Sentences with phrase «democratic voter turnout»

The Republicans typically do better in nonpresidential election years, but it remains to be seen whether progressive anger over Trump translates to higher Democratic voter turnout.

County officials had regarded 2016 as the best opportunity to get a water fee passed on the ballot because of typically high Democratic voter turnout in presidential election years.

Judicial Delegates are proportional to the Democratic voter turnout (how many ppl vote for the Dem) in the last Gubernatorial election by district.

There will also be a higher Democratic voter turnout for a presidential election, fewer Democratic incumbents to defend and many more vulnerable Republicans to challenge, he said.

It includes the 17th ward, a powerhouse for Democratic voter turnout.

Despite Astorino's attempts to rebut claims from Rechnitz, claiming he lied about the event, Latimer would go on to readily defeat the incumbent with the aid of increased Democratic voter turnout countywide.

Hot on the heels of the VAN's decision to offer website hosting and CRM services, the Democratic voter turnout operation has decided to move even farther from its core competence: Voter Activation Network to Launch New Technology For Republican National Committee The architects of the...

A company whistleblower revealed that they advised the Trump campaign on how to target ads, both to boost Trump and suppress Democratic voter turnout.

Not exact matches

He cited low voter turnout in general and among younger voters in particular for control of Congress switching from Democratic to Republican during his presidency.

Cambridge's website describes using the company's «unique data - rich voter file» to build high - tech profiles for all North Carolina voters that were used to increase turnout and help Tillis unseat Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.

Cambridge's website says the company's «unique data - rich voter file» was used to build high - tech profiles for all North Carolina voters and increase turnout, helping Tillis unseat Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan.

Disenfranchisement is a pretty rare political tactic on either the left or the right outside the United States, which has close to the lowest voter turnout rates among places that have genuine democratic elections.

It is very likely, that there are many reason explaining the smaller Democrat turnout (Obama running in 2008, two Democratic terms, voter apathy, etc.).

The state Democratic Committee on Tuesday morning released a get - out - the - vote email signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo aimed at boosting voter turnout in the key 37th Senate district.

Political analysts said Curran may also have been helped by Democratic voters coming out in larger numbers to send a message to President Donald Trump; union turnout against the state constitutional convention ballot question; or by the surprising underperformance of Republican Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino, who lost to underdog Laura Gillen to give town control to Democrats for the first time in 100 years.

Among the other workarounds claimed was one from interim DNC chair Donna Brazile, who was persuading the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to hold the $ 5 million transferred to them from the Clinton campaign and to wait to spend it buying airtime for minority voter turnout in the final week they otherwise wouldn't have been able to fund.

Curran is relying on the Nassau Democratic Committee to turn out loyal party voters, who typically have outsized influence in low turnout elections.

No matter the internal strife over Donald Trump's presidential bid, the intensely competitive Republican primary contest is bringing a booming number of voters to the polls — while Democratic turnout plunges, raising questions about whether these trends will last through November.

Russian propagandists are already said to be working on a «sour grapes» campaign to claim the nomination was «stolen» from Nixon, and to try to depress turnout among Democratic voters in the general election for Governor.

In several state Senate and Assembly races across the city, Democratic primary winners were selected in fairly low voter turnout affairs and most will easily cruise to election in November - some won't even have a Republican opponent.

Clinton, after all, outpaced Trump in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburban counties by a greater than 2 - to - 1 margin, even as voter turnout dropped in the strongly Democratic city itself.

I think they're looking at a low turnout so they know there won't be this surge of Democratic voters in heavily - Democratic Erie County that comes out in a Presidential election,» McCarthy said in his weekly discussion on WBFO's Morning Edition.

She was disheartened by the lack of voter turnout in this year's Democratic primary — where just under 13,500 people voted in a city with 34,229 registered Democrats.

For Democratic activists in Saugerties, the worry is always about turnout of their voters in local elections.

The lower Democratic turnout may be attributed to a lack of enthusiasm by their voters.

In several state Senate and Assembly races across the city, Democratic primary winners were selected in fairly low voter turnout affairs and most will easily cruise to election in November - some won't even have

Yet eight months later, according to the February 13, 2017 New York Post article «Low voter turnout expected for special election to fill Harlem city council seat» it stated that «Construction and development executive Brian Benjamin, chairman of Community Board 10 and finance chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party, has expressed interest in running» for State Senate.

These are apples and oranges comparisons for obvious reasons: New York has more Democratic voters than Republican ones for starters, while turnout in primaries is a notoriously difficult to gage and draw deeper conclusion from for a general election.

In Buffalo, meanwhile, the Erie County Democratic Party said one in four voters participating in the mayoral primary — about 25 percent turnout — was «pretty good.»

And this from the Gallup analysis: «The six - point Democratic advantage among all registered voters in the current poll suggests the 2010 election could be quite close if it were held today given low turnout in midterm elections and the usual Republican advantages in turnout.»

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.

But turnout was low, with 437,517 people voting in the primary, or less than 14 percent of 3.1 million active Democratic voters.

Greenberg said Siena wouldn't be conducting a separate poll of likely voters» attitudes toward the primary because it's impractical, and turnout in Democratic primary races will be so low that it would be hard to find respondents who are actually planning to vote in the September race.

It guarantees him the election, by taking the party and the voters back to the heady days of January and February when the Democratic turnout was swamping the Republicans.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses Democratic wins across the nation on election day, the GOP tax plan push, Trump's visit to China, and voter turnout.

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.

We deployed this program with the New Mexico Democratic Party to help turnout voters for Sen. Tom Udall's (D) successful reelection campaign.

Levy says voter turnout in the city of Syracuse is key for Maffei, but a lopsided lead for Andrew Cuomo in the big race on the ballot, for governor, could keep Democratic voters home.

When it all plays out, he will have returned to his original «sheepdog» or «Judas goat» role, a part that progressive Democratic presidential «challengers» always play: drive voter turnout for «history's second most enthusiastic capitalist party» (as Kevin Phillips once described the Democrats) and deliver his supporters dutifully to that party's Big Business - backed and imperialist nominee in the standard name of Lesser Evilism.

Since winning his assembly seat in 1996, Mr. Espaillat has labored to boost the voter turnout in the heavily Hispanic neighborhoods of Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill, registering scores of new voters to both engage people in the democratic process and consolidate his own power base for his congressional bids.

Senate Democrats have already put $ 10 million into turnout for contested races and began a detailed voter - identification effort months ago, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has brought on grass - roots organizing expert Michael Whouley to head up its turnout efforts.

In addition, several other political action committees are spending more than $ 4.4 million they raised on several advisory - only ballot proposals aimed at driving Democratic turnout, including a proposal asking voters if they support an increase in the minimum wage.

The New York Democrat, in charge of raising money and electing Democrats to the House of Representatives, also acknowledged that Democratic voters» low turnout in nonpresidential election years is a challenge that his party must overcome.

At a lower turnout, among very likely Democratic primary voters in New York City, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted absentee, if the Democratic primary were held today, here is how the contest would stand:

The campaign hopes to capitalize on Bush's lack of popularity, the changing demographics in Northern Virginia, high turnout — particularly among younger voters and African Americans — and a volunteer base that delivered a big win in the Democratic primary in February.

At a lower turnout, among very likely Democratic primary voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted absentee, Scott Stringer — 47 % — is closely matched with Eliot Spitzer — 46 %.

Could he have done something to increase turnout among Democratic voters, particularly in Onondaga County, where he won by 8 percentage points?

Obama's message to voters — intended to specifically reach black voters whose turnout is critical for Democratic candidate Jones — comes on the eve of a special election that has drawn extraordinary national attention and divided the Republican Party over whether sexual allegations against Moore make him unfit for office.

HARLEM — Bill Perkins survived a crowded field and low voter turnout to win Tuesday's Democratic primary for city council.

While party strategists are glad to have the money that Mrs. Clinton is directing from the Democratic National Committee to voter - turnout efforts in Indiana and Missouri, they have little appetite for Mrs. Clinton to visit those states, where she is likely to lose, because that would make it easier for Republicans to tie Democratic Senate candidates to her.