Sentences with phrase «as the choice candidate»

Okeke, who said the youths in the state were rooting for Chief George Moughalu of the APC as their choice candidate for the election enjoined the people of the state not to vote for the All Progressive Grand Alliance in the election.

If you have not yet been declared as the choice candidate, do not jump the gun and quote a figure.

Not exact matches

Even though Kasich fared well on questions about his ability to follow through on campaign promises and only 0.67 percent of survey respondents thought he was the worst choice for president, he came in last as top choice for president among the then Republican primary candidates — a tepid showing for an honest and proven executive.

Black voters in red states should vote as they usually do for candidates, down the ballot — and leave their choice for President blank.

A handful of celebrity business owners had choice words for the other candidates as well.

Ten of the 17 major candidates for the GOP nomination qualified to make the prime - time debate stage Thursday night, but it's real estate mogul and chairman of the Trump Organization, Donald Trump, leading the pack, with 19 percent of Republican primary voters selecting him as their first choice.

Amidst this major shift, our study also reveals how social media has surfaced as the enduring platform - of - choice where employers and candidates alike connect and engage in the job market.»

The need for democracy is satisfied by giving citizens a choice between two or more candidates thoroughly vetted by their respective party organizations and presented to the people as the best persons for the job.

Nevertheless, as a potential voter, I would prefer to think that the leaders of whichever party I favor have done everything they can to nominate a quality candidate before I have to make a choice.

As an atheist I think it's important to know if your candidate picks his nose and eats the boogers, not that it makes any policy difference, but it is a charachetr difference, and if the candidate promotes his faith which includes baptizing dead jews whether out of guilt or love, I want to know about it so I can make an informed character choice on who I give my vote to.

Why are many self - identified evangelicals selecting Donald Trump as their presidential candidate of choice?

And for Williams, who works as an aide to special needs kids, it's prayers — not money — that she has to give to her candidate of choice.

But the choice of VP counts as a matter of the presidential candidate's judgment.

A society that expects its elections to provide choices between policies and directions, as well as between candidates, must generate those options in other places.

The earlier stages of examinations are in multiple choice format, which are still demanding but easier for candidates with English as a second language.

3Rd choice keeper Macey being the next candidate as we also have Huddart available and Iliev should be back from injury by then, both are b list players.

Goalkeeper Vorm is still at Swansea and the Dutchman, who has two years left to run on his current contract at the Liberty Stadium, is seen as an ideal candidate to provide cover and competition for first - choice stopper Simon Mignolet.

Add together numbers that represent what the conference says it's looking for, and Cincy stands alone among the top four choices as the candidate without a weird geography issue, whether it's too close (Houston) or too far (BYU, UConn).

So now we have three games in the next 7 days, and our only recognised candidates are Aaron Ramsey and Francis Coquelin, which wouldn't be many peoples choices as our midfield pairing, but Wenger has revealed who else he would b considering for a spot.

If Willy Caballero was a candidate to take the first - choice goalkeeping role from him after impressing against Italy, he'll surely find that a harder battle to win after letting in five goals from as many shots on target.

I think as long as Fabregas is not playing, Van Persie is the right choice to play behind the striker (much suited than the other candidate Rosicky) as he can shoot really well as you all know.

Gary Lineker described Leicester's appointment of Ranieri as an «uninspiring choice» and much of the scepticism stemmed from Leicester's predicament; they were seen as relegation candidates who needed a survival specialist to maintain their Premier League place.

I'd also point out that, since candidates are never eliminated in your system, if you vote as your first choice a candidate who is not eventually elected, then your second choice will never be counted.

«if you vote as your first choice a candidate who is not eventually elected, then your second choice will never be counted.»

«Change» candidates have a particular need to convince voters that they're a safe choice, as Reagan's experience in 1980 shows — he ran very close with Carter until the debates, which allowed him to convince enough Americans that he wasn't a crazed bomb - thrower.

Speaking at the party's campaign launch in Cape Coast in the Central Region on Sunday, 14 August, General Mosquito, as Mr Asiedu Nketiah is known in political circles, said: «The NDC scored a very important victory when we decided to expand our decision - making structures and allow every card - bearing member of the NDC to participate in the choice of our parliamentary and presidential candidates.

And because STV would let voters list as many candidates as they wished in order of choice, they never need to waste their votes or vote tactically.

Schneiderman has positioned himself as the most liberal candidate in the five - person Democratic AG field, and also the choice of Latino and black voters, which explains his support of Espaillat (although the two have a longstanding relationship; Espaillat backed Schneiderman when former NYC Councilman Guillermo Linares mounted a failed primary challenge to the Manhattan senator in 2002).

However, as we get closer to the convention, we all know choices have to be made, and the delegates as a collective body can only support one candidate.

«Choice sets, gender, and candidate choice in Brazil (gated)» contends that, even though women are under represented in elections throughout Latin America — and Latin America has a reputation as being the home of «machismo» there is a universal bias in favor of female candidates in BChoice sets, gender, and candidate choice in Brazil (gated)» contends that, even though women are under represented in elections throughout Latin America — and Latin America has a reputation as being the home of «machismo» there is a universal bias in favor of female candidates in Bchoice in Brazil (gated)» contends that, even though women are under represented in elections throughout Latin America — and Latin America has a reputation as being the home of «machismo» there is a universal bias in favor of female candidates in Brazil.

The facts seem to indicate that in both the choice and description of Mr Winsor as preferred candidate, the Government are clearly signalling their intention to make a significant change to the role of HMCIC to a role more independent of the police, but will it be more independent of Government?

As for who the candidate would be — with Congressman Hakeem Jeffries on the fence about running — the most obvious choice would be Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr..

Assemblywoman Yuh - Line Niou, who was mentioned as a potential candidate to fill former Sen. Daniel Squadron's seat, today announced she is throwing her support to her Assembly colleague, Brian Kavanagh, though she pledged to work to reform the special election process to give voters more of a choice in candidate selection.

They also, however, said that they hope to make a unified choice of a candidate, suggesting that they hope that one of the current mayoral candidates ends up as the Republican Public Advocate candidate.

Paterson says he looked at Cuomo and Israel as outstanding choices who would do the job admirably, but should be subordinated to an equally bright and promising female candidate.

Democratic leaders are trying to frame the November midterm elections not as a national referendum on the party in power but as local choices between two candidates.

Perhaps as importantly, it is also possible that downplaying the Conservative brand will make it more palatable for former Labour voters to vote for local Conservative candidates, when framed as a choice between the two leaders.

The emphasis throughout discussion over the new constitution has been on devolution and this has whetted the appetite of smaller ethnic groups who may look to Odinga as a candidate of choice for supporting local government, especially across Kenya's eastern coast.

The MP's present action is said to be linked to the decision by the NDC vetting committee to disqualify his protégé and preferred choice for the parliamentary seat, Isaac Yibor, who contested the 2012 election as an independent candidate.

Many commentators have already condemned the list, which will be used to pick candidates in target seats, as too politically - correct, although Conservative officials insist that local party associations will have the ultimate choice about who stands.

Joseph J. DioGuardi, a former congressman from Westchester County, emerged from a field of little - known candidates on Tuesday as the Republican choice to take on Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand in the November election.

«The 2012 redistricting process was business as usual in Albany, with the majority parties controlling the process and lines being drawn for partisan purposes rather than in the best interests of voters, with greater candidate choice and more contested elections,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

This can be further generalised to ranked voting systems, as then some of the first choice votes for parties C and D would be redistributed to winning candidates, and so wouldn't be counted as «wasted».

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

Dede Scozzafava, an assemblywoman who now works for Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was the endorsed Republican candidate, but was rejected by many national Republican groups for her positions in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act, a union - favored measure known as «card check,» and for abortion rights.

While the mayoral candidates wouldn't discuss their choices of replacement, among those who have been mentioned by campaign insiders as potential Walcott successors is the department's chief academic officer, Shael Polakow - Suransky, whose name is on many observers» shortlist.

The candidates are giving voters a clear choice, as Republican John Faso and Democrat Zephyr Teachout stand on the opposite ends of several issues.

A Woodbury dentist and past president of the Syosset School Board will likely be the Democratic Party choice as candidate for Oyster Bay supervisor this fall, Nassau Democratic chairman Jay Jacobs said Thursday.

Both their candidates — Hayes Clement and Andi Turco - Levin — went from being the presumptive nominees (and their parties» hierarchies» anointed choices, by the way) to out of it, as in totally.

When all the candidates except Livingstone and Norris were eliminated and the second preferences of those voters who had picked neither Livingstone nor Norris as their first choice were counted, Livingstone won with 55 % to Norris's 45 %.