Sentences with phrase «election of the best leader»

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In Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel's center - right Christian Democrat Union party comfortably won a small regional election, doing better than expected against its main rival, the Social Democrats, and providing a welcome boost for the German leader, ahead of national elections due in September.

It may well contribute to the election of a leftist populist leader in Mexico.

The issue figures to feature prominently in the next federal election, with Liberal Leader Stà © phane Dion arguing the benefits of a carbon tax, while NDP Leader Jack Layton makes the case that cap - and - trade would do a better job of putting the costs on big polluters rather than on low - income families.

The Christian Right has lost its way and GOD himself thought the sheep needed to learn from their misguided, lying cheating and B - S - ing way... and well GOD can only lead you to water... Our Leaders are protect from the EVILS of man and in this election the EVIL doers all have green thumbs from the greedy money monsters....

Before the election, many evangelical leaders predicted that opposition to Obama over his support for abortion rights, his personal endorsement of same - sex marriage and his vision of government as a force for good would trump reservations evangelicals had about Romney's past social liberalism and his Mormon faith.

There was a reason why the founding fathers put kept religion out of our government and now it seems we are being asked to» pick the Christian» in this next years election — we are not picking the leader of a church here people, we picking someone to be the most influential, most powerful person on the earth... do we want someone who has our best interests at heart or someone who will time and again try to change the US laws to reflect his own personal beliefs?

Next leader of Labour, if Miliband loses the next election and if Cameron is still in power and wins well, labour will look for somebody who has the same style as cameron, somebody who looks the same sounds the same, lets see who can that be.

The bank, which was established in the year 2004 was doing well, according to some of the customers until after the 2012 elections when the MP allegedly loan the money to the opposition leader, Nana Akuffo - Addo.

Sky News campaigned for the leaders» debates because they will enrich the election; they will grab the attention of more people and may well encourage more to vote.

Chryssanthos Laziridis advises Antonis Samaras, leader of New Democracy which is ahead in the polls at around 28 % — Samaras could well be the new prime minister after elections in late April or early May (the date yet to be announced).

@Stuart White: The Cabinet Office rule - book (draft of chapter 6, approved by the House of Commons Select Committee on Justice and drawn up in consultation, I understand, with the party leaders and with constitutional experts) lays it down that after an election the incumbent prime minister has a duty, as well as a right, to remain in office until there's clear and incontrovertible evidence that someone else is definitely in a position to command majority support in the house of commons.

The future of leaders and their parties was at stake in by - elections then and they may well become so again.

Yet the party goes into the latest set of elections with at best a questions mark hanging over the leader's head and at worst a questions over their relevance to modern politics.

The UKIP leader braved a return to the county that was the scene of his serious plane crash two years ago to join in his party's best - ever by - election performance.

The best example is from the 2001 General Election when Labour simply mocked up a poster of then Tory Leader William Hague with the hair of Margaret Thatcher.

This is all pretty ironic when you consider the fact that leaders from the WFP and the Conservative Party, which appears to have done the best of all the minor parties, bumping the Independence Party from its perch on Row C, were so worried about the results of this election that they unsuccessfully sued to challenge the state Board of Elections» so - called «double - vote» decision.

If Jo Swinson beats the odds to hold her East Dunbartonshire seat, she would stand a very good chance — on her own merits, but also because the party is embarrassed by its lack of women MPs, and likely to be more so after the next election (though chances are the Farron or Lamb teams will try to sign her up to a «dream ticket» as deputy leader).

Brown makes good use of up - to - date political science research to dispel myths which «strong» leaders often believe of themselves; namely that they have a determining effect on election outcomes and a voter's party affiliation though he notes that obvious discrepancies will exist between parliamentary and presidential systems in these regards.

Well, based on the assumption that a vote is cast in anticipation that the recipient of the vote is going to win, it seems to me that a vote cast for David Cameron or whoever is the leader of the Labour Party at the time of the election is far more likely to see a winner than any vote for the Liberal Democrats will do.

Still, While Estonia could have easily been the world leader in e-voting by introducing this as a regular feature already for the location elections of 2002, probably genuine worries that technical problems would not be solved by the Fall of that year, as well as the skepticism of individual members of parties generally in favour of e-voting, all of them reasonable and appropriate, were among the reasons that prevented such an outcome.

If the intra-party warfare is still going on by the state's presidential primary date of April 19, it could be good for the GOP as it battles to retain former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos» seat on Long Island in a special election that will also take place on that day.

He went on to be a special adviser to Douglas Hogg, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and worked at 10 Downing Street as well as for Prime Minister John Major's campaign team in the party's unsuccessful 1997 general election campaign, before becoming a speechwriter and political secretary to Major's successor as party leader, William Hague.

Before the 1997 general election he praised Tony Blair at the Brit awards, offering the then - leader of the opposition invaluable good publicity among young voters.

We've seen Green Party leader Natalie Bennett interviewed on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show — one of the most coveted media platforms for election hopefuls, and UKIP leader Nigel Farage continues to provide good copy and good telly to most news organisations, setting the political agenda along the way.

In addition, one of the state's best - known Democratic activists and party leaders told The Post Cuomo's «ideal scenario» for a 2020 run was having Sanders as the Democratic nominee, only to lose in November, or to have a flawed Hillary Clinton lose in the general election as well.

Vulnerable to the charge of having previously shown no interest in Holyrood, he told STV's Scotland Tonight that he will be a candidate for the Scottish Parliament elections in 2016 and added «if I can get into the Scottish parliament earlier than that that would be better» as he would be duty - bound to do under present party rules if elected as leader.

According to him, there is a threat of tribal and religious conflict between the followers of the NPP which could aggravate if leaders of the party do not find a swift solution in curbing the developing hatred between the Muslims and Christian followers of the party — which could demolish the NPP paving way for the NDC to take power in the 2020 general elections if they are able to reorganize themselves well.

Leader of the group, Nii Gideon Hammond in an interview said: «The youth are the driving force whenever it comes to winning elections therefore if they are united and well mobilized to work it will surely bring about victory for the NDC party».

Its most well - known member was John Alderdice, who became leader of the party ahead of the 1987 general election, contested the Belfast East parliamentary seat and received 32 % of the vote, the highest percentage ever achieved by Alliance in an individual seat in a Westminster election.

What is important is which of the other leaders Nick thinks can best deliver what people voting for us in this election (that didn't defect to the reds for fear of the blues or to the blues from fear of the reds) wanted, central amongst which was electoral reform.

Winning council seats and by - elections up and down the country with the toughest and best generation of local government leaders we have ever had.

But the survey for the Evening Standard also found three quarters of people intending to vote Labour at the 2020 election believe Mr Corbyn would make both the best party leader and Prime Minister.

Ukip leader Nigel Farage has resigned as leader of his party after failing to be elected as an MP but says Ukip now has its sights set on doing well at the Welsh Assembly elections in 2016.

It's the last set of figures showing Labour in 3rd place if Ed Balls was leader — this is not fantasy land / as per my previous predictions — that is where Labour will be within months of losing the next election (3rd place) before breaking up for good — once again cut and paste!!

A minority Tory government might well fall if Lib Dems took against them; the Tories would lose an autumn election to Labour - cleansed of Brown under a fresh new leader.»

He was a leading performer in the election and it was felt that had the Conservatives lost he might well have won the party leadership and been Leader of the Opposition, while if they won he would probably be given Trade and Industry, the job he had always wanted.

According to Nwala, Otti took the measure after consulting with leaders of his party as well as major stakeholders and a cross-section of the people of the state freely gave him during the election.

Good answers should refer to both manifestos, be specific to the general election of 2017 and may make reference to historical attitudes of both leaders towards security and terrorism related topics.

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has called the DREAM Act a nonstarter in his house, and with good reason — politically speaking — considering the fact that a number of his new members actively campaigned against the measure during the 2014 elections and were successful at the ballot box as a result of their opposition.

One of those factors will likely be what his run would mean for his fellow Senate Republicans, who are gearing up for a re-match with the Democrats for control of the chamber in what's shaping up to be a challenging year, thanks to the twin corruption convictions of two former top conference leaders — ex-Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous and ex-Majority Leader Dean Skelos — as well as a presidential election that will likely boost Democratic turnout in this Democrat - dominated state.

Along the way, they have discovered something astonishing: Parties that conduct primaries have a much better chance of fielding candidates who go on to win general elections than parties whose leaders are selected or nominated by party bigwigs.

YouGov did the fieldwork for two academic election surveys (the British Election Study and the SCMS) as well as their daily polling, and all three used different question ordering (daily polling asked voting intention first, SCMS after a couple of questions, the BES after a bank of questions on important issues, which party is more trusted and party leaders) so will allow testing of the effect of «priming questionselection surveys (the British Election Study and the SCMS) as well as their daily polling, and all three used different question ordering (daily polling asked voting intention first, SCMS after a couple of questions, the BES after a bank of questions on important issues, which party is more trusted and party leaders) so will allow testing of the effect of «priming questionsElection Study and the SCMS) as well as their daily polling, and all three used different question ordering (daily polling asked voting intention first, SCMS after a couple of questions, the BES after a bank of questions on important issues, which party is more trusted and party leaders) so will allow testing of the effect of «priming questions».

On Wednesday November 19, 2014, the leaders and members from the major New York City LGBT political clubs met jointly at the LGBT Center in Manhattan to discuss the results of the 2014 election, issues and strategies for the 2015 session in Albany, as well as issues on the national level for the 2015/2016 session of Congress and beyond.

The Ukip leader called Theresa May's decision to call for a snap general election a «cynical decision driven more by the weakness of Corbyn's Labour party rather than the good of the country.»

On Monday, leaders of the Democratic legislative majority at the Capitol outraged good - government advocates with a proposal to suspend the clean - elections program for the 2016 campaign in which the 187 state House and Senate seats are up for grabs.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan (R - Suffolk) promised to «engage in whatever discussions are necessary» on ethics but opposed two key measures favored by Democrats and good government groups — public financing of election campaigns and bans on lawmakers» outside income.

Below is a well crafted video presented by the Scottish Tory leader Annabel Goldie which introduces us to the party's candidates in the eleven seats north of the border where the Conservatives are targeting resources at the general election.

DeFrancisco — who vied with Sen. John Flanagan last year to succeed Dean Skelos as the Senate's majority leader — explained that senators concluded they had made the best deal possible, and that the show of unity was important going into elections later this year.

«This was not an easy decision given magnitude of issues faced by our community, but I believe we are best served supporting other progressive leaders in this election both at home and across New York,» Miner wrote on Twitter.

If the Governor and Legislative Leaders are going to talk the talk about tax reform they better walk the walk with results or taxpayers will make them walk the plank in the deep waters of the 2014 election with the heavy burden of failing to fulfill the promise of significant tax relief!»