Sentences with phrase «election debates which»

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Now that the Republican and Democratic Conventions are over with, we can move on to the actual debate portion of the election, which means that your Facebook feed is about to get stormed by a barrage of thoughtful, reasonable, measured political opinions that will never be inflammatory hyperbole packed to the brim with dubious facts.

Now that the Republican and Democratic Conventions are over with, we can move on to the actual debate portion of the election, which means that your Facebook feed is about...

«Lincoln was reticent to discuss religion, particularly after his election, which has fueled the ongoing debate about whether he believed in God or if he was Christian in the way we would explain it today,» said Nathan Raab of the Raab Collection.

Considerable debate is going on as to how much influence the religious right has, the extent to which it influenced the results of the 1980 election, and how many people listen regularly to right - wing preachers on television.

In his maiden speech — which, following a tradition now rarely observed, he waited a year after his election to deliver — Sasse argued that the upper house of the U.S. Congress was intended specifically by the framers to preserve minority opinion by enshrining a process of long - form debate to preclude a legislative fast track.

We're 15 months from a presidential election, which means the party debates are hitting fourth gear.

Speculation about which of the two main parties could attract Nick Clegg into a coalition has dominated the last week of the general election campaign, since his TV debate performance sent Lib Dem support through the roof.

No doubt, there should be a thorough parliamentary debate on the issue, but instead of forcing a decision in this parliament, which could well be as controversial and divisive as the ill - fated referendum, I strongly agree with Nick Clegg that by far the best and most dignified way out of the current mess would be to ask the people in the proper constitutional way by calling an snap general election:

Their aim has been to prepare the ground for a backbench debate on Thursday in which MPs will hold a symbolic vote on returning to the old days when Prime Ministers had full discretion to call elections as they saw fit.

As he argued in the debate which preceded the parliamentary vote to call the election, «this is a good day for Parliament.

This seems to have been sparked by the row about whether the party's leader, Natalie Bennett, should be allowed to take part in a televised leaders» debate in the election campaign; following initial proposals (later withdrawn) by the broadcasters which would have included the United Kingdom Independence party's Nigel Farage but excluded Bennett, a rush of sympathisers flocked to join the Greens.

One is to avoid dates which coincide with elections: that can lead to a confused debate.

[1] In these elections, televised debates — which Craig Allen Smith compares to the Super Bowl, referring to both as «innovations of the 1960s that pitted the survivors of elimination contests against each other in spectacles made for national television» [2]-- have become increasingly prominent.

For all the focus on leaders» debates, policy pledges and the inevitable gaffes in the final weeks, ultimately the outcome of the election will be decided by which party manages to motivate its supporters to knock on doors and deliver leaflets in the gruelling weeks ahead.

The project's findings will lay the foundations for a better understanding of electoral responses to government opportunism, and will contribute to debates about retaining or introducing fixed election dates (which restrict strategic elections) in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

There is a timely debate to be had about the UK's recognition rules, and about the conditions under which it is normatively most appropriate to adhere to a rule which privileges the incumbent, the largest party, or the relative election winner.

Think about the televising of the 1960 presidential debate, which quite likely shifted the election to Kennedy, or news coverage of the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam, which turned American opinion against the war for the first time.

«There was a strong consensus from the Meeting that it would be better to take some of the heat out of this public debate; this would entail taking forward a calmer internal party review of funding which would be more comprehensive and balanced (including importantly, addressing the Conservative multi-million pound donations at and between elections) and putting that forward as part of Labour's manifesto offer for party funding reforms.»

As things stand, there seem to be two distinct election timelines, one of which can be termed «before the debate» and the other «after the debate».

National insurance row But there will be no big spending announcements to vie with the Conservatives» recent proposals on national insurance (NI) and marriage tax breaks, which have so far dominated the election debate.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) engaged in a nasty, lone radio debate in her Democratic primary against upstart Reshma Saujani on Tuesday morning, in which the two traded barbs — but managed to up the ante after the event, as the incumbent literally fled from reporters and the challenger said she might not vote in the general election if she loses.

It appears that a relatively small number of people watched the lone debate in the election for New York City Comptroller, which occurred on Tuesday, October 17 between incumbent Democrat Scott Stringer and his Republican challenger, Michel Faulkner.

The debate over public financing has begun in the state Senate, with the introduction of new legislation by Senator Eric Adams, which would establish a public financing program, create an independent enforcement counsel in the State Board of Elections, lower contribution limits and improve disclosure of independent political spending.

But I've hosted many election debates in which the candidates attempted to demonstrate a similar ease, yet failed.

City Council Member Gale Brewer, participating in her last meeting of the Technology Committee, which she previously chaired, before taking on her new role as Manhattan Borough President, said she was skeptical of Internet voting, noting that the potential requirement of I.D. cards was problematic given the Voter I.D. debates, but emphasized her support for improving reporting of election results and encouraging voter registration through other agencies.

His liquidity troubles dwarf the debates about national insurance which dominated the first week of the election campaign.

If there is more than one nomination, there may be debate which must be relevant to the election.

J. whereas electoral campaigns continue to focus primarily on national issues, pushing debate on specifically European issues into the background, which has a negative impact on the level of participation in elections to the European Parliament;

With such a wide data base, the disparate surveys strongly suggest that Thursday's leaders» debate was a game - changing event which could impact the result of the general election, probably by taking enough votes from the Tories to secure a hung parliament.

These are the big themes which will overlay the economic debate that will dominate the 2015 general election campaign.

The debate over Uber, which will come amid an election year, will likely be among the marquee policy debates heading into the next legislative session, which formally begins in January.

This follows a debate in the House of Lords in which peers from the Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Labour benches, as well as crossbenchers, also called on Government to get regulations through before the election.

However, the end of transitional controls on January 1st next year, so that those from the two most recent EU members have the same rights as citizens of the other western and east European member states, has created a heated political debate about immigration from the two countries, which is likely to run on into next year's European elections.

Lord Ashcroft, who in his review of the Conservatives» election performance said it had been a mistake for Mr Cameron to agree to televised debates in which Mr Clegg took part and criticised the Tories for failing to get their «message» across properly, uses an article in The Sunday Telegraph today to address the Lib Dems» «predicament».

The Financial Times said the election had become a three - horse race as Clegg stood firm in the debate which has «left the election wide open».

«As to her Republican opponent, she will be more than happy to debate him once his name appears on the Republican line, in the November election, which is where his name belongs,» the statement read in part.

The debate came as the centre - left thinktank the Fabian Society released research which showed that Britain could see a near doubling of the number of black and Asian MPs at the next election, taking the total from 15 to at least 25.

He said this election had seen Labour «trapped in a battle of tit for tat, which is all the while turning the public off and away from us», with a depressing debate that has been embarrassing at times.

You won't want to miss this jam - packed event, which includes the first Senate debate of this election cycle.

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.

On Thursday, the CFB approved a $ 1.52 million in public funds to be paid to Malliotakis» campaign, bolstering her campaign coffers which held only $ 162,950, giving her a much - needed boost ahead of the debate and the final six weeks of the general election.

The exchange was part of the televised leaders» debate, which is between seven parties standing in the UK general election.

His performance in the first leaders «debate in the 2010 election produced a huge spike in Liberal Democrat support, which largely faded by the time of the election, but was enough to secure a hung Parliament.

Even before that, Pataki tweeted he would not support Trump's election, which resulted in an attack tweet from Trump against his fellow Republican on Sept. 13, 2015, three days before a GOP presidential debate.

The criteria for deciding which political leaders should be in the 2015 TV general election debate keep changing and were «not clear and very backward - looking» said Green MP Caroline Lucas.

Hague hit back, «I think, of what the leader of the Opposition was saying yesterday when he was calling for a debate, which means «I am desperate because the election is slipping away from me and I have nothing else to ask about at all».

And he suggested 23 or 25 March for a TV debate, ahead of the formal campaign which starts a few days later when the current Parliament dissolves, before the 7 May election.

In recent years the right - wing populist [45] Danish People's Party has emerged as a major party — becoming the second - largest following the 2015 general election — during which time immigration and integration have become major issues of public debate.

In a break with convention, Conor Burns - who was elected MP for Bournemouth West at the general election - secured his own adjournment debate at the end of business on Thursday in which to deliver his maiden speech.

The debate about which approach holds most promise for turning around Buffalo's schools has drawn unprecedented interest and involvement in this year's election.