Sentences with phrase «general election»

The graphs below show how changes in the shares of council seats won by each party are strongly correlated with changes in general election vote intentions.

The Five Stars will win a large parliamentary delegation at the next general election in spring, but it is impossible to say what will happen next.

Political parties are set to suspend national campaigning general election campaigning until the weekend — but some candidates are already hitting the doorstep again.

If you can't raise that - relatively small - sum, for the primaries, it means you are going to have trouble raising money for general election as well.

What is the role of general elections in the political process?

He added that previous performance at general elections would probably be a factor in any decision.

Two - thirds of MPs at the last general election won without achieving an overall majority in their seat.

We are in the business of winning general elections.

The new judge then serves a provisional term of two years and then his or her name is on the next general election ballot for retention.

They indeed started doing so in several areas, but public sector was not touched at all (most probably due to the short period before general elections).

The overall intention was to produce «a comprehensive reform package» which would be put before the electorate at the next general election as a manifesto commitment.

Certainly all three main parties went into the last general election with manifesto pledges to reform the upper house.

They will say that special elections are unpredictable animals and not indicative of general election results, and they're right.

Representatives from across the political spectrum have spoken out against plans which could delay the counting of general election votes until the following morning - rather than the dramatic all - night count.

Parents can easily find information about all education opportunities, vote for school - board members during general elections, and have easy access to report cards.

The special elections to fill vacant seats in congress are fundamentally different from early general elections in a parliamentary system, in which every seat in the affected house is contested.

In 2017, another $ 5.8 million was spent in independent expenditures between the two general election candidates.

Now that we're moving into general election, we'll see a lot more.

Such groups are likely to be a factor in the upcoming general election races as well.

Consider, for instance, the Conservative party general election manifesto of 1959.

With the snap general election approaching fast, political parties are putting forward their pledges in a bid to gain as many votes as possible.

Fair fight districts would offer competitive general election contests which reform groups have long demanded and lets the voting public decide.

Everything will be trimmed and tailored to fit in with the coming general election campaign.

Now, if such a monetary limit was official for general election debate, that would be a different question.

A couple of candidates fell short in 2014 primaries and are trying to push through to general election victories in 2016.

Tax and spend was the bloody hook upon which four Labour general election defeats were hung.

All four races for the seat required general elections because no candidate received a majority of the primary vote.

With the 2015 general election approaching, the expectation was one of very slow progress.

These primaries have the potential to be more competitive than other races and could lead to changes in the membership of the Republican caucus or have an impact on general election races.

He's already gone negative in radio and TV ads against his primary opponents, his potential general election opponent and the president.

Last time, 2010, was the first general election with TV debates.

They are as bad as their contemporaries in the political world who got it all wrong on the British general elections!

This was the last general election where a governing party increased its number of seats until 2015.

For proof, one only has to consider the events that followed the most recent general election.

In order to avoid short terms, the government proposes a special provision when general elections take place in quick succession.

At last year's general election voters were sufficiently content to vote for competence first, and compassion only a distant second.

We want to do this now and engage with parliamentary candidates ahead of the next general election over the dangers and what they intend to do about them.

As is common at by - elections, voter turnout declined significantly from the previous general election to 34 %.

So before we can really talk about general election matching funds, we've got to get on the ballot everywhere first.

We arrived at these overall rankings by adding up the individual ranks from open seats, primary opposition, and major party general election challenge and then dividing by three.

The initial list of 16 names is dwindling over fears that being viewed as the insider candidate might hurt their chances to win voters in a primary or general election later on this year.

It has been broadly right in the past two general election so let's assume it has been again.

There are primary matching funds and general election matching funds.

The 2010 general election showed a party which had stopped thinking, stopped improving and had little to say.

But unlike on general election night, there is no exit poll this time.

Get ready for a second general election in 2016.

Alongside the next general election there should be a binding referendum on whether to change to a new more proportional electoral system.