Sentences with phrase «at least a majority of voters»

Not surprisingly, at least a majority of voters who consider themselves to be Republican back the GOP candidate.

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Since Southern Baptists abandoned native son Jimmy Carter and joined the Reagan revolution in 1980, they have become an increasingly important part of those values - voters who have made the Republicans, at least for now, the majority party in American political life.

At the very least, it does suggest that Republicans» longstanding strategy of building majorities for their anti-tax platform by appealing to working - class voters» Christian morals has lost a lot of its power.

In wealthier urban and suburban areas, most voters will be online and a majority will have broadband access, but even in far - flung rural areas or poorer parts of cities email at least is usually available.

What we now know as the fundamental problem of voting theory was discovered by the Marquis de Condorcet in 1785: whenever there are at least three voters and at least three options, the cyclical majority, A > B > C > A (where > means «wins a majority against»), is always possible.

Firstly that they see this as an opportunity to increase their majority at the expense of Labour and UKIP both of which are now in rather awkward positions and secondly that the current leadership has inherited a bit of an awkward position themselves in that they are committed to a process which is both diplomatically and politically potentially very difficult and dangerous and if it all goes horribly wrong they are really out on a limb so if they get a fresh mandate they can at least blame the voters.

It is reassuring to know that some MPs at least will have thought about the issue for themselves and have come to share the same view as the majority of voters: that the # 100 billion earmarked for Trident replacement would be better spent on many other things.

The Republicans can also find solace in the makeup of the blank voters, as about 85 percent are at least 50 years old, about 86 percent live outside of Mayer's Assembly district and a slim majority are men.

Republicans seized on signs of movement in their direction yesterday as they unleashed a massive election - eve voter mobilization operation in an effort to stave off potentially substantial losses in the House and preserve at least a slender majority in the Senate.

Overall, a majority of voters statewide — 56 % — say they've seen at least one television ad for Paterson.

A majority of New York City voters continue to disapprove of Mayor Bill de Blasio's job performance, according to a Q poll released yesterday, but he would still probably fare well in a matchup against at least two of his potential Democratic primary rivals.

The Primary System It is at least conceivable that there are House districts where a majority of voters would vote for a Libertarian Party, or a Green party candidate, or some other non-mainstream party, over a typical Republican or Democrat.

The vast majority of people who voted for Corbyn think he is doing well and think he should stay on, at least for now; there is no sign at all of buyer's remorse amongst Corbyn's voters.

Regardless of his opponent, the governor receives the support of more than eight in ten voters who identify as Democrats and has the support of, at least, a majority of independent voters statewide.

To the indignation of the press and certain elements among our fellow citizens, Black leaders have been calling for a buildup of political power, based in localities where Black voters constitute a majority or at least a sizable bloc.

An enabling majority in Congress amplifies the risk that these dangerous policies will emerge and that an electorate that has been at least somewhat disenfranchised by Gerrymandering, voter suppression on the part of republicans, and overall intimidation and abuse, will continue to generate harmful and worsening fractures in American society.