Sentences with phrase «for electoral value»

«Florida is a critical state not just for electoral value but for connecting with influencers and raising money,» said Dan Gerstein, who advised former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman in his presidential run.

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However, giving religious beliefs too much weight in electoral decisions undermines the basic democratic values that have guided our nation for over two centuries.

Then he faded from the scene for a couple of decades, only to be picked up by the left wing of the Democratic party after their electoral disaster of 2004 in order to certify their sympathy for «religious values.»

But it seems to do so more at a local / value level (attitudes to welfarism vs. individualism, say) rather than a national / electoral level (who is best place to govern for the next five years?).

Perhaps there is a tussle for the Muslim electoral soul, between innate social conservatism / high value placed on family and community / entrepreneurial spirit (all pulling towards Conservatism) and lower socio - economic status / first or second generation immigration mentality (pulling towards Labour).

If the referendum educates the public in the power of their voice, and if it educates masses and elites to expand their moral imagination enough to recognize the complaints of the other side, this experiment, although probably not the best outcome, has the epistemic value desired by proponents of deliberation, and its long - term effect may be more electoral stability and a renewed aversion to change for the sake of change.

And it is chutzpah for a pro-FPTP party to talk about votes having an «equal value» if you equalise constituency size in an electoral system where they do not.

If these collective levy - payers wanted an individual relationship with the party, they could register as affiliated supporters (AS) by signing a statement of support for Labour values, giving the party contact details including a postal address, and confirming that they were on the electoral roll.

I have found this Excel file that contains values for 2016 general election and this article that contains electoral votes breakdown per state.

George Bush owes a good deal of his electoral success to his ability to capture the Catholic vote, particularly among Hispanics, due partly to his support for traditional moral values.»

If we do go into coalition government again, whether or not the electoral system changes, we would need to try doing it differently, in three ways: first, we should adopt a transactional approach from day one in an effort to communicate that we are in fact fighting for our values; second, we should be ruthless about protecting the interests of our core supporters, including students and public sector workers; and third, we really, really need to be luckier — whatever one's analysis about the Liberal Democrats in government, the rise of Scottish nationalism and the fearful response to it south of the border is something the party neither caused nor could do very much about.

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon rallied his shock troops Saturday at the Values Voter Summit, promising evangelical leaders a 400 - electoral - vote re-election win for the president in 2020.

We're not looking for a preacher as our leader, we're looking for someone who has good values, strong electoral instincts and the ability to put in place a winning strategy.

The brief argues that the Court's invitation to overrule key First Amendment precedents would undermine, rather than advance, First Amendment values by granting corporations the power to use huge corporate treasury funds in electoral campaigns even though such funds were not accumulated for political purposes.