Sentences with phrase «electoral support in»

But it seems unlikely that it will have that much resonance in an Ottawa where every measure is judged in terms of increasing electoral support in Québec and the winning of the next election and in Foggy Bottom, where the State Department is still articulating American needs in terms of a post-September 11 paradigm, in which traditional concerns of national jurisdiction have a lesser weightFor which see todays» news on the long journey of the NatWest Three.

Similarly, populist parties in Europe saw high levels of electoral support in response to messages that their countries are in dire straits.

Ric Bailey said there was no simple solution, but they had taken an «objective look» at past and present electoral support in the offers to David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage.

Mrs May, too, is likely to pay this price in electoral support in June.

Not exact matches

This reality, combined with the fact that just 10 % of the labor force is now employed in manufacturing, means that there is plenty of electoral support for policies aimed at increasing trade.

The French judges are examining whether Havas supported the electoral campaigns of candidates who once in office granted port concessions to Bollore's group, the magazine said.

The different level of popular support that these parties have in each country, and the particular characteristics of each electoral system, makes it difficult to predict whether nationalist parties will become more prominent fixtures in European politics as the economic crisis plays out.

Yet analysts say Najib is expected to win a third term due to infighting in the opposition, the unfavorable electoral boundary changes and strong support for the government among rural ethnic Malays.

Further, the formation of synods and federations in the churches, which conducted their affairs on parliamentary and electoral principles, took place under the guardianship of the princes who had supported the Reformation against Rome.

What we need to ask, however, is whether the weaknesses of the electoral process are in fact signs of a more general political failure that has left us unable to support better elections.

Now, the Catholic Church of the 1980s was nothing like as potent a force as it had been in the age of Cardinal Spellman, when it could count on the solid electoral support of most of its faithful, and it already faced major revolts over issues of gender and sexuality.

Arlene Mulder, Arlington Heights village president, said she and the other two members of the electoral board, Village Clerk Edwina Corso and Trustee Stephen Daday, set aside both their desire to keep the track and some board members» earlier support for an advisory referendum in making the decision.

Lib Dem peers had planned to support a Labour amendment to the electoral reform bill currently in the upper House.

Thirdly, there are substantial patterns of geographical variation in electoral support, as the regional distribution of votes reveals

Convening such a body would provide a space to debate how best to address systematic political inequality, whether through thorough - going electoral reform including PR and compulsory voting, the radical overhaul of the democratic aberration that is the Lords, or in reforming party funding, all of which the report supports.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

I have supported PR since 1990, and wrote in favour of electoral reform in the first piece I wrote on joining the Fabians in 2003.

They have a limited scope, but support the notion that differences in electoral institutions matter.

The existing electoral system, though confirmed in a vote in 2011, is struggling to give adequate expression to the range of party support in the nations of the UK.

And there are three reasons why they are likely to attempt to stick to this position: they know there are dangers in policy U-turns (think Lib Dem commitments to oppose student fees); commitment to the renewal of Trident is entrenched in some parts of the party, even if key members of the leadership understand the downsides; and it would be seen as weakness if they succumbed to pressure from smaller parties with less credibility and electoral support.

Throughout its long history, Sweden's Social Democratic Party has skillfully reached out to new electoral constituencies, while preserving the support of their core voters — reconciling the demands of anticlerical and religious workers in the 1910s and 1920s, workers and farmers in the 1930s, blue - collar and white - collar employees in the 1950s, and so on.

In our work, we have researched the attitudes of those who supported the electoral protests of 2011 (Chaisty and Whitefield, 2013).

The potential for a nationalist backlash was evident in the nationalist support for the electoral protests against the Putin regime in 2011 - 12, and in the strategies for counter-mobilisation that drove Putin's fight back in 2012.

Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades building up a very local base of electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.

With neither Labour nor the Conservatives likely to be capable of forming a majority government and given the SNP's fragmented unionist opponents north of the border, Britain's first - past - the - post electoral system could allow Nicola Sturgeon's party to exact a high price for support of a government in the Commons.

If the US presidential election abolishes the electoral college, would this mean that extremist voters (someone who fanatically supports a specific political direction and will vote whoever supports it the most) play more of a role in the election?

However, if a more isolationist or nationalist US president emerges from the 2016 electoral process in America, and European electors give ever higher levels of support for nationalist - oriented parties, then we have little reason to expect partnership on foreign policy issues, and even fewer reasons to expect multilateral responses to global problems.

It helps explains why in the UK, where support for a more proportional electoral system has hovered above 60 % for 30 years, 68 % voted in favour of keeping the First Past the Post system.

About 40,000 of the 183,000 registered supporters are said to have been barred from voting in the contest, either because their cheques for # 25 bounced, they are not on the electoral roll, or because evidence has emerged of support for other parties.

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.

This suggests that the party might achieve the kind of levels of popular support it normally only wins in European elections, even without the benefit of a PR electoral system.

Nigel Farage suggests the predicted result will boost support for a change in electoral system because it does not deliver on stable government.

I believed at the time it was signed that the coalition deal wiped out support for electoral reform because it meant its core left wing rump, which felt it would ensure more left wing government in future, suddenly felt that wasn't true any more.

These attitudinal distributions have implications for understanding the increase in support for UKIP (among a wide range of other explanations for UKIP's support), but also for the likelihood of support for a referendum on EU membership and the political and electoral consequences of the respective party's promises on a referendum.

Maybe he hopes that will deliver him an electoral benefit in terms of the ardent support of every paper in the land.

While Nigel Farage and his lieutenants have invested considerable resources in terms of pavement politics in the working - class midlands and north - east, they still have considerable difficulty attracting the support of younger and urban voters — precisely the electoral tranche Labour is now pursuing.

In the run - up to the 2010 general election, following a meeting of the editorial staff, [131] the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on electoral reforIn the run - up to the 2010 general election, following a meeting of the editorial staff, [131] the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on electoral reforin particular, to the party's stance on electoral reform.

That's the road of advance we have to return to if we're going to challenge the Tories for power and turn the huge growth in the Labour party into the electoral support we need across Britain.

In incorporating all of Mott Haven and part of the East Bronx up to Highbridge, the CM looks to garner support among her base, but bears the risk of having to appeal to tens of thousands of new district residents who have not yet succumbed to her electoral charms.

While the party came nowhere near winning either seat, its steady increase in support indicates that it is recovering from the electoral nadir of 2015.

When she was first elected back in 2010, the electoral coalition supporting Ms Rousseff had a majority of seats in both the lower house and in the Senate.

Much of the budget's impact would be felt in the states that supported Trump in his electoral victory this past November.

Unlock Democracy's protest on Saturday succeeded in attracting support from Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and the group is hoping its efforts will help strengthen the party's resolve in calling for a referendum on electoral reform as coalition negotiations continue.

However, the tacit co-operation between Tony Blair and Paddy Ashdown's Liberal Democrats in 1997 was the basis of great electoral success and forged a parliamentary combination supporting major constitutional changes including devolution and the introduction of the Human Rights Act.

Ulrich ran for state senate in 2012 against Joseph Addabbo and lost, though it can be reasonably argued that Hurricane Sandy suppressed turnout in Ulrich's main electoral districts of support.

Mr. Blake would not commit to supporting or opposing such a proposal, though he argued that limits on income could discourage poor people and minorities from participating in electoral politics.

And while Cuomo's electoral margins have been wider, he owes a lot of that to strong support from people of color in New York City.

The exclusion of the left from the Labour Party would simply result in the emergence of a new party to the left of New Labour, with serious electoral support.

The Lib Dems and their Liberal and SDP predecessors have suffered especially, [143] particularly in the 1980s when their electoral support was greatest while the disparity between the votes and the number of MPs returned to parliament was significantly large.

To keep a close liaison and coordination with state security elements for the activities — the use of armed escort as much as possible and maintaining strong security training and awareness for the personnel; careful selection of all election related sites and the maintenance of security for polling staff, electoral materials and equipment and situational awareness through a well - developed public information strategy to support election operation and ensure timely distribution of security information / advisories; identify hotspots (fragile security locations) in coordination with the Security Agencies and the most likely threats in each constituency and provide a clear order of priority for concerted efforts to be made to mitigate and manage these concerns and to allow resources to be targeted for maximum effect.