Sentences with phrase «at elections in countries»

On two occasions I have been an observer at elections in countries whose authoritarian governments had long excluded all or most of their citizens from any participation in choosing their leaders.

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Meanwhile, Portugal's Communist Party has support of as much as 10 percent of the electorate — and could help deny that country's Socialist Party a shot at taking back power from the governing center - right coalition in an Oct. 4 election.

Italian stocks fell at the start of this morning's trading, after populist parties won almost half the vote in Italy's Sunday elections, and early results suggested the country is heading for a hung parliament due to no party or coalition of parties meeting the 40 % threshold for stable governance.

«We are watching very carefully the election campaign in this country,» Kislyak said Tuesday at a discussion of bilateral affairs at Johns Hopkins University's campus in Washington.

Some 50 dead at the hands of a self - declared ISIS supporter with an automatic assault weapon, in the midst of the most polarized presidential election the country has experienced in the post-war period.

However, the bipartisan introduction of H.R. 835 at a time when the country is in the midst of a polarized presidential election, can signal legislators on both sides of the aisle to believe that federal regulation of virtual currency and blockchain technology is necessary to ensure that consumers obtain the full benefit of these innovations.

Greeks began voting at precisely 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT, 12 a.m. EDT) in their most critical - and uncertain - election in decades, with voters set to punish the two main parties that are being held responsible for the country's dire economic...

The jailing of the country's most popular politician, Lula, and voter disgust at corruption among the powerful will give outsiders with clean reputations a chance to shine in October elections.

Since the last provincial election Cam has worked to elect conservatives in 3 countries, 5 provinces, and across Alberta at all levels of government.

The United States imposed major new sanctions against Russia on Friday, striking at senior Russian officials and some of the country's biggest companies in one of Washington's most aggressive moves to punish Moscow for its alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and other «malign activity».

«Meddling in elections within the U.S., or any other nation for that matter, by another country is the new norm and will continue for as long as there is a chance of success,» Lee Munson, security researcher at Comparitech, told Newsweek.

As we near perhaps our most important election in modern times I am very concerned at seeing that so many Christians have apparently lost their way and are imperiling themselves, and this country as a whole, by supporting the presidential candidacy of a Mormon «high priest».

Please let's not judge lest we will be judged, on the other hand Mr. Obama we are supposed to pray to God all the time, in health and in sickness, and in the time of election or at any other time, May God Bless America, Governor Romney and President Obama, so the best for the Country would win

In the presidential election, the standing of outsiders — mostly refugees from Muslim - majority countries — stayed at the forefront.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statIn describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and statin dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

When they're not doping their athletes systematically for the olympics or paying off FIFA for the right to host the WC or taking over (and, in the case of Hearts, ruining) British football clubs, they are busy rigging elections at home and abroad, fomenting civil war in the Middle East, annexing parts of other countries, sponsoring terrorism, and shooting people who try to stand up to them.

Mr. S.D Dombo was a Northerner, LISTEN TO NANA AKUFFO ADDO «Akans must eschew the perception among other groups in the country that they are cowards and would ran away from any little threats «Our predecessors who started the Party that has made us the largest party in the country (i.e Mate — Meho people who used to CUT OPEN THE STOMACHS OF PREGNANT WOMEN AND THROW BOMBS) were not people who were hiding under beds «AT The Atiwa Bye - Elections, we showed a little bit of what we are made of.

They held on at the Eastleigh by - election partly because of this but also because Lib Dems flooded in from around the country to help out.

I'll argue that in at least one way, this election cycle introduced something truly new into political culture in this country.

To understand how a demagogue such as Castro became the leading contender in Costa Rica's upcoming election, it is important to look at the issues that preoccupied the country in 2017:

Whoever emerges at the helm of the African National Congress, a 105 - year - old liberation movement that dominates Africa's most industrialized economy, is likely to become the country's next president after elections in 2019.

This high level of participation in political affairs is not typical for a country where the declining voting rate in the national elections stands at 65 % (2009).

«What we in NDC do is always talk to people to canvass for their votes rather than plan to rig the election... the people of this country have said that they want a party that's progressive and have the young at heart and also, do what's right», he stated.

Firstly, encourage the creation of a very serious review into what went wrong for the party at the last election so that mistakes in the message and machine can be dealt with; secondly, encourage the party to create a policy platform ruthlessly focused on generating popularity across the country to raise the party's standing in the polls; and thirdly, secure enough political support that they can ideally walk into Downing Street uncontested.

So on whether if at future election and if APC my party would fly I would say yes, only an insane, short sighted and corrupt Nigerians would vote for PDP again in this country, never and God forbid.PDP is a dead party.

Morgan was re-elected at the 2001 general election with a reduced majority of 6,165 and on a substantially reduced turnout (in common with the rest of the country).

«People know what is at stake in this election: Our country faces a crisis and is desperate for real reform.

In every elections in a country with real politics there are accusations that somebody cheated at the electionIn every elections in a country with real politics there are accusations that somebody cheated at the electionin a country with real politics there are accusations that somebody cheated at the elections.

During the election campaign, decision makers from Bucharest have backed the current governing coalition, a move that, in theory at least, could have significant implications for relations between the two countries if Igor Dodon, the leader of Moldova's opposition Socialist Party and the pre-election favourite, manages to win the contest on 30 October.

Yet the recent elections in Italy have shown that this equilibrium has collapsed in that country at least, where austerity has been so punitive to the middle classes.

According to him, God is punishing the NPP for the needless scathing attack at him in the run - up to the 2012 elections, when he was caught on tape promising party foot soldiers that he will get them enlisted into the country's security agencies should they work to retain the party in power.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com

In Labour's safest seat in the country at the 2010 election, 28 % of voters still supported other partieIn Labour's safest seat in the country at the 2010 election, 28 % of voters still supported other partiein the country at the 2010 election, 28 % of voters still supported other parties.

Yacob, 63, was the only candidate deemed eligible to run in the country's Elections Department after the other two contenders, Salleh Marican and Farid Khan, were both denied eligibility, having fallen short of a constitutional rule that required any candidate from the private sector to have led a company with shareholder equity of at least 500 million Singapore dollars (372 million dollars).

«In the end, the choice at the election is going to come down to: who do I want to provide fresh direction and leadership for the country, rather than who scored a points victory in a debate?&raquIn the end, the choice at the election is going to come down to: who do I want to provide fresh direction and leadership for the country, rather than who scored a points victory in a debate?&raquin a debate?»

According to him, politicians in the country will go all out to get power at all cost, and for that to materialize, they will kidnap children and subsequently use them as sacrificial lambs in order to get more votes in the coming election.

David Cameron has claimed the Conservatives» «spectacular» victory in the local elections shows they are capable of winning seats across the country at a general election.

Some soldiers in the country are expressing fears that a 7 - day secret military training given to one thousand cadets a few days ago at Sampa in the Brong Ahafo Region is aimed at setting up a private army for President Akufo Addo, ahead of the 2020 elections!

The president will be the main attraction at two events in Vermont, one of the most Democratic states in the country, and at two more in Maine, a state then - presidential candidate Obama won by 18 points in the 2008 election.

Also, a one - time Buhari's running mate in the 2011 presidential election and Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has also at some point in time pointed a finger at the President for the poor state of the country's economy.

«More importantly, we are celebrating this year's holidays at a time the change we had all been yearning for in the political leadership of the country has been made possible through the support Ghanaians offered the NPP during the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.»

Whilst Plaid Cymru will be examining these proposals closely and look forward to being at the heart of debates about democracy in our country, we believe that decisions about elections in Wales should be made in Wales and not in London.

As the BBC's political research editor, David Cowling, points out, in Labour's safest seat in the country at the 2010 election, 28 % of voters still supported other parties.

Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerDem lawmaker spars with own party over prison reform A country as wealthy as the United States should make affordable housing a right Democrats urge colleagues to oppose prison reform bill MORE (D - N.J.) criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen NielsenKirstjen Michele NielsenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers target Chinese tech giants Dems move to save top cyber post Trump gets a new CIA chief Ryan delays election security briefing Twitter CEO meets lawmakers MORE as complicit with President TrumpDonald John TrumpMexican presidential candidate vows to fire back at Trump's «offensive» tweets Elizabeth Warren urges grads to fight for «what is decent» in current political climate Jim Carrey takes aim at Kent State grad who posed with AR - 10 MORE for saying she did not hear him say the United States should not accept immigrants from «shithole countries.»

The nature of the «ground war» at the constituency level is very different; in a by - election an insurgent party can flood a constituency with volunteers, whereas in the general election they will be dispersed over the country as a whole.

Mark Williams, then - Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, was defeated at the 2017 general election in his Ceredigion constituency by Ben Lake of Plaid Cymru, whose majority of 104 made the seat one of the most marginal in the country.

Whilst we will all be electing someone to representative in Parliament at the general election, we are also looking to play our part in choosing the government of the country.

Speaking in Swindon as part of a tour of west country constituencies, where his speech was watched by his parents, the Conservative leader said: «At the start of this campaign I said we would fight this election for the people who are ignored in our society, the ones who work hard, pay their taxes, live decent lives and yet feel they are sidelined.

Funnily, though, even in countries whose politics is driven by theocracy, God is not invoked at election time.

The GJA President, Affail Monney was also present at the meeting which was addressed by both the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Sampson Oje and the IGP John Kudalor to find a common ground on how both the media and security agencies can work to sustain the peace in the country before, during and after the election.

Central African Republic votes in a presidential election on Wednesday aimed at restoring democratic rule in a divided country gripped by years...