Sentences with phrase «grassroots energy»

I don't think I've ever seen as much grassroots energy before.

Democrats this year lack the kind of grassroots energy that drove huge turnout in 2008 when Barack Obama ran for president, an enthusiasm gap on display in the state's August 24 primary, when 1.25 million Republicans cast ballots in their gubernatorial primary compared with 900,000 Democrats who voted in their Senate primary.

The mayor advised New Yorkers to capitalize on the momentum stemming from grassroots energy manifesting itself across the city, the state and the country.

More grassroots energy will dilute the power of our leaders.

«From day one, we said this campaign to repeal and replace John Faso would be fueled by a grassroots effort, and with nearly $ 135,000 raised in less than eight weeks from nearly 700 donations — many of whom contributed $ 19 to flip NY - 19 — we have shown that we can stand up to Trump and repeal and replace Faso by relying on overwhelming grassroots energy, excitement and support,» Rhodes said in a statement.

While the physical structures of the neighborhood disintegrated, the palpable impact of civil rights era grassroots energy remained, and residents worked together to create a social infrastructure to combat the instability.

«Energy Fast Track»: Dunedin supports grassroots energy innovation and enterprise (targeted support for community energy initiatives)

Thousands of Planned Parenthood supporters have brought massive grassroots energy to rallies and town halls during each congressional recess.

The unprecedented grassroots energy from the Planned Parenthood community and the larger reproductive rights movement helped stop the ACA repeal bill from even leaving the House.

Small donations might be a good measure of grassroots energy, one of many factors that go into winning a campaign, but big donations indicate which candidate the people who spend the most time gaming out the state's political climate think is likely to win.

If the grassroots energy surrounding these issues could be harnessed, Senator Nelson believed they might get a hearing.

A year later, Dean became DNC chairman and took that grassroots energy and «funneled it back into the party and they brought it back into the party.»

She believes the key to victory will be tapping into the grassroots energy behind many of the nationwide protests.

«Political pundits would have us think that Bernie Sanders can't win the nomination, but they obviously aren't paying attention to the grassroots energy on the ground,» Hayslett wrote.

Of course, this grassroots energy could fade by November.

«Our campaign continues to focus on harnessing the grassroots energy behind the mayor's campaign,» Elana Leopold, finance director for de Blasio's re-election committee, told the Post.

«The DCCC is hiring organizers earlier than ever to take advantage of the grassroots energy we're seeing in places like Central New York,» said Evan Lukaske, a spokesman for the campaign arm of House Democrats in Washington.

The grassroots energy around the DeVos confirmation fight demonstrates that Americans care deeply about their schools.

But if 2016 taught Democrats anything, it's how unwise it was to allow the demolition of organized labor — including teachers» unions, once a great source of money and grassroots energy.

Some ideas, however, require some central planning... or, at least, more centralized leadership to «aim» grassroots energies.