Sentences with phrase «electoral alliances»

New red - green electoral alliances, a turn to ecosocialism and a deepening of the US International Socialist Organization's rethink on feminism were key features of the ISO's well - attended Socialism 2014 conference in Chicago.

Distinct from the process of electoral alliances in that the political parties remain separately listed on the ballot, the practice of electoral fusion in jurisdictions where it exists allows minor parties to influence election results and policy by offering to endorse or nominate a major party's candidate.

I don't support that at all being someone who has always argued for a realignment of the Left but we can not discount the strong possibility that we are witnessing a longer term realignment of the centre right through electoral alliances.

Odinga's chance of overcoming this electoral alliance depends in part on forming alliances with political and business groups concerned about Kenya's international reputation if the Jubilee Alliance were to win.

As in Scotland when pro-independence Labour voters switched to the SNP because of Labour's support for Cameron rendering Scottish Labour a pointless electoral alliance that can never be elected again.

Bluntly, your hope is that an issue that matters to you and to many educated middle - class people (but not to most Labour voters, who may well regard the idea in the same way as many Conservatives, as a way to give unfair influence to Liberal Democrats), electoral reform, is important enough to form an electoral alliance over, despite the fact this would leave many party members unable to vote (and who would get to stand in say Durham or Redcar anyway?).

Now the UUP are in formal electoral alliance, one presumes their votes could be guaranteed, so Cameron would probably turn his attention again to the DUP, Plaid Cymru and the SNP.

The story of how attempts at cooperation broke down and were then sullenly repaired offer an object lesson to progressives on the challenges of trying to formalise a cross-party electoral alliance.

«The SDP as well as many Nigerians were aware that the PDP had a fundraising event prior to the election where billions of naira was donated,» insisting that the PDP, which had ruled Nigeria for 16 years was capable of funding their part of the electoral alliance.

«The SDP NEC meeting debated the electoral alliance proposal thoroughly and finally gave overwhelming approval for the electoral alliance with PDP,» the party said.

«That consequent upon this agreement, the PDP through Chief Tony Anenih contributed N100 million to the SDP / PDP electoral alliance project through Chief Olu Falae.

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition, founded as an electoral alliance of socialist parties in 2010, had 135 candidates and was the only other party to have more than 40 candidates.

Yesterday shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson and UUP leader Sir Reg Empey wrote this article in the Belfast News Letter emphasising the benefits to the people of Nothern Ireland of the electoral alliance between the Conservatives and UUP:

To contest the 2014 European election, PASOK founded the Olive Tree electoral alliance on 7 March 2014.

On occasion, an electoral alliance may be formed by parties with very different policy goals, which agree to pool resources in order to stop a particular candidate or party from gaining power.

Unlike a coalition formed after an election, the partners in an electoral alliance usually do not run candidates against one another but encourage their supporters to vote for candidates from the other members of the alliance.

Do you think an electoral alliance of African Americans, Orthodox Jews, Christian conservatives, and Republicans is possible in 2013?

An electoral alliance may take the form of a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc.

The possibility of combination of party lists for elections existed in the Dutch electoral system between 1973 and June 2017 as a weak form of electoral alliance between two parties.

An electoral alliance survives to this day between the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, which fields Labour Co-operative candidates in general elections in several constituencies, and in some local council elections.

Not exact matches

The Combining All Our Strength alliance for civil society organisations, in which OurKingdom is a key player, this week held a high - level seminar on the prospects for change, involving electoral experts and Labour and Lib Dem MPs.

The problem is that Blunkett is a compulsive statist who really loves power without the constraints that regular coalitions or party alliances would introduce as a consequence of electoral reform with some element of PR — such as the proposals of the Hansard Society in 1976 or the AV + prosposals of the Jenkins Commission: http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/article.php?id=56

Blair's project is to dismantle the Labour Party as a party based on the unions, to destroy the elements of democracy which exist within the party and to transform the British political party system, through electoral reform, to make possible a long - term governmental alliance with the Liberal Democrats and, if possible, the Heseltine - Clarke wing of the Tory Party.

«While our «first past the post» electoral system remains and distorts our politics» Compass should build an alliance of all progressive parties to reform both Westminster and the electorial system that denies the British people their democratic rights.

Lewis also wants to see Labour forming progressive alliances or electoral pacts with other parties across the left including the Greens, Liberal Democrats and SNP.

However, calls for a progressive alliance fail to comprehend the contrasting electoral scenarios in Labour - Conservative and Lib Dem - Conservative constituencies.

The political alliance of Shiite cleric Moqtada al - Sadr won the most seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections, according to complete results released by the electoral commission.

So while Tim Farron would be delighted to receive tactical votes from Labour supporters in marginal seats, he wants nothing to do with any electoral pact or «progressive alliance» that formally associates his party with Corbyn.

Seductively simple as they appear, these figures however hide more complex realities of fragmentation, political alliances and the significant risk that electoral success in Lebanon carries.

It's not immediately clear whether the resignation will translate into an electoral opportunity for Democrats, who controlled the State Senate in 2009 and 2010, but have been relegated to minority status after Republican gains and the G.O.P.'s alliance with the I.D.C..

It could have important implications for the future of electoral reform in Britain and for the possibility of future LibLab alliances.

The Liberal Democrat leader said that the party had examined «every possible outcome» but warned that any alliance would be conditional on support for electoral reform.