Sentences with phrase «conservative position on the issue»

I have noticed that as some women grow older, they tend to shift toward a more conservative position on the issue of abortion.

He also had made public statements during a 2012 run as a Republican for U.S. Senate, in which he staked out conservative positions on issues such as abortion, climate change and same - sex marriage.

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On a host of issues normally instrumental to winning the support of the conservative media, he had famously taken liberal positions.

To avoid being called a RINO (Republican in name only), a Republican would have to take a hardline conservative position on nearly every issue.

If, say, they were to hold conservative positions on 90 % of the issues, the conservative press would focus on the 10 % where there was disagreement.

The Texas senator had carefully struck a balance between the various facets of the GOP, positioning himself as traditionally conservative on most issues, but one with a libertarian streak.

Senator Coburn, generally regarded as being very conservative, has yet to issue statements that are clearly indicative of his position on virtual currencies.

On Thursday, Trudeau did not directly link the two issues when asked if the Conservative campaign in the U.S. is hurting Canada's position as it prepares to enter NAFTA negotiations.

This is interesting given the positions of Alberta's two principal political parties, the governing NDP and Opposition United Conservative Party, on both issues.

Democrats with conservative positions on social issues such as abortion continue to disappear from Congress.

It also tends to promote a more conservative position on moral issues such as sexuality, abortion and euthanasia.

Many evangelicals share conservative positions with us on such issues as abortion, the family, and marriage.

I'm just not clear on the conservative position on these theological issues.

Romney has struggled to win over many social conservatives who felt that his past positions on social issues were too liberal and many evangelicals who raised theological concerns over Romney's membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - Day Saints.

In the process, Barr exposes other foibles of more recent efforts to maintain that tradition of interpretation: a tendency toward specialization in historical and linguistic cognate fields that avoids theological issues and ironically reduces them to matters archaeological and historical; a style of «maximal conservativism» that approximates earlier positions taken on dogmatic grounds by a current process of selectively appropriating the most conservative elements of a variety of more critical positions; a surprising (and again ironic) tendency to offer «naturalistic» reinterpretations of the miraculous within the highly supernaturalistic inerrancy framework; and so on.

Many people we know think it mostly has to do with religion, politics, conservative positions on «culture war» issues, and an odd assortment of other things.

If the latter party positioned itself as moderately conservative on fiscal issues it would have potential to be very influential.

A major shouting match, as we know, has also developed between religious liberals and religious conservatives, the two sides taking widely differing positions not only on theological orientations but also on social and political issues, and holding strongly negative views toward the other.

Neither Labour nor the Conservative party has an official position on hunting - all the votes of recent years have been free votes, as hunting is regarded as an issue of conscience.

Just as Tony Blair had worked to move Labour away from some of the party's traditional, less electorally appealing positions in the 1990s, so David Cameron, taking Blair quite consciously as his role model, sought to reposition the Conservative party on a number of key issues in a push for electoral popularity.

«If the issue is framed by her position on Pro-Life centers, there could be a problem during the general, but during a primary, social conservatives are under - represented,» according to Stites.

The Conservatives» position on this Second Amendment issue brought them support from local sportsmen's groups, which proved helpful in the Conservative caucus this year.

Although Cabrera is a Democrat, his views on certain issues, including women's rights and gay rights, are more conservative than the party's mainline position.

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As for his voting record, Gaddy said while he's disagreed with some of Gibson's positions he feels Gibson's been solid on «core issues» that matter to conservative voters.

Ms. Hochul has a record of pro-choice positions, but has also historically taken conservative stances on gun control and immigration issues — which served as fodder for her liberal Democratic primary opponent Tim Wu.

Astorino has also staked out a conservative position on social issues.

Republican NYC mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis» appeal as a child of immigrants is the root of her political career, yet it may be compromised by her conservative voting record and positions on issues that directly affect many of those same people.

The positions of Conservative voters are for all issues roughly equidistant from UKIP on the one hand, and the seven left - liberal parties on the other.

McDonnell is also turning his attention to the prospect of parliamentary battles this autumn, pledging to make life difficult for the Conservatives in the Commons after winning a «majoritarian position» on issues such as scrapping the public sector pay cap.

Their position on issues is now similar to their position at the end of last summer when they enjoyed a much larger lead in voting intentions (The Conservatives are ahead by 20 on law and order, 24 on immigration, 7 on education, 10 on tax, 4 on unemployment (traditionally a «Labour issue»), 8 on the economy.

He echoed traditional Democratic themes about union rights and economic fairness, but took a more conservative position on the hot - button issue of guns.

While Diaz Sr.'s more socially conservative views on issues like abortion and same - sex marriage sometimes pose a problem for fellow Democrats, his district is one of the few heavily Democratic areas of New York City where these positions are not a liability.

Without evidence of public statements to support equality, and with the backing of the Conservative Party, advocates for same - sex marriage have reason to doubt Tim Kennedy's position on the issue.»

Here's why: The traditional role of the Liberal (now almost defunct) and the Conservative Party in New York has been to influence the positions of the two major parties on a variety of issues.

Some of the donors who have urged Mr. Ford to consider a run expressed alarm as Ms. Gillibrand, who as a congresswoman represented a conservative upstate district, has abandoned some of her previous positions on issues like gun control and immigration as she prepares to run statewide.

Despite being level with Labour on voting intention, the poll finds that the Conservatives are in a strong position on the crucial issue of the economy.

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The key bulwarks against this kind of mission creep are, first, a definitive, public statement from the President - elect on the administration's position on Uncle Sam's role in schools; and, second, absent that, education officials» deep familiarity with today's policy issues and ability to apply conservative principles to them.

The choice of the Democrat - turned - Republican — a former teachers» union lobbyist and Reagan administration official — drew immediate praise from political conservatives who support her position on two pressing education - related issues: affirmative action and bilingual education, both of which Ms. Chavez opposes.

Political scholar Steven F. Hayward recently presented in Issues the conservative position on global warming and climate change, including a look at measures that conservatives might accept as part of any action plan.

The advertising statements regarding the science of climate change also echo Conservative positions on specific scientific issues, as seen in each of the «myths» described, and declared to be false, in the second FoS ad:

Scalia, of course, recently deceased, was the most conservative of the conservative wing, which has had the upper hand in recent years, modified to some extent by the presence of Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who has taken a liberal position on some social issues.