Sentences with phrase «class voter base»

Otherwise they will find that they loose all of their working class voter base.

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Cruz has a chance to unite the Republican «base of the base» with voters who might be open to a middle - class - focused conservative populism.

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

As I wrote before the election, speaking with Americans gave me the impression that voter turnout could put Trump in the White House; it seemed that an increase in white, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump's way.

It seems likely that the one - third of Labour voters from the last general election who want to leave the EU are disproportionately drawn from the Labour party's historic — but increasingly perilous — working - class base, and there is little doubt that these economic concerns are a major explanation for their dissatisfaction.

But I tried to avoid any discussion of whether it is or is not a good idea for voters to select based on religion by considering simply «a class that shares an opinion on any particular issue», and show that this simple model was already enough to explain non-proportional representation, before discussing any more complex model.

There will be tweaks and give - and - take, but those same Republicans should have no problem signing on to initiatives that serve middle - class, suburban voters who are their core base.

The Labour party was in flux, concerned about the erosion of its core voter base as the class and demographic boundaries changed.

Ed Balls has temporarily lost out to Peter Mandelson in the internal Labour debate as to whether Brown should emphasise a class - based appeal to core Labour voters or a Blairite appeal to aspiration.

The survey, conducted for the Washington - based American Council on Education, a higher education organization, found that 54 percent of 1,000 registered voters believe students should have to take more math and science courses, and only 31 percent of those polled believe that math and science classes offered to college students not majoring in those fields are «very relevant» to life after graduation.

Their cries could form the basis of a new populist movement, rooted in poorer and middle - class voters who seethe at their political leaders» inattention to their problems and lament an American dream gone awry.

It thought about the nature of Internet filter bubbles, and why its message ceased to resonate with white working - class voters, which once was a core part of the Democratic base.