shift/tip/tilt the balance of power
idiom
: to cause a state or situation in which one country or group (such as a political party) has more power than a competing one
Their party's loss of two members shifted/tipped the balance of power in the legislature.
The law tilts the balance of power towards corporations.
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Meanwhile, California’s Portuguese community may tip the balance of power in Congress.
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Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
One poll, commissioned by AARP in August, had Hogan virtually tied with Alsobrooks, raising the prospect of a surprising upset for Republicans in a blue state that could tip the balance of power in Washington.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
With the rise of generative AI, those same firms threaten to further tilt the balance of power between Big Tech and news.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
The result was that the liberal world that Americans had enjoyed virtually without cost would be overrun unless the United States intervened to shift the balance of power back in favor of liberalism.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
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Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
One poll, commissioned by AARP in August, had Hogan virtually tied with Alsobrooks, raising the prospect of a surprising upset for Republicans in a blue state that could tip the balance of power in Washington.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
With the rise of generative AI, those same firms threaten to further tilt the balance of power between Big Tech and news.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Oct. 2024
The result was that the liberal world that Americans had enjoyed virtually without cost would be overrun unless the United States intervened to shift the balance of power back in favor of liberalism.
—Robert Kagan, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
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