Sentences with phrase «election win across»

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In 2012, the first election under those new maps, Republicans won a 33 - seat majority in the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponents.

«I would submit to the Democrats across the country we are going to be compromised in trying to win the election in 2016 if our nominee supported the war in Iraq,» Chafee said, as reported by CNN on Thursday.

Take Bloomberg, for instance, which reported, «The revelations of the apparent skulduggery that helped Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election keep sending shock waves across the political landscape.»

The Green Partyâ $ ™ s previous strategy was to win as many votes as possible across the country to obtain more public funding, build toward future elections, and bring more attention to environmental issues.

His research focuses on how he won the Labour seat of Enfield Southgate on an 8.7 per cent swing at the last election, and on similar successes across the country.

One of the advantages of the fiercely fought 2008 Democratic primary was that it left Obama with an organizational presence and strong supporter base across the country that also helped him fight and win the general election.

Using Obama's own organizing experience as a hook, the campaign pitches the Obama Organizing Fellowships as «a program that's going to train a new generation of leaders — not only to help us win this election, but to help strengthen our democracy in communities across the country.»

Despite a reported anti-incumbent, anti-Democrat mood across the nation, all the seated Democrats won another term in the state Assembly races in western Queens this year, according to unofficial election results from NY1.

Our analysis of voting patterns in the June 2017 General Election shows that Labour has a strong chance of winning across the city region, leading by over 27 per cent over the Conservatives.

This is an estimate of the share of the vote that the principal parties would have won in a GB - wide general election if voters across the country as a whole had behaved in the same way as those who actually voted in the local elections.

For instance, did you know that there are some constituencies across 3 regions in Ghana that always get it right when it comes to the political party that wins the national elections?

With Alcantara now in the fold, the IDC leader, Bronx State Senator Jeffrey Klein, is talking up another alliance with the Republicans (they won back full control of the chamber in 2014), even though the presidential election is expected to boost Democrats across the state.

Democrats got the best of Republicans during the 2017 election season, outperforming expectations in special elections across the country and easily winning the only two governors races.

Since winning the 2016 election, steps have been taken to kick start the implementation of the policy across the country.

The elections were marred by widespread sectarian violence, which claimed the lives of 800 people across the country, Buhari's won 12,214,853 votes, coming in second to the incumbent president Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP, who polled 22,495,187 votes and was declared the winner.

David Cameron has claimed the Conservatives» «spectacular» victory in the local elections shows they are capable of winning seats across the country at a general election.

Cameron needs the authority of being prime minister because MPs across the party are dismayed at his failure to win the election.

The Republican wave that swept across Suffolk County Tuesday didn't stop short of Southold, where GOP incumbent Dave Bergen won a special election for an abbreviated term on the town's Board of Trustees.

The activity in Wisconsin mirrors a larger trend across the map in congressional races this year: Though Democrats are expected to do well on Election Day, they have struggled to close out races they were long expected to win.

(If we look at the 1987 case study — we see Labour won 6.5 % of the vote in the 1987 General Election and won 12 seats, but it is also worth noting that they did not contest nine constituencies in that election, whereas their 7 % national vote is being distributed across all forty constituencies in this analysis, as with the most recent general elections in which Labour has contested all constitElection and won 12 seats, but it is also worth noting that they did not contest nine constituencies in that election, whereas their 7 % national vote is being distributed across all forty constituencies in this analysis, as with the most recent general elections in which Labour has contested all constitelection, whereas their 7 % national vote is being distributed across all forty constituencies in this analysis, as with the most recent general elections in which Labour has contested all constituencies.

In the recent United Kingdom local council elections, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) won 147 seats, an increase of 139 seats, garnering more than one million votes (around 23 %) across 35 local governments...

Republican Joel Abelove won the race by less than 500 votes, a finish that mirrored the strong Republican showing across New York and nationwide in the November elections.

«The priority for every Labour member in the next few months should be to ensure we win elections across London, England, Scotland and Wales and not more internecine factional warfare.»

The most recent election is such an example because one party (CDU / CSU) won 231 of the directly elected seats, while only receiving approximately 34.7 % of the (eligible) party - preference votes across Germany.

Nana Addo, as part of plans to industrialise and transform the Ghanaian economy, has indicated that his government plans to help establish a factory in each of the 216 districts across the country when, God - willing, he wins the 2016 elections.

Local success is more crucial for UKIP's longevity than the battle for who tops the poll in the European election; real credibility and political presence will only be earned by winning seats, not just coming a close second across the country.

Democrats had felt confident that they would win a significant number of seats across the state in this election cycle.

The Atiku Campaign Organization, ACO, has boasted of securing at least 60 percent of All Progressives Congress, APC, delegates» support across the country, exuding absolute confidence that it can achieve an outright win if the elections were to hold today.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses Democratic wins across the nation on election day, the GOP tax plan push, Trump's visit to China, and voter turnout.

Baroness Brinton highlighted the great work Kirsty Williams is doing in Government, reminded members of the by - elections Liberal Democrats are winning across the UK and emphasised the work Liberal Democrats are doing at all levels to fight Brexit.

In elections between 2011 and 2016, one party (either Republicans or Democrats) saw an average net gain of three seats across the country, although actual races won and lost by each party varied more.

«Although we did not win this election, we were loud and clear in showing that the status - quo must end, and that there are many people — thousands of people across this city — that deserve to be heard,» Malliotakis said in her concession speech.

NEWBURGH, NY (11/06/2012)(readMedia)-- Whether Nan Hayworth or Sean Patrick Maloney wins on Election Day, massive across - the - board budget cuts through sequestration are currently set to begin in January, resulting in $ 1.2 trillion in spending and investment cuts over the next 10 years.

«Across the country, Democrats and the liberal Left are looking to win Special Elections, hoping to show that the conservative movement can be defeated — and embarrass President Trump,» wrote Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in a fundraising email on behalf of Gianforte.

On Election eve, Klein spoke to the Capitol bubble during a radio interview with Susan Arbetter, telling her that working across the aisle is important «regardless of who is in charge» but clarifying that his deal - to - make - a-deal only applied if Democrats won a majority, which they have not.

Increasing polarisation marked divisions across the country: the Conservatives dominated southern England and took additional seats from Labour in London and the rest of the south, but performed less well in Northern England, Scotland, and Wales, losing many of the seats they had won there in the previous elections.

Asked who would make the better leader on several specific criteria, such as how they come across on the television, how they perform in the Commons, what chances they would have of winning the next election and who would make the best PM if they did, David Cameron trounced Davis on every count.

The flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) for the 2016 elections, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has called on fishermen across the country to reject politicians who only offer them outboard motors and other fishing equipment in election years, and abandon them after they win the elections.

«I look forward to continuing to work with all of you across the country in red and blue states, in rural, urban and suburban areas to rebuild our parties and to win elections in 2017, ’18 and back the White House in 2020,» she said during her nominating speech ahead of the vote.

All three leaders from the main parties have hit the campaign trail across Britain today, with Labour leader Gordon Brown tearing up his election strategy and heading to Wales in a bid to win over the anti-Tory majority.

There were also signs that Ukip was doing remarkably well in London and the home counties, confirming Farage's claim that he could inflict unpredictable damage to the main parties across England, so leaving them less than a year to win the electorate back before a first - past - the - post general election.

Smith characterized the plans as part of O'Malley's ongoing effort to assist Democrats across the country win 2014 elections.

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NATIONAL Tuesday's elections included some big wins for public education advocates across the country:

Eurosceptic parties like the UK Independence Party have made gains across Europe, election results show, winning the largest share in the UK, France and several other member states.

The law targets «at large» elections across an entire municipality or district where a majority of voters can dominate the ballot and block minorities from winning representation.

Today, many people in British Columbia — and indeed across Canada — are trying to determine just how the BC Liberals won the provincial election and what implications this surprise result will have.