Sentences with phrase «by suburban voters»

Turnout among minority voters and younger voters could affect the result in a district here or there, but an increase in suburban turnout or a substantial shift by suburban voters (especially suburban women) from the Republicans to the Democrats could have a much broader impact on the fight for control of the House.

Not exact matches

The Nevada Senate race and all of the House races are among the most competitive in the country, and all figure to be influenced heavily by suburban swing voters.

Geographically, that's the Hudson Valley and suburban Long Island — voters motivated by social justice issues and the environment, but also have their hearts flutter when it comes to their property tax bill.

Clinton, after all, outpaced Trump in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburban counties by a greater than 2 - to - 1 margin, even as voter turnout dropped in the strongly Democratic city itself.

But based on the results in the county's various municipalities, it certainly seems plausible that the results were driven by an increase in the number of suburban voters who cast their ballots for a Democrat rather than a surge in turnout among the solidly blue city voters.

While concerns have been expressed by Mayor Stephanie Miner and other city residents about a potential merger with the county, by and large the Syracuse voters and suburban voters polled provided similar answers to most of the questions.

On Long Island, meanwhile, Cuomo's standing with the suburban voters there is much better: In the open Suffolk County seat, he leads Astorino by 13 points.

A majority of suburban voters in Westchester and Rockland counties do not support re-naming the Tappan Zee Bridge after former Gov. Mario Cuomo, a poll released Tuesday by an advocacy organization found.

But unlike Bloomberg's plan, it also aims to appease outer - borough and suburban voters by reducing tolls within the outer boroughs, and dedicating some of the pricing plan's revenue to bridge and road repairs.

Suburban voters also support drilling, by a 44 to 40 percent margin.

Republicans in suburban swing districts are convinced they can boost their support with independent voters with a vote in support of the so - called Dreamers, young, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents and are now at risk of deportation after President Donald Trump ended a program protecting them.

In particular, Democrats sense an opening in the race for the Nassau County seat being vacated by Mr. Martins, as well as other seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, where there are plenty of the moderate suburban voters most likely to be turned off by Mr. Trump.

Republican big gains at the ballot box Tuesday were boosted by one key, and growing, portion of the electorate: suburban voters.

National Republicans think a victory by McDonnell, who has led in every poll since June, would resonate well beyond Virginia because it would show that although many new, suburban voters have backed Democrats in recent elections, they're not wedded to the party.

«She is viewed unfavorably by at least 60 percent of all Upstate and Downstate suburban voters, as well as among men and white voters,» Greenberg said.

And Clinton leads among New York City votes by a huge margin, as well as suburban, upstate and independent voters.

Analysts said Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, will quite likely be aided by anti-Trump suburban voters in his race against State Senator Jack M. Martins, a Republican.

By the time he embarked on his star - crossed 1994 re-election campaign, he'd become a target of national conservatives - and of suburban swing voters in New York, who'd grown convinced that he was too eager to spend their money and too hesitant to punish criminals.

Now, he said, more suburban voters care about social issues pushed by Democrats than the fiscal conservatism of Republicans.

The problem stems from parents» concern that their own children might be denied promotion or graduation based on a test score; from voters» confusion when their own upscale suburban schools are deemed to be failing by state or federal accountability systems even though most of the graduates do just fine; and from frustration when parents — often prompted by teachers — conclude that the basic - skills testing regime yields too much «drill and kill,» too little flexibility, and insufficient attention to art, music, and other creative disciplines.