Sentences with phrase «advantage over a party»

This indicates that party B has a districting advantage over party A.

Unfair competition seeks to prevent one party from obtaining an unfair advantage over another party.

Not exact matches

As the incumbent government, the Liberals have a large structural advantage over the other parties.

The Conservatives would lose 37 per cent of total funding — the least of any party — and leave them with a significant advantage over their adversaries.

Google is accused of giving its own service an advantage over those offered by competitors, which means shoppers would be more inclined to buy from Google and its partners instead of third parties.

As long as the religious are more numerous, political parties that explicitly claim the faith will have an advantage over the secular, intellectually undernourished, Westernized youth who drove both rebellions.

Perhaps his key sentence was this one: As long as the religious are more numerous, political parties that explicitly claim the faith will have an advantage over the secular, intellectually....

«We suggest that you don't bring a lot of decorations and just take advantage of the beautiful setting,» she adds, noting that no matter where your party is, stressing over centerpieces doesn't make sense given that kids are likely not spending much time sitting a table.

There are many advantages Ping Pong has over other games as a sport for a party they include

If the question is «does the electoral college advantages a state or an other, over the long run», then it is not really relevant that right now, some states are surely in one party's column and only a few are swing states.

But whereas four years ago their support was split between the main parties three ways — with Labour enjoying just a one - point advantage over the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats — that is set to completely change in 2015.

Primary voters knew that Lazio had that advantage over Paladino, but still preferred Paladino in droves Lazio and the Conservative Party didn't make the sale when they had their best chance before the Primary.

Those campaigns, parties and PACs that do so, I argued, have a powerful new advantage over traditional organizations: limitless real relationships with millions of people as opposed to limited real relationships with a small number of people.

The Conservative Party enjoys a massive financial advantage over Labour and the Liberal Democrats

Whether it is the specifics of further devolution or a general commitment to Scottish interests, the SNP has for some time enjoyed a clear advantage over Labour, with the other Westminster parties trailing even further behind.

Hanna shares some similarities to Pataki that could help attract crossover votes from Democrats in a state where the party has a two - to - one enrollment advantage over Republicans.

A YouGov poll published in the Daily Telegraph today shows the Conservative party holding a 21 - year - record lead over Labour with an 18 - point advantage.

Somerville, Mass., April 1, 2010 — Voter Activation Network (VAN), the company whose «VoteBuilder» software helped propel the Democratic Party to a significant technological advantage over the GOP in 2008, announces the release of «VoteSuppressor,» a software program especially tailored to the needs of Republican campaigns.

«In short, the Republicans have an interest in having as few people as possible voting,» said Gianaris, whose party enjoys a significant enrollment advantage over the GOP in blue New York.

It's also interesting that Downing Street is now seriously considering introducing legislation for a referendum in order to maintain the competitive advantage over the other parties before they decide their own European policies.

They have all the advantages of incumbency, but there is disillusion in the air over unemployment and the Iraq war, and a newly united Democratic party behind Kerry is making inroads in the polls.

You must be transparent and fair to all without giving undue advantage to one party over another.

It not only gives incumbents an advantage, but has given the longtime majority parties in Albany — Republicans in the Senate and Democrats in the Assembly — an edge over the much - more modestly staffed minority conferences.

Voters do not like divided parties and the Tories now enjoy a significant advantage over Labour on unity (in early May ICM found that 64 % of voters thought Labour divided but only 48 % thought the same of the Conservatives).

«If they are gaming it to the advantage of one political party over another, then that's a problem, because that's not how these mailers are supposed to be used.»

According to a Survation poll published yesterday the Conservatives have a narrow lead of four percentage points over the Lib Dems, reversing recent findings that gave Nick Clegg's party a similar advantage.

David Cameron's Conservative Party enjoys a 37.8 % to 32.8 % advantage over Labour but it's not enough to give the party a parliamentary majoParty enjoys a 37.8 % to 32.8 % advantage over Labour but it's not enough to give the party a parliamentary majoparty a parliamentary majority.

Depending on how the districts shape up, one political party stands to gain a significant advantage over the other.

The new Siena poll, released on Friday, gives the incumbent Democrat a 56 to 27 percent advantage over Astorino, with Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins polling seven percent, and 10 percent undecided.

Conventional wisdom is that Stringer will handily win a second term on November 7, as he has the full backing of the Democratic establishment and significant fundraising and name recognition advantages over Faulkner and the other candidates who will be on the ballot: Libertarian Party nominee Alex Merced and Green Party nominee Julia Willebrand.

But then the SNP did win previously safe - as - houses Glasgow East from Labour at the by - election earlier in the summer on a swing of over 20 per cent, and they start with an advantage in Glenrothes in that the party already holds the almost identical Fife Central seat in the Scottish Parliament.

«State Democratic parties believe in building a proprietary technology infrastructure - by and for Democrats - in order to maintain our tactical advantage over our Republican opponents.»

Browning, a longtime Working Families Party member from Shirley who registered as a Democrat in May, said her working - class background gives her an advantage over Zeldin and others seeking the Democratic nomination in the 1st Congressional District.

A policy gaffe by Oliver Letwin over public spending cuts left the party with an own goal that Labour soon took advantage of.

(Party organizations have financial advantages over individual candidates when it comes to outlays like campaign mail.)

A poll by the Haaretz newspaper gave the ruling party a two - seat advantage over the opposition Labor Party, 25 seats tparty a two - seat advantage over the opposition Labor Party, 25 seats tParty, 25 seats to 23.

Clinton's campaign is planning its most ambitious push yet into traditionally right - leaning states, a new offensive aimed at extending her growing advantage over Trump while bolstering down - ballot Democrats in what party leaders increasingly view as a possible wave election.

Syracuse lawyer Steve Williams, who jump - started his campaign with $ 52,000 of his own money, has an early fundraising advantage over two other Democrats seeking the party's designation to take on GOP Rep. John Katko in the November election.

Across Europe, however, the elections are unlikely to result in a major shift in the balance of power in the European Parliament, with EPP likely to retain its modest advantage in the Brussels chamber over the Party of European Socialists.

The likelihood of attracting «compassion» votes as a result of the President's modest and humane personality traits was also mentioned as adding to his advantage over his foremost competitor, Nana Akufo - Addo of the New Patriotic Party.

Similarly, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centreright Civic Platform is likely to expand its advantage over its nationalist opponents with party member Jerzy Buzek on course to become the first president of the European Parliament from a former communist state.

In an unprecedented fashion, a sitting president was not merely denied a straight second term but was defeated by a margin of nearly 10 percentage points which translates into over one million votes in real terms and his party lost almost fifty parliamentary seats to concede their legislative advantage to the incoming president's party.

It gives existing parties an advantage over new, insurgent parties.

Nick Clegg may see this as an advantage; over the last month he has repeatedly attempted to separate his party's position from that of his coalition partners — especially after he was named the Lib Dem minister who had the worst year.

In one hypothetical three - way race with New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg as a third - party candidate, President Obama (42 percent) has a clear advantage over both the unnamed Republican candidate (29 percent) and Bloomberg (10 percent).

It left a 29.44 % advantage for Democrats in party registration over Republicans.

The economy is improving, the party is level with Labour in the opinion polls, and the prime minister enjoys a significant advantage over Miliband on net approval ratings.

Pataki and New York GOP Chairman Sandy Treadwell faced controversy after naming moderate Assemblyman Howard Mills the party's nominee for the U.S. Senate against Senator Chuck Schumer over conservative Michael Benjamin, who held significant advantages in both fund raising and organization.

This isn't the first time that this government has been accused of putting party advantage over the country's interests.

Cuomo now holds a clear advantage over Kennedy among Democrats (39 to 31 percent), Republicans (40 to 16 percent), and voters not registered with a political party (42 to 24 percent), and across most regions of the state.