Sentences with phrase «from voters in»

Watching House of Cards is certainly more fun than funding the real House of Cards, but the lack of engagement from voters in the money side of campaigns has serious, deleterious effects.

Despite bipartisan support in Congress and from voters in coastal states, the administration is doubling down on a shortsighted policy that keeps 87 percent of federally controlled offshore acreage off limits to energy exploration.

The petition included signatures from voters in 48 counties.

And without support from voters in St. Louis County, the act would have failed by more than 80,000 votes.

The Prime Minister denied she was seeking a «blank cheque» from voters in the impending snap election as she dodged questions about her platform.

Perez said at the time the DNC's job is «to help Democrats who have garnered support from voters in their community cross the finish line and win.»

I have been honoured by the support I have received from voters in Cardiff North, Brecon & Radnor and throughout Wales during the course of my political career.

Eillen Miller, a spokesman for the Amedore campaign, said Tkaczyk submitted «pages and pages» of signatures from voters in the Bronx and Brooklyn.

«After Mayor Brown heard from voters in CD - 5, there is a clear sense that Lawson seems generally uninterested in serving the district and has gone Washington.

But State Senator Joseph P. Addabbo Jr., a Democrat from Queens who has voted against the bill in the past but said he was undecided this time, said, «We've gotten about 400 calls and e-mails from voters in the last two weeks, the vast majority of them opposed to the bill.»

That negative reaction to the coalition's spending cuts agenda was matched across the north - east and north - west, prompting predictable responses from voters in the ballot box.

David Seifman's column the other day brought into the open some behind - the - scenes sniping between Scott Stringer and Christine Quinn, Democratic mayoral candidates who are both counting on drawing significant support from voters in their home borough of Manhattan.

Trump won praise from voters in large measure for «telling it like it is,» without a trace of what they viewed derisively as «political correctness.»

Maffei's strongest base of support came from voters in the city of Syracuse, where minorities account for more than 40 percent of the population.

A more modest Brexit proposal would be less likely to stoke anger from voters in places like Richmond.

GOP Congressman Michael Grimm lost the Independence Party's ballot line when he did not turn in enough valid signatures from voters in the district, but he appealed the decision arguing that a systemic problem with the Board of Elections unfairly placed obstacles in his signature - gathering efforts.

Carroll says so far, Astorino is earning only minimal support from voters in heavily - Democratic New York.

Normally my weekdays would be stuffed with political meetings but as Parliament is on recess it is much quieter and I take the opportunity to reply to various e-mails from voters in Somerton & Frome.

It would have to win approval from voters in Syracuse, and from all voters outside the city.

Since Malloy wouldn't have won without support from voters in the Working Families Party, the state GOP said, Malloy's Republican challenger got the most party votes, and GOP candidates should get to be listed first this year.

To qualify for party primaries, congressional candidates must submit 1,250 valid signatures from voters in their districts.

a sympathetic reception from voters in the way that it was once able to.

Secondly, the party can no longer rely on a sympathetic reception from voters in the way that it was once able to.

Two Du Page County park systems will seek permission from voters in the March 15 primary to build swimming pools, while two others will seek approval to increase taxes to expand programs or buy land.

Unlike the first debate, the two candidates will field questions directly from voters in a Town Hall - style format.

Not exact matches

After attributing their presidential loss in 2000 in part to the assault weapons ban, Democrats shied away from gun control talk in order to avoid alienating rural voters, particularly blue collar white males.

The trial made embarrassing national headlines for the once - rising Democratic star, who was accused of seeking more than $ 900,000 from two wealthy supporters to conceal his pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, from voters during his unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

«Voters in 28 states have chosen programs that shift cannabis from the criminal market to highly regulated, tax - paying businesses,» says Smith in a statement.

Obama lost big with such rural white voters, but won more votes from woman, minorities and others groups clustered in or near cities.

A former publicist, DuVernay never shied away from the issue, tweeting to her 600,000 - plus followers that «shame is a helluva motivator» after the Academy tweaked its membership rules to bring in more minority voters.

In recent years, the statuette has gone home with lesser - seen movies, often from off the mainstream radar — offbeat or «prestige» titles that captured the imagination of Academy voters if not the American public — to the near - total exclusion of big budget Hollywood blockbusters.

And while that issue is newly top - of - mind for many voters, some bedrock economic policy issues also deserve attention from the candidates during their last in - person exchange of the year:

Swiss voters rejected a plan to force their government to accelerate the country's exit from nuclear energy in a referendum Sunday, turning down an initiative that would have seen the last plant shut in 2029.

GOP political advisors think the issue could push voters away from the GOP agenda and give Democrats a big boost in the midterms.

Orban, who in common with other Eastern European leaders is anxious to show voters that they have not swapped half a century of rule from Moscow for diktat from Brussels, defended himself in the European Parliament on Wednesday.

The latest result to come in is from Swindon in Wiltshire where voters have backed Leave by 55 % to 45 %.

Since there are no exit polls for the referendum, unlike the general election, this is our best gauge of voter sentiment until results start trickling in from local counting areas around 1 a.m. BST.

«Gordon Campbell had a year and a half to do what Christy Clark did today,» he says, referring to the new premier's pledge, should voters keep the HST in place, to cut it to 10 % (from 12 % now) by 2014, offset by corporate tax hikes.

Voters in a dozen states will take part in «Super Tuesday» — a series of primaries and caucuses in states ranging from Alaska to Virginia, with Virginia the first to open its polling stations at 6:00 am (1100 GMT).

As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

In 1965, Malcolm X implored black voters to abstain from voting altogether if they felt their votes were being cast in vaiIn 1965, Malcolm X implored black voters to abstain from voting altogether if they felt their votes were being cast in vaiin vain.

Not only do we think black voters should abstain from voting for the Democratic presidential nominee in red states, we also think black voters should continue their role as pivotal voters in battleground states.

Many policymakers seem to have missed the memo showing that voters» views on the topic are fundamentally different from the late 1960s, when only one - in - nine Americans favored sanctioning it.

Cambridge Analytica is under investigation in both the U.S. and the U.K. for the way it obtained data on as many as 87 million users from Facebook and for whether it used that data to target voters on behalf of the Trump campaign in the U.S. and the Brexit referendum in the U.K.

In order to be put to voters, the tech tax will need the support of at least six out of the 11 city supervisors, and aside from its three co-sponsors, no other supervisor has yet given his or her support.

In 2016, more voters are also using big data to identify trends in candidate activities and digital records to separate the truth from the lieIn 2016, more voters are also using big data to identify trends in candidate activities and digital records to separate the truth from the liein candidate activities and digital records to separate the truth from the lies.

Uber and Lyft plan to shut down «indefinitely» in Austin, Texas, after voters declined to support a proposition shielding drivers from stricter background checks.

In a Wall Street Journal editorial today, Rove beseeches the Romney campaign to go on offense with an effective message that reminds voters that the Democrats» negative campaign strategy merely aims to distract voters from the Obama administration's dismal economic record.

By contrast, roughly two in three black voters said they had heard from the Clinton organization.

In recent days, Clinton has brought her pitch to young voters in key battleground states, touting her college - affordability plan and her support from popular progressive politicians like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie SanderIn recent days, Clinton has brought her pitch to young voters in key battleground states, touting her college - affordability plan and her support from popular progressive politicians like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanderin key battleground states, touting her college - affordability plan and her support from popular progressive politicians like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.