Sentences with phrase «influence of political parties»

«Where you remove influence of political parties and who gains access to the ballot.

They might even help undermine the influence of political parties in local government, too.

This reflects the constitutional importance attached to having independent peers, free from the influence of a political party.

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The election result was surprising to political analysts as it saw the Lega party overtake Forza Italia, its center - right coalition partner, in terms of vote share giving it more influence in the coalition and potentially at a national level.

«Drawing on its economic strength and a Chinese Communist Party apparatus that is geared towards strategically building stocks of influence across the globe, Beijing's political influencing efforts in Europe are bound to be much more consequential... than those of the Kremlin.»

With Macron having no significant, established political party behind him, we expect those parties whose candidates fell short in the first round of the presidential campaign to push hard for parliamentary seats in the June parliamentary elections in a bid to win influence.

The party's influence on the political debate will probably encourage establishment parties to court NF voters by adopting some of its proposals, including on immigration — for the center - right — and opposition to fiscal rigor — for the Socialists.

If someone has an evidence or first - hand knowledge about any app that is violating Facebook's terms of services by collecting and transferring users» data to another party to be sold, stolen, or used for political influence or scams, they can notify Facebook through this program.

This position makes the gambling interests nervous, because the Religious Right, with its moralistic opposition to gambling, might decide to criticize the Republican Party for yielding to the political influence of gambling money.

I think those who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ and His teaching need to pledge our allegiance first to Christ and His kingdom and not to a political party — maybe more clarity will come if we all prayerfully seek the will of the Lord and allow that to influence our political leanings — rather than the other way around.

There is absolutely nothing sacred or off - limits to the GOP and Tea Party in their pursuit of riches and political influence.

So would the influence of television, of political parties, and, perhaps, of money.

He asks us to believe that the U.S. bishops issued a statement called «Political Responsibility» during a U.S. election year that merely rediscovers nineteenth - century German social thought, which by chance offers a political platform that, by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the CatholPolitical Responsibility» during a U.S. election year that merely rediscovers nineteenth - century German social thought, which by chance offers a political platform that, by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholpolitical platform that, by sheer coincidence, parallels the U.S. Democratic platform program by program, yet these very bishops are completely immune from influence by the current political constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholpolitical constellation in their headquarters» host city of Washington, D.C. Further, this very professor tells us that the problem with Republicans» the party of Ford, Bush, and Dole» is that they are excessively committed to the «unfettered free market» and lack «faith in the government's ability to provide» social benefits, a position he claims is completely contrary to the Catholic faith.

But for the most part their influence is small in the organizations — political parties, labor unions, manufacturers» associations, farm groups — which are most effective in determining the direction of community affairs.

Hansard's most recent Audit of Political Engagement reveals that only 49 per cent of the population are certain to vote in the May General Election, only 30 per cent of the population feel a strong attachment to a political party and only 20 per cent feel that they have any influence over local dPolitical Engagement reveals that only 49 per cent of the population are certain to vote in the May General Election, only 30 per cent of the population feel a strong attachment to a political party and only 20 per cent feel that they have any influence over local dpolitical party and only 20 per cent feel that they have any influence over local decisions.

It's now clear that the real issue of corruption in politics is the influence of lobbyists, who have been found paying huge amounts of money to political parties.

The second major impact would be a reduction in party political influence over the passage of legislation.

The ERS's main objection is that the introduction of above the line voting is that closed list PR systems would increase the power of political parties to influence who gets elected, which, in the words of their chief executive Katie Ghose, would result in the Lords being «a mini-replica of the commons, full of party - politicians with pre-set loyalties» whilst «STV would help create a chamber free to provide objective scrutiny».

Since scientists get the vote too, they, like everyone else, get to influence the decisions that political parties make about policies of the future and the present.

She said political parties have no influence over the operations of Monroe County government.

Expenditure is «controlled» if it is spending on election activities which «can reasonably be regarded as intended to influence voters to vote for or against political parties or categories of candidates including those parties and categories of candidates who support or do not support particular policies or issues».

The 2004 election cycle saw a dramatic rise in the number and size of nonprofit organizations that bought TV ads, organized voter turnout drives and conducted political «education» campaigns that were effectively working on behalf of (or against) one candidate or party, and because they used «soft money» in the process, their donors weren't limited in how much they could give and didn't fall under the strict disclosure rules required when trying to influence an election.

According to him, no president serving the country on the ticket of a political party can ever take the country to its right destination because whoever it is, there will always be that political party influence.

He insisted that what the country needs now is a president who will be independent of any political party control, saying until a President is separated from political party influence, the country will never move forward.

That incident he said was an example of political party influence that makes a President almost powerless.

This process establishes congressional and legislative district lines, which can influence the competitiveness of those elections in favor of one political party or another until the following census in 2030.

Power; Correlating to Political influence or «Party: the ability of people or groups to achieve their goals despite opposition»

What's more, in comparison to previous governments, it suffers from a substantial problem in the shape of Plahotniuc, who suffers from the lowest levels of popular support of any political figure in the country, but nevertheless maintains large levels of influence in the media and has a close relationship with both decision - makers in Bucharest and the Socialist Party in Chisinau.

Sandel might indeed be Miliband's bone fide «new guru», but a closer scrutiny into the role of the guru makes grim reading in two senses: firstly, gurus have little long - term influence on the ideational trajectories of political parties and their attendant political projects that their ideas are intended to service; and secondly, the guru's lack of long - term impact suggests that the status of «ideas» and their action - orientation is demoted below the seemingly more perennial concerns of statecraft and personality.

The fraud convictions of two former campaign aides to city Comptroller John Liu has not helped his run for higher office, but the jury's decision may influence whether the Queens Democratic Party will endorse the lawmaker's mayoral bid, borough political observers said.

Dr Pettitt's main area of expertise is political parties, especially membership influence on policy making.

The Group continued into the 1960s and although it was never formally wound up it became increasingly a debating society as the mainstream of the party endorsed Grimond's political strategy and the economic liberals gradually lost influence or left the party.

Blair and Mandelson know that their political project — to eliminate trade union and rank and file influence from the Labour Party and move it towards coalition with the Liberals — and the government's economic policies, notably the goal of cutting social spending, will collide with successive layers of the labour movement.

But, inaugurating such a «European» political system could also result in the possibility of parliamentary representation and increased political influence for the extreme right and for a party to the left of New Labour.

Director: Prateek Buch has influenced Liberal Democrat party policy on matters of political economy and public policy since 2008.

This process establishes congressional and legislative district lines in many states, which can influence the competitiveness of those elections in favor of one political party or another until the following census in 2030.

Money has always played an outsize role in political races, but its influence increased in 2014, when an aggregate limit of $ 150,000 on individual donors was struck down in a court, paving the way for a single donor to give the $ 102,300 maximum to more party committees and, ultimately, embattled candidates.

No party should hard - wire significant political influence for one section of society into its constitution.

His 36 opponents, some of whom were newcomers to politics and whose political parties had neither structures nor influence, would split opposition votes.

The delay is said to have influenced the calling of results by the two major political parties, ahead of the official one by the Commission.

With the pro-labor Working Families Party on the rise, a coalition of New York business elites is laying the foundation to counteract its influence with a political operation of their own.

Okupe in a statement he posted on his Facebook wall said the former Lagos State Governor may be losing his political influence over the party in the southwest, following the loss of his preferred candidate in the election.

His political journey from the right to left of his party was in large part attributed by observers to the influence of his wife, who it has now emerged will contest a council seat in Westminster.

Distinct from the process of electoral alliances in that the political parties remain separately listed on the ballot, the practice of electoral fusion in jurisdictions where it exists allows minor parties to influence election results and policy by offering to endorse or nominate a major party's candidate.

This is a naked attempt not just to reduce funding for the Labour party, but more importantly to reduce the political influence of the trade union movement within British politics.

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The current system allows major political parties to influence the delegate election, by grouping together a «slate» of candidates on the ballot.

Coalition agreements, bobbled together by party elites, greatly reduce the rate and influence of the wider political party and its membership.

In real terms, these rules which exist in virtually every jurisdiction, include laws and regulations which forbid the unauthorized use of state resources for political purposes, contributions from dubious sources, violation of campaign funding limits as prescribed by enabling laws, the use of money to influence voters and election outcomes, non-disclosure of campaign spending, abuse of media, broadcasting and political advertising rules, and rules on declaration of assets, academic qualifications, health and other disclosures and internal party guidelines and rules.

The Chairman said that as political party leaders, «you wield significant influence on the shape and structure of the political culture and orientation in the parties.