Sentences with phrase «among voters in the district»

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A new poll shows Rep. Daniel Donovan is popular among voters in the district, and a Democrat would have a hard time winning in November's election.

Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney, a conservative Republican running for Congress in upstate New York, has consistently said she will vote for her party's presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump, who has polled strongly against Hillary Clinton among voters in her district.

Not exact matches

Last week, many Republicans said their special election victory in a heavily Jewish New York congressional district that had been occupied by a Democrat for nearly 90 years was a sign of trouble between Obama and American Jews, among the most reliably Democratic voters in the nation.

A TWC News / Siena College poll released this week found Akshar leading Fiala among likely voters by 28 percentage points in the district that has a GOP voter enrollment edge.

The 9th Senate district in Nassau County includes the predominantly Jewish Five Towns community and Republicans have sought to bolster support among those voters, with McGrath pledging to aid Yeshivas and day schools if elected.

GOP lawmakers have run hard against the passage of the bill, especially in upstate and suburban battleground districts where support among voters for the proposal is thin.

The poll found Akshar leads Fiala 59 percent to 31 percent among likely voters in the district that has a Republican enrollment edge.

Grimm led Donovan, 49 percent to 39 percent, among GOP voters in New York's 11th District in the poll released by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats» political arm, which hopes to flip the seat blue in November.

Turnout among minority voters and younger voters could affect the result in a district here or there, but an increase in suburban turnout or a substantial shift by suburban voters (especially suburban women) from the Republicans to the Democrats could have a much broader impact on the fight for control of the House.

The first major poll in the race between U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm and his challenger Domenic Recchia showed the incumbent clinging to a slim four - point lead among likely voters in the 11th Congressional District (Brooklyn - Staten Island), but both sides said they see a silver lining buried within the numbers.

Others, however, sided with Lancman, who was expected to do especially well among Jewish voters in the district.

Like if there are 100,000 Party A voters and 100,000 Party B voters to be divided among 10 districts, a fair election should presumably result in 5 winners for party A and 5 for party B.

«There's a lot of people who are interested in this race, among others in the state, but the bottom line is it's the voters in the 46th Senate district who get to send their representative to Albany, and it's up to them,» Tkaczyk said in an interview at her headquarters in Guilderland outside of Albany.

Gibson, meanwhile, is working to shore up support among independent voters and Democrats by appealing to the «healthy pragmatism» that he sees as the prevailing political instinct in the district.

And while Weprin has a strong advantage among voters 55 and under, the two candidates are evenly divided among voters 55 and older, a large and influential voting bloc in the district, especially in a special election.

In the last two elections, Rangel has also faced challenges from African - American candidates looking to tap into discontent among his core group of black supporters in Central Harlem and white voters moving into the districIn the last two elections, Rangel has also faced challenges from African - American candidates looking to tap into discontent among his core group of black supporters in Central Harlem and white voters moving into the districin Central Harlem and white voters moving into the district.

Mr. Recchia, a Brooklynite, trails Mr. Grimm by 8 points among Staten Island voters, but maintains a 7 - point lead in the Brooklyn portion of the district, according to the Siena Poll.

King said that so far, he doesn't feel a wave of anger at Trump among voters in his congressional district.

Civil rights advocates last week testified during a LATFOR hearing that the lines unfairly divided communities of color in central Nassau County as well as in Brentwood - Islip in Suffolk County, splitting minority voters — who tend to vote for Democrats — among districts now represented by white Republican incumbents.

But Quinnipiac's Mickey Carroll says the voters surveyed are less enthralled with some of the action in Albany over the past month, including, an all night session of the legislature that approved, among other things new district lines manipulated by majority party legislators.

Martins also continues to perform well in his old Senate district, and leads among white voters and male voters, while Curran is ahead with women.

In the 11th congressional district, where Republican Rep. Michael Grimm is fending off a challenge from Democrat Domenic Recchia, Cuomo leads Astorino 60 percent to 28 percent, and has a favorable rating of 64 percent overall, 74 percent among women voters.

Voters in the 6th state Senate District will choose among three candidates: incumbent Theresa Gerratana and challengers Charles Paonessa and Sharon Beloin - Saavedra.

Chris Allen, the Democratic incumbent for the county Legislature's second district, said he believed «false allegations» against him contained in an anonymous mailer cost him between 300 and 500 votes among voters «who didn't know me well.»

Siena shows Donald Trump's lead over Hillary Clinton up to 46 % -32 % among likely voters in the 22nd Congressional District.

«I firmly believe elections are for the voters, and I want to give the voters in this district a real choice in for the Assembly,» she said, while standing among a small group of supporters, many of them family and friends.

But in more liberal Nassau County, in the Third District, where Democrats outnumber Republicans among registered voters, the story is different in the race for the seat that will be left vacant by the retiring incumbent Democrat, Representative Steve Israel.

Trump... remains deeply unpopular among minorities, women and younger voters — just the kind of voters Democrats need to win House seats in swing districts....

The civil war among Democrats in the state Senate is escalating, with progressive activists planning to call 1,000 voters in each district of eight Democratic senators who have teamed up with Republicans.

In the Tuesday primary, voters in northeastern Wisconsin's 8th District will choose among state Rep. Roger Roth, businessman Reid Ribble and former state Rep. Terri McCormicIn the Tuesday primary, voters in northeastern Wisconsin's 8th District will choose among state Rep. Roger Roth, businessman Reid Ribble and former state Rep. Terri McCormicin northeastern Wisconsin's 8th District will choose among state Rep. Roger Roth, businessman Reid Ribble and former state Rep. Terri McCormick.

Democrats held a 12 - point advantage among registered voters in the January Post-ABC News poll when asked whether they would support a Democrat or Republican in their district.

The co-location initiative began in 2000 when California voters approved Proposition 39, which mandated that district facilities be «shared fairly among public school pupils, including those in charter schools,» and that districts provide charters with facilities that were «reasonably equivalent» to those given to district schools.

Funding differences among school districts are based in large part on the differing tax bases of the districts and the political choices made by voters and school boards.

In 2015, school district employees, especially administrators and school board members, were among the loudest proponents of Initiative 42, the education funding ballot initiative that voters rejected last fall.

With LA Unified having more charter schools than any district in the nation, the measure has enormous implications but faces an uphill battle as statewide polling has shown consistent support among voters for charter schools.

Telephone surveys were conducted among voters who live in the congressional districts of six members of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee (which will be considering new global warming emissions legislation in the fall).