Sentences with phrase «as voters across the country»

As the MPs» expenses row threatens to overshadow the forthcoming elections it is local councillors» claims which are now being placed under the microscope as voters across the country want to know what their local representatives are spending.

Not exact matches

The White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives are up for grabs, along with thousands of other offices in state and local governments across the country, even as voters weigh in on scores of ballot initiatives and other measures.

Lack of wise leadership and accurate understanding of voters» basic needs by current political elites as well as raising of populism are one of many causes for new political movements we can witness across Western countries.

This is an estimate of the share of the vote that the principal parties would have won in a GB - wide general election if voters across the country as a whole had behaved in the same way as those who actually voted in the local elections.

Celebrations, dinners, galas and voter registration drives for members of the ruling RDPC party (Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais) are taking place in cities across the country, most predominantly in the central regions, i.e. those with geo - political links and a common socio - cultural heritage (more generally but problematically referred to as «ethnic» ties) to the ruling party.

There's no way of finding out how the people who signed this petition voted, but if signatories were found right across the country — in areas that voted Leave as well as areas that voted Remain — it might provide some indirect evidence that Leave voters were changing their minds.

Voters in England, Wales and Scotland go to the polls today as a host of vital elections are held across the country.

Clearly, the kind of political economy required to win back the trust of voters across the country, not just the South, will involve Labour posing a threat to capital - however mild it might appear, the response is sure to be as hysterical as during the 80s and early 90s.

Given her track record of work, both as first lady and as a US senator, and how she is seen by people in the African - American community across the nation, I think Hillary will overwhelmingly win African - American voters across the country,» said Bill Thompson, the former New York City comptroller.

Latimer rode a wave of Democratic Party support across the country as voters expressed their frustration with Trump's policies.

Democrats, meanwhile, insist that if Busby even comes within a few points of victory, it should be seen as a sign that voters across the country are ready for a change in House leadership.

It also presented a chance to double down on his credentials and position himself as a progressive leader for New York — and perhaps the nation — as he faces a primary challenge from the left and a crescendo of voters across the country, at least within his own party, who seem to have little appetite or patience for moderates.

Mulgrew and other speakers denounced the mounting disparity in income between rich and poor in the nation that has angered many middle - class voters as the battles over state budgets and the attack on union benefits have unfolded across the country.

It has served since then to deny Georgia voters the opportunity to vote for many candidates, including some Presidential candidates who have been on as many as 44 state ballots across the country.

But as the party awaits the European election results, with the first voting percentages from the 11 regions across the country expected between 10 pm and midnight, Reeves acknowledged there was more work to do before voters would be convinced that her party should run the country.

This is a small improvement on our current system of first past the post, since it allows voters to rank candidates and reduces the need to vote tactically, but it does not address the crucial unfairness at the heart of our democracy which is that a party's share of seats in parliament does reflect the number of votes it receives across the country - a situation which leads to millions of wasted votes and a shameful system of «safe seats» where a donkey could be elected so long as they were wearing the right coloured rosette.

So our counsel would be — to Republicans, to Democrats, to chairmen to ranking members to governors to state legislators — let's come together as Americans across the country at all levels of government and say how do we continue the American energy renaissance, creating those well - paying jobs, protecting our environment while we do it, but making it good for the American public, the American consumer and the American voter.»

Meanwhile, across the country in Los Angeles County, voters were considering way much more interesting topics such as Measure B («Safer Sex In the Adult Film Industry Act»), i.e., the issue of whether porn actors should be required to wear condoms when filming in L.A. County.