Sentences with phrase «electoral gains»

Each of these factors alone can be successfully employed for electoral gain; their cumulative effect can be formidable.

He is therefore clearly using the fact that it is an NHS hospital for electoral gain, contrary to your guidance.

But if the deal is judged unsatisfactory, UKIP could then make significant electoral gains in its current form.

Ziegler shows that in the middle to late 1970s, a time in which party identification did not determine one's position on abortion to the degree that it does today, Republican strategists realized they could make astonishing electoral gains by hardening the party's stance against abortion.

The SNP and Greens both made larger electoral gains.

That game plan — which netted Layton major electoral gains — has two further advantages for Dix: it makes the Liberals seem like bullies for attacking his character — TV ads by their private - sector proxy portray him as a frightening «risky Dix» — and it removes the focus from Dix's personality.

(CNN)-- In a year when Republicans are expected to make significant electoral gains, Democratic Rep. Gary Peters is hoping to stem the tide by highlighting his fiscal conservatism and - more than likely — his Republican opponent's comments on President Obama's citizenship.

They discuss the GOP's recent electoral gains in the chamber, the outlook for the 2011 legislative agenda, and whether the state Republican Party needs a shakeup.

Writing in a note to clients, Krueger said that since the Alabama Senate chaos and the recent Democratic electoral gains in Virginia and New Jersey, congressional Republicans were «in a full - blown hurry - up offense» he said was characterized by «no amendments, closed rules, rigid party discipline, and very little understanding of the legislation.»

Populist parties would make further electoral gains across Europe.

From a purely electoral point of view it had a lot to commend it, and perhaps Labour might have benefited from a similar experiment in, say Luton South, if electoral gain is the yardstick.

Even better for Labour, a replication of their 14 % national poll lead would prove they can turn that figure into concrete electoral gains.

The Democratic Party failed to retain the presidency and make electoral gains last year because they didn't give voters «anything to vote for» in November and failed to boost middle class issues, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at a fundraiser on Monday night.

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.

PPAF's electoral gains mean that Massachusetts voters now have the largest majority of support among Beacon Hill leaders who clearly and unapologetically will fight to protect access to sexual and reproductive health care.

This may reflect its creation by George Osborne and the fear it is being used a Trojan horse for electoral gains for the Conservatives.

But despite the large electoral gains, Northam will also have to work with Republican legislators if he hopes to get expansion done.

Labour has built a 15 % lead in Corby ahead of an upcoming by - election which should provide Ed Miliband with his first major electoral gain.

Unless we aim to end the housing crisis in its entirety, instead of just tinkering at the edges, we are just short - changing people for short - term electoral gain.

The SNP aimed to capitalise on its 2015 electoral gains in the Scottish Parliament elections, Plaid Cymru sought to overtake Labour in the Welsh Assembly elections and take control of the Senedd, and the UK Independence Party (UKIP) intended to increase its overall leverage in the UK in a series of other elections held across the nation.

Yet Gallagher and Cannon go too far when they dismiss attempts to influence society by nonpolitical means as merely lost opportunities for electoral gain.

Siting the UESD at Somanya, Mr Ablakwa explained, could not have been motivated by electoral gain.

Reform party leader Preston Manning, a prominent proponent of direct democracy, would have recognized any result, with critics suspecting he preferred a «Yes» vote for electoral gain.

«Lancman said the blatant attempt to deceive Jewish voters would backfire not only with the Jewish community, but with all voters in Queens who will reject this effort to exploit racial, ethnic and religious differences for electoral gain,» the statement said.

The UKIP story is especially illuminating as the party came second in 120 constituencies, became the third largest national party in terms of vote share, yet in the end made no electoral gains.

«We had imposed a gag on ourselves... the public thought we were shutting the stable door after the horse had bolted and even worse that we were doing it for electoral gain».

He emphasised that «we are all Ghanaians first despite our diversity, and that it was dangerous for anyone to play mischief with ethnocentrism just for electoral gains.»

There have always been populist politicians happy to take advantage of people's fears for electoral gain.

As there is no electoral gain in pretending there is a soft Brexit, there have to be other reasons for Labour's position, which stands to become increasingly irrelevant as SNP and Lib Dems define their positions.

They discuss the party's electoral gains, the state Senate coalition, hydrofracking, and the minimum wage.

In sum, the convenient devastation created by Hurricane Sandy combined with the electoral gains of liberal Democrats may well have created the perfect political storm for the purposes of enacting the long - sought carbon tax.

What is going on here it seems to me is that Minister has a different view of the electoral gain by saying something different to the Prime Minister.