Sentences with phrase «election in a state where»

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In addition, aside from regular travel to the blue states where he has residences, New York and New Jersey, Trump travels for events almost exclusively in states that he won in the 2016 electioIn addition, aside from regular travel to the blue states where he has residences, New York and New Jersey, Trump travels for events almost exclusively in states that he won in the 2016 electioin states that he won in the 2016 electioin the 2016 election.

In addition, this is an election that Republican candidate Donald Trump has claimed is «rigged,» and where he has urged his followers to go to «certain sections» of states like Pennsylvania and monitor the polls to make sure the elections are not stolen from him.

The list of the top 10 that lost the most sleep was understandably stacked with East Coast states, where the election ended later in the night due to the time difference.

She bases this on continuing momentum in the states, and the fact that, «We've never before had an election where each presidential candidate talked about the need for some kind of paid leave.»

The map above shows where far - right parties have made significant gains in state and regional elections in Europe since January 2015.

Merkel's Christian Democrat party lost in two of the three states where the elections were held.

Strikes on the power grid in key areas could disrupt the predicted outcome of a Presidential election — especially in key swing states where polling is extremely close.

If we consider how increasingly weaponized ad targeting has become, especially since this past summer when Google and Facebook consolidated our browsing histories into their user IDs, and we think about how anybody in the world could target anyone else in the United States with surgical precision by their susceptibilities and propensities, maybe this election was similar to a 9/11 moment, but non-violent and invisible, where we realize that our commercial infrastructure was used against us, and we don't realize it until after the catastrophe?

President Trump's lawyers filed two motions on Friday in the United States District Court in California, where Daniels sued to get out of a nondisclosure agreement to stay quiet about her affair with Trump ahead of the election.

The stakes are also high for Republicans in Congress, where Republicans on Tuesday night watched their party peers in state and local races get ousted in a string of election defeats.

The biggest soybean producers in the US include Ohio, Iowa, Missouri, and Indiana — states in the heart of Trump country where neither the president nor his party wants to see economic instability or job losses during the 2018 or 2020 elections.

'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»

Santorum did not get the most votes in a general election — he got the most votes in some states from his own party, especially in formats where the fringe tends to dominate.

So where I disagree with Larison is his claim that «Conservatives actually know very well that they do not speak for a majority in this country, and they are also well aware that changes that would allow for more direct, plebiscitary democracy, whether in presidential elections or in passing legislation, would work to the detriment of their smaller states and their overall political interests.»

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This is a sentiment echoed by Nate Silver — renowned for his New York Times FiveThirtyEight blog where he was able to successfully predict the winner of 49 of 50 states in the 2012 Presidential Election.

The irony was that whereas the PDP claimed the primaries where shifted to Abuja because the capitals of Taraba, Borno and Adamawa States where not safe for primary elections, the PDP held Presidential campaigns in the same capitals of the affected states (Jalingo, Taraba State, Maiduguri, Borno State and Yola, Adamawa SStates where not safe for primary elections, the PDP held Presidential campaigns in the same capitals of the affected states (Jalingo, Taraba State, Maiduguri, Borno State and Yola, Adamawa Sstates (Jalingo, Taraba State, Maiduguri, Borno State and Yola, Adamawa State).

Onjeh had earlier wrote a petition at the state tribunal, where Justice Dipeolu in October upheld the election of the former Senate president.

The answer depends mostly on where the voter is registered, because American election laws and procedures are for the most part determined by the individual states, even in elections for federal office.

The Bradley effect (less commonly the Wilder effect) is a theory concerning observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some United States government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.

In the last congressional election in Brazil (where all candidates run state - wide rather than in electoral districts) the candidate who received the most votes in the state of Sao Paulo was a television clowIn the last congressional election in Brazil (where all candidates run state - wide rather than in electoral districts) the candidate who received the most votes in the state of Sao Paulo was a television clowin Brazil (where all candidates run state - wide rather than in electoral districts) the candidate who received the most votes in the state of Sao Paulo was a television clowin electoral districts) the candidate who received the most votes in the state of Sao Paulo was a television clowin the state of Sao Paulo was a television clown.

As Douglas Alexander, Labour's general election coordinator, stated in an article on Friday, «it is on the ground where this election will be won or lost».

However, only 71 out of the 319 wards of the state are where elections will take place as the State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that candidates in all other wards have withdrawn from the exercise leaving the fields for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (state are where elections will take place as the State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that candidates in all other wards have withdrawn from the exercise leaving the fields for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (State Independent Electoral Commission has declared that candidates in all other wards have withdrawn from the exercise leaving the fields for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

To some, the method of the attacks are reminiscent of election 2000 episode where women were killed and their bodies littered the streets in the nation's capital to create a state of insecurity that further caused regime change.

And in the future too, we should expect to see ever more intense efforts to reach more and more potentially persuadable or potentially «mobilizable» voters in high - stakes, well - resourced, competitive elections, even as the majority of Americans who live in states and districts that are not competitive will hear less and less from campaigns as they, quite reasonably, use all available information to concentrate their resources where they think they matter.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

Been thinking about RCV a lot because Virginia (where I live) may pass a bill to use it in state elections.

Newsday reporter Robert Brodsky outlines the fight for control of state Senate seats on Long Island, where Senate Democrats are hoping to win enough elections to gain a majority in the chamber.

Such pleas aren't new, but they have been slow to be addressed or are the source of partisan bickering at the state Capitol, where of 84 pieces of legislation (some of them duplicates in the Assembly and state Senate) currently before state lawmakers include the word «voting» (333, again with some duplicates, include the word «election»).

For politicians and campaign operatives across the state, that race was a close - to - home indicator of what could happen in a special election, where turnout is abysmally low and a gap in enthusiasm among voters could make all the difference when the votes are tallied.

Research from the good - government group Citizens Union confirms that the New York City elections, where public funding is already in place, allow for greater voter choice and more electoral competition, when compared with New York State races.

You could also include the outright rejection of Palin by the general electorate of the state of Alaska, where she was able to force a candidate down the the throat of the Republican party, who then had nearly 70 % of the voters in that state vote for someone else in the general election.

Two days from the presidential election, here's where we stand: tight in the popular vote, but with a small but consistent Obama lead in the bulk of the battleground states.

With the Virginia House of Delegates firmly in the hands of Republicans, the arena of competition is the State Senate, where there is an even partisan split [Note: the recent election of Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam now puts the Democrats in control].

Notably, unlike the UK which suspended elections during WWII, the US has never failed to hold an election every two years for federal office (although Union govt elections were suspended in the Confederate states where Confederate election were held instead, until the states were readmitted to the union).

The seven states where general elections for state senators did not take place in 2010 are: Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina and Virginia.

Some of those Democrats — including North Dakota's Heidi Heitkamp and West Virginia's Joe Manchin — come from conservative - leaning states where President Donald Trump won in 2016, and are facing tough midterm elections in November.

A state where there are many legislative candidates running without major party competition in a general election is therefore one with a much less competitive electoral environment than states where most or all legislative candidates face major party competition.

its a pretty appalling bill, but Yvette Coopers just said, that we should have money spent on state schools, in areas where there's no free schools, is this a concession that there'll be here to stay under her if she wins and we win the election?

In the 4 states where a state senate election took place in November, there are a total of 171 senate seatIn the 4 states where a state senate election took place in November, there are a total of 171 senate seatin November, there are a total of 171 senate seats.

Healy, the former Republican chairman, blamed the glut of candidates on the state's public campaign financing system, where candidates collect $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations to receive millions in taxpayer - funded election grants.

In her victory speech, Curran immediately pivoted to the general election, where she'll face the Republican nominee, former State Sen. Jack Martins of Old Westbury.

«At a time in New York where our citizens experience too many barriers to participation, I am gratified that this opinion invites a new era of truly online voter registration, an incredibly exciting step that will help make the state election process more accessible and simpler for all,» Schneiderman said in a statement announcing the opinion.

«Because everyone's eyes are on election matters right now, we wanted to take this moment to make very, very clear that New York City and all of us here are going to be very, very actively engaged in a campaign to change state law in the coming months to finally make this a state that's voter friendly, to finally make this a state where people can participate and not be disenfranchised.»

I am sure you are aware that the governor had a meeting with the stakeholders of Enugu State where he tabled these issues and gave some reasons why the Local Government elections were unable to hold in the State.

Or, does it include places with one party states that hold elections (which is probably the predominant situation where left wing forces are in control but elections are not fair in some respect)?

«Where an election does not result in a clear majority for a single party, the incumbent Government remains in office unless and until the Prime Minister tenders his and the Government's resignation to the Monarch,» Cabinet Office guidance states.

Although, there may be a significant number of independents voting in some of the primary states, which makes things marginally harder for Palin than in election where many independents were sucked into the Democratic primaries.

Advocates see independent expenditures as a minor issue in New York where Super PACs are not rampant in state elections.

Jon Krosnick has spent 30 years studying how voters choose one candidate rather than another, and says that «at least two» US presidents won their elections because their names were listed first on the ballot, in states where the margin of victory was narrow.