Sentences with phrase «left wing voters»

23:52 - Left wing voters will be in the paradoxical position right now of hoping for a high Ukip turnout - at the moment we appear to have underestimated it.

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While fatigue with the left is on the rise, many of the region's charismatic leaders have a connection with voters that their right - wing opponents, who so far have failed to present an alternative vision of the future, are hard - pressed to replicate, he says.

New research shows that among older voters, women are more right wing than men, but in younger cohorts, women are more to the left.

Voters decisively rejected the ruling Conservative party and placed the Liberal Party far ahead of the left wing New Democratic Party.

The technique might have been expected to over-represent liberal or left wing parties because of the prevalence of young, urban voters online, but it appears the use of search data, as opposed to social media, may have limited the impact of demographic imbalances online.

Opposition to Voter ID laws in America can be seen as a left - wing attempt to disenfranchise right - wing voters because one of the major concerns is that alien (as in from a different country, not different planet) residents may be voting, and in America aliens generally support the Democratic party.

Twyman's section looks at sexual happiness and political disposition — comparing satisfaction levels among those with a «very left - wing» outlook through to «very right - wing» voters.

There are vast swathes of voters in the UK who are socially conservative but economically left - wing, and expect the state to support them against the middle and upper - classes.

That's why Ukip can run a right wing agenda in left - wing heartlands — because voters believe they'll stand up for them.

However, I predict that Labour's unwillingness to engage with a left - wing Euroscepticism could lead to the alienation of the roughly one - quarter to one - third of Labour voters who oppose British EU membership, leading many of them to turn away from the party at the next general election.

The best hope for Labour is to try and develop an anti-racist, left - wing and less exclusionary form of populist politics — and to provide convincing answers to voters» genuine problems.

Instead, she delivered a speech not for the 52 % of Leave voters, but a hardcore division of Brexiters in her party and the right - wing tabloids.

Now, with Labour scrambling around trying to find a way to win back voters, you are just as likely to hear someone on the left talking about cutting back benefits or the need to limit immigration as you are a Conservative or right - wing paper.

Tony Blair weighed in too, claiming that a more «left - wing» or «Scottish» approach would not help win back the voters lost north of the border.

With many left leaning 2010 Liberal Democrat voters having switched to Labour, Greens and even UKIP, their voter base will also be much more right wing.

The second major way in which the former Labour now SNP voters are distinct is by being much more left - wing on a variety of economic values and issues.

They may be relatively unconcerned about upsetting their more right wing voters because they will be more focused on winning back their more left wing former voters.

What could be worse to an English audience than the prospect of a weakened Prime Minister Miliband relying on a scarily left - wing bunch of rookie MPs hell - bent on lavishing voters north of the Border with southerner taxpayers» cash?

It was never likely that ordinary voters would put such a left wing and strange looking Labour leader as Ed Miliband into Number 10.

Overall, on tax and spend, Conservative voters take a consistently right - wing position, while Labour, Green and SNP voters take a consistently left - wing position.

There are doubts about the breadth of Corbyn's appeal given his cultural identity as a left - wing metropolitan liberal representing the constituency of Islington North, allegedly «a world away» from the concerns of most uncommitted Labour voters.

The left - wing positions of Central Scotland's SNP and Labour candidates within their own parties highlight that the political culture of the region's voters may be more stable than dramatic vote swings suggest.

Opposition parties, representing the left - wing of Slovenian politics, disliked this move because the record of voters» addresses was not always reliable, and also because the rules had been changed after the campaign had already started.

While Mr Cameron relied on Andy Coulson, who left over the phone - hacking row, to tailor policies for right wing tabloids, Mr Hilton's role was to bring in more centrist voters who had switched to Tony Blair in 1997.

Furthermore, nationalists realise from surveys of public opinion that most Scottish voters don't want being more left wing to actually cost them anything, thus Sturgeon's modest move is as much as she feels she can get away with.

They made the self - serving claim that voters were turning to the breakaway SDP and to Margaret Thatcher because the Labour party was not left - wing enough.

They are totally out of touch with what even left - wing voters view as important.

Peter Kellner, the president of YouGov, said: «If Ed Miliband fails to become prime minister, it won't be because voters think he is too Left wing, or insincere, or lacks courage.

MPs like Chris Huhne in Eastleigh will be defeated as left - wing voters who supported him in order to «keep the Tory out» drift back to the Labour candidate.

Liz Kendall pointing out the Tories will latch on to former labour voters, by portraying Corbyn as too left wing, arguing that although we in is our perceive the Tories as on the right, they're not that far from the centre ground, as we don't recognize the centre ground is closer to them, then too us, even 7 years ago.

In southern swing towns where voters were supposedly put off by Jeremy Corbyn's left - wing policies, the party held up and even strengthened its majorities.

In the House magazine interview two months ago, Mr McGinn accused left - wing politicians of «sneering» at the public and warned Mr Corbyn that Labour is losing touch with working class voters.

Voters should reject divisive rhetoric from left - wing politicians that vilifies families who just want to live their lives and raise their children according to traditional values without interference from the government.»

Left - wing voters opposed to Merkel have opted for the Greens and the Left Party, with the SPD now polling at just 22 %.

«The only way for voters to ensure Britain doesn't get a left wing Labour Government propped by the SNP or a right wing Tory government propped up by Ukip and the DUP is to vote Liberal Democrat.

It's a telling response, because it vindicates the central argument Caroline Lucas will make at the party convention in Birmingham tomorrow: that the Greens are the only left - wing option available to British voters.

Writing for the left - wing newspaper, Dugher warns that Labour is facing a «meltdown» in credibility among working class voters unless it acknowledges the downsides of mass EU immigration.

He insists Corbyn can not win in 2020 and urges Labour voters to back anyone but the left wing MP for the leadership.

The challenge for Khan now is to hold on to at least some of the left wing support he has already amassed at the same time as wooing more conservative voters.

Of the 59.5 % of voters who selected him as their first choice, only a fraction were ideologues who would have chosen the most left - wing option in any circumstance.

Left - wing voters are going to punish the junior coalition partner in Lib Dem - Labour marginals, probably by more than the 12 % predicted by the Ashcroft polling.

Harriet Harman's blasts at Nick Clegg's alleged betrayal of left - wing voters has undoubtedly blown many Liberal Democrat voters towards Labour.

While 81 per cent of the people who voted for Corbyn say they are «very» or «fairly» left - wing, a mere 15 per cent of potential Labour voters, and just 25 per cent of «weak» Labour supporters do so.

By seeking to prevent Momentum from pushing for a more left - wing Labour Party, the moderates want to continue appealing to those voters who are disengaged from the political process yet vote based on a range of real world issues.

30 % of current Labour voters would go with the Corbyn wing of Labour in the event of any split — if Corbyn stays leader they will vote Labour, if the Corbynites left they would vote for his rival party.

In 2011, some Epsom voters voting for the left - wing Labour and Green parties tried to block the tactic by giving their local vote to the National candidate; while it was unsuccessful, it did reduce ACT's majority over National from 12,900 to 2,300.

They're trying to create a new generation of Labour voters by wrapping left - wing policies in centrist, or even right - wing, language.

But even now the SNP offered voters a left wing proposition and performed so strongly they unseated all before them.

You can say that is a product of changes around the Lib Dems — that it reflected the return of alienated left - wing voters who cared about Iraq and civil liberties to Labour under Ed Miliband.

In theory, a left - wing candidate such as Corbyn would be well suited to picking up these voters, many of whom have indeed voted Labour in the past.