Sentences with phrase «issue voters for»

Still, both legislators and group leaders agreed that the influence of the NRA and other gun groups stemmed from their credible threat of mobilising essentially single - issue voters for or against a candidate.

Not exact matches

Shahidi is an 18 - year - old actress and activist who uses her platform to advocate for important issues like diversity in Hollywood, girls» education and voter turnout.

And while that issue is newly top - of - mind for many voters, some bedrock economic policy issues also deserve attention from the candidates during their last in - person exchange of the year:

Overall, the economy was the top issue for 60 % of voters, according to the exit polls.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

They will likely also highlight Clinton's support for debt free college education and gun control, which are both critical issues for young voters.

A spokeswoman for Allegheny County said voters in Robinson had reported that the machines were showing the wrong selection — but officials were not able to replicate the issue.

According to a poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, nearly a third of GOP voters, 31 %, listed the situation with North Korea as the most important issue for congressional candidates to discuss in their upcoming campaigns.

The Ontario government pledged on Monday to lower electricity costs for residents of the Canadian province as it sought to provide balm for an issue that has become an irritant with voters.

«For a politician who doesn't want to admit that the electorate sent a message that they don't like politicians, it's far easier to scapegoat it on economic issues than it is to address the fundamental question: that there are voters in this country who no longer think their representatives represent them,» said a Democratic strategist involved in 2016.

[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

If Kenney doesn't follow the lead of Brown, his fellow social conservative caucus colleague, it likely signals one of two things: he does want the support of voters for whom parental rights regarding their pre-adolescents and teens are a big issue; or that he's calculated that a softening of his image would show weakness and isn't worth it, because his party has such a comfortable edge over Notley that he can afford to lose voters wary of anything resembling social conservatism.

Even around Burnaby, where the pipeline would terminate, Liberals in B.C. believe the Kinder Morgan issue was way down on most voter's list, except for the hard core Green supporters, who were against it, and union voters, who are actually for it.

The Libs are easy to despise for many reasons but the self - righteousness of the NDP and their complete back - and - forth on the issues that I care about as a voter make me equally angry.

Our new report uses more than 250,000 interviews with registered voters to provide insights at the national, state, and aggregated district level on President Trump's approval, key senator approval & re-elect ratings, generic ballot, and top issues for voters.

In fact, the issue is top of mind for voters.

The Strategic Counsel poll referenced earlier, for example, found that 15 percent of voters ranked the environment as the most important issue, up from three percent in the last election.

There are many important issues to discuss in politics, but on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being most important), the Prime MInisters attire in India ranks about 100 for most voters.

But for many voters — the ones the National Rifle Association delivers election after election — the race comes down to one issue.

On Friday, Mueller issued indictments for 13 Russians and three Russian companies for using propaganda tactics over social media to influence US voters in the 2016 presidential election.

This has not been a central voting issue for them the way it has been for a lot of our voters in the rural areas.

Although intelligence reform is fundamentally a law - and - order issue which ought to appeal to conservative voters, this cautious election year augurs ill for reform in two additional ways.

Pundits who throughout the summer had billed the elections as the first post-Webster «referendum on abortion» increasingly argued, as fall rolled around, that abortion had «faded» as a decisive issue for voters.

Though the Supreme Court is far from a consistent proxy issue for social conservatives or religious voters, it does provide a flashpoint for issues of religious liberty, traditional moral values, and abortion - on - demand.

And how often does «care for the poor» register as an important political issue among evangelical voters?)

Potential voters for the president were more likely to misperceive the three issues and support the war; potential voters for a Democratic nominee were less likely to misperceive or to support the war.

The fold - out brochure, which landed in Iowa mailboxes last week and was provided to CNN by a Des Moines - area voter, draws a series of contrasts between Obama and Mitt Romney on the issues of abortion, same - sex marriage and insurance coverage for contraception.

Rush Limbach's comments will be taken as gospel for the Right, but they truely illustrate the reason the GOP is in turmoil... the leaders need the Religious Right to win, but know they are being intellectually dishonest because their values do not match the Religious Right, except on the abortion issue, whhich will never go away because the GOP needs that 20 % of voters who would otherwise vote Democrat becasue the Liberal values match Christian values more closely.

If conservatives had organizations that could fund one - minute, issue - based messages on streaming media that up - for - grabs voters might hear month - in and month - out, conservatives could change the political landscape.

The decline in political activity proved true for every category, from preaching a sermon on a public policy issue (1 % did so in 2016, down from 37 % in 2014) to distributing voter guides (36 %, down from 45 %) to speaking to the congregation about the importance of voting (62 %, down from 78 %).

He has always made pro-life issues a priority, writing for The New York Times in 2006 that if neither major party nominates a pro-life candidate, family values voters would choose a third - party one.

Pretending to be «just christian enough» to nullify the christianity of your opponent for sufficient voters to have a chance to convince them on the issues, is standard practice.

According to polling data, a significantly larger fraction of African - American and Hispanic voters have right - leaning policy preferences when it comes to size of government issues than voted for Romney.

The gambling industry and the legislators who pave the way for its expansion prey on the weak» and voters like us who ignore the issue fail to protect them.

As with any election year, the topic of abortion has been a key issue for religious voters.

Whether the issue is size of government, or taxes, or abortion, a larger fraction of nonwhite voters are (moderately) on the conservative side of the issue than voted for Romney.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's office has taken responsibility for managing the final stages of negotiations as the retailers» treatment of suppliers emerges as a bigger issue among voters in recent polling.

NEW LENOX — A survey of New Lenox Park District voters will help officials decide whether to try again for a bond issue to build a recreation center.

The board of commissioners unofficially decided to go back to voters after representatives of the three largest youth athletic organizations, for baseball, football and soccer, asked them to reconsider the issue.

Commissioner Roger Kotecki of Glen Ellyn expressed concern that the lack of a firm estimate sends the wrong signal to voters, who soon must decide whether to approve a $ 75 million bond issue for land acquisition.

Plans for the force have been put on hold, however, by 531 residents who have signed a petition to put the issue before voters in a referendum in November.

Voters approved an $ 89 million bond issue for Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills for capital improvements, including a new science building and an instructional and job training center.

The New Lenox Park District is asking voters to approve a $ 7.7 million bond issue to finance several projects, including buying land for parks and building a recreation center.

In 1955, Park District voters approved a referendum to issue $ 675,000 in bonds for land acquisition and park development.

With a study on the feasibility of an indoor swimming pool in Glen Ellyn concluding that either a smaller or larger version could be self - sustaining, the enthusiasts who raised the money for the document hope to persuade park district officials to put the issue to voters.

In March, voters rejected a bond issue to pay for the facility.

Asking voter permission to issue $ 1 million in bonds in a referendum would bring in more money for parks without raising taxes, he said.

DuPage County voters approved a $ 75 million bond issue in November that called for each of six county districts to receive up to $ 10 million to be used for open space.

The editorial suggested that the Cary Park District «is getting itself immersed in the same kind of brouhaha» for supposedly planning to pursue the condemnation of land in defiance of voters after losing a referendum on the issue.

To use the example of Sarah Wollaston again, she has received praise since being elected in 2010 for standing up to her party on a number of issues - because her mandate was granted not by what used to be known (before the smoking ban) as the smoky back room, but by a much larger pool of voters in her constituency.