They ensure discipline, "persuading" voters in their areas to turn out for the right candidate.
He may always have been too Right-wing to persuade enough independent voters to make him president.
First, he persuaded voters to pass a $15 billion bond issue to deal with the state's accumulated debt.
His main challenge may be to persuade voters that he represents enough of a departure from the past.
This is designed to persuade voters that his inexperience would not lead him to reckless action.
Instead, he has stuck doggedly to his plan of persuading voters that things could be better.
If corporations want to try to persuade voters about their point of view, then they should stand behind their words.
If the bad stuff doesn't happen for 100 years or so, it's hard to persuade governments or voters to take action.
Advertising determined the outcome, persuading voters to go in and vote against the initiative.
Early in his tenure as mayor, he persuaded voters to reject a sewer system, which would have opened the town to development.