Sentences with phrase «general election voters in»

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These local and mayoral elections are unusual because they come just five weeks before voters will go back to the polls for the general election, and slap - bang in the middle of the political parties» election campaigns.

But bringing Latino voters into the Republican fold in a general election will be no small feat, and the fight over them here shows just how important that bloc is to Romney and Gingrich.

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.

But 71 percent of voters cast ballots in the November 2014 general election.

Low voter turnout, 34 %, in the 2012 general election suggests that many voters in the constituency are undeclared or unidentified by the parties.

KUALA LUMPUR - Electoral watchdog groups in Malaysia said on Thursday the voter list for next week's general election had major flaws, including the existence of a 121 - year - old voter, raising the spectre of possible fraud.

Despite Trump's appeal to voters who feel they've been left behind by an economy that has given them limited job prospects, weak job markets have generally favored Democrats in past general elections.

Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.

In last fall's presidential election pro-life voters were faced with a difficult moral choice emblematic of the politics of abortion in general: Does moral principle demand a vote for a marginally pro-life candidate with a chance of winning, or does it demand a vote for a completely pro-life..In last fall's presidential election pro-life voters were faced with a difficult moral choice emblematic of the politics of abortion in general: Does moral principle demand a vote for a marginally pro-life candidate with a chance of winning, or does it demand a vote for a completely pro-life..in general: Does moral principle demand a vote for a marginally pro-life candidate with a chance of winning, or does it demand a vote for a completely pro-life....

Candidates say things that they will not defend (or try to fake their way out of) in the general election, and, in return, populist conservatives get, at most, a momentary rush of solidarity when the voters are not watching.

It clearly shows that in these marginal seats, the key battleground seats where the general election will be won and lost, voters are very concerned about threats to religious liberty and free speech.

10 percent of voters who supported Ted Cruz in the GOP primary now support Clinton in the general election.

9 percent of voters who supported Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary now support Trump in the general election.

20 percent of voters who supported John Kasich in the GOP primary now support Clinton in the general election.

She describes how Indian voters angered by the BJP's pro-rich economic policies and anti-Muslim violence voted it out of power in general elections in 2004.

Luckily for the Republicans, the majority of these evangelical voters think Obama is a Muslim so they would be forced to vote for Mitt in the general election.

Just one per cent of the electorate - less than half a million voters in marginal swing seats - determined the outcome of the last general election.

Part of this general failure has been the direct result of overly monetization of politics, mass illiteracy, ethnocentrism, organized crime, voter and election fraud (election malpractice), campaigns of lies which Lucky Dube sang about on «political games, «Bob Marley on «Ambush in the Night» and «Burnin» and Lootin»», Steele Pulse's David Hines on «Bodyguard,» Mutabaruka on «The People's Court»...

So that means the fight for control of the Senate will head into the general election in a presidential election year that traditionally draws out more Democratic voters.

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As I predicted on this blog in January and contrary to many commentators» expectations, the referendum engaged more voters than recent general elections.

Republicans, particularly Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, have worked hard to woo Latino voters in recent years, and some worry that a single negative ad run against Long featuring comments like these would tank her — and fellow GOP candidates — in the general election.

As the general election loomed, he resolved that we should woo the modest number of Chinese voters in our highly marginal constituency.

A last - minute addition to the arsenal: the campaign's new media and tech teams managed to turn out a very efficient online polling place finder on a short deadline just in time for the general election, which they promoted via online ads, the email list and direct voter contact.

The two parties will try their hardest in the next couple of years to persuade voters that they offer genuinely different choices during the next general election campaign.

What if congressmen only got fractions of votes: the fraction of the voters who voted for them in the general election?

Instead, the Commission said it «will continue to engage stakeholders to ensure that a clean and credible voters» register is in place for the 2016 general elections through an inclusive and collaborative audit process.»

Viloria - Fisher spoke about property tax relief — an issue Cuomo has made part of his campaign platform and one that is crucial to voters in the suburbs, which are expected to be a battleground in the upcoming general election — particularly in the fight for control of the state Senate.

The ethnic minority vote could be decisive in the next general election, according to new research highlighting the enhanced power of Black and Asian voters in 2015.

While Biaggi voted in the general election's of 2016, 2014 and 2012, she did not vote in any of the Democratic primaries, often the where the real race takes place in New York since voter registration in the city is so overwhelmingly Democratic.

«The group will argue that values — and not a politician's background — are the crucial factor in communicating effectively with blue collar voters and that it is today's generation of Conservative politicians who most closely represent the values of those voters who will determine the outcome of the next general election,» he said.

Only two things could change the outcome, he suggests: if turnout rises towards general election levels (unlikely, in my view) and if the message received by voters, particularly women and professionals, changes.

Gyimah points out there will be an automatic carry - over of voters for the 2015 general election, meaning anyone who disappears will be artificially included in the list of those allowed to vote in the looming contest.

Why not say what is true - reforming local candidate selection is fine, but does nothing to address the question of how and whether voters influence who gets to govern the country in a General Election.

Nonetheless, as a tactical device it was highly successful - certainly many of the primary voters will now feel invested in the candidate and vote for her again at the general election.

Whoever wins the special election will have to run again in a primary and a general election in the new so - called «Super-Jewish» district that has a far higher concentration of Orthodox voters the 27th SD currently does.

This surveyed 1000 voters aged 17 - 21, to mark the launch of British Future's «Voice of a Generation» project, which will explore what issues matter most to first time voters in the 12 months leading up to the general election.

In the eight months remaining before the general election many voters face a dilemma.

One of the key patterns in last year's general election results was a tendency for those who voted Remain to swing more to Labour than those who voted Leave, while the Conservatives lost ground amongst Remain voters while advancing amongst their Leave counterparts.

New British Election Study data gathered at approximately the same time that the Green membership surge started in the autumn of 2014 includes a decent sample of more than 1,000 voters claiming that they intend to support the Greens in the forthcoming general eElection Study data gathered at approximately the same time that the Green membership surge started in the autumn of 2014 includes a decent sample of more than 1,000 voters claiming that they intend to support the Greens in the forthcoming general electionelection.

You actually have to run in the next general election so that the voters get a chance to approve or disapprove of the appointment.

The parties also have a long - term interest in engaging the voters who are entering the electorate: we may live in an ageing society, but many of the voters who are eligible for the first time in 2015 will be around to vote in the next twelve or fifteen general elections.

A declared Conservative columnist in Tueuday's FT — Janan Ganesh — is saying that a weak economy is more likely to result in a Conservative win at the general election since voters would be more inclined to risk another Labour government if the economy is performing strongly.

A party meets the requirements for ballot access if a candidate nominated by the political party at one of the two immediately preceding statewide general elections received at least 5 percent of the vote, or if a combination of candidates nominated by the political party for a combination of districts that encompass all of the voters of the entire state polled at least 5 percent of the vote in each of their respective districts.

Now it's voters all over Suffolk who need to do the right thing, again, in the Nov. 7 general election.

Minority Verdict: The Conservative Party, The Voters And The 2010 General Election attempts to explain why the Tories did as well as they did in May, and why they did no better.

(It is not necessary to give a party choice for a general election; however, in a party primary a voter may participate in only one political party's primary; thus a choice must be designated so that the appropriate ballot can be provided.

This is an estimate of the share of the vote that the principal parties would have won in a GB - wide general election if voters across the country as a whole had behaved in the same way as those who actually voted in the local elections.

Signature requirement is number equal to 15 % of registered voters in the municipality, based on the total number of registered voters at the time of the last general election

Moreover, analysis of voting behaviour during the 2014 European election shows that 21 per cent of Green voters had supported Liberal Democrat candidates in the 2010 general election; 18 per cent had voted Labour; and a further 18 per cent had have voted Green.