Sentences with phrase «about early elections»

Whenever people talk about early elections I thought it was nonsense,» Cowley says.

Gordon Brown's artful stirring of speculation about an early election has also made it harder to contemplate moving against Sir Menzies.

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One of those women is porn star Stormy Daniels, who was paid $ 130,000 by Cohen shortly before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about an alleged dalliance with Trump years earlier.

Regardless, the data, which was earlier reported on by Apple - tracking site 9to5Mac, provides some insight into the feelings tech company workers might have about this year's election.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on claims about a «rigged election,» firing off a few early - morning tweets in which he accused the press and the Hillary Clinton campaign of trying to «poison the minds of the American Voter.»

Stock markets in the United States have surged about 5 % since Trump won the presidential election in early November.

In a commentary earlier in the week, Liberal deputy leader Ralph Goodale said the Harper government was in «denial» about the jobs picture in Canada all so it «can concoct a surplus on the eve of an election.»

Daniels's story about her sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier would remain under wraps long past Election Day.

The BGRI is now at the highest level since March 2015, and well above early 2017 levels, when markets were digesting Donald Trump's election win, worrying about the French election outcome and fearing the potential for a hard Brexit.

Kalanick's rhetoric about Trump was notably different in earlier all hands meetings before the election, according to one former Uber employee.

In early January, the US government released new details about Putin's reported efforts to help Trump win the election through leaked information — news that raised far more concerns in the US than it did in Russia.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

In an article which appeared as early as December in The Los Angeles Times, he began by complaining — a little prematurely, it might be thought — that «for some who were most enthusiastic eight months ago about the choice of Joseph Ratzinger as pope, this Christmas season has continued a period of waiting — some becoming a bit impatient — for Benedict XVI to fulfil more of the promise of his election.»

My early fears about this administration's potential impact on child nutrition programs, shared here just two days after the election, now seem more than justified.

In private negotiations in early March about a possible presidential interview, Mueller described Trump as a subject of his investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

@user4012 about 2), the final election day is just the end of a lengthy electoral process; if voters are better educated and use that education all through the process a demagogue should be stopped earlier in the process (so, for a party supporter it would not be end as [My demagogue] vs [candidate from other party], because [My demagogue] would have been voted out in the primaries; in these primaries such a voter would have the option to vote for other candidates more ideologically acceptable).

The online tie - in, of course, is both the Drudge Report's involvement itself (remember those mutterings earlier in the election season about a Drudge / Hillary connection?)

And by «early,» I'm talking about a year in advance of the relevant primary or general election.

It is far too early to begin predicting the results of the next election, but this is an opportune moment to examine the changing contours of the Israeli political map, and see to what extent the big stories of the last year have changed Israelis» opinions about the leadership they want for their country.

Expect furious spates of last - minute campaigning from all the candidates, who are trying desperately to let voters know about the court - ordered, earlier - than - usual elections.

``... I think the election defeat is a useful lesson that we have learned as a party and many of the elders and senior members of the party have come to me to say that if they had listened to my early signals about the way things were going, we might not have been in opposition.»

When we last checked in on the Technology Bytes column in Campaigns & Elections in early December, I had just written about Big Picture takeaways from the 2012 eElections in early December, I had just written about Big Picture takeaways from the 2012 electionselections.

All that speculation about whether an early election might be in the offing has been replaced by the tedium of a five - year government - with all the related frustrations as it winds up.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan indicated he was open to a conversation about making it easier to vote in New York, but questioned the cost of early voting days in advance of Election Day.

And yet I do not believe May will take the primrose path towards an early election, one that legitimises her government and gives her a majority that David Cameron could only have dreamed about.

The decision came in the early morning hours on the East Coast, after election workers counted about 20,000 absentee ballots.

Yesterday, we wrote about Shafran's role in excuse - making for the corrupt and dysfunctional legislature up in Albany, but what wasn't discussed is that Shafran also worked as the goto political spinmaster for Senator Malcolm Smith — the same Senator that was arrested in a statewide FBI corruption probe that alleges he attempted to rig the Mayoral election through fraud and bribes early this morning.

The tradition is one of intense anticipation in the buildup to general elections, as newspapers speculate about whether the prime minister will decide to go to the country early.

What is also untold about Hon.Bagbin is that he had in early December 2004, just before the general elections foretold a mammoth audience at a constituency rally in Bole, inresponse to the query by Constituents why Hon John Mahama was not frequenting home, that he was inundating Hon. Mahama with so much assignments in order to prepare him to become President of Ghana.

But back in late 2016 / early 2017 she seemed, temporarily at least, to believe the absurd hype which the Daily Mail pumped out about her, and was persuaded to call a general election to «strengthen my hand» in the Brexit negotiations.

The eyes of observers of British politics are keenly trained on the outcome of the by - election because it might give us some early clues to some serious questions about the next election: How are voters going to respond when faced with two incumbent government parties?

At a November 4 news conference, Gotham Gazette asked the mayor why he hadn't been vocal about voting and election reform earlier, in order to pressure Albany well ahead of the election, and what Governor Cuomo's role should be in pushing for reforms.

«We're just about a month and a half away from the primary election,» the mayor wrote in a fundraising email to supporters earlier this month, «and we are taking nothing for granted.»

«Earlier today at TPM Election Central, Eric Kleefeld wrote about a scurrilous press release from the Tennessee Republican Party that used innuendo and faulty causation to try to link Obama with anti-semitism.

The timing — The Relaunch should probably occur with about one year to go before the next election — but might need to happen earlier if the Coalition becomes strained very early.

First, the run on the Northern Rock bank sent a clear signal to voters about the approaching recession, then he made a botch of dampening speculation about the chances of him calling an early election.

However, since the Fixed - Term Parliaments Act 2011, terms are now a fixed five years, and an early general election can only be brought about either by a two - thirds majority in favour of a motion for a dissolution, or by a vote of no confidence that is not followed within fourteen days by a vote of confidence (which may be for confidence in the same government or a different one).

Note: An earlier version of this story contained an error about the number of Peace and Freedom candidates in the 2012 general election.

I thought it was a bit early in the election to start slinging mud, but apparently Gibson and his supporters don't have a whole lot to say about their positions nows that the government shutdown and the attempt to hold the payment of the government's debts for blackmail has come to such a pitiful end.

If they change leader and DO call an early election, they will most certainly not be able to form a government and will probably end up about the same size as the LD.

On voting reform, Cuomo vowed to enact early voting, allowing people to cast their ballots for about a week prior to election day, and to implement same - day registration, permitting New Yorkers to register to vote on election day.

Trump was not amused by the latest sketches about the presidential election on «Saturday Night Live,» taking to Twitter early this morning to attack the NBC comedy show, which he called «boring and unfunny.»

But they are united in not wanting Jeremy Corbyn as Prime Minister and will do whatever they can to avoid an early general election that might bring this about.

(Hevesi reported about $ 5.9 million in funds to the New York State Board of Elections earlier this month.)

However, in order for us to bring about the change in this country that so many Labour voters so desperately need and want to see, the party needs to be united and ready for an early general election.

Labour supporters were the most cautious about the possibility of an early election, with just 36 per cent of Labour supporters prefering a poll in 2008.

Right now, Panepinto has about $ 140,000 in his campaign coffers — a fairly decent sum this early in the game, though he hasn't yet ramped up his fundraising operation, according to the most recent filing with the state Board of Elections.

I am reading about elections in the late Ottoman empire and early Turkey (1880 - 1935) and there always seemed to be these «secondary electors» elected by the people.

Some of the queues which started forming as early as 3 pm on the eve of election is to allow people to vote early enough to enable them go about their daily routine.

This morning's YouGov poll, published in the Daily Telegraph, is surely the final nail in the coffin of any speculation about Gordon Brown calling a snap general election early in the New Year.