Sentences with phrase «key voting blocs in»

They have conducted focus groups in suburban areas of the Midwest, and are studying key voting blocs in California and New York, two states that could in theory furnish half the seats they need to take the House.

The New York Times takes a look at key voting blocs in the five boroughs for which the candidates are battling ahead of Tuesday's primary.

The fight is on for the hearts and minds of Brooklyn Democrats, who will no doubt be a key voting bloc in the September AG primary.

Williams, who is African - American and the son of Grenadian immigrants, has some advantages with name recognition in New York City, a key voting bloc in the Democratic primary.

(That list covers a lot of bases, touching almost every key voting bloc in the highly tribal world of NYC politics — from women and Latinos to African Americans and labor to progressive / liberal Democrats and Jews).

Not exact matches

We have a long way to go, but by organizing people in their home communities, building voting blocs in key ridings, mobilizing around key decisions, slowly reframing big stories and fighting to lock in systemic changes, we are fundamentally re-balancing power in British Columbia.

The IDC, however, remains a key bloc of votes in the Senate and its leader, Sen. Jeff Klein, is part of the budget negotiations.

The IDC has been a key bloc of votes in the chamber and formed a coalition government with the GOP for two years that gave Klein the title of Senate co-president.

Republicans and Democrats are split almost evenly in the Senate, but eight Democrats who call themselves the Independent Democratic Conference have made themselves the key voting bloc by choosing, when it suits them, to vote with the Republicans.

The focus from liberal advocates has been on the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference, which remains a key bloc of votes in the Senate chamber and has in the past worked in a majority coalition with Senate Republicans.

Klein, who was accused on Wednesday of forcibly kissing a former staffer in 2015, is the leader of a key bloc of votes in the Senate and agreed to a unity deal that would unite the factions of Democrats in the chamber by the spring, potentially handing control of the Senate to the party.

Schneiderman has refused to cede the women's vote — a potentially key bloc in the September primary — to Rice just because of her gender and in spite of the fact that she has been highlighted as a potential ticket - balancer for the (so far) all - white and all - male Democratic statewide ticket.

Still, the IDC has remained a powerful and key bloc of votes in the closely divided Senate.

With an eye on his re-election in November, Cuomo delivered a laundry list of initiatives certain to be endorsed by key voting blocs, from tax relief for homeowners and tenants to the legalization of medical marijuana.

Pollsters have estimated that lesbians and gay men make up between 5 and 13 percent of the Democratic vote in New York, which makes them a potentially key voting bloc.

As we've already reported, Democrats are saying that turnout has beat their expectations in the Philadelphia area — a key voting bloc for Democrat Joe Sestak in his Senate bid against Republican Pat Toomey.

Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin is leading his Democratic opponent, Anna Throne - Holst by 15 percentage points in NY - 1, thanks in large part to the key voting bloc of independents, according to a new Siena poll.