Sentences with phrase «issues in the election campaigns»

It was utterly predictable that Trident renewal would be used by the Conservatives to question Labour's credibility and trustworthiness, and by the smaller anti-nuclear parties to distinguish themselves, but the profile of the issue in this election campaign has been far greater than anybody predicted.

The row over National Insurance is expected to be one of the crucial issues in the election campaign.

One significant issue in the election campaign was a new traffic system the Labour council had just introduced on the 1 April.

One of the main issues in the election campaign was repeal of the carbon tax and ETS legislation.

«These announcements break the silence on political directions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues in this election campaign.

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U.S. lawmakers have raised concerns that Moscow might use the firm's products to attack American computer networks, a particularly sensitive issue given allegations by U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia hacked and leaked emails of Democratic Party political groups to interfere in the 2016 presidential election campaign.

These organizers would urge black voters not only to participate in the Blank - Out Campaign but also to draw attention to issues that extend beyond the current election cycle.

The Cambridge Analytica issue was the reason Zuckerberg was on Capitol Hill, answering questions for the second time in two days about how the group - which has counted U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign among its clients - got hold of data on many millions of Facebook users.

Despite the fact that Trump was widely viewed as having lost the recent debate with Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, and that the election itself is just over a month away, the candidate chose to tweet not about the political issues in the campaign but about his dislike of former Miss Universe contestant Alicia Machado.

The impact of the new tax law is expected to be a major campaign issue this year, as Republicans battle Democrats for control of the House and Senate in the November election.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

The outsider campaigns of Trump and Sanders, along with the realities of the many people and communities hurt by globalization, have elevated international trade as a major issue in this election.

The issue looked definitive, of course, way back when Brian Mulroney's Conservatives beat John Turner's Liberals in the epic 1988 election — the campaign so bitterly fought over the trade deal with the U.S. that Mulroney secured at great political risk.

The former State Department diplomat who oversaw U.S. government sanctions policy said he was «extremely» frustrated when the Obama administration issued «weak» and «frankly inadequate» sanctions against Russia in December 2016 in response to that country's campaign to disrupt the U.S. presidential election.

Another core issue of the 2008 election campaign is political leadership or, more specifically, public confidence in the abilities of the party leaders to govern the country.

This is a public health and public safety issue that we committed to in the election campaign and that we will be moving forward with this summer.»

With trust and accountability having become the defining issues of the election campaign, Mr. Prentice has not presented a compelling reason for Albertans to trust that the PC Party will be any different in the next three years (especially after he called the election one year earlier than the PC Government's fixed election date).

For example, in the latter days of the 2011 election campaign, as Jack Layton's orange wave was gathering momentum, Harper and then - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty jumped all over Mr. Layton for allegedly violating the sacrosanct principle of central bank independence. Layton had responded to a reporter's question about interest rates, indicating it would be better for Canada's economy if they stayed low. Harper and Flaherty denounced this statement violently, calling it a «rookie mistake» that threatened the independence of the Bank. Layton quickly issued a clarification confirming that he, too, accepted the doctrine of central bank independence.

The creditors hope to keep Greece from becoming a campaign issue in elections in the Netherlands in March and in France in April and May for fear that the matter could further fuel an anti-European Union populist backlash.

(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.

During the past year Louisville's news has been dominated by several seemingly disparate issues — the troubled relationship between the police department and the African - American community; efforts to build more mixed - income housing in the city; adoption of a regional plan intended to moderate suburban sprawl; disagreement about the number and location of proposed new Ohio River bridges linking Louisville and southern Indiana; a campaign to attract high - tech business to the downtown area; and a lively election campaign around the issue of a city - county merger.

Broda, along with Trustees Michael Connelly and Tom Frey, a former Park District commissioner, won election in April with a campaign that included resolving the park issue.

The legal dispute between the district and the village has been a hot issue in the park board election campaign.

David Cameron has been told to take responsibility for the thousands of refugees dying in the Mediterranean, as the issue overshadowed the election campaign.

The president noted that just as it is the case in the United States, the health of the candidates is something that the electorates will talk about, but then that will not form part of his campaign «I noticed in the US elections too there were issues about candidates» health so it's something that people will talk about but I don't take advantage of a person's health... I believe that I have enough to talk about without running on somebody's health».

In the election campaign of that year, the Social Democrats emphasized issues that appealed to middle - class insiders and had less to say about the problem of unemployment than they had in 199In the election campaign of that year, the Social Democrats emphasized issues that appealed to middle - class insiders and had less to say about the problem of unemployment than they had in 199in 1994.

The president's re-election campaign has released a new TV ad in which former President Bill Clinton endorses the administration's approach to boosting the economy — an issue voters say tops their lists of concerns this election season.

However, Senate GOP lawmakers were not concerned the minimum wage issue would be used against them in an election - year campaign, he said.

Richard Becker, one of several Democrats vying to take on Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth in the general election, was forced to issue a rather shamefaced explanation after questioned about a campaign contribution he gave to a former Republican congresswoman whose district (well, the re-drawn version of it, anyway) he's now running to represent.

Viloria - Fisher spoke about property tax relief — an issue Cuomo has made part of his campaign platform and one that is crucial to voters in the suburbs, which are expected to be a battleground in the upcoming general election — particularly in the fight for control of the state Senate.

or else raise the debt ceiling for a lot longer, until after the 2018 elections (denying Democrats the tool for a long time, eliminating the debt ceiling as an issue during the 2018 campaign, and allowing Congress to deal with it the next time fresh off an election and relatively safe from concerns about the following election in 2020).

He was picketed by religious groups during the 2010 election campaign for his stance on family and parenting issues, which, as outlined in the poll opposite, went down like a lead balloon with some Christian voters.

«I have already observed that the «sleaze from Belize» is a toxic issue... it should have been sorted out years ago rather than in the middle of a general election campaign?»

Wisconsin Democrats have made a concerted effort to make what's referred to as a «John Doe investigation» — conducted at first in secret by state authorities — a campaign issue in the gubernatorial recall election, though the issue hasn't garnered much attention outside the state.

And, yes, the governor must resume the fight on the remaining critical issues in the battle to reform Albany — overhaul of New York's campaign - finance laws and nonpartisan redistricting for the 2012 elections.

«If the Democrats are so desperate to motivate their base that they have to resort to the issue of gun control, then they are in for a long 2016 election cycle,» said Chris LaCivita, a GOP strategist and adviser to Sen. Rand Paul's presidential campaign.

With European elections due to be held in June 2014 (a ComRes poll at the weekend put UKIP in second place on 23 per cent, a point ahead of the Tories), the party intends to make it a major campaign issue.

And with Republicans looking to retain control of the state Senate in this fall's elections, it's likely that they'll actively use their legislative wins on heroin, and the governor's glowing remarks, as a campaign issue.

However, you seem to imply that just by announcing the proposed cut (sometime last year I think) it would somehow go directly into the consciousness of voters who aren't political obsessives and so make a difference to the LD ratings The truth is that for the LD's it will take a general election campaign and Clegg / Cable / Hune hammering the issue home in debate after debate after debate for it to register with people who don't pay much attention to the ups and downs of everyday politics, let alone the tax proposals of the 3rd party.

Those numbers don't include the ripple effect as people forward it on to colleagues and others, and they're also destined to go up as the promotional campaign chugs along (press release hits the wires tomorrow, for instance, and the ebook should have a mention in the next issue of Campaigns & Elections magazine).

While a final decision on whether to renew Trident has been put off until 2016, the issue promises to resurface periodically between then and now — not least of all in next year's general election campaign and this year's referendum on Scottish independence.

It is a tiddly little issue as far as I'm concerned in this election campaign.

«The truth is that for the LD's it will take a general election campaign and Clegg / Cable / Hune hammering the issue home in debate after debate after debate for it to register with people who don't pay much attention to the ups and downs of everyday politics, let alone the tax proposals of the 3rd party.»

We will coordinate grassroots campaigns and get out the vote efforts throughout the state to ensure that our members understand the critical issues in these elections and just how important it is that they get to the polls and support our endorsed candidates.»

It is clear from the election campaign and the terrorist atrocities in Manchester and London that national security is likely to remain a major issue in British politics.

(CNN)- Campaign finance reform is the issue that the Tea Party and progressives can agree on — at least in new ads designed to drum up support for the Fair Elections Now Act.

But in 2015, the Campaign for One New York decided not to register as a lobbyist because the group was mainly focused on launching The Progressive Agenda, de Blasio's somewhat failed effort to make income inequality a central issue in the 2016 presidential elections.

The next few weeks will determine whether this ends up in a vote which, at the very least, would help the Conservatives identify dividing lines and make it a campaigning issue in the 2015 general election.

In a statement issued by Maffei's campaign, Hoare said today's decision was «no surprise, given the unanimous, bipartisan» decisions by the Onondaga County and state Boards of Elections that Miller was, in fact, eligible to carry petitions for the congressmaIn a statement issued by Maffei's campaign, Hoare said today's decision was «no surprise, given the unanimous, bipartisan» decisions by the Onondaga County and state Boards of Elections that Miller was, in fact, eligible to carry petitions for the congressmain fact, eligible to carry petitions for the congressman.

Liberal Democrat candidate Susan Leslie said: «I think it has been a victory for women in politics in Scotland that four women stood in this by - election and fought positive campaigns on the issues for Dunfermline.»