Sentences with phrase «between electorate»

It provides most elections with a majority for one party, ensuring that the result is a deal between the electorate and the winner, not a deal between parties post-hoc.

A Manifesto represents for me, a solemn social contract between the electorate and the elected.

Even in the brief compass of the two decades in which there was formally a Chartist movement, the professionalization of politics can be observed, raising walls between «grassroots» supporters and leaders, just it has in modern times between the electorate and the elected.

At the rough end of politics is the interaction between the electorate and those who wish to represent them.

The electorate of any constituency was to be as close as possible to a country - specific electoral quota to reduce malapportionment; where rigid adherence to the «as far as practicable» guidelines would mean a large disparity between electorates, the commissions were expressly empowered to form seats which combine parts of two (and where major disparity still remains, more) local government areas.

Not exact matches

The survey, which indicates that Moore has regained some support after falling eight points behind Jones in a mid-November Fox News poll, illustrates a conservative electorate torn between their doubts about Moore and their desire to send a Republican to Washington.

Canada's millennials (born between 1983 and 1999; aged 18 to 34 as of 2017) are the generation that grew up in an era of a rising Asia and who will form the largest block of the electorate in the 2019 Canadian federal election.

... Early polls for the Aug. 28 primary show Arpaio grabbing between one - third and one - fifth of the electorate, behind the establishment - backed front - runner, Rep. Martha McSally, a former Air Force combat pilot, and ahead of another conservative insurgent, state Sen. Kelli Ward -LSB-.]

The Protestant vote declined by one point as a percentage of the electorate between 2012 and 2016, for a total of 52 percent of the overall vote.

More determined efforts at collaboration between the UK and the Scottish government seem necessary to strengthen the bonds within a unified state, which is the option the Scottish electorate have chosen, albeit that democracy can never deliver the answer that everyone likes.

Political junkies will relish the book's story of the infighting between data - driven analysts on the Clinton campaign staff and the on - the - ground pols in the field; the latter sensed that something seismic was shifting in the electorate, which the former refused to believe because of their «models.»

It is a distinct possibility that the outcome of this General Election is going to see very little relationship between votes and seats and produce a new government elected by a very small proportion of the electorate.

«The issue was believability - not because there is an issue between the prime minister and his backbenchers but between politicians in general and the electorate,» he says.

The electorate, Goodhart claims, is now better divided between «anywheres» and «somewheres».

After 40 years, Britain's historic decision to turn its back on the European Union has divided the country — a division that cuts not only across families and friends, but also between the «establishment» and the electorate.

They know that whilst there are few passionate votes on either side of the issue directly, it is a powerful symbol of opposition to a yawning gap between the priorities of the electorate and the Westminster elite (with frequent reference to its # 100 billion price tag).

Arizona's more conservative and older electorate represents an uphill battle for legal recreational cannabis and polling has suggested a split between proponents and opponents of Proposition 205.

@indigochild - The question specifically asked about the US senate in comparison to the electorate though, and in that specific case its is essentially a combo of the design of the Senate and a historical accident between two unrelated things.

So there is a lack of legitimacy in the region's proposed mayor stitched - up between Osborne and desperate councillors with the electorate to be presented with a fait accompli next year.

The two things you lose with simple PR is the link between a district and specific representatives (all MP represent the whole electorate) and the ability to choose exactly who gets elected (you vote for a party, not a person).

The Parliamentary Candidate for the Walewale Constituency and the Northern Regional Minister, Abdulah Abubakar, encouraged team members to be strategic in communicating to electorates by showing them the differences between the NDC and the NPP which he says when the NDC is strategizing on how to move Ghana forward, the NPP is busily organizing demonstrations and press conference to channel falsehood to electorates.

It is caught between a leader who is unpopular among the party's MPs and the broader electorate, but hugely popular with the large influx of members and supporters that joined the party in 2015 to back his leadership bid.

Between 2000 and 2010, the non-Hispanic white share of the population fell from 69 percent to 64 percent, closely tracking the 5 - point drop in the white share of the electorate measured by exit polls between 2004 anBetween 2000 and 2010, the non-Hispanic white share of the population fell from 69 percent to 64 percent, closely tracking the 5 - point drop in the white share of the electorate measured by exit polls between 2004 anbetween 2004 and 2012.

If two candidates get 35 % each, and then the other 30 % is split between various candidates, then the question is which candidate has majority support among the entire electorate.

It would be a disgrace if the Labour government imposed a choice between FPTP and AV on the electorate.

I have to agree that this makes it even harder to keep politicians honest, is bad for accountability to the electorate and terrible for the relationship between voters and government.

I notice Iain Dale drew a comparison between the Isle of Wight (electorate approximately 100,000) and some inner city constituencies which have (he claims) about 50,000.

Also, with electorate nearly equally split over a majority of important issues, the size of the body matters slightly less, but a larger body is more likely to allow passing more laws since you can always trade votes between blocks on random laws that a given block cares less about (e.g. I'll vote for your farm bill if you vote for my factory bill).

«We will hope and believe that between now and the next election, we can win the case with the British electorate that will give us the same level or the same sort of level of support as last time on our record.»

In between the debates, the parties had difficulty connecting with the electorate.

In order to give the electorate a clear choice, any referendum should be the choice between the status quo and a clear alternative.

Peter Kellner of YouGov recently wrote an interesting piece about the volatility of the British electorate, providing some figures on the «churn» between parties.

But Grant Shapps claimed that his party had still done well in the poll, and said that in the 2015 general election the electorate would be choosing between Ed Miliband and David Cameron.

Bruce Gyory, an adviser to three Democratic governors and an adjunct professor of political science at the University at Albany, said the conservative base in New York accounts for between 30 to 35 percent of the electorate, and any successful Republican candidate has to address several gaps to have a shot at victory.

Yet every four years the Latino share of the electorate runs between 9 and 11 percent.

As with some other constituencies that have produced sensational election results, from Lincoln (1973) to Blaenau Gwent (2005), the trust between a loyal, almost tribal, electorate and the local party was snapped.

If the election had revealed a fundamental misunderstanding of the electorate then the race for the Labour leadership uncovered a total disconnect between pundits and the main opposition party.

Broken down by gender, religion and race: women are 53 percent of the gubernatorial electorate, white Catholics are at a 33 - 35 percent share, Jewish voters cast a 12 - 13 percent of the total vote, with minority voters (the aggregate of black, Hispanic, Asian and bi-racial New Yorkers) at between a 27 - 30 percent share in gubernatorial elections.

«Typically they're between 35 and 40 percent of the primary electorate for the Republicans.

He argues that both the electorate and MPs must take responsibility to improve the relationship between them - the former should take more of an interest, but the latter should also take more trouble to listen to public concerns.

But rules set then remain in place, with the Commons to be reduced by 50 seats to 600, each with an electorate of between 71,031 and 78,507 — bar four exceptions.

They are peopled at the whim of political nepotism, cost millions and are yet again an example of how the divide between taxpayers / electorate v the poltical elite is growing.

Although DPR Voting is a Proportional Representation (PR) system, it maintains the system of single member constituencies, the method by which MPs are elected, and the relationship between the MP and their electorate.

Astorino — and any Republican — knows the basic formula for his election is to run up the score upstate (where between 40 - 50 percent of the electorate lives), try not to get creamed in New York City and fight to the death on Long Island and the northern suburbs, his home turf.

ConservativeHome ran a campaign, the Conservative Party supported it, and the coalition agreement specifies it, so whatever happens between now and May 2015, another boundary review is on the way and, regardless of the result of a referendum on the «alternative vote», the next General Election will be fought on new boundaries, with equalizing the size of the electorate the absolute priority for how those boundaries are drawn up.

Are there clues as to a new leader's prospects for success with the wider electorate to be found in the way their party goes about choosing between rival candidates?

Increasing support for smaller parties, switching between parties and differentiation between local and national voting reflect the changed approach of the electorate.»

Shadow Justice Secretary Sadiq Khan's Tooting seat is set to be divided between Clapham Common and Streatham and Tooting while rising star Chuka Umunna's Streatham seat could be split four ways, with a large chunk of the electorate moving to Streatham and Tooting.

Those challenging Corbyn must therefore grapple with questions of what leadership entails, what the relationship (s) between leader and the parliamentary party, the electorate, and the media should be — not least because the Conservatives already know that all these matter.

The head - to - head debate between Cameron and Miliband still looks improbable as empty chairing Cameron should he not show up would leave the electorate with the potential of Ed Miliband having a farcical Clint Eastwood moment.