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The data was collected after the contentious election of President Donald Trump, so the report reflects attitudes toward an unpredictable future for real estate.

For many parts of the state, it'll be the most consequential and contentious election of the year.

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In pursuing his insights in the form of a book, J.D. was propelled again atop even his peer group of elites and into the fame of a political theorist during the most contentious political election of any of our lives.

«A country like Sierra Leone can ultimately minimize a lot of the fall - out of a highly contentious election by using software like this.»

After one of the most contentious and divisive election seasons in recent history, on January 20 the United States will swear in Donald J. Trump as the country's 45th president.

The Republican also noted the political risks of going after entitlements during a contentious election, as is expected in 2018, while House Speaker Paul Ryan has suggested it could be a primary GOP agenda item.

On today's episode, I talk to Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing for Edison Research, the organization behind exit polling for national elections in the U.S.. For more than two decades, Tom has conducted political polling for some of the most contentious elections in U.S. history, as well as market research for some of the top companies across the nation.

It would require defying the party leader's trade agenda during a contentious midterm election year and magnifying areas of serious disunity within the majority governing party.

Pre-game and post-game, Wall Street will be handicapping outcomes of what has been the most contentious presidential election in recent history, and either way, markets could remain both volatile and vulnerable in the week ahead.

The increasingly sharp and personal tenor of the requests, many of which sought an appearance by Zuckerberg, raised the odds of a fresh round of potentially contentious hearings — after Facebook defended itself in fall hearings about Russian manipulation of its site connected to the 2016 election.

«Stock markets are historically sensitive to uncertainty, and looming continual rate increases along with a contentious presidential election cycle [could] create a fair amount of volatility in the U.S. equity markets for 2016,» Cousino says.

He appeared to suggest that timing of the payment was connected to the contentious presidential election, contradicting Mr. Trump's Twitter statements, as well as his own.

Share Facebook 98 Twitter 0 This presidential election has been one of the most contentious in the history of our country.

It's not merely the heated aftermath of a contentious election.

The post, originally from September, seems particularly apt in the wake of a highly contentious election.

With the support of heavyweights like Mayor Bloomberg and former Mayor Ed Koch, Greenfield won a contentious special election in March for the seat vacated by Simcha Felder, who left not long after being sworn in for his third term to take a job with NYC Comptroller John Liu.

This evening we were over at John Liu's election night party to hear first hand from the candidate the results of one of the most contentious primary challenges in the entire state.

Both former officials, who were ousted in a contentious 2015 election, were found guilty of internal charges of dereliction of duty and violating the union's ethics rules when they allegedly stymied efforts to uncover thousands of dollars of improper purchases by Deborah J. Lee, who had been the leader of a PEF council in Rockland County.

In closing, Cuomo said that, despite what he called «frightening times» following a contentious election season, New York would be a place of equal rights and equal opportunity «regardless of who you are and regardless of where you come from.

In their first joint appearance since the presidential election and since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer bowed out of the race, the field of hopefuls criticized Bloomberg's emphasis on testing and his contentious relationship with the teachers union.

A Democrat who took office in 2014 after a contentious 2013 primary and landslide general election, de Blasio is consolidating organized party support ahead of this September's primary, for which his main opposition is former City Council Member Sal Albanese and police reform leader Robert Gangi.

(CNN)- Anticipating a very close race, the Republican candidate in New York's special election has put the wheels in motion for a potential hand count of certain ballots in the already - contentious race.

A contentious — and expensive — general election in Senate District 8 went the way of Republican Keith Perry over Democrat Rod Smith.

But since votes on contentious matters like public financing of elections and the DREAM Act — a proposal to extend state tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — would likely split along party lines, Perkins» departure would make their passage all - but impossible.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed January 13, 2018 for the conduct of a court - ordered election into the contentious Anambra Central Senatorial...

Republicans remain wary of a contentious debate on the divisive issue, which could anger their core voters and undercut potential electoral gains in the November elections.

It's the first contentious special election of the year.

ALBANY — In an often - contentious Board of Elections» commissioners meeting last week, members expressed concerns that new enforcement counsel Risa Sugarman had caused them to take «a step backwards.»

We are, of course, in teh final days of a contentious City Council election.

In hopes of denying Mayor Bill de Blasio a second term, some New York City Republican leaders intend to rally around a single candidate to avoid a contentious primary and present a stronger challenge in the general election.

While so much of the focus in city elections falls on the Democratic ranks, which make up a whopping 73 percent of all registered voters in the city and whose members hold every elected office in city government, some of the most colorful and contentious story lines play out in the battles for the minor - party slots.

It's a contentious election year with the party leadership of the New York State Senate hanging in the balance.

And even if Congress does manage to introduce last - minute legislation, as many observers expect, the sequester will have cast a shadow over the contentious process of funding science in a time of fiscal constraints — and in an election year.

It may be hard to believe in the midst of another contentious election cycle, but the next quarter century in the United States promises to be a period of increasing moderation and stability — at least according to a little - known but compelling theory about how the ratio of available men to available women alters our lives.

Even in the midst of a contentious election year, both ends of the political spectrum can agree that The Campaign misses the mark.

The case and film kicks off with an announcement that already got the legal team making headlines: David Boies and the traditionally conservative Ted Olsen — who previously were on opposite legal sides during the contentious recount of the 2000 Bush / Gore election — were going be working together on the case.

This was a minor disruption compared to the previous year, when the festival was nearly cancelled due to a political conflict between the city and the festival organisers, relating to the screening of an anti-government documentary in 2014.1 Much has changed in the past year, most notably the impeachment of right - wing President Park Geun - hye, whose government the documentary had targeted, and the election of the left - liberal party headed by Moon Jae - in.2 While the contentious political atmosphere has not entirely dissipated, as evidenced by the student protest groups still demanding an apology from the local city government, this year's festival was an attempt to return to normalcy, despite the untimely death of one of the festival's driving forces, deputy director Kim Ji - seok, a much beloved figure within the community.3 Although the festival had a strong selection of international entries, including some of the best this year has to offer, such as Ruben Östlund's Palme d'Or winner The Square and Sean Baker's The Florida Project, I have decided to focus my report on the Korean films.

The lasting impact of Lincoln, released in the United States on the heels of a contentious and racially - coded presidential election, is how familiar is the intolerance, how clear are the lines drawn across class and race.

The committee, acting in the midst of a contentious mayoral election in which the contract is a major issue, killed the pact when it split 4 to 4 over it on Sept. 11.

This past Denver School Board election was the most contentious ever waged in Denver with the amounts of money, vitriol, and falsehoods.

In the wake of the contentious presidential election, schools have been criticized in some circles for de-emphasizing civics, and the issue is not going away given the controversial first year of the Trump administration.

Dear Readers, Last week's election was one of the most contentious the United States has ever seen.

Set in the seething political climate of a contentious election, Thisbe Nissen's new novel is sexy, smart, and razor - sharp - a freight train barreling through the heart of the land and the land of the heart.

Organized by James Meyer as a response to the policies of the Bush administration and the contentious outcome of the 2000 presidential election, the exhibition also served as an homage to the gallery's late founder, Colin de Land (1955 — 2003).

Among the works are: «A Very Long Line», (2016) a video installation by Postcommodity, focuses on the border between the United States and Mexico, an emotionally and politically charged site that has become even more contentious through the 2016 election and the beginning of the current presidential administration.

In the words of the artist: «Virgin Birth «N» Turf provides a mad lab where I get to swab the inner - cheek and place under a microscope a petri dish of the contemporary American experience in the shadow of another blisteringly contentious Presidential election, analyzing the gray matter and microorganisms which make us tick as well as the flesh - eating bacteria which plague us.

After one of the most contentious election seasons in recent memory, it may seem like the American people don't agree on much.

Dear Sir or Madam, Here at the Dominion, we understand that the results of Tuesday's American presidential election have become a contentious topic around the world.

One of the most contentious aspects of the last Federal election was the platform of the incumbent government, which included powers that allowed the government to strip Canadians of their citizenship based on national security.

These gaps allow contentious legislation — think: Bill C - 51, the Fair Elections Act, the omnibus mandatory minimums crime bill, and the bill limiting refugee access to Canada — to be passed without open, adequate, and meaningful consideration of their constitutional vulnerabilities (i.e. if, how, and to what extent a proposed law may violate the Charter).