Sentences with phrase «democratic voters registered»

Beyond winning over some moderate Republicans and getting potential Democratic voters registered and to the polls, the midsummer GOP primary runoff will mark a turning point in the race to replace retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss.

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A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin of error — found that 51 % of registered voters said they would vote for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.

I can only hope that democratic volunteers would help both republican and democratic voters to register and get to the polls.

The state Democratic Committee on Sunday announced a push to register new voters in Republican - held congressional districts in New York.

The party raised concerns over the inclusion of Dr Nii Narku Quaynor, a renowned computer scientist, Chairman of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) Board of Directors, who's a known member of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and His Lordship Justice VCRAC Crabbe, a former Justice of the Supreme Court who had earlier publicly stated that there was no need for a new voters register to be compiled.

According to organizers of the debate, the IEA, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wrote two weeks ago that it was bringing a team led by the party's General Secretary to debate the NPP on its unrelenting call for a new voters» register.

New York Democratic Party activists who backed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 — and now support Cynthia Nixon for governor over Cuomo — have drafted a resolution to force the state Democratic Committee to pass a rule allowing independent or «nonaligned» registered voters to vote in the 2018 Democratic primary for governor, on Sept. 13.

Democratic lawmakers in the state Senate and Assembly have sought to apply post-budget pressure to Republicans to consider voter reforms designed to enhance ballot access and make it easier to vote as well as to register.

While there is likely a lot of truth to that, there is also a local backstory than enabled a serious Democratic candidate to emerge in a district where Republicans outnumber registered Democrats by more than 10,000 voters.

Looking at medians rather than averages produces similar results to midterm years: Likely voter polls have been unbiased, whereas registered voter polls have had a median Democratic bias of 2 percentage points.

On average, registered voter polls of Senate races have had a 1.1 percentage - point Democratic bias in these years, we estimate, whereas likely voter polls have had a 0.7 - point Republican bias.

The NBC / WSJ poll also shows Democrats with the intensity advantage, with 59 percent of Democratic voters saying they have a high level of interest in next year's elections (registering either a 9 or 10 on a 10 - point scale), versus 49 percent of Republican voters saying the same thing.

Although the number of registered Democratic voters in NY State is more than double the number of Republicans registered, the state legislature, through gerrymandering, «fake Democrats» and backroom politics has remained under Republican control.

The National Democratic Party (NDP) has backed the argument of the biggest opposition party in the country, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 general elections.

This, they said was because «we have examined the petition of the NPP over the compromise of the voters register» and «the National Democratic Party (NDP) is overwhelmingly struck by the evidence provided and in the party's opinion places an indelible mark of failed responsibility by the EC.»

James Freedland, a spokesman for attorney general candidate state Sen. Eric T. Schneiderman (D - Manhattan), who voted in 20 of 24 years since registering said: «It's up to Ms. Rice to explain to New York's Democratic primary voters why they should choose a longtime Republican who never participated in the civic process until it served her own political self - interest.»

Retired Brig. Gen. Don Bacon led incumbent Democratic Rep. Brad Ashford 48 to 44 percent among registered voters in a North Star Opinion Research poll, shared first with Roll Call.

The National Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party being led by Senator Ahmed Makarfi has called on Nigerians to come out and register in the forthcoming Continuous Voters Registration.

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.

Democratic challengers Mary Eisenstein and Ron Rothman asked voters to elect a different voice to the all - Republican board, while incumbent Town Board member Jim Dinizio, a registered Conservative, and Republican challenger and current town Trustee Bob Ghosio touted their experience and working knowledge of the issues facing Southold.

The ABC / Washington Post poll finds among all registered voters, more prefer Democratic congressional candidates.

Only voters registered with the Democratic or Independence Parties can vote in the respective primaries on Tuesday.

The most recent Board of Elections statistics show that registered Democratic voters in Harrison have grown by 494 voters, or 9.3 percent, while Republican registration numbers have grown by 206 voters, or 3.7 percent.

Reports indicate that one of the aspirants in the Parliamentary Primaries of the governing National Democratic Congress in the Klottey Korley constituency, Zanetor Rawlings can not find her name in the constituency's voters» register.

The Democratic People's Congress (DPC) has urged eligible Nigerians to take advantage of the on - going Independent National ElectoralCommission (INEC) voter registration to register and obtain voters»...

An aspiring Member of Parliament in the Ningo Prampram constituency, Sam George has alleged that his name and that of other 3,000 delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been deleted from the voters» register.

The Greater Accra Regional Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has denied claims that Sam George's name has been deleted from the voters» register.

Erie County, which includes the city of Buffalo, has about 300,000 registered Democratic voters, the most in the state outside the New York City metro region.

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

New York Democratic Party activists who backed Bernie Sanders for president in 2016 — and now support Cynthia Nixon for governor over Gov. Cuomo — have drafted a resolution to force the state Democratic Committee to pass a rule allowing independent or «nonaligned» registered voters to vote in the 2018 Democratic primary for governor, on Sept. 13.

President John Dramani Mahama has encouraged young supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region to register in the upcoming limited voter registration to enable them vote in the general elections on November 7.

Since one reason candidates ares often removed from the ballot is because a signer signs more than one petition is not applicable here because the Democratic and Republican candidates will not have to petition, I think getting 3,500 signatures or.8 percent of the registered voters shouldn't be hard if a candidate has any real supporters.

The proposal would allow «non-aligned» voters registered on or before Aug. 19 to vote in the Sept. 13 Democratic primary — or up to 25 days before the primary, the same deadline for newly registered voters.

Some members of the Klottey Korley Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) including the Member of Parliament (MP) Nii Armah Ashietey petitioned the party in December last year to disqualify Dr. Zanetor Rawlings as the winner of the parliamentary primary for not being a registered voter.

Registered voters who didn't vote on Election Day in November were more Democratic - leaning than the registered voters who turned out, according to a post-election poll from SurRegistered voters who didn't vote on Election Day in November were more Democratic - leaning than the registered voters who turned out, according to a post-election poll from Surregistered voters who turned out, according to a post-election poll from SurveyMonkey.

The deadline to register to vote in the state's upcoming presidential primary looms, but some voters are frustrated they can't switch parties to qualify to vote in a Democratic or Republican contest.

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) says comments by Supreme Court Justice, Jones Dotse over a recent ruling on cleaning the voters» register, is not different from the position of the Electoral Commission (EC).

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.»

Signatures can be challenged on numerous grounds, starting with whether the signer is actually a registered Democratic voter.

Finally there's the voters across the state who are registered with the Democratic Party.

Nearly 70,000 NJ voters register Democratic since Trump election Democrats continue to outpace Republicans in voter registration in New Jersey, gaining 4,843 new voters in April 2018 and 69,951 since the November 2016 general election.

Because of the truncated election calendar, the minimum threshold is 938 signatures of registered Democratic voters residing in the congressional district.

The original government proposals suggested no sanction for refusing to register — a shift that led to warnings that millions of mainly poor voters would drop off the register, so increasing disengagement from democratic politics.

ALBANY, N.Y. — A new poll of registered voters in New York shows Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Cuomo with a 2 - to - 1 lead over Republican Carl Paladino.

After that, if the candidates» petition signatures hold up — they need the signatures of at least 1,000 unique registered Democratic voters — then their names will be on the ballot.

The survey focused on key voters — «prime» Democrats who either registered since 2014, voted in one of the last two Democratic primaries or in the last two general elections.

The Working Families Party is especially emboldened, and sources said the party is hoping to continue to expand its footprint, potentially fielding its own candidates independent of the Democratic Party and pushing to register new voters, like immigrants and fast food workers, to buoy causes.

When asked who they would vote for in a Democratic primary, 66 percent of registered voters said they would vote for Cuomo, compared to 19 percent for Nixon, according to a poll released by the Siena College Research Institute on Monday morning.

The backdrop includes nearly 5.9 million registered Democratic voters, mainly concentrated downstate, and 2.8 million Republicans.

The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Quinn far ahead among registered Democratic voters, with 29 percent of the Democratic vote.