The phrase
"target seats" refers to specific constituencies or districts that a political party or candidate aims to win in an election.
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There will also be lots of candidates
in target seats who fear the loss of their agent, area campaign manager or administrative staff.
However, there is not yet a new list
of target seats for the next general election.
Apart from those results, the numbers stayed the same as the 2005 general election, with none of the parties able to break through in
key targets seat areas.
Their top 50
Labour target seats include plenty of Lab - Con battles where they will get squeezed, as well as several three - way contests where they might struggle.
I am an advocate of more flexibility in selections, especially in
non target seats.
On your final point, you are correct in so far as we can't yet know what the impact on tactical voting will be in our held and
target seats next time.
In the run - up to the 2005 general election I supported a number of Conservative candidates
in target seats.
But although Labour has four Muslim MPs, there are no Conservative Muslims in the Commons - though two Muslim Conservative candidates have been selected for
Tory target seats at the next election.
«Conservative Association office burns down in
top target seat Main Nadhim Zahawi selected for Stratford - on - Avon»
David Cameron's A-list of preferred candidates got a boost this weekend when two women were selected in Conservative
target seats for the next general election.
President Donald Trump won these newly
targeted seats by anywhere from 6 to 49 points.
National Republicans immediately
targeted the seat at the start of this election cycle and played host to a very competitive three - way primary won by attorney Tom Rooney a.k.a. the luckiest congressional candidate in the country (as of today).
But already set to take their place are 10 women amongst the candidates in notionally Conservative - held seats and 31 in the top 116
target seats which, on paper, would deliver a Conservative Commons majority.
While Labour managed to take control of Plymouth, the party failed to build a stronger hold in London, missing out
on target seats such as Barnet, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon and Kensington.
In an op / ed submitted to Capital Tonight's State of Politics, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted Republicans will hold control of the chamber and even grow its narrow majority in the chamber in part by
targeting seats held by members of the defunct Independent Democratic Conference.
If you take the top thirty Lib
Dem target seats with Tory MPs, only nine are in areas that voted Remain.
For the Conservatives, a majority will remain out of reach if they fail to
win target seats in places like Bolton West and Wirral South.
But they failed to gain other
target seats such as Bolton North East, where a meagre 1.3 swing made little dent on Labour's majority.
But it had already evaporated in 2010 (when the Conservatives mounted a far more effective
target seat strategy than in previous elections).
Real open primaries can be done — I doubt whether a commission to study this makes sense — we need to get
target seats selected by this time next year so don't have time to spare.
«The Independent's attack on Lord Ashcroft backfires, revealing that 81 % of
target seat funding comes from local activists Main Another Labour MP ducks out of defending a top Tory target»
ComRes have a new battleground poll out, results here, this time looking at 10 Conservative held
UKIP target seats.
What, I suspect (I don't know), is more likely is that he'll support individual candidates in individual seats, especially where those candidates have produced the kind of battleplans that he encouraged them to have when he ran the party's
target seats operation.
The news comes after a chaotic few days for Ukip, which saw Kerry Smith quit as a candidate in a top
target seat after being forced to apologise for a series of offensive comments.
> I recently highlighted the large number of Labour and Lib Dem MPs in Tory
target seats not contesting their seats at the general election and in the last couple of weeks there have been further Labour departures announced here and here.
It's very noticeable just how many more marginals there are now — for example 37
target seats with majorities under 2,000 compared to just 17 such seats after the 2015 GE.
Continue reading «The Labour and Lib Dem MPs in Tory
target seats who will avoid the electorate's verdict at the general election»»
But Watford councillor, Rabi Martins, countered that the debate was «not about money - it's about representation - what we as ethnic minority members are calling for is an equal playing field to get selected
into target seats».
A separate poll by Populus for the Times newspaper focusing on Conservative
target seats from numbers 50 to 149 placed the two parties neck and neck, on 38 % apiece.
The March 6 elections will be the first primary contests of 2018, and the initial tests of first - time candidates running for Congress — Democrats competing in
newly targeted seats and Republicans vying to replace outgoing GOP lawmakers.
Thanks to the tracker surveys — daily in
many target seats, Crosby had a sophisticated picture that was denied to other parties or even major pollsters.
In an open - seat race, Democrats will
heavily target the seat for a pickup as the party looks to chip away at Republicans» 30 - seat majority.
Plaid Cymru launched its general election campaign today at one of its
main target seats, Ynys Mon, or, in English, Anglesey.
Most
Westminster target seats had selected their candidates and voter ID was running well ahead of the last cycle, with incentives for constituencies which met targets.
«Labour's 100 top
target seats Main SWP «socialist sharia court» allegations over rape claim mystery man «Comrade Delta»»
Its 12
London target seats are Battersea, Bermondsey & Old Southwark, Brent Central, Brentford & Isleworth, Croydon Central, Ealing Central & Acton, Enfield North, Finchley & Golders Green, Harrow East, Hendon, Hornsey & Wood Green and Ilford North.
His team of election strategists, led by Stephen Gilbert (see No 26), have funneled money into the 150 or
so target seats and now reside in Conservative Campaign Headquarters itself.
With
Republicans targeting the seat of Westchester County Legislator Catherine Parker, a Rye Democrat, as part of the party's efforts to claim majority control of the 17 - member Board of Legislators this election season, another potential opponent has been making the rounds.
«About to appear on ITV1's «I'm A Celebrity», Nadine Dorries MP is about to become one of Britain's best known Tory MPs Main Con HQ announces first ten of forty
target seat selections»
This, then, could prove to be an unusually vengeful election, particularly between Lib Dems and the Conservatives who so spectacularly
targeted their seats last time around.
Several other organisations are
running targeted seat campaigns, including pro-EU Open Britain and the centre - left thinktank Compass.
Even if Ukip wins very few seats, it could split the Tory vote and prevent the party securing its
own target seats.
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