Sentences with phrase «increasing electoral support»
But it seems unlikely that it will have that much resonance in an Ottawa where every measure is judged in terms of increasing electoral support in Québec and the winning of the next election and in Foggy Bottom, where the State Department is still articulating American needs in terms of a post-September 11 paradigm, in which traditional concerns of national jurisdiction have a lesser weightFor which see todays» news on the long journey of the NatWest Three.
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This reality, combined with the fact that just 10 % of the labor force is now employed in manufacturing, means that there is plenty of electoral support for policies aimed at increasing trade.
These attitudinal distributions have implications for understanding the increase in support for UKIP (among a wide range of other explanations for UKIP's support), but also for the likelihood of support for a referendum on EU membership and the political and electoral consequences of the respective party's promises on a referendum.
While the party came nowhere near winning either seat, its steady increase in support indicates that it is recovering from the electoral nadir of 2015.
Such policies would reduce Labour's electoral support — not increase it.
So a restoration of confi dence in the ability of political leaders among business leaders has coincided with an improvement in trust by the public - albeit that the huge improvement among business leaders in confidence for Gordon Brown has been far more pronounced than his modest increase in electoral support.
Zephyr will be a strong and persuasive voice for moving the country toward greater equality in earnings for women and the 99 %, increasing the minimum wage, and helping more citizens engage in electoral politics by supporting public funding of elections.
The rise of smaller parties like Ukip and the Greens — but their inability to gain decent representation in parliament despite surging support — could also be behind apparently increased dissatisfaction with the current electoral system, despite its retention at referendum four years ago.