Sentences with phrase «general elections»

Listen to the analysts who have told them that they can't be the party of older white men and win general elections.

For starters, it has given me a very important inside & background story as to make up my mind as to who to vote for, if Mitt Romney will become a candidate, in the next general elections.

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.

Between the general elections of 1999 and 2003, New Brunswick held three provincial by - elections in the districts of Campbellton, Caraquet, and Kent South.

Mr. Anders had until yesterday succeeded in the past in besting high - profile challenges from former MLA Jocelyn Burgener, future premier Alison Redford and future MLA Donna Kennedy - Glans in nomination votes and defeated future Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier and former Liberal MLA Frank Bruseker in general elections.

In the 1999 and 2003 general elections, Ms. Weir was the only NDP candidate elected.

Campaign finance refers to the rules that govern the use of money in electoral processes such as general elections, by - elections, and referenda.

The National Bank of Greece study was published Tuesday as Greece heads to new general elections on June 17, amid Europe - wide concern of broader financial turmoil if Greece's place in the single currency is threatened by a victory for an anti-austerity party.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak after his mediocre showing in the May 5 general elections on May 15 announced a new 57 - member cabinet packed with traditionalists, which is also strikingly short of representatives from the Chinese minority.

Germany will also be prepping for the 2017 general elections, and the influence of a growing nationalist sentiment will weigh on the government's agenda.

The Asian session was very volatile today, as the aftermath of the Italian general elections caused nervousness among investors.

The 2002 law, usually called McCain - Feingold, banned the broadcast, cable or satellite transmission of «electioneering communications» paid for by corporations or labor unions from their general funds in the 30 days before a presidential primary and in the 60 days before the general elections.

Consider the next four yellow bars, representing Canada's general elections in 1965, 1963, 2004 and 1921.

To sum up, the six general elections considered here ended with minority governments, and those minorities all enjoyed a relatively small advantage in the number of seats — ranging from two to 22 — over the official Opposition.

Consider now the black - dotted line for those same six general elections.

As the chart above illustrates, there is an interesting correlation between the seat - advantage a minority government holds over the official Opposition, and the length of time between general elections when the minority is in power.

He emerged from two general elections as leader of the party with the most seats in a minority parliament.

Zimbabwe's ruling party saw some major upsets and raucous bickering during its primaries this week ahead of general elections due by August.

We are in the business of winning general elections.

In order to affect public policy, the Republican Party must win general elections and not only primaries.»

With ZANU - PF due to choose new leadership next month and a general elections scheduled for next year, this year has seen furious maneuvering in the party elite.

It's hard to tell how many do this — I know of a few politically engaged Liberals who periodically hold Tory membership cards too — but it's a fact of life for those of other political stripes in a one - party province like Alberta: the political direction of the province is decided at the PC leadership conventions, not in general elections.

Indeed, over the period of time when Italy was in recession, the country's political scene has been nothing short of a mess, having gone from the scandal - hit tenure of billionaire businessman Silvio Berlusconi, to a technocratic government and two general elections in the space of a year.

The Conservative government's first efforts to pass it in the last parliament were frustrated by its Liberal Democrat coalition partners, but the bill has been revived in a slightly watered - down version since the Conservatives won a majority in May's general elections.

The rising rate of unemployment and low opportunities create jobs embarked the journey of Government of India to work on skill development after the 2014 General Elections.

Will the government be able to attain its mission of jobs creation, remains the pertinent question, which will decide the BJP's future in the 2019 General Elections.

BI: On the other hand, ahead of the General Elections we hear demands for zero - hour contracts (in which employees have few rights and no guaranteed work hours) to be reformed or even abolished.

Paper ballots are counted after the end of voting in the Italian general elections on March 4, 2018 in Naples, Italy.

Italy is also set for fresh general elections, though the date isn't confirmed yet.

With this in mind, the results of today's elections, expected on Friday, could provide big clues as to how the parties will perform at the general election on June 8.

Each year, the general election was a wipeout.

At last year's general election the party fell short of gaining the sort of Leave - voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.

In a congratulatory phone call the night of Paul's primary victory, McConnell pledged his support to the newcomer for the general election campaign.

«And that was without any pummeling by the Republican attack machine that would have savaged him in a general election.»

To be sure, Trump's tone and overall demeanor does seem to have contributed a great deal to his success in the GOP primary — he is the party's presumptive nominee — though it remains to be seen if that success will carry over into a general election.

Six years later, as we approach a general election, now is a good time to evaluate what the government did with the Panel's recommendations.

Regardless of which party forms the government following the next general election, improving the state of competition needs to be a key priority.

Labour had a 9.4 % lead over the Tories at the 2015 general election, the Centre for Cities estimates.

The company has also been live streaming the general election debates.

If Labour are comfortably ahead on this measure then they will be on course for a majority at the next general election.

«Certainly you can see that in last year's general election, as compared with other places in London with a substantial Jewish population, Labour didn't do quite so well.

In the runup to the 2015 UK general election, former Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hold a nationwide referendum on Britain's membership of the EU if he was elected for a second time.

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.

Sugar said: «If [politicians] lie, which results in massive decisions like leaving the European Union, or gaining votes in a general election, then this should be a criminal offence as it would be in a public company if I lied to my shareholders.»

«It's not so bad in a general election because you have got five years to sort it out and the lies and promises will blow back in people's faces,» Sugar said.

A general election on March 4 resulted in a hung parliament in which no one party or coalition of parties won enough of the vote to govern alone.

Any coalition formation could be delayed by regional elections coming up in Italy later this month, but the vote could be a test of support for parties such as Forza Italia that were sidelined in the general election.

Giving the timing of the next general election, this means making tax reform an agenda item for the government's second mandate.

«So much closer to the nexus of the presidential general election was the Stormy Daniels payoff than the John Edwards payoff,» Ryan said.

Whoever forms the next government after the general election, they must prioritise a plan for reducing emissions from all sectors.»