Sentences with phrase «even as voters»

Even as voters nationally elected a notorious climate denier as their next president, several environmental groups rallied to help defeat a ballot measure in the state of Washington that would have taxed carbon emissions.

[However] in four southern states — Aabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas — Obama did more poorly than John Kerry did four years ago... During Reconstruction, there were as many as 16 black members of Congress, but by 1901, black Southerners had been virtually expunged from politics, even as voters... Governing is complicated, so merely winning an election does not constitute the end of the battle.»

The White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives are up for grabs, along with thousands of other offices in state and local governments across the country, even as voters weigh in on scores of ballot initiatives and other measures.

Just as Ryan keeps insisting, contrary to all evidence and common sense, that people don't care whether you cut their taxes or those of their bosses, he will keep insisting that his unpopular policies will win over Democratic - leaning voters, even as those voters keep voting Democrat.

Simcha Felder says he will stick with New York Republicans, even as voters went to the polls in special elections that could make him the swing vote.

Clinton, after all, outpaced Trump in Philadelphia and the surrounding suburban counties by a greater than 2 - to - 1 margin, even as voter turnout dropped in the strongly Democratic city itself.

Not exact matches

At least part of the reason why Trump was seen as a joke — even after it was obvious that he had a broad level of support — is that most mainstream media outlets underestimated his appeal with U.S. voters.

Voters liked the pitch, even though, as Abe admitted, «it's very rare for monetary policy to be the focus of an election.»

Even François Fillon, the presidential candidate in the Republican party, seduces Front National voters as he is a proud Catholic, and champions old - fashioned family values.

And you should feel even worse when you learn that in countries such as Afghanistan, voters risk their lives to have their say.

Although Trump, a wealthy New York businessman, described these plans at least in part as a response to his belief such organizations had treated him unfairly, he argued that less wealthy voters had even greater cause to worry.

As Cambridge Analytica's actions revealed, those groups will use data for startling purposes — such as targeting very specific groups of voters with highly customized messages — even if it means violating the policies and professed intentions of one of the most powerful corporations on the planeAs Cambridge Analytica's actions revealed, those groups will use data for startling purposes — such as targeting very specific groups of voters with highly customized messages — even if it means violating the policies and professed intentions of one of the most powerful corporations on the planeas targeting very specific groups of voters with highly customized messages — even if it means violating the policies and professed intentions of one of the most powerful corporations on the planet.

In the last decade, the Bush Administration, seeking a Trojan Horse to privatize Social Security in the United States, applauded Chile's disastrous privatization of pension accounts (turning many over to US financial institutions) even as that nation's voters rejected the Pinochetistas largely out of anger at the vast pension rip - off by high finance.

In a later section, on demographic distribution analysis, the contract mentions the possibility for additional «targeted data collection procedures through multiple platforms» to be used — even including «brief phone scripts with single - trait questions» — in order to correct any skews that might be found once the Facebook data is matched with voter databases in each state, (and assuming any «data gaps» could not be «filled in from targeted online samples», as it also puts it).

Davis, it's essentially ocean front property as they a local measure J where voters have struck down any new development for 15 + years and hence median home price is ~ $ 700k matching walnut Creek / San Ramon, with just.2 % vacancy so even better rent, as UC Davis keeps increasing enrollment but not new housing.

Even as Mr. Harper pledged Tuesday to steer clear of radical change, investors and businesses in Canada and around the world are waiting to see how his government handles a number of hot files, now that the Conservatives won't face voters for at least four years.

Even if third parties could only get a little of your data — your hometown, say, or your gender — they could match it up with all kinds of other records, such marketing databases or voter registration databases, to paint a more complete picture of you as a person.

So, voters have more respect for someone who believes strongly even if the voter sees those beliefs as untrue and wrong, than for someone who does not believe?

Besides, in a nation in which the great majority of voters describe themselves as religious, religious belief will usually be the background — even if frequently unstated — of our policy debates.

Other Trump supporters (such as the millions of Obama - Trump voters) would favor more spending on healthcare for struggling wage - earners — even if it meant higher taxes.

As long as this voter kept working, she would have a modicum of security — and if she shopped a bit for her routine care, she might even save some moneAs long as this voter kept working, she would have a modicum of security — and if she shopped a bit for her routine care, she might even save some moneas this voter kept working, she would have a modicum of security — and if she shopped a bit for her routine care, she might even save some money.

The battle between Driehaus and a group of progressive Catholic supporters on the one hand and religious conservatives on the other is a reminder that abortion has become a key issue in the midterm elections in parts of the country, even as the economy and jobs remain voters» top concern.

Now, as he wages an uphill battle for the Republican nomination, Perry is emphasizing his Christian commitment even more than in the past, trying to line up support from conservative Christian leaders and religious voters nationwide.

The result is that half of the Catholic electorate felt it was being judged as voting «against the Church,» even though such voters weren't actually dissenting from Catholic teaching.

As has been stated quite a bit — most recently today by AN ACTUAL ROY VOTER (Ben Golliver of SI.com)-- Simmons» statistical and advanced analytical advantage is quite meaty... but even more important to this discussion is the «value to team» component of the analysis.

Was certainly fun to be a part of it, even as just a voter, next year definitely with an amazing entry.

Just a word for our W, O, B friends: don't be over the moon with this meaningless poll.A sample of few hundreds of voters don't represents millions and millions of fans over the world and even the opinion of these millions are pointless since, as it's the case in any club of the world, the BOARD members are here to take decisions, not the fans.In our club, as we all know, no one will DARE to say a word to wenger let alone sack him....

The 10 - vote limit was a hindrance for many, to the point the BBWAA voted to increase it to 12 in the future, but the average voter used just 8.4 spots on their ballot: there are still a whole lot of voters out there who don't see an obvious backlog even as it repeatedly hits them over the head.

Being the quarterback for an NFL team is much tougher than being a running back (trust me, I know from experience), and the voters showed that they will reward a play caller even if his stats aren't as great on paper.

This makes it even harder to compromise, as House Democrats have no knowledge of issues affecting rural white folk and Republicans have no knowledge of urban voters.

Armed with research from behavioral psychology and randomized experiments that treat voters as unwitting guinea pigs, the smartest campaigns now believe they know who you will vote for even before you do.

What is clear is that even as a majority of all voters are still getting to know the Republican candidates, 36 percent of suburban voters would still prefer someone other than Kirsten Gillibrand.»

Even now as voters head to the polls, Ipsos MORI's latest polling suggests a large proportion of the public are yet to fully commit to voting Leave or Remain.

Until now, even the most eager, and unemployed, floating voter is unlikely to have seen even one of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders up close and personal, let alone, as they will be in the debates, not speechifying but tested and challenged live by their fiercest rivals.

Labour is struggling to claw back the perception of «economic competence» it needs to persuade voters to give it another chance, even as public opinion has turned against further government austerity.

«Even Wilson admits that his past disclosures don't give voters «clarity» about his personal finances, let alone speak to his fitness as an investor.

And in the future too, we should expect to see ever more intense efforts to reach more and more potentially persuadable or potentially «mobilizable» voters in high - stakes, well - resourced, competitive elections, even as the majority of Americans who live in states and districts that are not competitive will hear less and less from campaigns as they, quite reasonably, use all available information to concentrate their resources where they think they matter.

This even applies to «well intentioned» initiatives and led several states from threatening to arrest international election monitors if they attempted to monitor elections from the polling place as only legal voters and poll employees are allowed in the polling place itself.

In the Senate, even he is tainted by the formation of an IDC Coalition, which usurped the voter's wishes as indicated through the ballot box count, to have a Democratic Majority in the house, when Sen. Jeff Klein went rogue and aligned himself with the Republicans in a leadership sharing arrangement that failed to deliver for the Governor this session.

May declares she wants Britain to «emerge... stronger, fairer, more united and more outward - looking than ever before», even as she implicitly threatens to slash rights and regulations, dismiss and alienate the voters of Scotland and Northern Ireland, and impose barriers on our largest market.

Recall that in the last election cycle, Cuomo created the Women's Equality Party — or WEP — a move widely seen in part as an effort to confuse voters — after all, E comes right before F in the alphabet — and get back at the WFP for daring to even consider backing a candidate other than Cuomo... more on this in a moment.

Even as the polls leading up to election night showed Slaughter in the lead, conventional wisdom kept telling me Republican voters would vote the party line.

Pasok is in turmoil as its 43 % at the 2009 elections has now dropped to around 11 % in the opinion polls, with voters blaming the Papandreou - led government for its handling of the deep crisis even more than they blame New Democracy which was in power and increased the deficit substantially from 2004 - 2009.

McAuliffe had 200 field staff and 13,000 volunteers knocking on the right doors over the weekend before November 5th, even as they flooded the airwaves with ads they KNEW (from talking to voters) were likely to hit the mark.

Yet, if our analysis is even close to being right, the voters of the North West will play a leading role in denying Labour a majority in 2015 — just as they did with the Conservatives in 2010.

This is politics as personal experience — the absence of which is a luxury most white voters do not even know they enjoy.

Gillibrand's wide voter enrollment advantage as a Democrat helps, obviously, and even the support from the folks on Row C doesn't necessarily cover that gap.

First, even the slightest variations between the campaigns are exaggerated as the media and voters look for anything that differentiates the candidates.

The basic point: just as commentors on mainstream sites can speak directly to those sites» readers, political campaigns are working hard to reach voters directly online, without needing the support or even the notice of prominent bloggers to do so.

With Mitt deserves the attention of the voter as it's doing something new, even if the platform wasn't 100 % ready for prime - time.