Sentences with phrase «in a general election»

«And that was without any pummeling by the Republican attack machine that would have savaged him in a general election.»

Sugar said: «If [politicians] lie, which results in massive decisions like leaving the European Union, or gaining votes in a general election, then this should be a criminal offence as it would be in a public company if I lied to my shareholders.»

«It's not so bad in a general election because you have got five years to sort it out and the lies and promises will blow back in people's faces,» Sugar said.

Any coalition formation could be delayed by regional elections coming up in Italy later this month, but the vote could be a test of support for parties such as Forza Italia that were sidelined in the general election.

Romney unsuccessfully ran for president in 2008 before winning the GOP nomination in 2012, when he lost in the general election to incumbent President Barack Obama.

Not only did President Trump defeat sixteen skilled and experienced primary opponents and win the presidency; he did so spending a fraction of what his opponent spent in the general election.

«Arthur Jones is not a real Republican — he is a Nazi whose disgusting, bigoted views have no place in our nation's discourse,» Tim Schneider, the state party chairman, said in a statement, adding that the party would put «real campaign dollars» into an independent candidate to challenge Jones in the general election.

But bringing Latino voters into the Republican fold in a general election will be no small feat, and the fight over them here shows just how important that bloc is to Romney and Gingrich.

It comes with the Government under pressure after losing its House of Commons majority in the general election as Jeremy Corbyn's anti-austerity Labour outperformed expectations.

Ramlet felt that played out in the general election.

A set of policies that can not withstanding constructive criticism now will be of little use in a general election.

Meanwhile, Maduro is running for another six - year term in a general election next month.

Expect Sanders to employ similar words against GOP candidate Donald Trump if the two end up facing off in general election.

It's hard to tell how many do this — I know of a few politically engaged Liberals who periodically hold Tory membership cards too — but it's a fact of life for those of other political stripes in a one - party province like Alberta: the political direction of the province is decided at the PC leadership conventions, not in general elections.

It's likely because a balanced budget will give the Conservatives a leg up in the general election due October 2015.

He was seen as a long shot in the general election until the night he beat Hillary Clinton in the voting booths.

Steven Mnuchin, Trump's campaign finance chair, said the candidate won't be self - funding in the general election.

While that may play well to some of the more extreme members of the Republican party in the primaries, political experts don't see such talk surviving in a general election campaign.

The issue arose in the Republican primary debates, and reportedly resentment of the abuse was a major contributor to Hillary Clinton's loss of Florida in the general election in the 2016 US presidential race.

Critics point out that the open system can be gamed, especially when an incumbent's backers flock to the other party's primary to support a weaker candidate, who then ends up as the other party's nominee against the incumbent in the general election.

In other words, although King obtained only a minority in the general election, he sometimes had a majority of parliamentary seats during the next four years.

Sanders emboldened many progressive Democrats and independents with his Democratic primary run, leaving some looking for an alternative to Clinton in the general election.

Overall, Trump does not need nearly as much money in the general election as Clinton, Mnuchin said.

AfD seems certain to repeat its local success in a general election - in which case Ms Merkel's critics will see her as the German leader who paved the way for a racist and nationalist party to gain a toehold in the national parliament for the first time since 1945.

That provided the surge of revenue that allowed us to compete in the general election.»

That can, of course, be less true in a general election.

Mr. Anders had until yesterday succeeded in the past in besting high - profile challenges from former MLA Jocelyn Burgener, future premier Alison Redford and future MLA Donna Kennedy - Glans in nomination votes and defeated future Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier and former Liberal MLA Frank Bruseker in general elections.

There has been a seismic shift in our politics in this province since last year when the Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the general election and Albertans elected their first new government in 44 years.

But Moore said if he wins in the general election, don't expect to see monument return to the judicial building.

Then he runs another incompetent campaign in the general election and gets trounced.

Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.

Herman Cain will be the Republican nominee, and he will clobber Barack Obama in the general election.

Romney is the strongest candidate to oppose Obama in the general election.

The majority of the electorate simply do not share their views so try as they might every time, someone running on the platform to outlaw abortion or make gay people bad, etc. will just not win in the general election, period.

Given the large gaps between plurality support for Trump in the primaries and majority support for him in the general election, evangelicals clearly needed time to warm up to Trump.

He will crush Obama in the general election.

IT does NOT translate into that person's populatiry in a general election.

She struck a radical pose in the nomination stage, but she was unwilling to try to persuade anybody of her rightness in the general election.

Candidates say things that they will not defend (or try to fake their way out of) in the general election, and, in return, populist conservatives get, at most, a momentary rush of solidarity when the voters are not watching.

When she was called on this claim in a general election debate, Ernst's response was a mess that both praised the federal Clean Water Act and seemed to call for state - based environmental regulation.

Santorum did not get the most votes in a general election — he got the most votes in some states from his own party, especially in formats where the fringe tends to dominate.

I say praise with the express acknowledgement that I think Rick would have had a hard time winning the Republican nomination, let alone winning a popular — or even an electoral majority — against the current president in the general election in the first place.

Santorum is poised to become yet another guy demoloished in the general election because he has little to no appeal to independents or moderates in the major parties.

(CNN)- A top evangelical leader who is close to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign says the candidate's Mormon faith will be even more of an issue in the general election than it has been in the primary, predicting that the focus on Romney's faith will present a challenge to Romney.

They would have got walloped in the General Elections with Santorum!

They didn't have an impact with Santorum, who expects them to have an impact in the general election?

His tax plans would be poisonous in the general election, he spouts off in ways that people who are not already his supporters find ludicrous, and his political organization more resembles a scheme to amass a post-election fundraising list than it does a campaign designed to win.

Ramesh Ponnuru wrote about how Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill influenced the Republican primaries by attacking the candidate she wanted to run against in the general election as a «true conservative» with a «pro-family agenda.»

10 percent of voters who supported Ted Cruz in the GOP primary now support Clinton in the general election.

9 percent of voters who supported Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary now support Trump in the general election.