Sentences with phrase «if more voters»

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?

Not exact matches

«But he keeps winning these Democratic primaries, and he's getting the support of a majority of Democratic voters despite his views that are clearly not Democratic, which tells me that the things he says transcend politics and if there is not universal acceptance, there's more widespread acceptance for his beliefs and viewpoints than I think people realize.»

What's more, even if there is a backlash, it might not be that big: a new POLITICO / Morning Consult poll shows support for stricter gun laws among registered voters at 68 %, well above the 25 % who oppose such laws.

Even if the 40 percent of voters that supported former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi still stick with his center - left party, chances are that the next Italian parliament will be even more divided, making implementation of much needed reforms increasingly difficult.

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.

Another ballot measure asks voters if they want to restore the more favorable solar rates, though that measure is being contested in the state Supreme Court.

Going along with anti-establishment and populist sentiments, Eurasia Group says politicians could be forced by voters «to shift toward a more zero - sum approach to global economic competition and to look as if they're doing something about lost jobs.»

«For instance, even if you are Warren Buffett or Bill Gates, you are limited to investing no more than $ 100,000 during any 12 - month period in all crowdfunding investments,» said Commissioner Piwowar, the dissenting voter.

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.

But if the ongoing investigations conclude that the Trump campaign did help Russia target voters, expect to hear more about Cambridge Analytica.

If one is even a moderately fiscally conservative Ontario voter, the prospect of spending billions more in an already heavily indebted province, or rewarding the long - governing Liberals with another term is untenable.

The same «damned if you don't but possibly way more damned if you do» situation is manifesting itself in a wildly different way when it comes to Russia's hacking and cyber espionage on US political institutions, voter rolls and even the cyber probing of American voting machines.

«We would really appreciate it if she would be more careful and show respect to every American voter,» Senator Claire McCaskill said.

Mr. Byfield has been campaigning for more than a year and could make gains if he is able to tap into the base of social conservative voters in this constituency.

Even if third parties could only get a little of your data — your hometown, say, or your gender — they could match it up with all kinds of other records, such marketing databases or voter registration databases, to paint a more complete picture of you as a person.

So, voters have more respect for someone who believes strongly even if the voter sees those beliefs as untrue and wrong, than for someone who does not believe?

Republican presidential candidates might be more trusted by more voters at every level of the income distribution if they focused more of their attention on policies directly impact the working and aspiring middle - classes.

CNN: Passing significant test, Gingrich wins more S.C. evangelicals than rivals If there were any doubts that Newt Gingrich, a thrice - married convert to Catholicism, could connect with the evangelical voters who make up the Republican Party base, Saturday's South Carolina primary put them to rest, with the former House Speaker winning twice as many evangelical votes as anyone else in the race.

Sanders also appeals to the capacity of middle class voters to exercise their political freedom, calling for them to join him in fundamentally remaking our political economy: If we really want to, we can overthrow the moral limitations of capitalism and usher in a more just future.

But if the Democratic Party and the Obama reelection campaign think that somehow this appointment will build on and expand past accomplishments with religious voters, I'm more than dubious.

Other Trump supporters (such as the millions of Obama - Trump voters) would favor more spending on healthcare for struggling wage - earners — even if it meant higher taxes.

This means that if a Republican could come up with a message to address the concerns of middle - class voters, «amazingly enough, he'll win a lot more Hispanic votes in the process.

Ballot counting in Zimbabe is more honest than in the United States, because the thugs counting the votes tell the voters that if they vote for the wrong party, their vote will not be counted.

That universe gets more real if Leonard is granted a starting spot by voters despite missing almost 30 games, or if a joke candidate / Laker (like Zaza Pachulia in each of the past two years and Kobe Bryant before him) steals a starting spot.

And if the voters hadn't taken 14 years to elect Blyleven, there would have been a little more room for Morris to build his support, and he might well have been elected a year ago.

If they finish with an absurd amount of wins — 105 or more — voters may feel obligated to give one of their players the nod.

If voters agree to help fund the remaining $ 13.8 million, it will mean the owner a home with a market value between $ 165,000 to $ 170,000 would pay about $ 178 per year more in property taxes, according to projections.

More than 7 in 10 voters and parents in Kentucky say that meals would be substantially better if schools offered a greater variety of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

«With the revisions, the lower cost and the close margin, I felt it was worth one more effort to see if voters would approve a lower dollar amount this time around,» said park board President Maryfran Leno, who voted in favor of putting it back on the ballot.

If the voters demanded two incompatible things (like much lower taxes and much higher spending) then no government can deliver both any more than they can define Pi as 3 or abolish the law of gravity.

I'm not too familiar with specific MPs in other countries, but if you look at US, the only Muslim congressperson (Ellison) is far less religious and far more socially liberal than an average observant Muslim voter would be.

@user4012 about 2), the final election day is just the end of a lengthy electoral process; if voters are better educated and use that education all through the process a demagogue should be stopped earlier in the process (so, for a party supporter it would not be end as [My demagogue] vs [candidate from other party], because [My demagogue] would have been voted out in the primaries; in these primaries such a voter would have the option to vote for other candidates more ideologically acceptable).

If we wanted to reach our goals of registering new voters, raising more money and reaching out to more voters, we need to modernize our systems.

If the Lib Dems» policy demands are simply ignored by the Tories, more voters will begin asking: what's the point of Nick Clegg?

This analysis confirms what we might have anticipated from the evidence of the polls — local authorities appear to contain more Leave voters if there was a large vote for UKIP there in the 2014 European elections, if there was a small vote for parties of the «left» (Labour, Liberal Democrats, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists and Greens) on the same occasion, and in places with relatively low proportions of graduates, young people, and people from an ethnic minority background.

Voters are more likely to support democracy and accept the outcome of democratic elections — which is important if electoral violence is to be avoided — if they trust that people like them will not be excluded from political and economic opportunities just because their candidate lost.

I see Tom Harris has responded to Denis on his blog: If the government sees a fresh case for adoption of the euro (and I'm not convinced the case is any more compelling now than at any point in the past), then voters will decide whether or not that case is persuasive enough.

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.

Beyond a few places where obviously the card reader was by - passed as evidenced in the kind of figures shown as indicated in our reports of the 2015 elections, if we examine critically the credible margin of election results, figures from recent elections and the more recent ones in Kogi and Bayelsa, from those declared, showing a reasonable and realistic reflection of voter turn - out, which are credible, dignified figures, we can say hopefully today that the era of invidious moon - slide and landslide bogus election results are fast becoming a thing of the past in this country.

That is, if voters become more engaged with the second chamber and therefore turn out to vote for it in higher numbers, then it seems likely that the chamber will become more assertive in the face of the Commons.

She is far more likely to reach that point if pro-Union voters become so horrified by the state of Westminster that they simply can not countenance Scotland's continued participation.

If the US presidential election abolishes the electoral college, would this mean that extremist voters (someone who fanatically supports a specific political direction and will vote whoever supports it the most) play more of a role in the election?

If that is so then they might want to take it a bit more seriously and serve up the coverage that voters need and deserve rather than the lines that they've agreed on their own private WhatsApp chat.

If the media and the voters view those that are elected with contempt the political stage will be filled with non elected outsiders promising to build walls between countries and claiming that if a country leaves the UK it will have more money to spend on the NHIf the media and the voters view those that are elected with contempt the political stage will be filled with non elected outsiders promising to build walls between countries and claiming that if a country leaves the UK it will have more money to spend on the NHif a country leaves the UK it will have more money to spend on the NHS.

Philip Hammond had been in the job for more than a year but our focus groups told us that few voters recognised him - and almost half of those polled immediately after the budget said they actually didn't know if he was doing a good job or not (almost 2/3 didn't know whether shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, would be any better either).

If that's true, Republicans would still be favored, since 1) the president's party usually loses seats in a midterm, and 2) older, more - conservative voters tend to actually show up (then of course, there's the gerrymandering).

Samuels also made the «that which does not kill us» argument, insisting (much like state GOP Chairman Ed Cox has in connection with his party's gubernatorial fight), saying Duffy will be stronger, better known to voters and more fully vetted if he wins a primary fight.

If past is prologue, campaigns have very little concrete history to work with when it comes to individual voters — which is one reason that canvassing and phone - banking are so important, since each one has the potential to yield significantly more information about a voter's beliefs and intentions than a campaign will otherwise have access to.

If I'd have been on your side would have made this about Cameron much more, that would have helped with Labour voters.

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.