Sentences with phrase «for voter appeal»

Based upon Harold Gray's popular comic strip «Little Orphan Annie,» the Depression - era story revolved around an optimistic moppet, her dog Sandy and her benefactor, billionaire Oliver «Daddy» Warbucks.Updated to the present with a multicultural cast, the sassy, spunky tyke (Quvenzhane Wallis) is temporarily adopted by a cynical cellphone mogul, Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), as a ploy for voter appeal when he runs for Mayor of New York City.

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Still, many agree that Democrats need to focus on an economic message that appeals more broadly to voters who don't feel the economy is working for them.

Not only do the political «left» and «right» have almost contradictory prognoses for the problems of stagnation or slow growth, but they also have to appeal to the almost randomly varying desires and priorities of the voters they represent.

It's the Conservative response to a broad appeal for those ill - defined «middle class» voters both Liberals and New Democrats covet.

She was of course talking about «The Apprentice,» the NBC reality show hosted by Trump that was a giant hit when it premiered in 2004 and is still very much at the core of his appeal to his voters (though after 14 seasons, he's now off the show for good).

All of this is small beer compared to the massive costs of new F - 35 fighter jets alone, estimated at up to $ 30 billion, but for voters still reeling from a recession the Conservatives» offerings may be appealing.

He is widely expected to run for a United States Senate seat this year, and knows he will have to appeal to voters beyond his own party in a race against the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.

Although intelligence reform is fundamentally a law - and - order issue which ought to appeal to conservative voters, this cautious election year augurs ill for reform in two additional ways.

Sanders also appeals to the capacity of middle class voters to exercise their political freedom, calling for them to join him in fundamentally remaking our political economy: If we really want to, we can overthrow the moral limitations of capitalism and usher in a more just future.

For Latino and African American Voters of faith, the traditional appeal to values voting or litmus tests applied to candidates are not the sole means of vetting candidates.

And while more than 90 percent of black voters supported Jackson in recent primaries, Hertzke notes that «many of these same black voters register remarkable sympathy for Robertson...» Robertson's appeal among blacks is correctly attributed to religious and cultural attitudes.

(CNN)- The speakers at this week's Republican National Convention include prayer givers, Mormon leaders and politicians famous for their appeal to religious voters.

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.

He's an appealing choice for voters beyond what he does on the field.

Despite his reputation for spin, Blair's book offers the fullest discussion of what New Labour was trying to do to change Britain, particularly his recognition that the party had to appeal to aspirational voters (a battle that may have to be re-fought within Labour now).

Resign as flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party with immediate effect and pave way for the election of a new unifying, tolerant and peace - loving flagbearer who will be appealing to Ghanaian voters in 2016.

One wonders, when British government development policy comes in for a hammering, whether Murray's attitude is coloured by his frequent unsuccessful appeals to the Department for International Development for funds for various pet projects: a charter plane to bring indelible ink to Ghana to mark the fingers of voters in an election or the reconstruction of a ruined bridge in a remote village.

The mayor of Bridgeport, Joe Ganim, plans to appeal directly to Democratic voters in Connecticut to gauge whether they are willing to put a convicted felon on the ballot during this summer's primary for governor.

There are two parts to achieving that, and Dan concentrates on the need for coherent policies that appeal to voters.

For politicians brought up in this culture, it is not surprising that they should appeal to voters in the referendum on that basis: will they be # 500 pa better off or # 1,000 pa worse off if Scotland becomes independent?

The NPP has had its appeals to the EC for a fresh voter roll turned down after a five - member panel appointed to look into the issue and advise the election management body counselled against it.

UKIP has won a war and lost a purpose, leaving plenty of voters for the Conservatives to appeal to.

For the Liberal Democrats to centralise in pursuit of a message to appeal to the swing voter would be a move in precisely the wrong direction.

In The Lost Majority, Lord Ashcroft draws on his unique research to explain why the thumping victory the Tories expected never happened: what real voters made of the campaign, why Britain refused Theresa May's appeal for a clear mandate to negotiate Brexit, where the party stands after more than a decade of «modernisation» — and the Tories» mammoth task of building a winning coalition when 13 million votes is not enough for victory.

Lisa Nandy, the MP for Wigan, warned that losing ground in Bolton, Dudley and her own seat of Wigan underlined the fact that Labour's message was failing to appeal to voters in towns where years of job losses had eroded the sense of community.

«He's trying to appeal to the millions of illegals in this country the Obama administration hopes to make citizens, voters and Democrats in time for the next election.»

Ed Miliband will appeal to Scottish voters» desire for «social justice» in his biggest intervention yet in the independence referendum campaign.

Direct mail mavens have been using voter files and consumer databases to target messaging and fundraising appeals for decades and data - targeting online ads is a natural extension of that mindset and skillset.

That view was been substantiated after strategists pinned the blame for Mitt Romney's defeat in the US on failing to appeal to Hispanic voters.

Farage is likely to make an appeal to voters who feel Labour's leadership have taken them for granted, particularly those with grievances about the impact of immigration on their local area.

Accordingly we would be far better off with Cable leading the Liberal Democrats, as he would have minimal appeal to Conservative leaning voters, but strong appeal for Labour leaning voters.

For these reasons it is unclear how exactly the Liberal Democrats will craft a distinctive identity likely to appeal to voters and maximise electoral support.

She also explained that while Nick Clegg took a risk with his reputation in participating in the debates, his initiative for the debates could be explained by the Liberal Democrat's need to appeal to traditional Liberal Democrat voters, who tend to be more pro-European; and many of those voters turned away from the Liberal Democrats when the party entered coalition in 2010.

The spot will surely appeal to the same Republican primary voters who handed Trump an overwhelming victory in New York State, but another Heaney ad oddly addresses the need for the pledge of allegiance to be recited in school while promising to keep dangerous Syrians out — it's hard to believe polling showed that issue cluster popping.

His main priority, some argue, should therefore be to appeal to previous Tory voters for whom the government's record has been less stoutly Conservative than they had hoped.

Cecilia Tkaczyk will win this appeal, and the election and that will be a beautiful thing, for voters in NYS who have a right to fair elections.

The rhetoric, which President Sarkozy also employed when he was first running four years ago, is partly a result of France's two - part electoral system, which forces candidates to appeal to voters on the extremes of their political wing in the first round before making a pitch for the centre in the second round run - off.

If supporters allowed it, the campaign could look through their friends to find priority voters already targeted for outreach, and then ask the supporter to reach them with messages designed to appeal.

Our appeal for change in Connecticut — pro-growth policies including lower taxes, more responsible spending, and more support for job creators — was endorsed by more than 48 % of Connecticut voters.

Many voters still recalled that, on the occasion of Obi's re-election in 2010, a frail Ojukwu still made a passionate appeal to the voters, adding that a vote for Obi was a vote for him (Ojukwu).

State Assemblyman Ray Walter, one of numerous elected officials present for the visit, thinks Molinaro's more down - to - earth roots will appeal to voters at this end of the state.

«The government of Osun did not give holiday for fun, but to give latitude to people who have issue with their voter's card and I appeal to our people to take the advantage of the holiday in collecting their PVCs,» the Speaker

But he was electric on the campaign trail and there is little doubt that Respect's greatest successes were largely due to his charisma and personal appeal — particularly for young Muslim voters.

We saw last night that for victory in the Senate, we need more palatable, moderate candidates who can seriously contend and appeal to the voters as a whole and who can raise serious money.

Known commonly as «Mama» for the personal appeal she made during her son's 1980 campaign when she told voters he'd «make a good senator.»

In other words over the course of the campaign Corbyn increasingly appealed to voters who had previously been unimpressed, helping them win new support for Labour, dramatically narrowing the gap to the Conservatives.

For example, an absolute threshold in the number of votes (e.g. requiring a certain proportion of the whole population or of registered voters to be elected rather than a plurality of the vote) can seem intuitively appealing but has never, to my knowledge, been implemented for a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itselFor example, an absolute threshold in the number of votes (e.g. requiring a certain proportion of the whole population or of registered voters to be elected rather than a plurality of the vote) can seem intuitively appealing but has never, to my knowledge, been implemented for a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itselfor a national election, precisely because leaving an important office unfilled is a problem (unless, of course, you subscribe to radical small - government ideas, in which case the question seems moot and you might just as well do away with elections or democracy itself).

The Lucas County Democratic Party on Wednesday issued an urgent appeal for voters to make sure their registration is up to date.

She did not make the same connection Mitchell did between female voters and an enthusiasm for international aid — something I hear from an insider is not necessarily as significant as the subject appealing to young, first - time voters, and doesn't really feature in the department's thinking.

For the Tories it involves appealing to older, more negative voters of the type more likely to drift to Ukip.