Thesaurus / inelastic
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A decade ago, FiveThirtyEight editor-in-chief Nate Silver introduced the concept of “elastic” and “inelastic” states, which refers to how sensitive a state is to changes in the national political environment and the relative swinginess of the state.
WHY FEWER AMERICANS ARE LIKELY TO VOTE FOR A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR AND A DEMOCRATIC SENATORGEOFFREY SKELLEY (GEOFFREY.SKELLEY@ABC.COM)OCTOBER 12, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHTHowever, Georgia is also a state with a racially polarized electorate that is, as we say, “highly inelastic” because it just doesn’t have a lot of swing voters.
WHAT IS REPUBLICANS’ PATH TO WINNING THE SENATE?SARAH FROSTENSON (SARAH.FROSTENSON@ABC.COM)SEPTEMBER 8, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHTThis gives Georgia what we at FiveThirtyEight call an “inelastic” electorate, or an electorate for which factors like the political environment and candidate traits are unlikely to sway voters because so few voters are swing voters.
GEORGIA’S SENATE RACE IS MUCH CLOSER THAN THE GOVERNOR ELECTION. WILL THAT HOLD UNTIL NOVEMBER?GEOFFREY SKELLEY (GEOFFREY.SKELLEY@ABC.COM)SEPTEMBER 7, 2022FIVETHIRTYEIGHTFrom the point of view of cover, the gold certificate is completely inelastic.
READINGS IN MONEY AND BANKINGCHESTER ARTHUR PHILLIPSIt was inelastic, incompetent to adapt itself to changing circumstances.
THE ENGLISH CHURCH IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURYCHARLES J. ABBEY AND JOHN H. OVERTONCatching sight of his Captain on the platform, the Doctor bent his steps thither, and they were slow and inelastic.
WANDERING HEATHSIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCHAt the same moment we heard the fall 220 of something heavy and inelastic in the upper story.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 4 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONIt is not permitted to discriminate; it can neither relax nor repress; it is absolutely inelastic.
THE HILLS AND THE VALERICHARD JEFFERIESThe assessment becomes inelastic and approximates to a fixed sum.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 9, SLICE 4VARIOUSSome voices are expressive and carry emotion easily, while others are hard and inelastic.
SPIRIT AND MUSICH. ERNEST HUNTWORDS RELATED TO INELASTIC
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- stiff
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- uptight
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