The biggest issue in the election was the so - called education reform — disinvestment, school closures, exclusive charters — that has wreaked havoc on families in that city.
Not exact matches
From bakers to retailers and construction firms, more than a dozen of Mexico's
biggest companies cited concerns over NAFTA and the
election and
issuing conservative guidance
in recent weeks, despite economic data pointing to an uptick
in Latin America's second - largest economy.
«We hear all of the time that we are a democracy, but the fact of the matter, even excluding the
issue of Washington, D.C., not having elected representatives
in the congress, is that, all of you know, increasingly,
big money is buying
elections,» he said.
Coming of Age
in the Asian Century: The Need for a National Conversation By Sarah Eaton, Post ‐ Graduate Research Fellow, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Political pundits tell us this federal
election will be fought not over
big ideas but along a narrow set of economic wedge
issues.
While debating this
issue in the house, Liberal MLA Laurie Throness made the incredible claim that «there is no
big money
in B.C.
elections.»
The
issue figures to feature prominently
in the next federal
election, with Liberal Leader Stà © phane Dion arguing the benefits of a carbon tax, while NDP Leader Jack Layton makes the case that cap - and - trade would do a better job of putting the costs on
big polluters rather than on low - income families.
What happens if that if one of the candidates successfully argues
in court that mistakes
in the count (or any other irregularity or technical
issue) had an effect
big enough to change the result of the
election, a new one is held.
When David Cameron made his
big speech
in January 2013, he was hoping to unite his party and put the
issue to bed until at least after the next general
election.
While Cuomo's praise for Republican initiatives may help the party as it attempts to fend off Democratic efforts to win the Senate, it's not certain how
big an
issue drug abuse will be
in a busy presidential
election year.
Local
elections are taking place across 124 councils
in England and will probably have a
big impact on the day - to - day
issues that most people care about.
New York state voters want
bigger public investments
in the MTA, the same poll found, an
issue set to play a role
in coming
elections.
It's the
big ticket
issue in any
election and here Labour lags well behind the Tories again.
In Thursday's local
elections, housing is expected to be the second -
biggest issue for voters behind health, according to polling by Lord Ashcroft.
In a country where there has never been a great deal of difference between parties or voters on European
issues, the
big question of this first distinct European
election is the fate of Juncker, who has been chosen by the European People's Party as its candidate for the presidency of the European Commission — he is not a candidate for the European Parliament
election.
The
big issue,
in the wake of the drop
in support for CSV
in the national
election last October, is whether or not one of the ruling coalition parties can take a second seat
in Brussels from the hitherto dominant CSV.
Nigel Farage has insisted Ukip was right to focus on immigration
in the European Parliament
election as the
issue will only get
bigger ahead of the 2015 general
election.
The Guardian reports this morning that the former Foreign Secretary is accused of «buying» the leadership
election as wealthy Blairite donors push his campaign chest to # 200,000 - causing what the paper describes as a «disparity
in financial backing» for the five candidates, which it believes to be «a
big issue».
«Spuc and its colleagues
in many pro-family, Christian and Muslim groups will ensure same - sex marriage becomes a
big general
election issue, especially
in marginal constituencies,» chief executive John Smeaton said.
And that same poll found that the
issue of government corruption is not that
big a deal to likely voters, just 1 % listed corruption as a chief concern for them
in the upcoming
elections.
«I see the energy I see the passion out of these students, they're interested
in this
election, they know this
election will be
big for them, and there's a lot of
issues that impact students.»
And the longer it takes for Congress to move on an immigration bill, the more likely it will become a
big issue in next year's mid-term
elections.
Green Party leaders congratulated voters
in Kent, Ohio, for passing
Issue 43, which called for a constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood and abolish the legal definition of money as free speech, as well as establishment of an annual «Democracy Day» public hearing for residents to testify on the effect of
big contributions from corporations and the wealthy on
elections.
New York state voters want
bigger public investments
in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a new poll shows, an
issue set to play a role
in coming
elections.
Among them he says are the increasing dip
in the credibility of the Electoral Commission, the constituency creation and boundary settings, the determination of who qualifies to vote especially following allegations of some foreign nationals on the voters» register, the
bigger issue of financing the activities of the EC and national
elections, ensuring sustainable peace and security before, during and after
elections and the use of gate speech, inflammatory language and dangerous campaigning tactics.
It was clearly the
biggest issue in 2005
election.
Choosing a school is one of the key points at which parents experience national policy through a local lens, and as such, should be an important
election issue both
in the
big debates and on the doorstep.
There may be no general
election this year, but Whiteman insists he still wants his members
in campaign mode as they prepare to debate and set policy on the
biggest issues facing schools across the country.
It's taken a while, but Gov. Chris Christie's aggressive school reform agenda and the Democrats» counter to it could be emerging as a
big issue in the 2013 gubernatorial
election.
Education (and school choice) generally isn't a
big issue in presidential
elections.
Moreover, the EdNext pollsters theorize that support for increases
in funding rises
in election years, when this
issue is most hotly debated, and it's therefore unsurprising that it was seen as the
biggest problem
in public education.
There may be other reasons to vote for one side or the other, but pocketbook
issues rank low for me, and
in this
election, the payoff from the differences will not be
big.
(To get your
bigger TFSA working for you now, download the September / October
issue of MoneySense magazine) He has been generally hostile to the idea of a mandatory enhancement to the CPP, but with an
election looming Harper said
in May he'd explore the idea of allowing Canadians to voluntarily make additional CPP contributions
in return for higher payouts.
In 2006 a pattern emerged at NASA in which political appointees repeatedly acted in ways that the agency administrator concluded were inappropriate, including telling public affairs officers to issue fewer press releases on global warming in 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companie
In 2006 a pattern emerged at NASA
in which political appointees repeatedly acted in ways that the agency administrator concluded were inappropriate, including telling public affairs officers to issue fewer press releases on global warming in 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companie
in which political appointees repeatedly acted
in ways that the agency administrator concluded were inappropriate, including telling public affairs officers to issue fewer press releases on global warming in 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companie
in ways that the agency administrator concluded were inappropriate, including telling public affairs officers to
issue fewer press releases on global warming
in 2004 in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companie
in 2004
in the runup to the presidential election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companie
in the runup to the presidential
election and trying to crack down on James Hansen, the agency scientist who had become a vocal proponent of prompt cuts
in heat - trapping emissions and critic of big coal companie
in heat - trapping emissions and critic of
big coal companies.
One of the
biggest issues in Saturday's Australian
election will be the «carbon tax».
The bad news is that we're entering presidential
election season, which means activists
in the party (and warm activists are party activists) will continue their strategy of demagoguing the
issue, while doing nothing about it - expect to take a beating
in the partisan press and the
big paper editorial pages.
Simkins writes that the «nanny state»
issue has grown so
big that it has become a hot topic
in the coming general
election.
Maybe if we all concentrate with Facebook to address this
issue of the Russians meddling with our
election process, we can conveniently forget the real (and much more alarming)
issue of undue influence
in our Federal Government by
Big Money Interests like the MIC.
That sounds like a
big fat non-acknowlegement of the Redfern Statement
in which Indigenous organisations, with the backing of many health groups and NGOs,
issued a landmark
election challenge calling for transformative action to address structural inequalities, and to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The legislation — which has scored poorly
in public opinion polls so far — will immediately become one of the
biggest issues in the 2018
elections that will determine whether the GOP retains its majorities
in Congress.