"You run for Senate or governor on specific issues to specific constituencies," he said.

Special interest groups advocate the cause of their specific constituency.

At institutions with large graduate, medical school, and individual "college" populations, there are often student governments that serve those specific constituencies.

"From a design standpoint, they're very beautiful buildings, but they're being designed for a very specific constituency."

In many respects they define what is of 'national' concern, while not having any specific geographical constituency to answer to.

We decided to reach out to specific constituencies and the general public directly, and to keep pushing the issues.

Without a specific constituency, the vote would be assigned to a riding by the governing party.

As a result, while the national political parties are still spending millions on television, many groups with specific constituencies have adopted a more back-to-basics strategy.

One specific constituency targeted for attention is the city's children.

They targeted specific constituencies: farm organization, editors of agricultural publications, and individual farmers.