Sentences with phrase «concern from voters»

Instead the areas of greatest concern from voters are only partially being addressed by their elected representatives.

She says she has heard concerns from voters about the House Republicans» attempt to defund Planned Parenthood and the threats of a government shutdown.

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As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

Concerns that the French presidential election would see a surge of support for populism among French voters were allayed by the results from the first round of voting toward the end of April.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy faced questions from some voters concerned he would take orders from the pope.

In 1998, at the height of the Clinton impeachment battle, evangelical voters were constantly confronting accusations from their secular, leftist friends that «it was all politics,» that evangelicals were less concerned with Bill Clinton's indiscretions than they were about his party identification.

Constantly concerned about alienating the southern wing of the Democratic Party, the Kennedys sought to channel the movement away from attacks on state segregation statutes, which, they claimed, were local conflicts in which federal authorities were powerless to intervene, and into voter registration efforts in which the national state could be of assistance.

That masterful admission came from the executive editor of The New York Times, Dean Baquet, concerning journalists» inability to report on the effects of faith on the voters of the 2016 election.

Bishop Azariah of Dornakal, in theologically justifying the rejection of the reserved minority communal electorate offered by Britain to the Christian community in India, spoke of how the acceptance of it would be «a direct blow to the nature of the church of Christ» at two points — one, it would force the church to function «like a religious sect, a community which seeks self - protection for the sake of its own loaves and fishes» which would prevent the fruitful exercise of the calling of the church to permeate the entire society across boundaries of caste, class, language and race, a calling which can be fulfilled only through its members living alongside fellow - Indians sharing in public life with a concern for Christian principles in it; and two, it would put the church's evangelistic programme in a bad light as «a direct move to transfer so many thousands of voters from the Hindu group to the Indian Christian group» (recorded by John Webster, Dalit Christians - A History).

Opposition to Voter ID laws in America can be seen as a left - wing attempt to disenfranchise right - wing voters because one of the major concerns is that alien (as in from a different country, not different planet) residents may be voting, and in America aliens generally support the Democratic party.

But Letwin was seen as distant from the concerns of ordinary voters and out - of - step with Australian strategist Lynton Crosby's blue - collar strategy.

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 we can not forget that these issues will be a million miles away from the concerns of most voters at the next election.

As part of an aggressive new voter - targeting operation, Cambridge Analytica — financially supported by reclusive hedge fund magnate and leading Republican donor Robert Mercer — is now using so - called «psychographic profiles» of US citizens in order to help win Cruz votes, despite earlier concerns and red flags from potential survey - takers.

There are doubts about the breadth of Corbyn's appeal given his cultural identity as a left - wing metropolitan liberal representing the constituency of Islington North, allegedly «a world away» from the concerns of most uncommitted Labour voters.

At the very least, lawmakers and Cuomo seem to be taking their cues from voters on corruption concerns: A combined 90 percent of upstate voters believe corruption is either a «very serious» or «somewhat serious» problem.

But ironically, keeping the WFP's ballot status, much less its spot at Row E, appears to be increasingly a concern for party leaders and activists as the governor pushes for voters to back him on the Women's Equality Party line, which is increasingly being seen as a rival for liberals» votes and potential siphon away support from the WFP.

«As I've petitioned with my volunteers to get on the ballot, I've heard from voters about their priorities and concerns.

There are three proposals on the ballot, and advocates are concerned that controversy stemming from Proposal 1 — if the state should convene a constitutional convention — will cause voters to conflate the two issues.

It's communiqué, read partly, «That the Council views with concern the unusually heavy presence of security operatives in the state in the build - up to the election, noting that such could lead to unnecessary tension and may jeopardise peaceful conduct of the poll and possibly dissuade voters from coming out to exercise their franchise.»

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender [LGBT] community is especially concerned by Sampson's support of Queens Sen. Shirley Huntley, a «no» voter facing a primary challenge from gay - marriage supporter Lynn Nunes.

The small districts were designed to answer concerns from many voters, including minority residents of Syracuse, that their voices would not be heard in a countywide government.

The Reform Party of New York State represents the interests of voters who are concerned with out - of - control spending, growing budget deficits, an unsustainable national debt, as well as gross mismanagement in government and unethical behavior from elected representatives.

The episode may drive voters away from him, although it anecdotally appears at this early stage Republican voters are only moderately concerned about.

The poll indicates that while some voters are concerned by allegations that Cuomo's top aide discouraged the commission from investigating groups linked to the governor, the episode hasn't significantly altered the race.

Lawmakers have proven reluctant to spend money on everything from stimulus projects to additional unemployment insurance, amid increasing voter concern about the size...

Representing a middle ground between the exclusion of independent voters in a closed primary and the free - for - all of open primaries, the semi-closed primary eliminates concerns about voters registered in other parties from «raiding» another party's nominating contest.

So far, congressional Republicans have shown the most concern about pressure from donors, not voters, though.

The poll sought the opinions of voters in the regions designated for commercial casino expansion, ranging from their expectations for the benefits of casino gambling to their concerns over the potential downsides.

Concerned Citizens of Montauk and the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund will co-host a candidates forum focusing on the environment today at Scoville Hall in Amagansett from 5 to 7 p.m..

However, on 10th July, the Commission received an order given by the Federal High Court, Abuja and dated 6th July, 2017, directing the «parties to maintain the status quo till the determination of the Plaintiff's motion on notice, in respect of the suit filed by the concerned senator, seeking orders of injunction against the Commission to stop it from acting on the petition by the Kogi West Senatorial District Registered Voters.

But on the same 10th July, the Commission received an order given by the Federal High Court, Abuja and dated 6th July, directing the «parties to maintain the status quo till the determination of the plaintiff's motion on notice» in respect of the suit filed by the concerned senator, seeking orders of injunction against the Commission to stop it from acting on the petition by the registered voters of Kogi West Senatorial District.

He further said the former President's concern about some electorate being turn away from voting was also not true since every eligible voter had his or name in the party's register.

Speaking from the Midlands, where the Tories became the biggest party in Walsall and made gains in Dudley, Jess Phillips, the MP for Birmingham Yardley, said the party has to address issues of concern for white working - class voters in industrial areas who appear to have switched from Ukip to the Tories.

Kalman Yeger, another councilman from Brooklyn, expressed concern during the hearing that if the commission's recommendations go before the voters in 2019, a year when there will be no major races to bring voters to the polls, it could mean that few people actually show up to vote on what could be fundamental changes to how government works.

My colleague Richard Adams points out that there is some alarm — mostly from Ukip voters, as far as we can see, though do let me know if this concern has spread to other parties» supporters — that voters are being asked to mark their ballot papers with a pencil.

He said Trump's complaints about a «rigged» election stem not so much from worries about voter fraud but from concerns about bias in the national mainstream media — which, he said, clearly seems to be on the side of Democrat Hillary Clinton.

The concerns about his performance as head of the Labour In For Britain campaign came amid increasing evidence that working class voters are switching from Remain to Leave.

The Albany County Board of Elections, which ran the original Albany High referendum in November, provided voting machines and wound up fielding calls from concerned voters all day.

In an online survey of 500 registered Massachusetts voters conducted by YouGov America under the direction of the UMass Poll from May 30 to June 4, Boston - area residents expressed an overall concern about a terrorist attack at a rate higher than those in the rest of the state, with 61 percent of Bostonians stating that they were «very concerned» or «somewhat concerned» of an attack, compared to 53 percent of other Bay State residents.

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.

Put simply, contrary to the arguments of many White Democrats (as well as pundits such as Jonathan Chait of New York, Frank Bruni of the New York Times and academic Mark Lilla), focusing on the efforts of Black, Latino, immigrant, and low - income communities for economic, social and political equality (which has often been derisively called «identity politics»), is critical to Democrat success in winning elections as well as in winning support from younger voters who are also concerned about these matters.

A recent survey of voters from nine swing states indicates that education will be a top concern for poll - goers in the fall election.

From some of the feedback we received, voters were very concerned about whether or not CN would be involved with the implementation of the spay / neuter aspect of the program.

What you have here is Senators from states that have lost a lot of manufacturing jobs — that have been sent abroad or that have been very hard hit by the state of the economy — or they're coal - producing states, or states that burn a lot of coal — so they have these domestic economic and political concerns that they have to answer to their voters on.

Voters simply have too many other pressing concerns, from health care, to energy prices, to the war in Iraq.

The politicians don't care while voters are preoccupied by «green» issues and «saving the planet» from plastic shopping bags and incandescent light bulbs, and the scientists don't care while the politicians are dishing out research grants to «prove» how valid the public's concerns are.

Key findings from the survey of 1,000 registered voters include 74 percent agreeing that federal regulations could contribute to increased costs for gasoline to consumers and 68 percent who're concerned about government regulations that would increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline.

Hasen suggested that if Ohio is concerned about voters gaming the election, it could simply conduct closed primaries and prevent voters from switching sides on election day.

So far, congressional Republicans have shown the most concern about pressure from donors, not voters, though.