Sentences with phrase «deciding issue in elections»

Education is rarely a deciding issue in elections, aside from specialized offices such as state and local school boards and superintendents.

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«Brooke, I got my hands on this tape because I decided... to do real investigative journalism, because I was tired of watching how the news was reporting this issue,» Pollock said, before laying into the media for its handling of Donald Trump's candidacy and eventual victory in the 2016 election.

When you engage in the election through WE Decide 2016, your viewpoints on the issues will be brought directly to the candidates, the media, and the voters.

Abortion ranks low among white evangelicals» top election concerns (% saying each issue is «very important» in deciding who to vote for):

The Democrats have decided to make the Koch Brothers an issue in the midterm elections.

But in 2015, the Campaign for One New York decided not to register as a lobbyist because the group was mainly focused on launching The Progressive Agenda, de Blasio's somewhat failed effort to make income inequality a central issue in the 2016 presidential elections.

He predicted the election was going to be decided on economic issues — an issue where Cuomo and his likely Republican opponent Rob Astorino, in Hawkins» view, aren't all that far apart.

And before the media rushes to discredit the poll, it should note that 59 % of the respondents were Democrats.Contrary to what the pundits would have you believe, social issues are not only playing a role in this election — they may be deciding it!

Assemblyman Ruben Diaz, Jr., who is running for Bronx borough president in an April 21 special election, has decided to forgo public financing from the NYC Campaign Finance Board despite his eligibility, according to a press release issued by Diaz» campaign last night.

«While de Blasio won the mayoral election in a walk, and earned his landslide with a bold platform of taxing the rich to expand pre-K, his heady victory obscured a stubborn fact: The power to decide this issue doesn't reside in Gracie Mansion.

Among the many races to be decided by primary elections tomorrow in New York, a very contentious contest for the Republican nomination in the 43rd State Senate District, and a more issues - driven campaign for the Democratic nomination for the 107th Assembly District.

Jeffries noted that Gov. Cuomo's backing will be crucial to the success of the Fair Elections Act: «We need his leadership on this issue, and I'm convinced if he decides to lead and move this forward, we can get meaningful campaign finance reform in New York State.»

Julian Huppert, the Cambridge MP whose seat was surveyed, is also believed to be on holiday, but his local association decided in his absence to hold a meeting on 13 June to decide whether they «can support Nick Clegg's continuing leadership or consider issuing a notice to the party to hold an election for leader».

«I don't believe it is a question of deciding a credible candidate, we had an extremely good, effective, thoughtful deputy leadership election and it did the party a power of good to debate those issues debated in public and I believe if it came to that it would be the case again in the future.

BlueStateDate and RedStateDate launched in October, right before the general election, when most voters and daters were deciding how they felt about the issues facing the country.

California voters will go to the polls this fall to decide controversial issues of teacher tenure and school funding in a special election that will test the strength of the state teachers» unions in their ongoing conflict with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

On the political issues facing them at the General Election, 43 per cent of parents polled stated that education and school funding will be a key issue in deciding their vote in the 2017 General Election.

On Election Day, voters in 31 school districts around the state will decide whether to raise property taxes to pump an additional $ 1 billion into the school system in the form of bond issues for buildings or mill levy overrides for operating budgets.

When Canadians decide to weigh middle - class issues in this election, whether tied to income inequality, debt, job growth or retirement security, they will be voting in different ways.