Sentences with phrase «average voters do»

While average voters don't follow the minutiae of legislative tactics and procedures they do tend to bristle at the idea of things going on behind closed doors; anything that feels like an end run around the «way things should be done» tends to be politically treacherous.

Not exact matches

That doesn't mean the average voter has the same view,» said Andres Jaime, global FX and rates strategist at Barclays.

Well he doesn't have to «do» anything other than be a few shades darker than the average Alabama voter to be considered a muslim.

The 10 - vote limit was a hindrance for many, to the point the BBWAA voted to increase it to 12 in the future, but the average voter used just 8.4 spots on their ballot: there are still a whole lot of voters out there who don't see an obvious backlog even as it repeatedly hits them over the head.

Do real life voters strategize their vote based on the polling averages?

26 % of suburban voters say he is doing an above average job, and 30 % of New York City voters share this position.

The answer to why UKIP are doing well in Labour seats but are unlikely to win these seats is that there are still a lot of Conservative voters in Labour seats (25 % of the vote in 2010 on average) and many of these are 2010 Labour defectors.

«It doesn't directly say I'm a racist but for the average voter, it implies that I'm a racist which is the furthest, furthest from the truth,» he said.

34 % of Democrats, 25 % of Republicans, and 33 % of non-enrolled voters statewide think Paterson is doing an above average job.

«I don't think it's any surprise to the average voter that a major industry like this tries to influence government in support of its interests.»

The candidate who is trying to buy the seat with his own money continues to do worse and it's no shock as he really won't be able to connect to the average voter as someone who made 20 + million at the dirtiest time on Wall Street, won't support the Wall Street reform bill and continues to call for transparency when he won't be transparent.

I think what people are looking for is someone — well, I don't know what they're looking for — but a more well - rounded individual who's done something out of politics should be appealing to the average voter.»

When we kept going on about Europe it just reminded the average voter that the Tories were obsessed by things that didn't matter to them.

Just 41 percent of the state's voters think Caroline Kennedy would do an above average job as senator; 62 percent say the same of Cuomo.

Perez, who lost last year's state controller race to fellow Democrat Betty Yee, doesn't have major statewide name ID with average voters.

Err: you don't need to persuade the «average voter» even if they existed.

The evidence from South Carolina shows that voters do at least sometimes evaluate school board members on the basis of student learning trends as measured by average school test scores.

While it appears that none of the lawmakers or those who contributed to their campaigns has violated any campaign finance laws, the question remains: how does the average voter discern whether or not their elected representative is championing an issue she truly cares about, or if the money associated with that issue — and her prospects for reelection — is what is driving her agenda?

Education may not have topped the average voter's priority list this year, but that didn't stop the presidential candidates from making it a focus throughout the long campaign season.

But a new study suggests there are larger forces at play too — namely, private organizations that don't believe in climate change and want to make sure the average American voter doesn't, either.

Among Republican registered voters who agree with the Tea Party, fully 70 % do not think there is solid evidence that the average temperature on earth is warming.

However, I'm confident that few of you will opt out, because doing so runs counter to what I know about you: REALTORS ® tend to be more politically active than the average voter.