Sentences with phrase «as general election campaigning»

This is what political parties are wrestling with as the general election campaign rolls forward.

Not only does this fail to inspire electorates, as this general election campaign has shown, it leaves Labour woefully unprepared to counter the irrationalism peddled by the Tories and UKIP.

George Osborne, the shadow chancellor who doubles up as the general election campaign manager, sat down for a heart - to - heart with Hilton, Coulson and the shadow schools secretary, Michael Gove, who has recently been drafted into the core general election team.

As the general election campaign heats up, Obama and Romney have begun tailoring their message to appeal to college students and other young voters.

Not exact matches

The 2008 election showed just how powerful social media could be in driving votes, and President Barak Obama's 2008 campaign was, and is, widely viewed as the first general - election campaign to focus on social media as its primary mode of marketing (Howard Dean's bid for the 2004 Democratic nomination also used social media heavily.)

Hillary Clinton continued her move into the general election Friday by framing Donald Trump's campaign as one of a war on women.

Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller in mid-May as special counsel overseeing the the investigation into whether the President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian officials during the 2016 election, noted that under the special counsel regulations, only the attorney general has the authority to fire such an appointee.

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the attack in a statement outside Downing Street early Sunday, and vowed that the country's general election would take place as scheduled on June 8, although both of the main political parties would suspend campaigning for the day.

Although he had been campaigning for longer than a year, on March 26, 2014, Mr. Cardinal was officially nominated as his party's first candidate for the next general election.

Britain's Labour Party adopted the song «Things can only get better» as its campaign anthem for the 1997 general election, expressing the party's ambitions for governing after 18 years in Continue Reading

Campaign finance refers to the rules that govern the use of money in electoral processes such as general elections, by - elections, and referenda.

This would come as something of a surprise to pro-lifers who remember the Romney general election campaign.

Labour has much to recover before the general election, yet whether it can fight a united campaign in 2015 is far from assured, and in socialist - minded Scotland the nationalists are seen as having surpassed Labour in their socialist rhetoric.

As for the end result of all of that enthusiasm, we already know the story: online fundraising allowed Barack Obama to opt out of the public campaign financing system and outspend John McCain by hundreds of millions of dollars in the general election.

Just as in 2008, Obama will be able to go back to his small donors again and again throughout the primary and general election process, while his chief opponents (in this case, Romney and Perry) are relying (overwhelmingly so far) on a relatively small group of geographically or professionally restricted donors who'll hit their legal maximum on campaign giving quickly.

Green MP Caroline Lucas has admitted that party leader Natalie Bennett could have performed better in the general election campaign - and has left the door ajar to returning as party leader.

In conclusion, we urge the teeming Konkomba Youth to campaign assiduously to canvass more votes to retain H.E John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress as we go into the general elections.

They are high - profile measures aimed at stopping Labour's «jobs tax», as the Conservatives put it during the general election campaign.

Some polling station agents of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Kintampo North Constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region, have accused their executives of diverting about GHc 37,100.00 meant for them as allowance for their contribution towards the party's campaign ahead of the 2016 general elections.

President John Mahama as part of his efforts to seek re-election in the upcoming December 7 General elections, is on a campaign tour in the Ashanti Region where his ubiquitous presence, by virtue of his humbling persona and his extraordinary achievements in the Ashanti Region is said to have sent down shivers down the spine of the New Patriotic Party in the Ashanti Region.

They emerge from the referendum campaign as the true anti-establishment party, with the chance to sweep the 2019 European elections and to break through the FPTP system in the 2020 General Election by winning multiple seats in the House of Commons.

Ms. Clinton's message of unity works for the current primary race as well as a general election concept that can counteract the divisive messaging from Donald Trump's campaign, said Mr. Delany.

Wendy Long is campaigning hard for the pro-gun vote, as evidenced by this video, in which she promises to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on the constitutional right to bear arms should she make it past the GOP primary and into a head - to - head contest with the Democratic junior senator in the November general election.

Acting as the de facto head of the state Democratic Party, Andrew Cuomo this weekend personally convened a meeting with representatives of all the statewide campaigns as well as the state Senate and Assembly committees in hopes of presenting a united front in the final weeks of the general election campaign.

He later received death threats and a concerted campaign to have him dropped as a Lib Dem candidate in the 2015 general election.

José María Maravall, who holds an Oxford DPhil and sat on the PSOE governing body, campaigned against Spain's NATO membership in the 1982 general election campaign, as did Javier Solana, who later went on to become NATO secretary - general between 1995 and 1999.

As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaigAs a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaigas supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaign.

There would be more grassroots campaigning as people felt they could actually change things for the better without having to wait for a general election.

But DeFrancisco has stopped campaigning as Molinaro appears poised to be the designated candidate for the general election this year.

As he begins to re-tool for the general election (while still dealing with Santorum et al at the same time), his campaign will need to expand its presence on the ground and build a network of active supporters in all the potential battleground states.

The internet is challenging the dominance of traditional media as a campaign tool, despite the public's renewed attachment to TV through the 2010 general election leaders» debates.

She began working for Theresa May during the 2010 general election campaign, after a few attempts to win selection as a parliamentary candidate.

The referendum campaign greatly increased support for independence, which is highly correlated with SNP voting in the General Election, as well as further dividing the Scottish party system, which was already split by attitudes towards independence.

Ladoja who spoke through the Director - General of his campaign organization, Hon. Adeolu Adeleke, during a press conference in Ibadan, said the dismissal of his petition by the Justice Muhammed Mayaki - led election petitions tribunal, did not come as a surprise, but rather a confirmation of the boasts by Ajimobi at different fora, that he had already secured victory.

English devolution has emerged as a prominent feature of the 2015 general election campaign for a number of reasons.

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May's awkward manner and reluctance to engage with real people were seen as major handicaps during last year's general election campaign.

The campaign was launched as a result of genuine concerns that sufficient parliamentary time would not be made available to debate and vote on the reforms prior to the 2015 General Election.

In general, names that appear in capital letters appear as used somewhere in the Board of Elections» campaign finance database; names with standard capitalization were written by the author to clarify a donor's true identity.

Just as her first term at university was about to begin, a general election was called, and she returned to Cardiff to campaign for Jim Callaghan in the seat which was then Cardiff South East.

While Callum Kerr is widely admired for his stint as MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (BRS) but he has the smallest majority in Scotland and the Conservatives are so confident that their candidate John Lamont gave up the safety net of a Scottish parliament seat to take on the general election campaign.

Sen. Roy McDonald's decision not to campaign on the Independence Party line through November is a particular blow to Republican same - sex marriage supporters, who just this morning released a poll paid for by New York Unity PAC that found the senator could have won the general election even as a minor party candidate with a single ballot line.

Labour has cancelled the launch of its general election campaign as the human tragedy in the Indian Ocean takes precedence over domestic affairs.

The 2015 general election campaign will come at the same time as the next round of international UN negotiations on climate change, which campaigners say will be a critical moment in determining the planet's future.

A bullish Jeremy Corbyn insisted that he can guide Labour to general election victory as he launched his campaign for re-election as party leader.

These are the phrases that have become the template for the Conservative Party's 2015 general election crusade, and the arrival of Lynton Crosby to lead the party's election campaign is being seen as the answer.

The statement did not say the purpose of the unexpected trip by Nana Addo, who had been touring parts of the country as part of his campaign to be elected president, ahead of the 2016 general elections.

I am about to embark on my seventh general election campaign as a political journalist.

Take the 2008 Obama campaign as an example — the kernel was assembled from early 2007 onwards, with staffers plotting strategy and tactics, technologists developing the tools and infrastructures for an extensive, nation - wide effort, and organizers connecting with the multitudes of willing volunteers who helped power Obama to victory in both the primary and the general election.

Some wags remarked that, even if the de Blasio appeal had been denied, he could simply have begun his campaign for the general election early, as he has already won the Working Families Party line.