Sentences with phrase «state voters like»

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So in each state, there were more than enough Stein voters to swing the result, just like Ralph Nader did in Florida and New Hampshire in 2000.»

Teamsters President Jim Hoffa sounded resigned to the right - to - work measure's passage, in a statement released shortly after the vote, but promised a voter backlash like those seen in other Midwest states.

Although the commission has previously requested states to hand over information on its voters, several like California and New York refused to comply.

Some of these ads targeted voters in swing states, like Michigan and Wisconsin.

In recent days, Clinton has brought her pitch to young voters in key battleground states, touting her college - affordability plan and her support from popular progressive politicians like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

The information did not include highly sensitive information like Social Security numbers, and much of it was publicly available voter - registration data provided by state government officials, a company spokesman told Business Insider on Tuesday.

The project is detailed in the contract as a seven step process — with Kogan's company, GSR, generating an initial seed sample (though it does not specify how large this is here) using «online panels»; analyzing this seed training data using its own «psychometric inventories» to try to determine personality categories; the next step is Kogan's personality quiz app being deployed on Facebook to gather the full dataset from respondents and also to scrape a subset of data from their Facebook friends (here it notes: «upon consent of the respondent, the GS Technology scrapes and retains the respondent's Facebook profile and a quantity of data on that respondent's Facebook friends»); step 4 involves the psychometric data from the seed sample, plus the Facebook profile data and friend data all being run through proprietary modeling algorithms — which the contract specifies are based on using Facebook likes to predict personality scores, with the stated aim of predicting the «psychological, dispositional and / or attitudinal facets of each Facebook record»; this then generates a series of scores per Facebook profile; step 6 is to match these psychometrically scored profiles with voter record data held by SCL — with the goal of matching (and thus scoring) at least 2M voter records for targeting voters across the 11 states; the final step is for matched records to be returned to SCL, which would then be in a position to craft messages to voters based on their modeled psychometric scores.

While Mr. Trump's stand is likely to give him a boost in industrial states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, which were both key to his 2016 victory, a trade war may harm other manufacturing strongholds that are home to his base voters.

That includes places, like Kenya and Nigeria, where democracy is new and fragile, and places like Britain and the United States, where there is less of an expectation of voter manipulation.

Donald Trump was elected as the 45th president of the United States, gold had its best quarter in a generation, Warren Buffett decided he likes airlines again and voters in the United Kingdom elected to leave the European Union.

Ryan's presence on the ticket also could increase Romney's appeal among the millions of middle - of - the - road Catholic voters who populate key swing states, like Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Millions of middle - of - the - road Catholic voters populate key swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida.

In any case, nothing like that party was ever launched on a truly national scale, although something resembling its modus vivendi may be seen today in various states in independent - voter organizations.

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.

Cuomo likes to throw a bone once in awhile to «upstate voters» because he thinks that will somehow make up for all the wrongs, but at the same time he panders to the down - state and NYC constituancy.

We need voices like Julie Killian's in the State Senate and we encourage voters in the 37th Senate district to vote for Julie Killian on April 24th.»

A majority of voters continue to say they'd like to see the state Senate back in Democratic hands, but Greenberg chalks that up largely to the considerable enrollment edge enjoyed by the party across the state.

If you support a traitor like Rump and you turn your back on the citizens of your state to provide tax cuts for the wealthy that virtually assure that after November the Pubs will be going after Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security as being too expensive you should be concerned about a negative response form voters.

Samuels also made the «that which does not kill us» argument, insisting (much like state GOP Chairman Ed Cox has in connection with his party's gubernatorial fight), saying Duffy will be stronger, better known to voters and more fully vetted if he wins a primary fight.

Like a number of states, Minnesota bars voters from wearing political items to the polls to reduce the potential for confrontations or voter intimidation.

Cookie - based voter - file targeted ads (like those getting scarce in battleground states) aren't the only arrow in the digital advertiser's quiver: Mitt Romney's now trying to connect with voters via Pandora internet radio, too.

Liberals often claim that while there may be other forms of voter fraud in the United States, like voter registration fraud, the only kind of voter fraud that a voter ID law can possibly prevent is in - person voter fraud (where someone shows up at a polling station and votes when they're not legally permitted), and that there have been almost no documented cases of someone committing intentional in - person voter fraud in the United States.

Gerald Benjamin, a professor of political science at SUNY New Paltz and longtime Albany observer, said that issues like heroin abuse may be a driving force for some families and pockets of voters throughout the state, but it will be secondary to how the presidential election will affect down - ballot candidates.

Under the banner of «Advancing the Democracy Agenda,» the governor's 14 - point plan lays out a familiar suite of reforms, including ethics proposals that «close the LLC loophole» in political spending, procurement reform that would more closely monitor how state contracts are awarded and voting reforms like same - day voter registration and early voting.

Cambridge purports to go beyond the typical voter targeting — relying on online clues like Facebook Likes to give a hint at a user's political leanings and construct a picture of a voter's mental state.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some state lawmakers like Sen. Patrick Gallivan have seen the threat of tampering and voter fraud during elections, and are responding by proposing a bill that would have voters in New York State show photo ID before they cast their bastate lawmakers like Sen. Patrick Gallivan have seen the threat of tampering and voter fraud during elections, and are responding by proposing a bill that would have voters in New York State show photo ID before they cast their baState show photo ID before they cast their ballot.

Some cautioned, however, that the places a gun control debate would not help Democratic Senate chances are places like Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Arizona — heavily Republican states where voters oppose measures to gun access or anything to do with Obama, for that matter.

It may sound like a Broadway musical, but New York State voters this November get to decide whether to stage a «Con Con» that could have a much greater impact.

«My top priority is to help get New York's economy moving and bringing new jobs and industries to our state,» said Reyes,» Republicans understand that private sector experience like mine is invaluable with New York's current economic condition, and I urge every Republican voter to come out on Thursday, September 13th and help me win this critical election.»

Mr. DiNapoli probably doesn't want to answer questions like that, but it his obligation to the voters of this state to make himself available to them.»

Kelly has a sky - high approval rating, with 66 percent of those polled stating they like the job he's doing, though there is a clear divide along race lines, with 78 of white voters saying they approve, versus just 51 percent of black voters.

On one hand, he declared his campaign for congress with a laser - like focus on strengthening the United States» relationship with Israel and the Democratic - leaning Queens district's Jewish voters.

Arthur «Jerry» Kremer is a former state assemblyman and founding chairman of Empire Government Strategies, a state lobbying firm, and said fracking opponents like Avella used fear to convince voters over to their side.

Our state's lack of early voting, makes it challenging for voters like me, juggling college and work schedules, to cast a ballot.

Thompson's reasoning: With Paladino at the top of the Taxpayers ticket, the chances are higher for the creation of a new third party, which could perhaps rival the state Conservative Party — a big goal of some right - leaning voters who are upset with Chairman Mike Long and his decision to back a moderate like Lazio.

It's time to move on to the issues that confront the state and its voters, like jobs; restructuring government to be what it needs to be to meet the needs of citizens that need help from government; addressing structural problems with the state's finances; ensuring that roads and bridges are safe for passage, not just today, but for tomorrow as well; making the state a place that people want to move to, not out of; and the list goes on.

Today's Q poll finds AG Andrew Cuomo's Rose Garden strategy isn't working so well when it comes to the budget mess, as 64 percent of voters say they'd like to hear more from the Democratic gubernatorial hopeful about what he would do to pull the state out of its fiscal morass.

De Blasio, a Democrat running for reelection this year, has called for reforms like early voting and same - day voter registration that have stalled in the state capital.

In January, Cuomo outlined the «Democracy Project» as part of his 2017 State of the State agenda, and included its widely prized measures like early voting, same - day voter registration, and an enhanced form of automatic voter registration in one of his budget bills.

I'm enthusiastic at the prospect of seeing New York join the 37 states that already provide access for early voters, especially now that the proposed legislation offers a minimal cost adaptation for low population counties like ours.

«If you're running for a local office like State Senate, and you're not willing to knock on doors every night and talk to voters, you don't deserve the job,» said Rivera.

Like a flyweight amateur getting in the ring against the heavyweight champ, the ballot measure calling for a state constitutional convention hit the canvas hard and fast: Voters rejected it by a ratio of 5 to 1.

State Board of Elections spokeswoman Cheryl Couser said there is no provision in law to shield the names from the public of high - profile voters like a prosecutor.

Avella noted that he would like to see the state Board of Elections issue a voter guide, similar to what the city puts out, in order to better inform residents about candidates.

Mr Clegg, like his Conservative counterpart, may hint that Britain's social democratic experiment has failed, yet there are still voters keen to see the frontiers of the welfare state advanced.

Alternatively, I do not think the Republicans are dead in NYS, instead I think New York's GOP must learn to pick their spots as they have in state's like Massachusetts (Romney and Baker) and Maryland (Hogan) with pitch perfect gubernatorial candidates, capable of at once fostering and pouncing upon Democratic divisions while consolidating support from independent voters, in order to win gubernatorial elections.

Elections are run at the state level, so a state - gerrymandered election could alter that balance of power in the state legislature, which would effect things like voter - suppression measures, enactment and enforcement of campaign finance regulations, and the ability of elections to be monitored and for rules to be enforced by non-partisan (or partisan) entities.

Candidates will not care about 72 % of the voters — voters in 19 of the 22 lowest population and medium - small states, and big states like California, Georgia, New York, and Texas.

Buono's ad doesn't say Cuomo has endorsed her, but it sure suggests that she'd like to be associated with his political brand — which will be quite familiar to voters in the Garden State.

«I was tweeting during the voter part and the campaign finance part, and by the time I finished tweeting — and I like to think I'm a pretty fast typer — he was done talking about it, he was on to the next subject,» said Jennifer Wilson, policy director for the League of Women Voters of New York State.