Sentences with phrase «given more voters»
It would have given more voters more of a say, and so it would have improved the quality of our democracy at the level of the ballot box.
https://www.independent.co.uk/ Not exact matches
Its mission is to «help voters take back control of their democracy» by giving them a place to debate issues, research candidates» platforms, recruit vote pledges from others and more.
If they act the part they are seeking before they get it, it will give them practice in living this success, and it will cause voters to see them in the role, which will make the election more likely to go in their favor.
In an issue that many Americans care about, given the many mass shootings that have occurred in the past few years, Clinton was able to appeal to voters who want to see more serious gun control legislation.
After routing Clinton in New Hampshire and finishing a strong second in Iowa, states with nearly all - white populations, Nevada's Democratic caucuses gave Sanders his first chance to prove he can win over black and Hispanic voters and compete nationally as the race moves to states with more diverse populations.
So if a Republican senator mostly hears from GOP constituents, and these constituents are more likely to be really passionate about the issue since they are on the side that opposes stricter laws, that's going to give the senator a skewed perception of where voters are on this topic.
After more than two years of financial crisis, international bailouts, a huge debt writedown and Europe's harshest austerity program, Greek voters have been given a chance to hit back at the parties that got them into this mess.
Perhaps the results were a fluke, but they give the federal Liberals a sign that many voters in Alberta's urban centres are becoming more receptive to a moderate non-Conservative alternative in Ottawa.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has interpreted the results as strengthening his position versus creditors in negotiations, but it is possible that Tsipras may be more conciliatory on the margin given the dire circumstances facing Greece and its banking system, and the desire of the majority of Greek voters to stay in the eurozone.
It usually occurred when one or more existing parties failed to give voters what they wanted.
Meanwhile, more than a quarter of white evangelical voters gave him a failing grade of a D or F. Trump's overall campaign grade is the lowest among any presidential candidate — winning or losing — since Pew began collecting data in 1988.
Dickerson is clearly having the better season, but I'm a staunch track - record voter, paying more attention to a rolling average of the previous three seasons, give or take.
If they finish with an absurd amount of wins — 105 or more — voters may feel obligated to give one of their players the nod.
December 4: What if more voters had listened to Gundy's claim that OSU could at least give LSU a more entertaining game than Bama could?
Fliers went out this week that will give Lockport Water District customers who are registered voters a chance to say «yes» or «no» to Lake Michigan water — a question this community has wrestled with for more than seven years.
We're just proud as hell to be one of the first to provide this information in a way that actually allows the average voter to sort of «meet» their candidates and hear them give their take on actual questions about issues relevant to them — especially since these days, people get more and more of their information online.
We know Browns tax regime, tax the poor more give it to the beloved middle England voter.
The TU says the retirements of Assemblymen Bob Reilly, Jack McEneny and Rob Canestrari gives voters a rare opportunity and «bank slate» to elect lawmakers who might be more reform - minded.
Voters are most concerned about the issues (i.e., they're more often searching for information about issues rather than directly for information about a given candidate)
But, when given the specific wording of the amendment on the ballot in November, which plays up the job growth and property tax reduction possibilities of more gambling, voters changed their tune.
A former aide who had spoken to Spitzer during the campaign said the former governor was surprised by the ferocity of the editorials that urged voters to not give him another shot, but had also acknowledged he faced an uphill fight given the more tangible institutional opposition.
Second, the electoral college was set up to weed out «unacceptable» candidates not by dividing fringe voters in different states per se but by giving the electors the power to elect the candidate who lost the popular vote in the event that the more popular candidate turned out to be unacceptable for whatever reason.
The TV people tell me that DC's going to go for Obama, a not unexpected result — while this may not quite be Chocolate City any more, it sure as hell ain't vanilla either — but Clinton's folks aren't giving up on on Latin voters, who've held strong for her in other areas.
Alas, Britain's parliamentarians are myopically obsessed with whether one party or another stands to gain or lose from boundary changes, forgetting the far more important question: which system gives voters a sense of connection with their representatives and makes those representatives more likely to work hard in their constituents» interests.
Assemblywoman Yuh - Line Niou, who was mentioned as a potential candidate to fill former Sen. Daniel Squadron's seat, today announced she is throwing her support to her Assembly colleague, Brian Kavanagh, though she pledged to work to reform the special election process to give voters more of a choice in candidate selection.
At the heart of this crisis lies the search by voters for a vision of democracy and elections that disperses decision - making power more, affords more nuanced representation to UK citizens, and gives a broader range of parties access to the policy arena.
A number of vendors and polling firms also offer what seem to be quite sophisticated microtargeting - based voter / donor outreach, but I've also heard experienced direct mail database people say that the by far the best predictor of a person's propensity to give money to a campaigh is his or her past history of donating — people who've donated before are more likely to donate again.
If the goal is to maintain some form of local representation or connection between a member of parliament and a district (personally, I am not convinced it's a good thing) with a more proportional representation, Germany has another (rather complex) way to achieve that, called «personalized proportional vote» but even that only gives voters control over some of the seats.
But scores that BES respondents gave on 0 (strongly dislike) to 10 (strongly like) scales for each of the parties show that both Conservative and Liberal Democrat voters more strongly prefer their own party over Labour than they prefer Labour over the SNP.
Given the huge changes in overall levels of party support for the Liberal Democrats, SNP and UKIP since the last election, voters are likely to be much more unsure of the parties relative standings in their constituency.
He put the state's borrowing practices into perspective, explained how politicians have repeatedly devised new ways to borrow more money and outlined a proposal that would give the voters more direct control over borrowing money.
If the economy is key, Tories have managed to convince voters that they will give it far more attention than the other parties.
«By requiring nonprofits to disclose the extent and nature of their electioneering activities, we are protecting prospective donors from misleading solicitations, and giving voters more information about who is behind many of the ads they will see in this year's elections,» Schneiderman stated.
All politicians are to blame for increasing apathy and they complain about it but then oppose any measure that gives voters more power.
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Given the previous willingness of Kenyatta and his allies to use violence to manipulate voters» insecurities, it may be that Kenyatta wins the election by destabilising the voting period and depicting his coalition as the more national, rather than ethnic, option.
This gives the voter the chance to not only be more informed, but to also spend more time engaging with the campaign, a goal for any electoral candidate.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is working on a proposal to give voters eight more hours on weekdays and five more hours on weekends to cast their election ballots.
The Democratic Party is calling for party unity amid heightened tensions between Democratic presidential candidate Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersSunday shows preview: Lawmakers weigh in after Texas school shooting Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating Primary win gives resurgent left a new shot of adrenaline MORE's supporters and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D - Fla.)
To be frank his views made what should have been an easy decision into a difficult one.I don't trust Smith and will back Jeremy again but I am concerned.Having sensible views on immigration and defence is ethical and doesn't turn me into a raging right winger or closet racist and is probably in line with what most potential Labour voters want.I'd like to think that more will join our party and that Corbyn will continue democratizing it, giving us the opportunity to shape policy ourselves.
African American voters, 53 %, and Latino voters, 46 %, are more likely than white voters, 30 %, to give de Blasio high marks.
President Trump on Sunday accused former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE of colluding with her party to defeat her primary opponent Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersSunday shows preview: Lawmakers weigh in after Texas school shooting Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating Primary win gives resurgent left a new shot of adrenaline MORE (I - Vt.).
Given that the average income of UKIP voters is lower than that of supporters of the other main parties, and that households with incomes of # 30,000 a year or more are amongst those least likely to vote UKIP, the emphasis on tax cuts for middle and higher earners seems like an odd strategy.
It is difficult to imagine which would annoy the voters more, ever being given anything other than what they voted for in 2011, or ever being asked to vote on the matter a second time.
The claim has reopened the wounds of Clinton's bitter primary battle against Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersSunday shows preview: Lawmakers weigh in after Texas school shooting Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating Primary win gives resurgent left a new shot of adrenaline MORE (I - Vt.)
Mr Cameron urged voters not to use the referendum to «give the effing Tories a kick», but came under fire for not being seen more in Scotland.
Mark LaVigne, deputy director at the New York State Association of Counties, noted Cuomo's plan is to give voters more of a say about local spending.
But giving lawmakers a raise — in an effort to make them more honest — may not go over well with voters.
A Quinnipiac University poll yesterday showed little enthusiasm from voters, who said they trusted the unions more than the governor and gave Mr. Cuomo such bad marks on education that it dragged down his approval rating to 50 percent.
Given the national attention to politics following the 2016 presidential election, however, Latimer said, voters this year will pay more attention to policy than to personality.