I'm convinced we can
build the electoral support that can beat the Tories.
But if we focus everything on the needs and aspirations of middle and lower income voters, of ordinary families, if we demonstrate we've got a viable alternative to the government's failed economic policies, I'm convinced we can
build the electoral support that can beat the Tories.»
Not exact matches
Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades
building up a very local base of
electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.
In 2014, he was still a new mayor, one who had ridden into City Hall on a hard progressive platform and a 73 percent
electoral tsunami, who had installed the Council speaker of his choice and
built a line of political credit with Gov. Andrew Cuomo by securing him
support from liberal groups over the summer.
On the 2014
electoral front, other Koch donor
supported non-profit groups like the American Energy Alliance (AEA) have poured funds into ads targeting Democrats in close Senate and House races, knocking their opposition to
building the Keystone XL pipeline.
This training also seeks to
support the FOISECON in order to
build their capacity to conduct free and credible elections at the local government levels and how well - implemented
electoral process can bring about peaceful change of power and improve their leadership skills and take on board means for preventing or mitigating the escalation of
electoral violence and conflict throughout the respective
electoral cycle.
Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu who welcomed the development, outlined capacity
building for the Commission's staff and political parties, voter education and sensitization, inclusiveness — particularly for women, youths and persons living with disabilities — and
electoral conflict mitigation as areas where the Commission would need
support.
Thus, the South was mostly poorer per capita to start with, and had a higher share of capitation taxes than it did of Congressional seats and
electoral votes, which was not a recipe for
building Congressional
support for a major new tax.