Sentences with phrase «identified as democrats»

[i] n 2002, many applicants who identified themselves as Democrats or were members of liberal - leaning organizations were rejected while GOP loyalists with fewer legal skills were hired, the report found.

These percentages are similar to those obtained in the first EdNext survey in 2007, when 53 % identified as Democrats and 42 % as Republicans.

Eighty six percent of respondents who identified themselves as Democrats expressed opposition to arming teachers while 53 percent of those identifying themselves as Republicans supported the idea.

«While those who self - identified as Democrats nationwide were 22 percent African - American and 13 percent Latino, top Democratic U.S. Senate staff as a group is 0.7 percent African - American and 2.0 percent Latino.

The data shows that 38 % of the voters self - identified as Democrats, 32 % as Republicans, and 29 % as independents.

More people who identified as Democrats and independents were surveyed than those who identified as Republicans so it is likely the percentages could have been even closer together.

According to those exit surveys, 7 % of Michigan Republican primary voters identified as Democrats.

However, given that about half of the survey participants self - identified as Republican and only 20.67 percent identified as Democrat, these results aren't much of a surprise.

About two - thirds of atheists (69 %) identify as Democrats (or lean in that direction), and a majority (56 %) call themselves political liberals (compared with just one - in - ten who say they are conservatives).

How can you identify him as a Democrat operative??

Taking into account the party leanings of independents, about half of nonvoters (51 %) either identify as Democrats or lean Democratic; just 30 % affiliate with the GOP or lean Republican, while 20 % do not lean toward either party.

Reflecting their low levels of political engagement, only about half of nonvoters (47 %) identify with either political party; 29 % identify as Democrats, 18 % as Republicans while 45 % are independents.

As seen in the graph below, the number of Americans who identify themselves as Republicans started to decline from 1972 onwards while those who identify themselves as Democrats and Independents started to increase.

The race was partisan at its root, with the four candidates identifying as Democrat, Republican, independent or affiliated with the Green Party.

A community board member, Ms. Richardson's victory in a crowded field — including two other people who, like her, identify as Democrats despite the party's empty ballot line — represents a considerable win for the Working Families Party, which suffered some tough losses in November.

A majority of those who identify as Democrats, 51 %, do want Cuomo to join the presidential fray.

Regardless of his opponent, the governor receives the support of more than eight in ten voters who identify as Democrats and has the support of, at least, a majority of independent voters statewide.

In the 2017 EdNext survey sample, 53 % of respondents identify as Democrats and 43 % as Republicans; the remaining 4 % identify as independent, undecided, or affiliated with another party.

The large numbers of blacks and Hispanics who identify themselves as Democrats help explain the greater support for vouchers among Democrats than among Republicans.

Of those identifying themselves as Democrats, 66 percent were in favor compared with 19 percent among self - identified Republicans.

That's 6 % more than the covered 47 % of those identifying as Democrats.

So, what, purge half of all scientists who identify as Democrats (the 55 % in the PEW poll, vs. the upper 20s in the general population), give a little affirmative action for the independents and whopping great amounts for that 6 % who identify as Republican.

Not exact matches

«Feeding people's «likes» into an algorithm, information hidden in the lists of favorites predicted whether someone was white or African American with 95 % accuracy, whether they were a gay male with 88 % accuracy, and even identified participants as a Democrat or Republican with 85 % accuracy.

Democrats identify government dysfunction as a greater risk to the economy than Republicans.

* An earlier version of this entry mistakenly identified the paper's publisher as the Center for American Progress, a think - tank affiliated to the Action Fund and led by top Democrats, though it is officially non-partisan.

GOP Representatives Ron DeSantis and Jeff Duncan both said a man police identified as Hodgkinson spoke to them just before the shooting and asked whether the people at the baseball practice were Republicans or Democrats.

There is, however, a partisan split: Republican or Republican - leaning responders were more likely to identify the issue as problem (34 %) than Democrats or Democrat - leaning (29 %).

But religious diversity is actually significantly greater among Democrats — for example, Pew reported in 2011 that just 11 % of Muslims affiliate with Republicans, while 60 % identify as or lean Democrat.

They are nearly as likely to identify as Republican (25 %) as Democrat (30 %).

Rockefeller's subsequent divorce of his wife and 1963 marriage to the much - younger Margaretta «Happy» Murphy, a mother of four who had recently divorced her husband, cemented in the minds of many family - minded Americans an unpleasant nexus between loose morals and weak support for the military; it marked the forging of a large wedge of voters that now consciously identified itself as conservative and would grow to include Democrats as well as Republicans.

Fifty - two percent of Protestant pastors identify as Republican, 16 percent as Democrat and 23 percent Independent.

Our values have «declined» due to the greed purported by those with money, who are both republican and democrat and overwhelmingly self identified as Christian.

As someone who self - identifies as pro-life and a Democrat, I find it really frustrating: by pro-life, I mean pro-poor, pro-environment, pro-capitalism-isn «t - the - answer - to - everything, as well as pro-fetus and pro-womaAs someone who self - identifies as pro-life and a Democrat, I find it really frustrating: by pro-life, I mean pro-poor, pro-environment, pro-capitalism-isn «t - the - answer - to - everything, as well as pro-fetus and pro-womaas pro-life and a Democrat, I find it really frustrating: by pro-life, I mean pro-poor, pro-environment, pro-capitalism-isn «t - the - answer - to - everything, as well as pro-fetus and pro-womaas well as pro-fetus and pro-womaas pro-fetus and pro-woman.

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents are all capable of this, and I suspect that there are plenty of conservatives who identify as moderates but who (for whatever reason) are not Jon Stewart fans.

With just seven per cent of gifted and talent pupils receiving free school meals, the Liberal Democrats point out children from low income families are half as likely to be identified as gifted.

Voters have the chance to identify themselves on the roll as Party supporters (cf. the «registered Democrat» option in the US).

Liberal Democrats have identified the following problems with Labour's plans to introduce taxpayer - funded meals for primary children: — the Labour Government won't fund a pilot scheme as Islington doesn't meet its criteria so local taxpayers will have to pick up the whole tab.

[143] As Labour leader, Miliband made speeches aimed at winning over disaffected Liberal Democrats, identifying a difference between the «Orange Book» Lib Dems, who were closer to the Conservatives, and Lib Dems on the centre - left, offering the latter a role in helping Labour's policy review at that time.

[59][60] Political commentators identified Clegg's leadership as promoting a shift to the radical centre in the Liberal Democrats, bringing more emphasis to the economically liberal side of social liberalism.

Democrats have long identified Mr. Cusick as a strong contender for the seat.

She's succeeding to an extent — 49 percent of Democrats identifying as «very liberal» would vote for her, compared with 31 percent for Cuomo.

De Blasio's campaign spokesman noted that a February Quinnipiac poll had de Blasio with a 68 to 22 percent favorability rating among Democrats, doing best among Democrats who identify as «very liberal» in a six - way Democratic primary scenario with hypothetical challengers that did not include Gangi.

Democrats are hoping to expand their 32 - 30 seat majority in the Senate, and have identified Savage as one of their top prospects.

Long regarded as a Republican stronghold, the New York State Senate currently includes 30 Republicans, 28 Democrats and five «swing» seats who identify with the Independent Democratic Caucus but typically vote with the Republican bloc.

He identified the use of Labour's «pink bus» targeting female voters, Nicola Sturgeon using a helicopter as transport, and the Liberal Democrats using an election bus as examples where expenditure was not allocated to the constituency where campaigning took place.

In fact, a new survey released just this past Fri., Sept. 27th by the non-profit research group Public Religion Research Institute, found that nationally, 56 percent of registered Hispanic voters identified with the Democrats, and only 19 percent identified with Republicans — the same number identified themselves as independents.

Among them were declared Republican candidate Paul Massey, who the poll identified as a businessman, Public Advocate Letitia James, described as a «progressive,» Comptroller Scott Stringer, listed as a «Democrat,» and Catsimatidis himself, taglined as a businessman and a 2013 candidate.

The problem is, as we are seeing with the Conservative Party's attempts to claim the popular income tax cuts as their own, it's not that easy to identify exactly what the Liberal Democrats are responsible for.

As Comptroller Scott Stringer, yet another Democrat and self - identified progressive, appears to revel in tweaking City Hall at every turn, Ms. James» reticence is raising eyebrows.

Campana and the Brown brothers were identified a year ago as being among nine Democrats that were persons of interest in the absentee ballot fraud investigation stemming from the city's 2009 Working Families Party primary,