Sentences with phrase «republican voters in the state»

According to a new poll, 46 % of likely Republican voters in the state of Mississippi think that interracial marriage should be illegal.

All of those bills are being allowed by the Republican - controlled Senate — against the will of the Republican voters in the State — but Senator Skelos will reap many benefits from those votes without being blamed for them and without being held accountable.

The findings show that support for Planned Parenthood cuts across party lines, resonating with not just Democrats but independent voters — a key electoral demographic — and more than a third of Republican voters in each state.

Not exact matches

The claim made by black voters in both states is that Republicans packed districts with more reliably Democratic black voters than necessary to elect their preferred candidates, making neighboring districts whiter and more Republican.

Naming her director was a part of Trump's strategy to win over the African American community in the U.S., especially after recent polls showed he had 0 % approval among black voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania — key states for the Republican nominee.

Also on Thursday, Quinnipiac University released a new poll showing that 71 % of American voters — including 55 % of Republican voters — say they oppose the government enforcing federal laws banning marijuana in states that have already legalized the drug for either medical or recreational purposes.

The survey found that 64 percent of Republican voters in Iowa, 67 percent in New Hampshire, and 66 percent in South Carolina support states that want to carry out their own marijuana laws without fear of federal law.

As long as the Republicans were winning presidential elections with the robust support of evangelical voters, it seemed that evangelicals had swept the field of Protestant religion in the United States.

There were some states in which Trump's performance among young Republican voters was worse than his overall state average.

I am a researcher and activist working to protect the separation of church & state and am founder of a project called The Kryptonite Project where we compiled a list of ReBiblicans (not republicans) who ran for national and gubernatorial offices in every state and put this info in an interactive map to make access as simple as possible for voters.

Lindsay says that the motherhood angle could be refreshing to evangelical voters, who constitute a majority of the Republican electorate in early states like Iowa and South Carolina.

De Blasio in 2016 unsuccessfully sought to flip the state Senate to Democratic control, making him a convenient punching bag for Republicans and voters outside of New York City.

The committee says its program in Iowa has focused in large part on identifying and mobilizing unaffiliated voters who are likely to support its candidate, Representative Bruce Braley, in his race against State Senator Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee.

We're confident that when voters are reminded Democrats raised taxes and spending by $ 14 billion, and brought dysfunction and disgrace to the New York State Senate in their two disastrous years in the majority, they'll vote overwhelmingly to keep Republicans in charge.»

Here's a quick example of how NOT to do GOTV — a Republican political «operative» (a word that always amuses me) has been flooding swing - state voters» phones with spam texts detailing how horrible Barack Obama is (he's in favor of the «gay agenda,» or so I've heard).

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

ICYMI last night, Marcia Bystryn from the New York League of Conservation Voters said there is «a very good chance» that the group will spend in the six figures to support Republican State Senator Mark Grisanti's bid for re-election.

«House Republicans» midterm prospects grow dimmer with each passing day thanks to the endless supply of chaos, scandal and broken promises to voters from Republican - controlled Washington,» spokesperson Meredith Kelly stated in a press release.

First, swing states are determined by whether or not there are roughly equal numbers of Democratic or Republican base voters in each state.

Blank or unaffiliated voters in New York continue to gain ground in enrollment with registered Republicans, statistic released Monday by the state Board of Elections show.

This is in part due to Democrats having failed to inspire voters on the local level, partially due to an overall culture of apathy among poor voters, which has only been exacerbated further in «winner - take - all» Republican - dominated states.

At this point in 2014, the last gubernatorial election cycle for the state, there were 2,622,580 registered active Republicans — a growth of just under 10,000 new GOP voters.

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.

A couple of states have had higher turnout in the 2012 Republican Primaries than they had in 2008, but most have about the same or even less — not impressive, considering that this race is much more open and closely fought and that the number of registered voters has grown since last time.

50 % of likely Republican primary voters in the state believed a Mormon is a Christian while 50 % thought a Mormon is not a Christian or were unsure.

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.

Another sign of change in the state, despite the overwhelmingly Republican congressional delegation, is the success that voters in cities and urban areas are having electing more progressive slates of candidates, a show of energy that could continue into the fall.

At a Republican gathering Sunday evening, City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) criticized the Democratic leadership in the state Assembly for redrawing legislative boundaries in a way that gerrymandered part of one northeast Queens district and minimized the voice of GOP voters.

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered the official GOP rebuttal to the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday night in a bid to offer voters a new face for the party ahead of the midterm elections.

The new commercial by a pro-McCain group, A Secure Arizona, will target Republican primary voters on air and online as the fifth - term lawmaker attempts to define his race on the issue of national security and fend off primary opponents in a contest that already features former state Sen. Kelli Ward.

Only 30 % of likely Republican primary voters in the Palmetto State perceive Paul to be an acceptable candidate for the nomination.

Indeed, Mr. Skelos and his Republican colleagues drew a new State Senate district in southern Brooklyn this year and packed it with as many Orthodox Jewish voters as possible.

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 conState is more than double the number of Republicans registered, the state legislature, through gerrymandering, «fake Democrats» and backroom politics has remained under Republican constate legislature, through gerrymandering, «fake Democrats» and backroom politics has remained under Republican control.

State Republicans pushed for voter ID after regaining a majority in the New Hampshire House in 2010, following Democratic control of the chamber for the first time since 1911.

This weekend, Public Policy Polling surveyed 897 likely Republican primary voters and 525 likely Democratic primary voters in the Palmetto State.

The state Republican Party has inserted itself into another party's contest on behalf of Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, sending out mailers urging eligible voters to support him in the Reform Party Sept. 12 primary.

The Hotline has two very hot documents from the Republican database - driven turnout machine, one describing their (apparently very successful) absentee ballot program in Michigan and the other listing sample voter contact numbers by state and district.

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You could also include the outright rejection of Palin by the general electorate of the state of Alaska, where she was able to force a candidate down the the throat of the Republican party, who then had nearly 70 % of the voters in that state vote for someone else in the general election.

As state Republican Chairman Ed Cox says, Boehner's team is heavily invested in making New York competitive through an extensive GOTV effort that features phone banks and microtargeting of likely voters in order to maximize turnout.

Here's a quick example of how NOT to do GOTV — a Republican political «operative» (a word that always amuses me) has been flooding swing - state voters» phones with spam texts detailing how horrible Barack Obama is (he's in favor of the «gay agenda,»...

Manhattan Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, who sits on the Assembly's Election Law Committee, said Trump's comments are discouraging in light of the fact that there are federal courts across the country with judges appointed by Republicans and Democrats saying that states» voter laws are unconstitutional because they target people based on their race and ethnicity.

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.»

The spot will surely appeal to the same Republican primary voters who handed Trump an overwhelming victory in New York State, but another Heaney ad oddly addresses the need for the pledge of allegiance to be recited in school while promising to keep dangerous Syrians out — it's hard to believe polling showed that issue cluster popping.

While in the State Legislature, Republicans had specifically targeted Democratic Senator Joe Addabbo, reshaping his district to contain every single conservative - minded voter in eastern Queens.

Since Malloy wouldn't have won without support from voters in the Working Families Party, the state GOP said, Malloy's Republican challenger got the most party votes, and GOP candidates should get to be listed first this year.

Giambra, who served two terms as Erie County executive, failed to pick up the backing of a single Republican state committee voter in his bid for the GOP designation.

(CNN)- It's a mixed bag for a Republican 2016 favorite in New Hampshire, according to a new survey of registered voters in the state.

«My message of reforming and changing the way business is done in New York has been resonating with voters across the political spectrum and while I remain a Republican, I don't think my independent message has connected with state Republican leaders who seem intent on continuing the losing formula that all but guarantees a third term for Democrat Andrew Cuomo,» Giambra said in a statement.

«While the Republican Party spends the next eight weeks fighting and bickering amongst themselves, New York Democrats will be reaching out to voters in every county in an effort to bring real reform to this state,» Jacobs said.