An
"election broadcast" refers to a television or radio program that provides information about candidates, political parties, and their policies during an election. It helps inform voters about their choices so they can make more informed decisions when casting their votes.
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party election broadcasts for parties contesting this election will appear below, after they have been shown on television.
A party
election broadcast by the Democratic Unionist Party for the European Parliament election on 4 June.
They watched live feeds of the presidential, congressional and local
elections broadcasted on screens for attendees to watch.
The UK Independence Party has suspended a council candidate featured in its
latest election broadcast for sharing «repellent» opinions on Twitter.
A week earlier, a
Labour election broadcast had led to a row when the name of a small girl who had been waiting for an ear operation on the NHS was leaked.
A little oddly for authors of so fact - packed a study (including 24 figures and 34 tables, including one engagingly titled» «Sod the lot» models»), Ford and Goodwin have invented a generic Ukip voter called John, a 64 - year - old former Raleigh bicycle worker in Nottingham, who voted for Thatcher, switched to Labour after she resigned, flirted with the BNP (but couldn't stomach the Nazi associations) and was converted by a
Ukip election broadcast in 2009.
A collapsing stage at the UKIP conference, accusations that politicians are backstabbers, and a «boy band» in a party
election broadcast feature in Andrew Neil's morning report.
A new political landscape Back on the hustings, the Conservatives today accused Nick Clegg of trying to «hold the country to ransom» as they unveiled a
mock election broadcast from the «Hung Parliament party» warning it would lead to financial catastrophe.
In recent weeks, Labour has
released election broadcasts featuring comedian Jo Brand, Hobbit actor Martin Freeman and snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Ukip forced to suspend the «poster boy» of its
European election broadcast, after it was revealed he had posted a series of vile racist comments on Twitter
Past performance at elections, consistent polling, and the number of candidates help decide how parties are
allocated election broadcasts and coverage on political programmes, the head of BBC editorial policy explained.
Presenter Peter Snow will have more than 200 graphics to choose from for Decision» 92, the
Presidential election broadcast, compared to the 5000 graphics prepared for the British general election in April — though only 6 per cent of those were used.
This was his claim after it emerged Andre Lampitt, a Zimbabwean decorator who appeared on a
Ukip election broadcast, posted messages online calling Islam «evil» and declaring that Africans should «kill themselves off».
Labour hearts should swell at the sight, as increasingly vicious blue on blue attacks hand them enough ammunition to fill every campaign poster and party
election broadcast for the next four years.
So in Labour's
latest election broadcast the comedian and former nurse spends a good two minutes talking about the health service.
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party election broadcast by the Ulster Conservative and Unionist New Force party for the European Parliament election on 4 June.
The election broadcast follows comments by party president Tim Farron yesterday that Baroness Thatcher's government pursued «organised wickedness».
Andre Lampitt, the star of Ukip's 2014 party
election broadcast, was suspended for calling Ed Miliband «not British», attacking «evil» Islam and saying Africans should «kill themselves».
Thank you for the wonderful article on party
election broadcasts (TP, August).
Other areas of expertise include party leader TV debates in 2010, party
election broadcasts, public opinion and voting behaviour, party election broadcasts.
The results, published in My Election - A Voter's Eye View of the 2007 Scottish Elections, showed a slightly inverse relationship between the number of times a monitor noticed advertising (including billboards, mobile vans, print media and party
election broadcasts) and the turnout.
But if the success of
election broadcasts these days is measured by how viral they go, then the Greens may just be on to something with this slightly zany effort.
Ken Livingstone showed his emotional side in an unexpectedly tearful response to
his election broadcast at his manifesto launch this morning.
First came party
election broadcasts (PEBs) by radio, then 20 - minute polemics by TV, followed by blockbuster - style short films produced and directed by some of the Hollywood greats in the 1980s through to today.
A Green party spokesman said of the latest ad: «This is the party
election broadcast that's worth watching.
TP suspects that Oscar - winning Lord Puttnam is one Labour - supporting public figure who will not be appearing in
its election broadcasts any time soon...
Convinced that it neatly symbolised Labour's fiscal irresponsibility, the PM took to whipping the note out of his pocket in speeches, TV appearances and
election broadcasts.
Now Labour has released its party
election broadcast for the upcoming local elections.
Despite the criticism of his recent video on MPs» expenses, the Labour party has centred
its election broadcast on the prime minister
An election broadcast by the UK Independence Party for the 2014 European Parliament elections on 22 May 2014.
The leadership embarked on a rethink at the weekend, resulting in a hastily filmed personal statement by Cameron for
an election broadcast on Monday night, when the Lib Dems surged in the polls.
So far we've talked about tax bills, tears, rows in lifts, and whether or not real Londoners were actually actors in
our election broadcast.
A party
election broadcast by the Traditional Unionist Voice party for the European Parliament election on 4 June.
Writing on the Labourlist website, he added: «Concluding that these results stem from a poster,
an election broadcast and a badly eaten bacon sandwich risks insulting voters in a way they will not forget.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have unveiled their party
election broadcast.
[87] In April 2010, he lent his voice to a Labour Party
election broadcast.
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