That revealed a sticking point in the party's activist base.

In contrast, the delegates at the nominating convention will be made up mostly of party activists; the state's Republican activist base is tilted heavily to the right.

However, a hard fought campaign using the party's sizeable activist base won through.

I wish the pro-choice movement would appeal to centrists of both sexes instead of playing to its activist base.

But they are useful as indications of what the activist base of a party can and cannot stomach.

In return, the ILP provided a good part of Labour's activist base during its early years.

Much of this, as has been widely reported, is because of the evangelical Protestants who now make up the Republican activist base.

Dean's activism is widely credited with reviving the activist base of the Democratic Party.

Due to a strong activist base, the case was pushed to the Supreme Court, where it was overturned.

Paradoxically, that sort of super-organisation by the activist base is at the heart of Labour's current problem.