Sentences with phrase «local elections as»

«Our findings show how local arenas can serve as important battlegrounds in national politics — penetrated by networks of outside donors and organizations who see local elections as critical contests over competing visions of education,» said Reckhow.

The Labour vote held up quite well in Scotland, what happened was that the SSP and Solidarity collapsed and the Greens and Liberal Democrats had losses - this happened in the Scottish Local Elections as well, the overall votes for Labour were within 1 % of those of the SNP and even as a percentage vote only marginally down on 2003 despite high turnout.

[1] This election was held on the same day as other local elections as well as Police and Crime Commissioner elections.

• Nigel Farage, the Ukip leader, has said that his party will try to use its success in the local elections as a springboard for gaining seats at Westminster next year.

Lib Dem councils will be wiped out in local elections as voters pronounce on the great betrayal.

The Conservatives have had a strong showing in the local elections as Labour's dismal results continue to come in.

It is a straightforward matter of fact that, with some 6 % of the vote and the election of two MEPs in this spring's European elections — and with some success in local elections as well — the BNP has demonstrated a level of support that would normally lead to an occasional invitation to join the panel on Question Time.

For now, the state Republican Party, bolstered by its victory in a special Congressional election in a heavily Democratic district in Queens and Brooklyn in September, is trying to frame the local elections as another chance for voters to express their unhappiness with President Obama and his party.

Their turnout may change in future local elections as Washington politics changes.

There's no doubt that the Conservatives will rate their performance in the local elections as a good one, or at least not as bad as it might have been.

The voter ID pilot has descended into chaos during the local elections as constituents have been turned away from their polling stations.

Not exact matches

As 3 a.m. was closing in on election night, Ron Ferrance sat in a crowded party for local Republican volunteers in the small town of Dallas, Pennsylvania.

In comments to reporters, the Philippine president said he was weighing both martial law and the suspension of local elections in order to deal with what he has described as the pervasive threat from drugs.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: PM Modi will address a rally in Santhemarahalli town of Chamarajanagar district, where the party has never been very strong, as local leaders believe the BJP has the opportunity to make gains in the region.

The full results of the local elections won't be known until Friday evening, as some councils don't start the count until the day after polling...

Mr. Peña, prior to his election as a Company director, served as a member of one of our bank's advisory boards, which boards consist of members of the bank's local community, and in each of 2011, 2010, and 2009 he received fees for attending advisory board meetings of less than $ 2,000;

AfD seems certain to repeat its local success in a general election - in which case Ms Merkel's critics will see her as the German leader who paved the way for a racist and nationalist party to gain a toehold in the national parliament for the first time since 1945.

They may not even understand tactics: Embittered former MPs, deprived of a chance to vent, may take their anger to local newspapers, as some have already done since the election.

Mobile voting has been near and dear to Tusk's heart for some time and he has recently been promoting one company as a potential solution to the challenge of the lack of participation, particularly when it comes to local elections where turnout is often in the range of 10 to 15 percent.

'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»

Besides, while Facebook's role in election interference in the 2016 US elections is merited, the company's problems abroad are far more disconcerting — especially where local regulations aren't as effective and can result in violence and death.

Despite Chamber of Commerce - type efforts to discredit the «slow growth» approach as «elitist» and «anti-business,» and despite shamefully blatant local newspaper support for the pro-growth candidate in the recent municipal election, the pro-cap mayor won.

The survey was launched last month as part of The Vancouver Board of Trade's efforts to inform and engage local businesses in the lead - up to the Nov. 15 election.

In France, for example, Marine Le Pen's anti-euro, far - right National Front party gained a respectable 26 % of the vote in last month's local elections, but it didn't emerge as the top party as had been predicted.

The announcement comes as Poland's political parties start preparing for local elections in autumn.

Ireland had just had an election then, and the newly elected Prime Minister, Enda Kenny (now triumphing over his referendum result) in one of his first speeches in the Parliamentary chamber, blamed the Vatican for everything whilst the visitation was underway, thus undermining it completely — as though it were Italian or French priests and Cardinals who were guilty of the Irish abuses, conveniently letting the locals off the hook, and redirecting the anger towards Church discipline and teaching rather than criminal individuals.

As Nigeria begins its transition from a military to a civilian government» the process working its way up from local levels, where civilians are already in charge, to the national level, where elections are scheduled for next year» it faces the possibility of a crisis like the one that almost destroyed the country twenty - four years ago.

The Christian Science Monitor: All politics is local, even the US election as seen by Kenyans Kenyans are closely watching the US presidential election, with two groups in particular rooting for each of the candidates.

Tell him to waddle his fat as's down to his local election comissioner's office, pay whatever fee is required, and put his name on a ballot.

and after listening to my local priest proclaim that he was a Republican during his homilies and after getting a last minute «YOU know who your pastoral conscience suggests you vote for» at the last mass before the election, and after reading all the pronouncements by the us conference of bishops as they were published throughout the election year, I know that THE BISHOPS WERE WAY TOO PARTISAN AND AS A CATHOLIC IT OFFENDS ME THAT THE BISHOPS THINK SO POORLY OF THE POLITICAL JUDGEMENT OF CATHOLICS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE TOLD WHO TO VOTE FOas they were published throughout the election year, I know that THE BISHOPS WERE WAY TOO PARTISAN AND AS A CATHOLIC IT OFFENDS ME THAT THE BISHOPS THINK SO POORLY OF THE POLITICAL JUDGEMENT OF CATHOLICS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE TOLD WHO TO VOTE FOAS A CATHOLIC IT OFFENDS ME THAT THE BISHOPS THINK SO POORLY OF THE POLITICAL JUDGEMENT OF CATHOLICS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE TOLD WHO TO VOTE FOR.

Next up — corporations can vote as an enti.ty in local and state elections.

He won the seat again in the election as an independent MP and has been strident in his opposition to fracking while campaigning in the local community.

Although strong tonic for the local fans, the flurries of touchdowns, the long runs and the passing averages that read like election returns are usually made against opposition as fierce as paper tigers.

Election officials contend that local governmental bodies, such as school districts, townships, park districts and municipalities, can only hold binding referendums.

As in past years, the top vote - getters from the town meeting will be expected to win the local election in April.

In a statement issued by the State's Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, the Government also reiterated the call for a peaceful and orderly conduct by the electorates on Saturday as the State holds elections that will usher in new Chairmen and Councillors in the 20 Local Government and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) across the State.

There is no attempt to adjust for movement of elections out of the usual cycle (such as today's Anglesey elections, or the 2012 Scottish local elections that would traditionally have been held in 2011 but were postponed because of the Scottish parliament elections).

Ed Miliband's party is continuing to make solid gains across England, as local election results continue to hammer the coalition's Conservative and Liberal Democrats.

All around, it was a fascinating evening: besides the election itself, we got to watch from within as a local news station put together live coverage of a big event on the fly.

Ukip candidates are hoping to put in a strong polling performance today as voters go to the polls in local elections across England.

Here's a fascinating use of a crowdsourcing technology called Ushahidi, originally developed to track election violence in Kenya: as the Times reports, a group called the Louisiana Bucket Brigade is employing the distributed reporting tool to let local citizens help track the fallout from the rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

In my most recently published paper «Post-war voters as fiscal liberals: local elections, spending, and war trauma in contemporary Croatia», co-authored with Professor Josip Glaurdić from the University of Luxemburg, we attempt to provide an answer to these questions in the context of a post-conflict society in which we examine how the impact of war affects citizens» preferences towards redistribution.

Ayorinde explained that as the election that would bring on board a new set of public officers for the next four years at the local government level, the restriction of movement will allow the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the security agencies to distribute electoral materials in good time and ensure a seamless electoral process.

The Labour Party had a tradition of fighting local elections on party lines whilst the Conservatives didn't see local politics as party political, although many independents were Conservatives in all but in name.

It has been estimated that every statewide election costs as much as $ 50 million, with the already cash - strapped local governments forced to pick up the tab.

Our inability to coexist in my views may not be the only hurdle against 2019 general election as the age - long underage registration / voting challenge mooted above raised its ugly head in a recent but still trending video captured during a registration exercise and a local council poll in some states.

Second, we have assumed that within each local authority the variation in turnout between different demographic groups will be the same as that which pertained in last year's general election across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elelection across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elElection Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general electionelection).

And, as he acknowledges, online organizing isn't winning elections yet — mainstream media still rule (as does local organizing, something that he doesn't touch on at all).

To address why Wandsworth is described as a key target, it's necessary to summarise the electoral system for UK national elections, as well as local elections in England and Wales.

Being face to face with the Lib Dems» campaigning and local government record does not make for a friendly disposition to their party, and we all know that - as with, say, elections in London or Scotland - will force us to seek out Lib Dem support if we're to win elections.