Sentences with phrase «democrats built their coalition»

Democrats built their coalition around urban populations.

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Before the 1970s, evangelicals voted as often for Democrats as for Republicans, but in the wake of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, a Supreme Court decision ending prayer in public schools, and the legalisation of abortion in 1973, the Republican Party recognised an opportunity to build a new coalition of Christian conservatives upset with the cultural changes sweeping the country.

They have built a coalition of small government republicans and pro-choice democrats, none of whom understand what is really at stake.

Politically, we will need to find points of agreement which bring together egalitarians, liberal republicans and social democrats, so as to build a powerful reform coalition.

Back in 2001, during Chancellor Schroeder's time, a Social Democrat - Green Party coalition government put their heads (and money) together to embark upon procuring the Euro Hawk, a variant of the US - developed Global Hawk, a spy drone, built by the American company Northrop Grumman [1].

«It is not so much the Democrats and Republicans and the party affiliations that matter, but building a coalition for change that may transcend those particular lines,» replied Cohen, Cuomo's former chief of staff, who spearheaded the same - sex marriage campaign.

The Brooklyn Reform Coalition is dedicated to building on this promising start to create a vibrant party that will encourage all opinions of Brooklyn Democrats.»

«Every vote for him is a vote for a coalition of chaos, a weak leader propped up by the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish nationalists; every vote for me is a vote for strong and stable leadership in the national interest, building a stronger and more secure future for this country.»

The building of a sunnier alternative within the Labour fold for Liberal Democrats is probably more likely to destabilise the Coalition.

«They need to work to bring back Democrats before they can build a coalition.»

«Two years into his administration, the mayor has accomplished a great deal as a result of building a successful and broad coalition of Democrats who helped him produce free, universal pre-K, more affordable housing, improved community - police relations to reduce crime and increased traffic safety,» said Karen Hinton, a spokeswoman for Mr. de Blasio.

Take Back Parliament launched dramatically a few weeks ago, at the height of the coalition negotiations, when several thousand people chanting «fair votes now» and «we want to speak to Nick» gathered outside the LGA building where Nick Clegg was meeting and called the Liberal Democrat leader out to demand he does not abandon the party's historic commitment to PR.

The new Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition unveiled its full policy document this morning, building on the deal agreed during talks between the parties last week.

They say those cuts don't show up in the government's tally of science spending, however, because much of the reduction comes in spending on capital projects — such as new buildings and equipment — which the newly elected Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition government last year moved outside of the science budget.

The governor initially sought to build a biracial coalition between white Republicans and black Democrats.

At a time when the nation is divided over so many things, we remain determined to build coalitions of Republicans, Democrats, Independents, faith - based organizations, businesses, communities, and school leaders to ensure that every child receives equal access to a high - quality education.»