Sentences with phrase «larger number of voters»

Even though large numbers of voters vaguely suspect that the failings of the political system itself led the country into its current crisis, most evidently expect the system to perform a course correction more or less automatically.

«Push polls» are actually political telemarketing — telephone calls disguised as research that aim to persuade large numbers of voters and affect election outcomes, rather than measure opinions.

Ultimately the government will have to choose between large numbers of voters choosing pre-determined preference orderings by voting above the line or large numbers of voters having their preferences ignored because they did not express them properly on the ballot paper.

In each of these countries, large numbers of voters opted for the party perceived to be «untainted».

The arbitrary thresholds your refer to are a problem, because they will have a distorting effect on the election result, especially if a large number of voters support minor parties, and therefore have their votes discarded when the final count is done.

Many factors explain the renaissance of Conservatives in Wales but fomer Shadow Welsh Secretary Nigel Evans MP told ConservativeHome that Nick Bourne has «led the decontamination» that means the Tories are now an acceptable choice for large numbers of voters in Wales.

We may assume that a relatively large number of voters will choose one of these three party lists and put it into the election box without changes, for example 42,000 choose party A, 32,000 choose party B and 11,000 choose party C.

An Astorino adviser compared Cuomo's statement to presidential candidate Mitt Romney's damaging «47 percent» remark about the large number of voters he said are dependent on government and, therefore, always vote Democratic.

Several public - opinion polls have recently shown Gillibrand with less than a 50 percent approval rating and with a large number of voters saying they know little about her.

If it did appear that the coalition was becoming permanent, expect the Green vote to skyrocket as a large number of voters (and members) defect.

And, second, it's hard to see a large number of voters organizing such a concerted effort to oust an incumbent Democratic congressman without some broader coordination from national GOPers that, to date, has not developed.

Malpass also said that if, as expected, the «Stop de Blasio» line draws a large number of voters, its use will be extended citywide next year to back the Republican Party's candidate for mayor — assuming de Blasio is running for re-election.

Sanders commanded large numbers of voters that Clinton strategists desperately want to turn out in the fall in the campaign against Donald Trump, such as active progressives and younger voters.

Their only MP Douglas Carswell used his victory speech to attack the voting system and it's failure to represent the large numbers of voters who backed Ukip yesterday.

At the same time, redistricting is a process issue that's never going to be viscerally important to large numbers of voters in the way that meat - and - potatoes economic and social issues are.

Georgy is considering not running because when large numbers of voters turn out folks with his views are turned out.

Although recent polls show the No campaign in a comfortable lead, large numbers of voters still appear not to have made up their minds how — or whether — to vote.

Whilst local newspapers are incredibly important (think of the Evening Standard's role in the London Mayoral election) decent local television stations would enable would - be Mayors to communicate with much larger numbers of voters.

«That may explain why these two newcomers to electoral politics in the district remain unknown to a large number of voters.»

We don't know how the Academy ranking is going to go but there is the possibility that a large number of voters will block vote for women to help women, to show the world that they care about women in the industry, to make up for Hillary's loss; for all of those reasons it's possible we could see wins, like we saw at the DGA in the television categories.

The poll, conducted by Lake Research Partners on behalf of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the largest number of voters, 76 percent, cited equity in school funding in deciding whom to vote for, with 76 percent saying it was «important» and with 50 percent considering it «very important.»

But when you aggregate a large number of voters, it becomes easy to gain at least a good sense of who is going to win the election.

As of a few weeks ago, polls indicated that I - 732 had 40 % with still a large number of voters undecided.

I would guess that most of the folks who frequent here are able to influence a large number of voters (family, friends, fellow workers).

Not exact matches

In each case, black voters were urged to turn out in large numbers for the Democratic Party, a party that, in the context of governing, would take them for granted.

But, Trump boasts a large group of voters who will stand by him no matter what, and at least a sizable number happen to be women.

But like a large number of American voters who have soured on Trump, Wall Street is wondering what Musk is trying to hide.

In my humble opinion, global financial conditions in the light of European instability will play a larger role in the Fed's decision to raise rates, which is why I maintain it will take a large number to give voice to those Fed voters wishing to raise rates.

In order to get a large number of people whom they regard as undereducated, easily led sheep to vote against their own best interests, they push emotional buttons, invoking images of Jesus and helpless babies, to make voters think this is what they stand for and want to protect.

The state's propensity to assign individuals identities through voter registration lists and social security numbers or more generally to reinforce conceptions of individual rights serves as an example; the roles of educational systems (through individualized test scores) and professional careers (organized around cumulative skills attached to the individual's biography) provide further examples.7 This work is important because it shows the dependence of self - constructs on markers in the culture at large: the self is understood not only in terms of internal development but also as a product of external reinforcement.

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.

All of this means that Cameron finds himself in a fairly tricky position, having to rely on mobilising Remain votes from large numbers of people who voted against him last May while hoping that the leader of the Labour Party will actually stand up and make a direct and unequivocal plea for voters to keep Britain in the EU.

As such, he managed to line up a larger number of progressive voters, but disapproval of the current government and a 67 % of Costa Ricans opposing equal marriage have made it hard to extend his support base.

Furthermore, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Carmichael MP, has warned that there are large numbers of undecided former Labour voters in the «urban post-industrial belt of Scotland».

My book, Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns, deals with how American political campaigns mobilize, organize, and target their field operations, using large numbers of volunteers and paid part - timer workers to contact voters at home at the door or over the phone.

By broadening their campaign to cover a larger number of constituencies, Ukip enjoys an exponential increase in its potential voters.

If either of them were to stay in power for 16 or 20 years (and Obama was popular enough that he might have done so) large numbers of the opposition would find themselves shut out from power and subject to punitive laws and regulations (consider the IRS targeting of conservative groups under Obama or recent Trump's voter fraud investigations of states that opposed him).

His book, Ground Wars: Personalized Communication in Political Campaigns, deals with how American political campaigns mobilize, organize, and target their field operations, using large numbers of volunteers and paid part - timer workers to contact voters at home at the door or over the phone.

Political analysts said Curran may also have been helped by Democratic voters coming out in larger numbers to send a message to President Donald Trump; union turnout against the state constitutional convention ballot question; or by the surprising underperformance of Republican Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino, who lost to underdog Laura Gillen to give town control to Democrats for the first time in 100 years.

Kawczynski also pointed out that the average number of voters in a parliamentary constituency is larger in England than in Scotland.

«The party must be careful about the implications of the failure to break through in Scotland, among public sector workers and in seats with large numbers of ethnic voters Main Cameron spent # 111 getting every extra Conservative vote»

We now know that these larger poll numbers were predicated on large numbers of potential voters who were powerfully demotivated; witness the Labour voters who stayed at home at the 2009 European elections.

These 306 voters represent 16 per cent of the remaining 1,900 — a far larger number than the tiny gap between the two main parties.

Positions are chosen and policies are made through a process involving a very large number of people, from the individual voters on up to representatives, senators, party elites, and eventually the presidential candidates.

Voters traditionally use local elections to give the Government of the day a kicking - meaning opposition parties pick up large numbers of seats as a result.

Sheehan's campaign manager Steve Napier said those numbers were a reflection of voters» satisfaction with Sheehan's job performance and improvements to the city ranging from the installation of new stairs and wheelchair access at Lincoln Park to playing fields and bathrooms at Arbor Hill Park, and larger advances such as more equitable hiring practices.

Related to that sentiment is the conservative inclination of the district's voters, which includes a large number of police officers.

Despite her sterling liberal credentials, Quinn — the only female candidate in the entire race — has struggled to move large numbers of women voters into her camp in recent polls.

The Independence Party, which is the third largest political party in the county, makes up about 4 percent of the total number of registered voters in Westchester with 21,555.

New York County GOP Chairwoman Adele Malpass told The Post that the purpose of the new line, approved on Friday, was to give the large numbers of Democratic and independent voters who polls show are unhappy with de Blasio's policies a place to cast their ballots without feeling uncomfortable about voting Republican.