Sentences with phrase «country voted for change»

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Before the 1970s, evangelicals voted as often for Democrats as for Republicans, but in the wake of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, a Supreme Court decision ending prayer in public schools, and the legalisation of abortion in 1973, the Republican Party recognised an opportunity to build a new coalition of Christian conservatives upset with the cultural changes sweeping the country.

I will be voting for Romney because Obama has had almost 4 years to try to fix the problems this country has, and he hasn't done a very good job, it is time for a change.

Rallying support for the New Patriotic Party's Amenfi West candidate for Tuesday's by - election, Nana Akufo - Addo urged the voters in the constituency to vote for Paul Denkyi to signal to the whole country that there is impending change.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

Having failed to achieve a change in the voting system for the House of Commons — with the loss of last year's referendum on the alternative vote — Nick Clegg's party is determined to push ahead in order that his party can boast having forced a major constitutional change on the country as a result of being in government.

Asking whether Scotland «should become an independent country» emphasises, however faintly, that people would be voting for a significant change.

Last month, with Election Day around the corner, that seemed to change as de Blasio renewed his call for a system that will encourage voting in a state with one of the lowest voter turnout rates in the country.

Cautioning the students against any attempt to vote for a change in administration, he said any such decision posed a serious threat to the progress of the country, adding that «such a mistake will erode the gains we have made so far.

«I voted for George Weah because he is the one who will bring the change we have been waiting for in this country,» declared supporter John Momoh after casting his ballot on Tuesday.

«Vote Labour, so we can change the economy and the social services of this country for the better.»

However, I'm not sure that their money will be able to stop people voting for the change that our country needs.

I am a Democrat, as well as a Liberal, and I believe that Conservative attempts to change parliamentary boundaries in their favour and change the voting registration to deny many people the vote could have resulted in permanent Conservative government for this country.

Countries in this region consist of Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South - Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar Needing another seven votes to end Hayatou's long - standing reign in CAF, a key figure in Ahmad's think - tank, who has criss - crossed over 37 countries in the last weeks, campaigning for change in African Countries in this region consist of Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South - Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar Needing another seven votes to end Hayatou's long - standing reign in CAF, a key figure in Ahmad's think - tank, who has criss - crossed over 37 countries in the last weeks, campaigning for change in African countries in the last weeks, campaigning for change in African football.

But the biggest change to Germany's political scene was the emergence of the far - right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as the country's third biggest political force with 12.6 percent of the vote.

For a presidential cycle known for upending conventional political wisdom, one thing certainly hasn't changed: It's hard to vote in the Senate if you're campaigning across the countFor a presidential cycle known for upending conventional political wisdom, one thing certainly hasn't changed: It's hard to vote in the Senate if you're campaigning across the countfor upending conventional political wisdom, one thing certainly hasn't changed: It's hard to vote in the Senate if you're campaigning across the country.

While not as fundamental a reform as The Independent and other advocates of proportional representation would like, a move to the Alternative Vote system would still be a landmark change for a country that has used first - past - the - post since modern elections began.

Alhaji Barry appealed to the residents to vote massively for the NPP to bring positive change to the area and the country as a whole.

Not only did he provide a clear, and popular, direction for the future of the country, but though his consistency and, above all, integrity he was able to unite the disparate parts of the Labour party and galvanise the country to vote overwhelmingly for change.

We need to change our party funding system so that we have properly funded parties able to campaign for votes across the country.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, citing a Saturday appearance in Seneca Falls - the birthplace of the women's right to vote - told the crowd the country is changing and more women need to run for office and be elected to see some of the issues marchers were pushing put into place.

She told the Guardian: «This referendum has revealed that there are a lot of people [who] feel they don't have a voice, that this country is not working for them and they have faced a combination of years of austerity and a rapid pace of change in their community they didn't vote for.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, who represents the North Country, said Trump's comments were «just wrong» but did not indicate any change to her previous pledge to vote for him.

In 1997, 95 senators voted for a resolution condemning the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change, which the Copenhagen meeting was meant to broker a replacement for, in part because of the lack of participation by developing countries.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have again shown their low regard for the Census Bureau, voting to use it as a bank to fund other federal agencies and telling people they don't have to fill out a survey that allows the government to track the country's changing demographics.

-LSB-...] government's argument that the country was enjoying an economic upturn was a fact, but the ordinary wananchi (citizens) had not seen any positive changes to warrant voting for it, hence the voters» overwhelming support for the opposition party (Oucho, 2012: 515)

«It's clear that many believe this country is on the wrong track and voted for change.

Albertans in particular have been hit the hardest with commodities, oil and gas stocks collapsing to 2008 financial crisis levels, real estate prices stagnating while the rest of the country tests new all - time highs, and now two impending tax increases thanks to those voting for change in the provincial and federal elections.

Additionally, when you hear about white «in the rest of the world», remember that those countries which follow the «Father Country» rule of the FCI - had to make those changes when the German registries decided to change to continue with FCI - it isn't as those each of those FCI countries voted for white or even had a choice.

During United Nations climate change negotiations (www.unfccc.int), members of the Climate Action Network (CAN), vote for countries judged to have done their «best» to block progress in the negotiations in the last days of talks.

If they truly are for the sales representatives across this Country then we would be the ones going to the special CREA meetings like the one in October and we would vote on the changes not the Board Representatives.