Sentences with phrase «american voters support»

More than three - quarters of American voters support providing voluntary home visiting and parent education programs that help first - time parents support their child's early learning, health, and emotional development.

It's no wonder that 77 percent of American voters support continuing the efforts of the Title X family planning program.

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Can you link to a study that shows a majority of American voters support it?

There is the new Quinnipiac University National Poll showing that 66 percent of American voters support stricter gun laws.

Not exact matches

Nearly 70 percent of Americans who voted for President - elect Donald Trump and 89 percent of Hillary Clinton voters support mandatory paid family and medical leave, according to a post-election poll of 2,000 voters by the Center for American Progress.

Cambridge Analytica has denied Facebook data was used to help to build profiles on American voters and build support for Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential election.

American voters, it would seem, strongly like the notion that federally supported doctors, scientists, nurses, and other caregivers are trying to protect their health and well - being.

Across party lines, roughly nine in 10 Americans support solar power, and according to a poll commissioned last spring by The Alliance for Solar Choice (TASC), 69 percent of Republican likely voters and 80 percent of Democratic likely voters would be «unlikely» to reelect a politician who failed to raise the solar net metering cap.

The sources of Trump's political support have been much debated, but his argument that trade deals were a «very bad deal» for Americans was compelling to a swath of voters across the political spectrum.

Russians also bought ads spreading voter fraud conspiracies and touted an event to «support Hillary» and «save American Muslims.»

Though 92 percent of Americans support universal background checks, gun reform was a less significant issue to voters than terrorism and the economy.

The bottom line is that the American public is being fed a carefully crafted mythology (no doubt «market tested» on «response groups» to see which images fly best) to mislead the American public into misunderstanding the nature of today's financial problem — to mislead it in such a way that today's policies will make sense and gain voter support.

Perhaps not in Romney's case, but I believe many American politicians — and it is an American phenomenon — have to talk this religious nonsense so they will be supported by idiot voters.

Rockefeller's subsequent divorce of his wife and 1963 marriage to the much - younger Margaretta «Happy» Murphy, a mother of four who had recently divorced her husband, cemented in the minds of many family - minded Americans an unpleasant nexus between loose morals and weak support for the military; it marked the forging of a large wedge of voters that now consciously identified itself as conservative and would grow to include Democrats as well as Republicans.

In California, 70 % of African - Americans supported Prop 8, the 2008 state gay marriage ban, even though 94 % of black voters in California backed Obama.

The staffer noted they launched an effort targeting support among African - American voters in February among others.

The NY Post reports this morning that a group of African - American Democratic leaders, headed by state Party Co-Chair Keith Wright, are mobilizing to try to erode the support among black voters enjoyed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer as he heads into the final weeks of his NYC comptroller battle with his primary opponent, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

A poll commissioned by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund shows that 50 percent of voters in NY - 19 — Republican Rep. John Faso's district — support the Affordable Care Act and only 33 percent support the American Health Care Act replacement bill.

When Spitzer tapped Paterson, then the Senate minority leader, in 2006, he did so for ticket - balancing purposes — much like Cuomo is doing now — selecting someone who he thought could help shore up his support with African American voters.

As I wrote before the election, speaking with Americans gave me the impression that voter turnout could put Trump in the White House; it seemed that an increase in white, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump's way.

While Mr. Vallone has vastly out - raised Mr. Avella and is relatively well - known across the borough, political observers believe Mr. Avella, an Italian - American like Mr. Vallone, will pick off voters that would otherwise support Mr. Vallone.

The two greeted voters in the predominantly African - American and Hispanic neighborhood — a traditional Democratic stronghold — searching for support for the Green Party candidate's long - shot bid to unseat Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In recent decades, Republicans have been moderately successful in gaining support from Hispanic and Asian American voters.

The Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation then rambled a bit about how black voters were supporting gays long before Baptist ministers were something or other (I couldn't quite follow what he said), then Rangel got back on message, adding that no matter what the polls say, at the end of the day Spitzer will not have the votes in the African American community that current polling suggests.

Walsh also showed growing support among Democrats and African - American voters, where he struggled in the last poll.

And the poll found he continues to have a significantly higher margin of support among African American voters than he does with whites, a trend that has persisted throughout his mayoralty.

Pritzker's strategy for gaining the support for African - American voters is similar to his overall strategy — coalesce establishment party leaders behind his well - funded candidacy.

For Biss, the outreach to the African - American community is much like his campaign as a whole: seeking support largely from younger voters among the roughly 30 percent of African - Americans who backed Sanders for president in 2016.

She will make successful attacks on his suspect temperament, bullying manner and mixed business record,» adding, «She will receive very strong support from African - American, Hispanic and Asian - American voters.

All three representatives are also African - American and strongly hinted at a weakness Mr. Sanders, a Vermont independent and self - described socialist, has yet to overcome, even as he appears increasingly likely to do damage to Ms. Clinton in New Hampshire and Iowa: black and Latino voters still don't support him or even really know who he is.

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg enjoyed strong support among white voters and diminished backing from minorities, particularly African - American voters, as he toughened his defense of stop - and - frisk and Ray Kelly, his polarizing police commissioner.

According to an American Research Group survey released Thursday, 47 percent of likely voters in New Hampshire support former state attorney general Kelly Ayotte, the Republican nominee, with 42 percent backing two - term Rep. Paul Hodes, the Democratic nominee, four percent backing other candidates and seven percent undecided.

Rep. Rob Andrews, who supported Hillary Clinton throughout the primary season, disclosed he received a phone call shortly before the April 22 Pennsylvania primary from a top member of Clinton's organization and that the caller explicitly discussed a strategy of winning Jewish voters by exploiting tensions between Jews and African - Americans.

The survey, which was taken after a controversial pastor said Mormonism was a «cult» and that GOP voters should support a «competent Christian,» also shows a majority of Americans believe Mormons are Christians.

He scored 77 percent support in the race's first poll among African - American voters.

Just 21 percent of voters supported the American Health Care Act while 56 percent opposed it, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll published after last month's House vote.

U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer, D - N.Y., and Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., will stop at Sunshine's Coffee Shop on Thompson Road in DeWitt to rally voters for Deacon and talk about their support for a bill to provide paid family leave for American workers.

This series of public engagement, made possible with the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) seeks to create awareness of this phenomenon, and thereby contribute to civic and voter education on it.

In addition, the American Civil Liberties Union of N.C., the State Bar Association, and the N.C. League of Women Voters have expressed support for the bill.

In a statement, Vallone said he was glad to have Meng's support in a district where the Asian American vote has grown to make up nearly 18 percent of the Democratic voters in his northeast Queens Council district.

The most recent publicly released poll, commissioned by American Unity PAC which supports Hanna, showed the congressman leading Tenney among likely primary voters.

Both Weiner, who is running for mayor, and Spitzer, running for comptroller, receive strong support on the streets of Harlem, despite their admitted sexual misconduct, which tracks the findings of a new Quinnipiac University poll that support among African - American voters is helping to push both men to the top of the election heap.

Paul, who's actively courting support from African - Americans and other minority voters, sees this as an opportunity to set himself apart from the deluge of criticism aimed at Republicans over voting rights.

A scholarship tax credit appeals to a diverse coalition of supporters: economically disadvantaged, working - class, and middle - class voters; African American and Hispanic clergy and parents; urban Catholics, Orthodox Jews, and evangelical voters; and a large swath of the labor - union movement (a scholarship tax credit proposal in New York is supported by 30 labor unions).

Several education leaders I talked to were struck by the wave of white working - class voters, including many rural and rust - belt Americans without college degrees, supporting Trump.

Likely voters have made their opinions clear in polling — 68 percent support school choice, and those percentages are even higher among African - American (72 percent), Hispanic (75 percent), and Millennial (75 percent) voters.

The teachers union received some of its strongest support from African - Americans, with 76 percent of black voters backing the CTU and just 8 percent supporting the mayor.

Michael Taylor of the African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey and We Raise NJ coalition member remarked, «The fact that our African American voters have expressed more concerns about their schools and more support for the state test is telling.

For instance, 89 percent of white voters supported Mitt Romney in 2012 and 96 percent of African Americans backed President Obama's re-election.