And because Wisconsin is nominally Democratic and irascibly independent, unlike the Republican South, the President faced a visibly more skeptical reception here.

But if France fails to broker a lasting peace, it could find itself engaged in a costly, long-term commitment, fighting on behalf of a nominally democratic government for which Paris has shown little love.

Although nominally democratic, all aspects of society in this country are influenced by an elite stratum of people known as "Special High Class Individuals."

Colville, near Spokane, is a Republican stronghold in nominally Democratic Washington.

The IAF is a nominally democratic organisation but special roles are given to the Doshu and a council of senior instructors, to safeguard the "technical and moral" integrity of aikido.

Political changes abroad and military victories at home allowed the government to transition from a nominally communist state to a nominally democratic one.

World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian empires resulted in the creation of new nation-states from Europe, most of them at least nominally democratic.

The war was followed by decolonization, and again most of the new independent states had nominally democratic constitutions.

Not all dictatorships foster personality cults, not all personality cults are dictatorships (some are nominally democratic), and some leaders may actively seek to minimize their own public adulation.

I thought you should be advised that, though Jupiter's government remains nominally democratic, the moment your wife stepped down the predators moved in.