Sentences with phrase «for lots of voters»

«This poll...,» he said, «will crystallise the choice for lots of voters, and particularly the Liberal - Conservative marginals.»

This has not been a central voting issue for them the way it has been for a lot of our voters in the rural areas.

Not exact matches

With the popular perception of a lackluster slate of candidates, a recent poll shows most Republican primary voters lack enthusiasm for any of the current lot.

At the very least, it does suggest that Republicans» longstanding strategy of building majorities for their anti-tax platform by appealing to working - class voters» Christian morals has lost a lot of its power.

«It's definitely true that in many ways, white evangelicals and black Protestants or black evangelicals, or evangelicals from other racial and ethnic minorities have a lot in common,» the Pew Research Center's associate director, Greg Smith, told NPR for its exploration of the true number of evangelical voters.

The reality is 65 million people voted for Trump... and while a lot of those votes came from people who were legitimately frustrated with both political parties and wanted someone to shake up the system, and a lot of votes cam from traditional doctrinaire Republican voters who held their nose and voted for the guy because they wanted a tax cut, and other voters were pseudo-moralistic Evangelical hypocrites who wanted to reward McConnell for STEALING Merrick Garland's Supreme Court seat, there were a whole lot of Trump voters — including a lot of voters from Pennsylvania's «T» — who voted for Trump because they are racist, white supremicist xenophobes who saw in Trump someone who spoke their language and would «make america great again» (read «make america WHITE again»).

There are a lot of people we have to thank for helping us launch the Piesman this year, starting with our panel of voters.

A lot of voters won't vote for some of those guys; but a lot of voters will.

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.

The joke in the 1980s was that voters selected a Democratic Congress to get lots of goodies and a Republican president so they wouldn't have to pay for it.

For instance, Romney's campaign talked a lot about microtargeted communications, but they seem to have had in mind reaching out to the same pool of voters as usual but with better messaging.

So the optimal strategy for candidates is to win the support of people who can get lots of voters along to a meeting to go to vote.

It essentially became pointless with the introduction of FPTP for all seats, before that many seats used Block Voting and there were alliance slates in places (in some, Liberals, Nat Libs and Cons all put up one candidate each to LAbour's two; evidence was a lot of Lib voters supported Labour with second vote, but Tory and Nat Lib voters split all over the place).

The Let My Vote Count Alliance, Movement for Change and Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) joined forces to draw a massive crowd in the streets to back calls for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 election, insisting the current album is flawed with lots of anomalies.

I was asked about it at Brighton Fabians last night: there is a lot of enthusiasm for campaigning on this issue, and indeed for getting voters registered as part of a campaign.

But there were lots of spending pledges (i.e. # 840 million on that free childcare), which created the impression the Scottish government might be softening up voters for tax increases in that same budget.

Felder, an observant Jew whose district includes many Orthodox Jewish voters, said his constituents «don't agree» with a lot of what two of the state's top Democrats — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have been saying in the wake of Donald Trump's election, pledging to fight on behalf of liberal values and maintain a sort of safe haven for the left in New York.

But that same poll found that Buffalo voters are an unhappy lot over the state of the city, with voters giving him poor grades for his handling of education and employment issues.

Lots of stuff about the centre ground of politics and the «squeezed middle», which says to me he's going for the same few thousand swing voters that Blair and New Labour did, and forget about the rest of us.

Whatever you think of the film, one thing is for sure: It's gonna be seen by a lot of people — a lot of voters, governor.

Elinor Tatum, publisher and editor - in - chief of The Amsterdam News, (the nation's oldest continuously published black newspaper), has given voice to a concern I've heard a lot of worried murmurs about in Democratic circles: That black voters won't come out to vote for Andrew Cuomo.

Also, since most of the concern about non-citizen voters is ultimately driven by the concern of conservatives that non-citizen voters will flip elections for Democrats, it is worth noting that most counties with lots of non-citizen adults are also overwhelmingly Democratic by margins that far exceed the highest imaginable percentage of non-citizen voters in any reality based analysis, and another significant percentage of those counties are very safe Republican leaning counties, where again, non-citizen voters wouldn't make a difference in outcomes.

However, there's one problem a lot of people are facing: If you're already a registered voter, you can't change parties in time for next month's primary.

I have a lot of respect for Senator Gillibrand, but we have elections so voters can have a choice.»

But some of the most important technology work that campaigns do is a lot less sexy — voter databases, activism tools, Web - based interfaces for high - dollar fundraisers.

A reader familiar with the GOP vote in Queens indicates that NYC Councilman Eric Ulrich's surprise decision (announced on NY1 last night) not to run for former Rep. Anthony Weiner's seat in NY - 9 is helpful to Goldfeder, because Ulrich would likely have drawn a lot of right - leaning voters in the 23rd AD.

Teachout and Wu demonstrated that if voters have a progressive alternative, a lot of workers, parents, educator and anti-fracking and anti-casino advocates aren't going to vote for Cuomo and Hochul.

That's a lot for voters to keep track of, assuming they're even paying attention.

«It's very confusing for voters, but a lot of people are going to see this for the first time when they get to the polls,» said Ulster County deputy elections commissioner Ashley Dittus.

That's the reason why we were hit so hard in 97, Labour and LD voters going tactical made the result in terms of seats look a lot worse for us.

Plainly a lot of voters took a decision to vote SNP to keep out the Tory, and Moore's decision to campaign against the nastiness of the Tories backfired on him as he took blame for coalition policies.

Populus have a poll for The Times that finds lots of voter satisfaction with Alistair Darling's Budget.

A lot of the government's troubles this month have been laid at the feet of the Budget, and while Conservative supporters are more positive about it than other voters — as we would expect — there are signs that the government's reputation for economic credibility has taken a hit.

And with these numbers, it looks a lot more reasonable for a Republican to win if they capture a lot of independent voters and have better turnout.

Engage is doing the digital strategy for a lot of different groups, everything from digital advertising to email fundraising campaigns to building technologies to help people identify voters.

According to him, a lot of voters especially in the three - northern region bought into the idea and voted massively for the NPP.

If he wants to keep his seat he will have to convince a lot of voters really quickly that he is the Senator for all of Alabama.

Both candidates were seen relatively well by voters, given that the campaign — with lots of negative ads — has been in full swing for weeks now.

Unfortunately for Ravitch, not a lot of voters know much about him.

A lot of people voted for the things they care about and I am proud to have stayed consistent with my positions; I believe the voters were able to discern my message.

Many voters who may well be receptive to Corbyn if they lived in other parts of the UK would therefore be likely to place a lot of blame on Labour for its role in securing a No vote.

Robert regarding your view that labour cold win with 35 %, yes, but we won in 1974 ′ with 37 % and I believe Callaghan actually got a few more votes in 79 ′ than 74 although the percentage was the me, the point was that the 74 manifesto was so far from what the public felt, that the following election lots of liberals or stay at home voters came out and the Tories would get 13 + million for the next f our.

As for state comptroller hopeful Harry Wilson, on whom many Republicans have pinned their hopes for a statewide victory in November, he has a lot of work to do to raise his name recognition among voters prior to Election Day.

It will be a lot of fun for Republican voters if their primary ballot looks like the Cheesecake Factory menu.

Backed up by polling showing Labour streaking ahead in London, it's easy to see the basis of this trend, even if certain seat - specific results look odd - lots of ethnic minority voters, lots of young voters and students, lots of young professionals, and lots of angry Remainers make for lots of Labour votes.

«If you think about a lot of the affluent voters who left us - well, they went for the Lib Dems, not for the Tories,» he says.

«The vast majority of voters understand there are different candidates running for different offices, and there probably will be a lot of ticket splitting this year,» he said, referring to those who vote for a presidential candidate from one party and down - ballot candidates from another.

In addition to the Senator who lot the primary and the Councilwoman who was knock off the ballot going into the primary, supporters of the incumbent mayor Ernest D. Davis are determined to see Davis back for a fifth term and have waged an extensive Write - In campaign, going as far to educate voters how to vote for Davis despite the fact he too lost the primary and has publicly vowed to support the party nominee, Richard Thomas.

«80 % to 90 % of the School Board's funding comes from the state, and when you consider the small voter turnout for school board elections, it makes a lot of sense».

The party further stated that «the use of sub standard biometric devices which caused a lot of difficulties and challenges for the voter and election officials must not be entertained.»