Sentences with phrase «among their supporters as»

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Allen Lau's startup, Wattpad, markets itself as the YouTube of e-books and counts literary icon Margaret Atwood among its supporters.

Though Democrats have historically been viewed as the strongest supporters of renewable energy, utility - scale wind farms and solar installations are found throughout the nation — including in Republican - leaning states like Arizona, North Carolina, Oklahoma and North Dakota — and enjoy bipartisan support among Americans.

But it is even lower still among those who described themselves as Trump supporters.

The group recognizes that in order to maintain its status as a heavyweight among Democratic voters and supporters in future elections, it needs to engage online.

Because of his track - record as a social conservative and Wildrose supporter, Mr. Kenney might not find a great deal of support among existing PC Party members, including the 1,001 who attended the party's annual general meeting earlier this year.

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.

Unfortunately, as the world's superpower, the U.S. is among the least enthusiastic supporters of international law, at least when applied to its own conduct.

But, among those he might expect to find as Trump supporters there is a clear «soft spot»:

Still, and despite his heavy reliance on teleprompters for even brief talks, he quickly became known among supporters and sympathetic commentators as the nation's «orator - in - chief,» an office he filled by delivering lengthy and sometimes ponderous speeches at moments of apparent national crisis.

But among scholars who would class themselves as supporters of the Graf - Wellhausen scheme, 5 there is wide accord — and they are unquestionably a majority.

It is a commonplace among scholars of the Women's movement that the 19th century struggle for women's rights in America had lost much of its radical thrust by the end of the century as the vote became the single overriding issue, and that supporters of women's suffrage were not above an appeal to blatant racism and class - consciousness to advance their cause.

Still, not everyone agrees that a zygote or a fetus has a soul, and there is disagreement even among the most ardent pro-life supporters about the exact point at which an unborn child qualifies as a human being.

The research implies that for those who are actively involved in a local church and therefore (one might assume) among its chief supporters, the church remains central to their understanding of the Christian mission and as a result the object of their major support.

The outrage among Obama's erstwhile Jewish supporters, as reflected daily in Marty Peretz» blog The Spine, on the website of The New Republic, is heightened by the sense of wounded self - esteem felt by clever people who have just been swindled.

The club's 3 - 1 defeat against bitter rivals Manchester United last Saturday appears to have been the final straw among a selection of Reds supporters and they have decided to take drastic action in the hopes of seeing the Northern Irishman relieved of his duties as manager of the club.

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Website 101greatgoals.com claim that there is widespread talk among supporters about the club returning to these colours as part of LFC's 125 - year celebrations.

While he was among those Milan players left furious at the full - time whistle as a controversial last - gasp penalty saw Juve claim all three points, there was one moment that was picked up by cameras which will have delighted Milan supporters.

For tens of thousands of people, not only in Glasgow but all over Scotland and among Scottish emigrants as far apart as England, the United States and Australia, the first plank of identity is being a Rangers or Celtic supporter.

Despite the current displeasure among Arsenal's supporters, Arsenal have only lost two and drawn two matches at home this season and are facing a Blackburn side who have only won ones away from Ewood Park this season at the same time as they have failed to keep a single clean sheet; and the Arsenal faithful may well leave the stadium with smiles galore when the full - time whistle blows on Saturday.

The Nerazzurri's president Thohir, indeed, wants to complete a good move for a forward in order to enhance enthusiasm among the supporters, especially as Milito would probably come back to Argentina, leaving Inter for Racing Avellaneda, who is strongly interested in the player.

While debate rages among supporters over Wenger's future as the Frenchman approaches 20 years in charge of the club, it seems some of the players have been excused for their performances since the turn of the year.

For foreign supporters like myself, I embrace this quality, as among other things, it is a very feasible hope that one of my countrymen may one day become a regular first - teamer at Arsenal.

However, discontent among supporters on Tyneside has been partially dissipated by a trio of excellent signings: Georginio Wijnaldum, captain of PSV's Eredivisie - winning side and acclaimed as the Dutch Player of the Year (ahead of Memphis Depay); Aleksandar Mitrovic, a Serbian striker who Jose Mourinho claimed «has everything to be a European star»; and Chancel Mbemba, Mitrovic's former team - mate at Anderlecht and a central defender of uncertain age who, it's hoped, will shore up a porous back four.

Mr. Asbeit Akpade who worked with the Environmental Department of TOR is a known supporter of the governing National Democratic Congress and touted himself as such was among staff and management of the refinery who were waiting for the president.

«Finally, the PDP assures its numerous supporters across the country of the dividends of the on - going rebuilding and re-engineering process in the party to re-position the party for the electoral challenges ahead especially as it has become clear that APC lacks the capacity to handle governance and provide economic direction for the country, but has only succeeded in injecting bad blood and division among Nigerians resulting in the current threats to national cohesion and stability.

However, there was little sign of unity among their supporters this afternoon as they took part in their first leadership hustings.

Among the many Scots I spoke to, the Yes supporters were more emotional, and their disgust was focused on David Cameron as an arrogant Tory.

Among the Poughkeepsie Republicans donors is Ted Olson, the former Bush administration official who has emerged as a major supporter of same - sex marriage.

In September 2015, he pledged to build on the enthusiasm generated among his supporters during a leadership contest that saw him start as rank outsider before sweeping to victory on a left - wing wave.

For political or advocacy communicators, Gina sees it as a chance to start and facilitate a conversation among supporters or advocates (and for commercial marketers, among customers).

Also in the Northern region, the NDC quest to snatch Tamale North from the present occupant, an independent, appears to be smelting gradually as there are reports of lack of cooperation among the constituency executives, defeated parliamentary candidate aspirants and the duly elected candidate, Alhassan Suhuyini and his supporters.

After a barrage of bad press over his position on Trident and his flip - flop over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy for armed terrorists, you'd expect Jeremy Corbyn's stock to be sinking fast, even among the most starry eyed of the «Jez - we - can» supporters who voted him in as leader of the Labour party in September.

Crucially, the ComRes poll also found that among divided Labour supporters - who could decide the referendum as the Liberal Democrats are united for AV, while the Conservatives want to keep first - past - the - post - 61 % would vote against reform.

Our outfit wishes to draw the attention of the president HE Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo to the worrisome situation where his party supporters and vigilante groups are violently besieging and taking over state businesses and their premises which is creating fear and panic among many ordinary Ghanaians barely 72 hours of his swearing - in as president of the state.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

But there were divisions among rebels as supporters of the Raab amendment on the deportation of foreign criminals called on colleagues to give it a greater chance by abandoning the Romanian and Bulgarian amendment.

Nonetheless, there are persistent doubts, even among past Clinton supporters such as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, about whether Clinton will go very far in reining in tax policies and compensation practices that favor the rich.

Serwotka, the head of the PCS union for civil servants, is among 3,200 people who have been prevented from voting on the grounds of not sharing Labour values, after he signed up as a supporter.

Here, Ruth Dixon explores leader satisfaction among party supporters as a way of measuring the level of «enthusiastic -LSB-...]

Vito Lopez, the embattled Brooklyn Assemblyman and former head of the Assembly's housing committee, gained both power and loyalty among supporters by giving them cheap housing, as well as jobs and titles, the New York Daily News reported.

Here, Ruth Dixon explores leader satisfaction among party supporters as a way of measuring the level of «enthusiastic support.»

Figure 2 shows satisfaction with their own leader among supporters of the two main parties, expressed as a percentage of the whole electorate.

GRACIE MANSION — Mayor Bill de Blasio, who supporters describe as a «national hero» among progressives, has dipped his his toe into presidential politics with a push to make income inequality a central issue of the 2016 national elections.

Among its listed backers are several actors and figures who have been major supporters of de Blasio's mayoralty — like actors Susan Sarandon, Cynthia Nixon and Steve Buscemi, as well as left - leaning political magazine The Nation's editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel.

Everyone, even people who opposed him, understand that the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader was a signal of a deep desire for change among Labour members and supporters.

The aL - hAJJ has gathered that, some supporters of the NDC have since the defeat of the party in the 2016 election been blaming Stan Dogbe; former Communications Minister, Dr Edward Omane Boamah among other handlers of Mr Mahama for courting hatred for him with what they described as their «snobbish» and «arrogant» posturing.

Supporters of Jeremy Corbyn have described his speech to the Labour conference as «inspirational» and «refreshing» — but there were mixed views among political commentators.

The APC, in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, said: «We had initially chosen to ignore the banner as we believed it was fake, and especially coming from somebody not well known among the supporters of the senate president.

Assembly 52nd District: Assemblywoman Joan Millman has been a reliable supporter of our issues over the period of many years and is popular among disability activists in her community, as a result of her leadership in establishing the B - 51 bus route, which connects downtown Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan over the Manhattan Bridge.