Sentences with phrase «republican voting bloc»

While debate moderators and election commentators focus on economic issues, the religious rhetoric of the presidential candidates appears to go mostly unnoticed - except by the key Republican voting bloc being courted.

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Republicans such as Sens. Bob Corker (Tenn.), Jeff Flake (Ariz.) and James Lankford (Okla.) have said they would not support a tax plan that adds too much to the debt, creating a bloc of votes that would be able to kill the bill if they aren't appeased.

Then future Republican nominees can complain about voting blocs who are won over by «gifts» from Democrats.

The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.

And if half of these aborting «mothers and fathers» have had two abortions, the Immoral Majority would still be a huge voting bloc i.e. ~ 50 million, enough votes to give any presidential candidate the differential votes needed considering many voters vote straight Democratic or Republican tickets no matter what the issues are.

(CNN)- With former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's announcement this weekend that he won't seek the presidency, one of the largest voting blocs in the Republican Party is now officially up for grabs: evangelical Christians.

But Rodriguez is closing the Republican National Convention's first day with a prayer Tuesday, helping to give presumptive nominee Mitt Romney entrée to the Latino community, a swing voting bloc that has largely abandoned the Republican Party over immigration policy in recent elections.

In recent decades, white evangelicals — and yes, that's a statistically identifiable voting bloc and I'm using it as such in this article — have been among the most consistent supporters of the Republican Party.

«For example, the gap among voting blocs that gave a B or better to the Republicans versus the Democrats was greater among white evangelicals than all other religious groups and all voters, as reported in these data,» he wrote.

The dilemma for Republicans is that the undereducated and scientifically ignorant used to be such a large voting bloc that the GOP came to depend on them, playing to their lack of knowledge to capture their votes, to the point that they now have nobody else to vote for them.

And BO is the leader of the Immoral Majority, the largest voting bloc the US i.e. in 2012, the ~ 78 million voting «mothers and fathers» of aborted womb babies and that is the reason BO will win in 2012 unless the Republicans somehow nominate a «pro-abortion» candidate something very unlikely considering the conservative «pro-life» voting bloc within said party.

Cuomo leads 87 - 8 among his fellow Democrats while Paladino leads 83 - 13 with his fellow Republicans and 49 - 43 percent among the all - important independent voters, who could end up being a key swing voting bloc.

Though Rosen's connection is tenuous to the Obama administration, Republicans used the line as a counter punch to the so - called «War on Women» as both parties vie for that voting bloc this year.

Earlier today, Sen. Tom Libous, of Binghamton, defended the Republicans» plan to vote «no» in a bloc to Capital Tonight's Kaitlyn Ross, saying:

She is now trailing all of her Republican challengers with that crucial voting bloc.

Republicans and Democrats are split almost evenly in the Senate, but eight Democrats who call themselves the Independent Democratic Conference have made themselves the key voting bloc by choosing, when it suits them, to vote with the Republicans.

The focus from liberal advocates has been on the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, which remains a key bloc of votes in the Senate chamber and has in the past worked in a majority coalition with Senate Republicans.

The IDC has provided a key bloc of votes for the Senate Republicans, who maintain a majority with the help of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder, who conferences with the GOP.

Second, in November Ulrich also said that he expected to vote as a bloc, albeit a small one, with the two other Republicans in the new council.

Even though it's four lawmakers, the letter is reminder of the power of the so - called «Long Island Nine» a voting bloc of Republican senators from Long Island who often push for education aid and assistance to the school districts of Suffolk and Nassau counties.

Kolb, who heads a GOP bloc of 50 in the 150 - member Assembly, will likely have 51 votes, one more than needed to block an override, after the Nov. 8 elections, when an open seat near Buffalo is expected to go Republican.

Long regarded as a Republican stronghold, the New York State Senate currently includes 30 Republicans, 28 Democrats and five «swing» seats who identify with the Independent Democratic Caucus but typically vote with the Republican bloc.

(CNN)- Hillary Clinton applauded efforts in a Republican Senate runoff election in Mississippi to reach out to voters outside its usual voting bloc.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - East Northport), who wanted Republicans to vote in a bloc, sought to downplay the fireworks.

ALBANY — A tense standoff, a three - hour delay and backroom wrangling marked an internal Republican struggle before GOP senators decided to vote in a bloc to support a steep minimum wage hike in exchange for a budget that increased school spending and cut income tax rates for many.

Then, after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the ensuing decades saw this demographic flip, with Southern whites becoming a core constituency of the Republican Party and the African American community voting as a bloc for Democrats.

Kaminsky in April won a special election to replace the disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in the chamber, flipping a Long Island Senate seat that had long been in GOP hands and breaking up the Long Island 9 voting bloc of Republican lawmakers.

Democrats — including Cuomo — hammered Republicans for refusing to pass the governor's full 10 - point Women's Equality Act due to the presence of a controversial abortion rights plank, and Cuomo even created a new party (the Women's Equality Party) to woo this key voting bloc.

Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook called Griffo's criticisms «absurd» and reiterated the whole «party of no» argument that the Democrats have been using against the Senate Republicans due to their tendancy to vote in a bloc against....

Assembly Democrats constitute the largest bloc of votes, and looking ahead to the general election, Democrats handily outnumber Republicans statewide, making it highly likely that a Democrat will succeed Schneiderman.

Senator Jeff Klein, who leads the five - member, Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference, won the floor vote during budget negotiations and delivered a solid bloc of support.

Another factor was that DeFrancisco and the Republican leadership thought it was crucial for the Republicans to stick together, to vote as a bloc, on this issue.

-- Not helping Joe Brennan properly file petitions when he tried to challenge Chris St. Lawrence for Ramapo Town Supervisor in 2005, leading to his failure to get on the ballot — Not actively supporting Anthony Mele when he ran against St. Lawrence in 2007, and instead horse - trading for «bloc vote» support in another election — Chairman Dolan supporting Democrat Carl Wright instead of Republican Marino Fontana in 2008 Sloatsburg mayoral election — Dolan and Reda not supporting Republican Bob Romanowski in his 2009 campaign against St. Lawrence — Reda appearing to support Alex Gromack instead of GOP candidate Ralph Sabatini in 2011 Clarkstown Supervisor race — Helping Bronx County Republican Chairman Jay Savino get a «patronage job» in the Town of Clarsktown

As we've already reported, Democrats are saying that turnout has beat their expectations in the Philadelphia area — a key voting bloc for Democrat Joe Sestak in his Senate bid against Republican Pat Toomey.

Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin is leading his Democratic opponent, Anna Throne - Holst by 15 percentage points in NY - 1, thanks in large part to the key voting bloc of independents, according to a new Siena poll.

Some Democrats head - shakingly acknowledged that Republicans would come out ahead in both districts, including one where incumbent Sen. Michael Venditto trailed by 33 votes when the polls closed, which would give them a 32 - vote bloc in the 63 seat chamber.

Because the two houses vote together, the elections are controlled by Assembly Democrats, the largest bloc in the Legislature, and many Senate Republicans don't even show up.

With 4,942 members, Democrats represent the city's largest voting bloc, making the winner of next week's contest the odds - on favorite in November when they'll face Republican Ron Polacco in the general election.

The threat, first reported Friday evening by NY1, would deprive Republicans of the 32 - vote bloc they need to control the 63 - seat chamber outright.

Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos has said his members are free to vote their conscience, even though the Republicans usually vote in a bloc.

With the state Senate so closely divided, the IDC has become a vital swing bloc of votes for Republicans and Democrats.

Mr. Trump hosted numerous meetings with state Republican leaders at his office in Trump Tower, used his private jet to attend upstate rallies and even tried to secure the support of another voting bloc, the Conservative Party.

The 30 Republicans in the Senate have voted as a bloc against most of the year's budget measures.

Astorino says he cut into usually - Democratic voting blocs to win in a county with many more Democrats than Republicans.

«The governor's apparent retreat on an issue he has made a central priority was surprising, especially because the leader of a Republican - dominated voting bloc in the Senate has been eager to bring the issue up for a vote.

But the proposed measure could be a useful tool for gay marriage opponents to use on potential fence - sitters in the Senate Republican conference, which so far has voted as a bloc against expanding the state definition of marriage.

They discuss whether Latinos will prove to be a swing voting bloc in 2012, and whether Herman Cain can sustain his momentum in the Republican presidential race.

Nevertheless, many Americans who self - identify as religious and social conservatives, especially those in the subset of white evangelical Protestants (a powerful voting bloc in Republican politics), continue to cling stubbornly to the orthodoxy of climate denial.