Sentences with phrase «electoral threat in»

When congressman are in landslide districts, they don't face an electoral threat in general elections, but still have to worry about primary elections.

The Tories were also soon confronted with a major electoral threat in the form of the right - wing United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which seemed primed to steal crucial Tory votes in marginal seats.

Not exact matches

The threat to limit imports of US soybeans is particularly astute; China buys 70 % of US soybean exports and the counties that are biggest soybean producers are located in states that were crucial to Trump's electoral victory.

Trump owes Republican leaders in Congress nothing, and those leaders have every reason to remain wary of the threat Trump's misogyny, nativism, and xenophobia represents to the party's future electoral prospects.

«Finally, the PDP assures its numerous supporters across the country of the dividends of the on - going rebuilding and re-engineering process in the party to re-position the party for the electoral challenges ahead especially as it has become clear that APC lacks the capacity to handle governance and provide economic direction for the country, but has only succeeded in injecting bad blood and division among Nigerians resulting in the current threats to national cohesion and stability.

UKIP's break - through is a major development in British politics, but as May 2015 approaches this poses a far greater electoral threat to the Tories than Labour.

And although the SDP did not become a threat in the long - run, thanks to a combination of residual loyalty to Labour and the First Past the Post electoral system, its short term impact was catastrophic.

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.

However, to dismiss the electoral threat to Labour in the aftermath of Wythenshawe is the wrong political judgement.

And in the short - term, the BNP are finished as an electoral threat.

«With these new safeguards, New York — in the strongest terms possible — will combat unscrupulous and shadowy threats to our electoral process, as well as break down fundamental barriers that for far too long have prevented New Yorkers from being heard and from exercising their right to vote,» Cuomo said.

The Ukip threat hasn't been nullified; Labour are 10 points ahead in the polls — this is not propitious ground for electoral brinkmanship.