ˈdɪs.trɪkt/
an area of a country or town that has fixed borders that are used for official purposes, or that has a particular feature that makes it different from ...
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Examples of marginal districts

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Capturing marginal districts is essential to winning an election.
Voters are more likely to be contacted in marginal districts and those who are contacted are more likely to vote.
As argued above, although in majoritarian systems all parties want to target marginal districts, election results can change parties' perceptions of which districts are marginal.
Given these incentives, whichever party is in government will want to garner support in marginal districts.
For instance, in marginal districts candidates from other parties were nominated on a party slate so as to increase the acceptability of the list as a whole.
In times like this marginal districts like the development areas—and, in particular, my own area—suffer very considerably.
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In general these methods are only effective in marginal districts and only affect the allocation of a single seat per district.
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