Sentences with word «electability»

If it does then we can wave goodbye to any hope of electability for the foreseeable future.

The first was Ed's willingness so readily to trade electability for perceived ideological purity.

Added the second former Republican leader: «You have to work and make the case and talk about electability in November.»

While it may seem like matching a candidate to the demographics of the district is the right thing to do, this race proves that ethnicity has no bearing on electability — or maybe Jung's communication staff wasn't doing their job, either way, he lost.

The argument about electability is straightforward as I see it: Andy Burnham is the current favourite, aiming to top the poll in the first ballot.

'» For Goldman as for others, the word «deplorables» seems incompatible with electability.

Did we help pull Labour towards electability, or did the split stop Labour winning?

According to the NPP, Mr. Naabu was offered a brand new V6 Mitsubishi, a brand New V8 Land Cruiser and GHc 3.3 million to resign from the NPP and paint the NPP Flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo as a dictator and damage him «beyond electability.»

I ended up seeing the first ten minutes or so on YouTube and Santorum and especially Gingrich went after Romney's supposed electability on the grounds that he wasn't willing to run for....

Corbyn appeals to those who want Labour to change direction completely, even if it means short - term disunity and lower electability.

Most of the new intake are left wing and, more importantly, appear reluctant to trade off ideological principles for electability if that entails tacking to the centre.

Bloomberg, who is currently not registered with a political party, had dismissed Paladino's electability back in July, saying that the real estate developer didn't have a chance at winning.

Add to that the sense that none of the contenders in the Labour leadership contest looks to be an obvious general election winner and it becomes understandable why electability appears such a low priority in the contest.

Electability still depends on a credible economic strategy, where the sums add up and wealth is created — not just redistributed.

Barely any cited electability (winning in 2020) or acceptability (uniting the party) as reasons to support him.

It is easily forgotten that many Labour left - wingers — including Dennis Skinner — accepted this argument in 2010 when they put electability before ideology in supporting David Miliband.

Neither is Corbyn in a position to ignore or discount electability, as his allies struggled to explain Labour's poor performance in the recent Copeland and Stoke Central by - elections.

Patterson, last I heard is a bit on the vulnerable side in terms of electability whether its because of his proposed budget, the Caroline Kennedy fiasco or perhaps an unwillingness on New York's part (remember Carl McCall) to consider an African American candidate for governor.

I hardly think that nuclear disarmament, of all policy issues, is the be-all-and-end-all as regards electability.

Note: by better / worse candidate, I'm referring purely to electability rather than ability to be president.

The small print of a little - noticed annexe to the pre-Budget report reveals that the Chancellor has revised the official forecasts: he has postponed the Labour Party's return to electability until 2028.

Virtually every time centrists make the case that electability matters, it's illustrated with the example of what the last Labour government did for schools and hospitals.

However, the First - Past - The - Post electoral system (AND in addition, electoral college as noted in Affable Geek's excellent answer here) in US makes any party outside Republicans / Democrats to be largely not viable as far as practical electability.

While electability is the ultimate test of political leadership, this leadership came down to a choice between acceptability and competence.

Like their Republican counterparts, Cardinale said, a Sanders - inspired super-progressive movement would value ideological purity over electability and would threaten the Democratic Party's «big tent» tradition of accommodating a wide range of viewpoints.

Pete forced me to rethink the issue, in that there had to be substantive policy (and perhaps principled reasons) to be against the man other than questions of electability.

With seven candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for the 19th Congressional District — and little ideological daylight between them — campaigns are touting their candidate's electability in the November battle against incumbent Republican John Faso as they head towards a June 26 primary to decide who'll get the party's line.

Despite being strong on electability, Kendall's Blairite politics are unacceptable not just to the far left but also to Labour's soft - left mainstream.

6th October 2016, British Politics and Policy: Why both camps in Labour's internal struggle may be wrong about electability

Neil Kinnock's Leader's speech at the 1985 Labour Party conference marked a turning point for the Labour party towards electability.

The NPP on Tuesday alleged at a news conference in Accra that President Mahama and his brother, Ibrahim Mahama, attempted to bribe Mr Bugri Naabu to resign from the NPP and damage Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo «beyond electability».

Same for a category of «politics» questions that concerned campaign tactics and electability.

«Russia's goals were to undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process, denigrate Secretary Clinton, and harm her electability and potential presidency,» the report read.

Romney wants Perry's more competence / electability - focused voters and Bachmann and the rest want Perry's conservative authenticity - oriented voters.

My advice to Romney: keep hammering his electability and experiential advantages.

The fact that his own state didn't want him back speaks volumes about his electability.

Pretty amazing, given that he's the most Catholic candidate ever, arguably too Catholic from the perspective of electability.

The second, more obvious, Gingrich vulnerability is electability.

Comparisons of Rick Perry to Ronald Reagan along the dimension of electability are problematic.

Huckabee would also have to make a plausible argument for his electability.

Romney wants Perry's more competence / electability - focused voters and Bachmann and the rest want....

Evangelical voters, it turns out, are a more sophisticated bunch, judging candidates on a broad continuum of considerations from their personal faith and character to leadership attributes and electability.

«They are also much less likely to be focused on the electability or experience of candidates.

At the same time, Huckabee's support for the FairTax and his identity politics cultural positioning repulses the key «somewhat conservative» voters who value policy prudence and electability.

The only thing Iowa showed is that conservatives are more interested in social issues than they are in electability (Romney) experience (Gingrich), or a sound economic and foreign policy record (Huntsman).

The unsurge was almost entirely over deep doubts about that guy's electability.

Gardendale, Alabama (CNN)-- Faith, gas prices, and electability.

According to Reed, «evangelical voters, it turns out, are a more sophisticated bunch, judging candidates on a broad continuum of considerations from their personal faith and character to leadership attributes and electability.»