Sentences with phrase «hope more voters»

All we can do is put all the info forward and hope more voters see it the way we do.

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Palm Beach County voters in November may be asked to raise their property taxes so teachers could be paid more, in hopes of keeping them in the classroom.

*********************************** One would hope that voters were casting their ballots on the basis of what they conclude is best for a civil society and a pluralistic population, not on the more egocentric opinions they may have about right or wrong that are derived from their religious beliefs.

This strategy largely writes off the non-evangelical white working - class in the hopes of winning over nonwhite voters and it aligns Republican policy even more closely with the policy preferences of the Washington business lobbies.

Committee members said they hoped that the project's smaller price tag of $ 6.5 million, which would also come with a smaller tax hike or bond issue, would be more palatable to voters.

Lake Bluff Park District officials will ask voters in November to approve a referendum request for $ 3.1 million, a move they hope will be more palatable than the $ 10.1 million referendum request rejected in 2010.

Here's Erie County GOP Chairman Nick Langworthy insisting to me during a CapTon interview last night that Carl Paladino, who hasn't made any public appearances for several days, isn't undergoing a post-primary sanitization in hopes of making him more palatable to geberal election voters — particularly downstaters.

JFK was more of a hawk than Nixon, LBJ was deeply and fully committed to Vietnam War even if he didn't start it (he subscribed to Domino theory); Clinton bombed the crap out of Serbia and got US into Kosovo, and didn't exactly refrain from shooting cruise missiles at Sudan / Afghanistan; Obama's presidency didn't exactly shape like the peace - on - earth triumph some of his voters deeply hoped for either.

Previewing his Albany agenda at NYPD headquarters, de Blasio said he hopes Albany passes legislation to make cops» disciplinary records more accessible to the public, and listed reforms to voter registration, public works development, and more money for city schools.

Amy Loprest, executive director of the CFB, stated that «With the elections just around the corner, we hope these improved online disclosure tolls will help make more New Yorkers into better informed voters.»

«He can only hope that time will allow voters to look back on him and his tenure more fondly.»

Some of the more conspiracy theory - minded members of New York's political class wondered what the governor was up to, and if he was hoping to confuse voters and dilute the WFP vote — potentially bumping the labor - backed party from its hard - fought position on Row D, or even perhaps robbing it of ballot status altogether.

Nowhere has this been more evident than in his Europe policy, where he essentially caved in to the more rabid Eurosceptic elements in his own party, in the hope of stemming the flow of voters and defecting MPs to UKIP.

«I hope the would - be civic leaders out there do not get dissuaded to run for public office,» Iannece said, speaking of his more than 20 years of civic experience not being enough for voters to get him on the Democratic ticket.

Gloria De Piero MP, Labour's shadow minister for women and equalities, responding to the lifting of Lord Rennard's suspension, said: «Nick Clegg has sent a clear message to women voters — he is more interested in trying to salvage the Lib Dems» fading election hopes than do the right thing by the women who made these serious complaints.

He said that even if Rice outraises him, he hopes his platform will resonate with voters of the district, which covers most of central - southern Nassau and has a roughly 30,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans.

I hope more of the voters like and agree with this sentiment.

More than half of voters hope the next general election will bring a change of government, the latest Guardian / ICM opinion poll suggests.

However, the Republicans are hoping to ride a wave of anti-incumbent, pro-GOP voter sentiment to victory this fall, estimating they could pick up as many as 12 or more seats in the Assembly despite the Democrats» major cash advantage.

He's also hoping that his record on constituent services and issues important to local voters, like support for Lyme disease research, will help allay any ideological misgivings among more liberal voters.

The bottom line is come November voters can do little more than cross their fingers and hope the winners of county - level and Supreme Court judicial elections serve in their home county and are assigned to the positions they campaigned to fill.

He says the idea is not popular with the more conservative upstate voters that Cuomo hopes to win over in his reelection bid in 2014.

Progress Iowa is a self - described issue - focused organization that seeks to rally voters around progressive candidates and issues with the hopes of helping more progressives hold elected office in that state.

My guess is that more voters are bothered about Cameron's background than the «class doesn't matter anymore» brigade would suggest, but less than Labour hopes they are.

Oswego city voters overwhelmingly approved a five percent tax cap on Election Day, and some lawmakers say they are on board with the new law, which they hope will bring more accountability and efficiency to the annual budget process.

Greenberg said that the silver lining for Cuomo's hopes of winning a third term is that the two Republicans still vying to run against him in November are «both unknown to more than three - quarters of New York voters.»

This new hope hinges on lessons learned from the past, especially one that stems from the referendum defeat: voters tend to be more inclined to vote in favour of something they are already familiar with.

Scottish voters hope the Tories will be more willing to stand up to Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP, which led the polls but has lost its majority.

The best hope for Republicans is for Ms. Harris to flop in the predominately white and more conservative portion of the district in Bay Ridge, as well as struggle with right - leaning Russian - American voters in the Coney Island and Brighton Beach half.

«I hope also that voters will vote in favor of the Smart Schools Bond Act in November, so we can get more school space, and equip all of these classrooms with state - of - the - art technology.

In regards to costume design, I'm actually thinking of predicting «Coco Before Chanel» for the Oscar because year in year out I hope that the voters stop just giving the award to the British period movie (the «Marie Antoinette» win notwithstanding) and because for those who haven't seen all the nominees — i'm sure there are more than a few — «Coco» has the advantage of have Coco Chanel in the title.

Palm Beach County voters in November may be asked to raise their property taxes so teachers could be paid more, in hopes of keeping them in the classroom.

The charity is hoping the public will back the feline manifesto after survey findings showed that animal welfare matters more to voters in Northern Ireland than anywhere else in the UK.

With more than 100,000 people mobilized through the ESA's Video Games Voters Network, and $ 100k in lobbying money spread around, the ESA hopes to make some noise on the political front in ways that WILL affect how we consume games.

They're hoping that more moderate voters — and rich GOP donors — will be hesitant to back a more extreme candidate that would face trouble over such views in the general election.

I just hope that by talking about this, more and more voters will listen.