winnability

The quality of being winnable; the possibility that one can win at all.

Commonweal was troubled that Bush and other strategists were "toying" not only with survival after nuclear war but with the "winnability" of such a war.

The belief in winnability led to a Soviet Union intention to install missiles in Cuba.

The likelihood of winning (something).

Alinsky suggested that two closely related criteria, the winnability and the nondiviseness of an issue, should determine the focus of organizers' work.

Seats were becoming vacant, but boundaries had been redrawn, making it hard to assess the winnability of the new constituencies.

The chance that (a political candidate) can win; electability.

This is despite the fact that women candidates have greater winnability compared to the male candidates, as is evident from Table 3.

“Winnability is emphasized,” she said. “There's something to that. At the same time, if someone is completely against what the policies of the party are, in good conscience, you can't support someone like that.”