Sentences with phrase «democratic voter group»

There were worries about Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» appeal to that historically Democratic voter group.

Not exact matches

Fifty - four percent of self - identified liberals sided with Sanders, while the smaller group of self - identified moderate Democratic primary voters cast their ballots for Clinton.

The group recognizes that in order to maintain its status as a heavyweight among Democratic voters and supporters in future elections, it needs to engage online.

«New Yorkers elected a Democratic majority to represent them in both chambers of the legislature, and Gov. Cuomo has an obligation to stand up and ensure that the will of the voters is respected in the New York Senate,» said the group's executive director, Jessica Post.

Mr. Delany added that digital advertising would help target key demographic groups of voters who will be important to either Democratic campaign for a win in California.

With that in mind, Democrats aren't skimping on the Get Out The Vote operation: the Jones campaign and liberal groups are working desperately to encourage Alabama's overwhelmingly Democratic black voters to go to the polls, regardless of past disappointment and present voter suppression.

As Cuomo huddled with a group of advisors that included former state Comptroller H. Carl McCall (the man he challenged in the 2002 Democratic gubernatorial primary, hurting his relationship with the black community), Manhattan Democratic Chairman / Assemblyman Keith Wright and former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, Paladino's campaign manager talked to Gerson Borrero about the GOP / Conservative nominee's efforts to woo Latino voters.

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.

At least some of the group of Democratic, Republican and Independent - leaning voters felt the first woman to win the presidential nomination of a major U.S. political party was too ambitious.

Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton attempted to explain her comments about Trump voters and the 2016 election in a lengthy Facebook post Saturday that claimed she «meant no disrespect to any individual or group.»

Meanwhile, Sanders was plying the same progressive issues to capture voters under 35 years old and liberals, which are important groups in Democratic primary voting.

«The group's political clout and — more importantly — diverse membership of core Democratic voters make them a must - have ally for both men,» said Democratic political consultant Evan Thies.

(Albany, NY)-- One day after being appointed Ranking Democratic Member of the New York State Senate Elections Committee, Senator Brian Kavanagh today joined with fellow legislators and advocates — including the Brennan Center for Justice, Citizen Action of New York, Citizens Union, Common Cause / NY, the League of Women Voters of New York State, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), Planned Parenthood, and Transportation Workers United Local 100 and colleagues in the Senate to urge Governor Andrew Cuomo to fully fund early voting in the Fiscal 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

The party has mobilized nearly two dozen activist groups, including the CNY Solidarity Coalition, to target Democratic voters who live in the eight districts of the IDC members.

That has top Republican operatives in California and Washington, D.C., concerned that Donnelly's controversial comments and ties to the California Minutemen, a group that fights illegal immigration on the border, could mobilize Hispanic and other Democratic - base voters who otherwise might fall off in this midterm year.

Alan Van Capelle, the executive director of the Empire State Pride Agenda (ESPA), the state's LGBT lobby group, and out gay Chelsea Democratic Senator Thomas K. Duane, the measure's lead sponsor, both reiterated their confidence in the wake of an election in which a Republican marriage equality supporter was forced from an upstate congressional race and voters in Maine narrowly opted to repeal the gay marriage law there.»

Common Cause, a non-profit, non-partisan citizen - advocacy group, charged that some of the proposed new Assembly districts on Long Island had been gerrymandered in what its spokesperson called «a game of follow the Democratic voters.»

She said Cuomo encouraged a «backroom deal» to get a group of Democratic senators to vote with the Senate GOP so that Republicans could keep control of the state Senate and added that he allowed the Republicans to draw their own gerrymandered district maps — a move she says suppressed Democratic voters.

A newly - released poll by Remington Research Group suggests Governor Andrew Cuomo's re-election chances are in good shape among Democratic voters ahead of the party's New York State Primary.

A group of Suffolk Republicans on Wednesday denounced Democratic County Executive Steve Bellone's plan to put a water surcharge before voters in November, shortly before Bellone pitched the proposal at his annual State of the County address.

«New Yorkers elected a Democratic majority to represent them in both chambers of the legislature, and Gov. Cuomo has an obligation to stand up and ensure that the will of the voters is respected in the New York Senate,» said Jessica Post, the group's executive director, wrote in an email release this morning.

While Ms. Nixon's position may help her in the primary with a narrow group of Democratic Party voters, it would hurt her if she were to proceed beyond the primary with voters in highly taxed Long Island and Westchester County.

Republicans still trail Democrats by about 1300 voters in this group, but if you factor in Working Families and Conservative voters the likely Democratic edge shrinks to less than 600 votes.

A key element in the Democratic win in Virginia this week was the ability to adapt Obama campaign capabilities to integrate historic voter file data and recent data from field organizers and partner groups with analytics capabilities to develop targeting models, representatives from NGP VAN, Blue Labs and the Virginia Democratic Party said in a press call Friday.

Grijalva received a 100 percent score from Americans for Democratic Action, Peace Action, the League of Conservation Voters, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Arab American Institute, and several other notable groups in recent years.

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

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.

And in March, Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer held a three - hour meeting with leaders of the new groups and is sharing voter lists with them.

Rascoe said last week's elections showed the strength of a motivated Democratic base that could raise money from outside the county and deploy paid canvassers from groups like Citizen Action and the Working Families Party to conduct voter outreach.

But opponents, including Democratic lawmakers and civil rights groups, argue that they discriminate against minorities and lead to voter suppression.

The original book, published in the Republican year of 2002, forecast accurately the groups that would make up the Democratic majority coalition that emerged in the 2006 and 2008 elections: blacks, Hispanics, gentry liberals, single women, young voters.

His final point digs at Graham's ability to inspire Democratic voters to turnout in the fall, saying his group doesn't a Democrat with Graham's background fits that mold.

After the Blue Wave of Democratic - progressive victories across Westchester last November, Mayer decided to run for State Senate because she said she believed she could represent this group of energized voters based on her years of advocating the same progressive ideals.

In the Democratic - led Assembly, the group spent money for a similar voter contact effort for lawmakers James Skoufis, Didi Barrett, Angelo Santabarbara, Carrie Woerner, Bill Magee and Al Stirpe.

In addition to the forum, various progressive groups are discussing creating a #NoTrumpDemocrats campaign that would target the IDC through mass texting and phone call programs to Democratic voters.

A large coalition of parent and educator groups in New York State developed a scorecard for voters in the Democratic primary on September 9 and the general elections in November.

In the full page ad, Sanford gave his cell phone number if voters had further questions and noted that national Democratic groups were pouring more money into the race.

And for weeks now in New York City, people have been turning on their television seeing Andrew Cuomo with his daughters and his girlfriend all urging the voters not to vote for him as a Democrat or as a member of the Working Families, but as a member of the Women's Equality Party — an attempt to basically use the third - party movement, basically, to promote himself without having to be accountable to other groups in the normal Democratic or progressive coalition.

He touched a chord with Iowa voters in 2004, and he has kept a loyal and sizable group with him despite the presence of two rock stars in the Democratic field.

Jewish voters are outraged at how Obama has treated Israel; disgusted with Obama's support of the Palestinians, led by terror groups; and shocked by the support of both Obama and the losing Democratic Congressional candidate for the Mosque at Ground Zero.

As liberal groups and Democratic voters angry about Trump's election victory press him to lead the loyal opposition, he must also be mindful of 23 Democrats and two independents up for re-election in 2018, including 10 in states won by Trump.

Democrats, along with several civil rights groups, attacked the now - adopted district lines as unfairly stacking the deck against Democrats in downstate communities and said they split apart a predominately black and Latino area on Long Island to dilute its mostly Democratic voters into several Republican districts.

The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons and the East Hampton Group for Good Government have invited the public to a Democratic Party primary debate on Monday at 7 p.m. at the East Hampton Library.

The groups could have helped Democratic opponents in many districts where voters are evenly split between the two parties, or in some cases, where registered Democrats hold a slight edge.

May and supporters from the group True Blue NY - 53 have been trying to pressure Valesky to leave the IDC, which they view as a betrayal of Democratic voters and priorities.

Voters across all demographic groups reject the «last in, first out» policy by overwhelming margins,» said David Kanevsky, vice president of Republican polling firm, American Viewpoint, that conducted the poll with the Democratic polling firm Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research.

It appears that in addition to paying Global Strategy Group, A Better Connecticut's money was used for mailings and voter contact efforts in support of the three endorsed Democratic candidates in the September 10th Democratic Primary; Simon Castillo, Brandon Clark and Kathryn Roach Bukorsky.

Change Course CT, a PAC associated with Democrats for Education Reform, a national group Gov. Dannel P. Malloy addressed during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last week, has polled voters on two primaries in Bridgeport and one in New London.

Outside groups have begun a campaign to persuade voters in New London and Bridgeport to support Democratic candidates committed to diverting even more scarce public funds to privately owned and operated charter schools.