Sentences with phrase «democratic voters support»

«Democratic voters support school choice, the programs overwhelmingly benefit families represented by Democrats.

Among likely voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate, 94 % of Democratic voters support Bennet while just 2 % back Buck.

Fifty - seven percent of Democratic voters support de Blasio.

In NY1 - Marist's July survey, 16 % of Democratic voters supported Quinn, 15 % backed Thompson, and 14 % were for Markowitz.

Not exact matches

«But he keeps winning these Democratic primaries, and he's getting the support of a majority of Democratic voters despite his views that are clearly not Democratic, which tells me that the things he says transcend politics and if there is not universal acceptance, there's more widespread acceptance for his beliefs and viewpoints than I think people realize.»

Democratic preference in both polls was slightly above data site 538's polling aggregator, which on Sunday showed that 48.5 % of voters who said they would support a generic Democratic candidate in 2018, compared to 37.6 % who preferred a generic Republican.

WASHINGTON — President Trump's major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support — the roughly one - third of voters who solidly back him — or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic.

The Democratic presidential nominee's support among millennial voters dwarfs Trump's but is far lower than President Barack Obama's support in the 2008 and 2012 elections.

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.

Italian elections are due to take place during the first half of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their calls for a referendum on Italy's membership of the eurozone.

CNBC's John Harwood: «Voters just raised a massive red flag for the GOP's agenda»»... Specifically, it made it more difficult for a specific subset of Republican lawmakers that Trump and party leaders need to hold behind a bill designed to pass without any Democratic support.

Potential voters for the president were more likely to misperceive the three issues and support the war; potential voters for a Democratic nominee were less likely to misperceive or to support the war.

The support of most Democratic voters also formed a floor beneath Obamacare's popularity rating.

To the extent that Democrats soft - pedal their support of abortion to working - class voters, Democratic party affiliation may not shift public sentiment on abortion as much as Beauchamp suggests.

Democratic Unionist, Jim Shannon responded to calls by campaigners for a relaxation of legislation, insisting any change must warrant the support of voters.

9 percent of voters who supported Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary now support Trump in the general election.

Of great significance was the fact that two black Democratic candidates, David Dinkins in New York City and Douglas Wilder in Virginia, used their support for legalized abortion to persuade white voters that their politics were «moderate» and «mainstream.»

ICYM the second item in my DN column this morning: When he gets done shoring up his support with black voters, Democratic gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo may have to do damage control with the gay community.

The goal is to expand the universe of potential Democratic voters, and party officials said they believed that 73 percent of the 23,000 unaffiliated voters who had requested ballots were likely to support Mr. Braley.

Schneiderman has positioned himself as the most liberal candidate in the five - person Democratic AG field, and also the choice of Latino and black voters, which explains his support of Espaillat (although the two have a longstanding relationship; Espaillat backed Schneiderman when former NYC Councilman Guillermo Linares mounted a failed primary challenge to the Manhattan senator in 2002).

Since then, advocates changed their political approach, ceasing to simply support the Democratic conference as a whole in hopes of pushing the issue across the finish line and targeting key «no» voters for ouster.

Lazio repeated the «can't govern by insult» shot he has been taking in recent days at his GOP primary opponent, Carl Paladino, and also highlighted the Buffalo businessman's Democratic campaign contributions, saying that displays an «inconsistency» that Republican voters aren't going to support.

Opposition to Voter ID laws in America can be seen as a left - wing attempt to disenfranchise right - wing voters because one of the major concerns is that alien (as in from a different country, not different planet) residents may be voting, and in America aliens generally support the Democratic party.

Instead, she laid the blame at the feet of the Democratic Party — speficially the Rev. Al Sharpton, who publicly declared his support for keeping the partisan primary system in place last weekend, saying nonpartisan elections would enable self - financed candidates like the billionaire mayor to take over the political system and disenfranchise minority voters.

Voters are more likely to support democracy and accept the outcome of democratic elections — which is important if electoral violence is to be avoided — if they trust that people like them will not be excluded from political and economic opportunities just because their candidate lost.

Throughout its long history, Sweden's Social Democratic Party has skillfully reached out to new electoral constituencies, while preserving the support of their core voters — reconciling the demands of anticlerical and religious workers in the 1910s and 1920s, workers and farmers in the 1930s, blue - collar and white - collar employees in the 1950s, and so on.

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.

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.

Kaminsky appears to have lost support among his fellow Democrats: He previously held a 72 - point lead among Democratic voters, which has now fallen to an 58 - point lead.

Akshar's lead is across the board: Democratic voters back him 50 percent to 37 percent, while independent or unaffiliated voters support him 70 percent to 17 percent.

Former Vice President Joe Biden holds the most widespread support when potential Democratic primary voters are asked to rate the chances they would support six possible candidates for the party's 2020 nomination.

«There was a theory,» said Brodsky, a former Democratic assemblyman, «that if Bill de Blasio had maintained his first - year support among voters, that his late endorsement would mean more than an early endorsement.

Democratic insiders say Nixon's chances are still slim, but especially so if she doesn't make inroads with crucial black voters, a bloc from which Cuomo has enjoyed healthy support in recent years and with whom progressives like Bernie Sanders failed to garner support with their more class - focused economic populist messages.

Among Democratic voters under 24 years old, 68 percent say they back Sanders, while just 26 percent support Clinton.

Pollster Steve Greenberg: «Right now, Sheehan has the support of 51 percent of likely Albany mayoral Democratic voters, compared to 26 percent for Commisso and 13 percent for McLaughlin.

Paula Kerger, the head of PBS, said her station enjoyed strong support among Republican and Democratic voters.

In this climate of upheaval and change, it is especially important that NYS voters can count on elected Democrats to stand together with the Democratic Party to support progressive legislation.

Keeping with the Labor Day messaging, Mr. Bermudez passed along a SEIU 1199 mailer supporting Ms. Rivera earlier today with an attached statement declaring, «The clear violation of trust in misappropriating our tax dollars that has lead to FBI and Attorney General investigations should give 1199 the message that a pro-labor voting record should not be the only consideration for Democratic voters.»

Republican candidates have found it difficult to gain a foothold in some parts of Queens, but the GOP remains dedicated to providing an alternative to Queens County Democratic candidates and have since stepped up efforts with youth outreach, voter registration drives, and dedicating full support for Councilman Dan Halloran's bid for Congress.

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.

ALBANY — A poll released Tuesday has Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo matching his lowest favorability among voters since taking office in 2011, but because of strong Democratic and New York City support, he remains well positioned to fend off a primary challenge from Cynthia Nixon.

Bloomberg's support would make nearly half of Democratic voters in New York City — 47 percent — less likely to vote for a candidate.

Broad support from women and minority voters has helped presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton open an early lead over Trump nationally, according to a new poll released today.

As released by the WFP, 59 percent of Democratic voters in Sen. Tony Avella's district support the move, 61 percent in Sen. Jose Peralta's seat, 53 percent of Sen. Jesse Hamilton's Democratic constituents, 58 percent in Sen. Diane Savino's district, 59 percent in Sen. Marisol Alcantara's district.

Meanwhile, 42 percent of voters polled in the survey said it's Hanna who is running a negative campaign (to be sure, Republicans have hammered O'Brien for supporting a judge who later was accused of sexual harassment), while 23 percent say it's the Democratic candidate who went negative.

A New York Times / Siena College poll found voters support Democratic NYC mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio, even though they don't agree with some of his key plans, like replacing NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.

In IDC Leader Jeff Klein's district, support for backing mainline Democrats from Democratic voters in his district is 62 percent; in Sen. David Carlucci's district it is 59 percent, in Sen. David Valesky's district is 61 percent.

The poll of 400 likely voters in the newly drawn 24th District was paid for by House Majority PAC, a Super PAC supporting Democratic House candidates, and the SEIU, a national labor union.

Kerry receives the support of 69 % of likely New York State Democratic primary voters followed by 15 % for North Carolina Senator John Edwards, 5 % for Reverend Al Sharpton, and 2 % for Dennis Kucinich.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Common Councilor Pamela Hunter won the county Democratic committee's endorsement for a vacant state Assembly seat, but the race for support among voters in her party has just begun.