Sentences with phrase «lot of political parties»

There are lot of political parties in India, which do canvas based on their caste / language / religion.

Not exact matches

You are likely loyal to your employees who care a lot about their agency's image, and who are sensitive to accusations it's doing the bidding of a political party, especially if they vote for the other party.

There are a lot of things donors are looking for: A reduction in taxes, a sense of doing good in the community, and the satisfaction that comes from donating to causes that go against the opposing political party (so - called «rage donating.»)

Meanwhile there has been a lot of talk that President Obama is reviewing plans to retaliate against Russia's supposed attacks, efforts that were made against the heart of the President's own political party.

Lots of words by political parties about the need for infrastructure spending, but there have been few commitments to real action.

I also hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept science, avoid aligning with a single political party, practice traditional worship, preach from the lectionary, affirm women in ministry, etc. but these new attendees never hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.

Not only do the vast majority of teens surveyed think Americans are divided, but they basically embrace the divide: Three in four «already have a party preference,» and only around 25 percent think they have «a lot in common» with people on the other side of the political aisle.

The fact that several senators are Mormons and Mormons now wield a lot of political power is what really scares the right - wing Christian base of the Republican party, especially in the South.

The reality is 65 million people voted for Trump... and while a lot of those votes came from people who were legitimately frustrated with both political parties and wanted someone to shake up the system, and a lot of votes cam from traditional doctrinaire Republican voters who held their nose and voted for the guy because they wanted a tax cut, and other voters were pseudo-moralistic Evangelical hypocrites who wanted to reward McConnell for STEALING Merrick Garland's Supreme Court seat, there were a whole lot of Trump voters — including a lot of voters from Pennsylvania's «T» — who voted for Trump because they are racist, white supremicist xenophobes who saw in Trump someone who spoke their language and would «make america great again» (read «make america WHITE again»).

There was lot of political infighting inside the PSOE and in 1999 Josep Borrell did renounce his candidature; then the party executive declared Joaquin Almunia as candidate.

Explaining further, he pointed out that by 1963, «our then President Nkrumah, left of centre politician, moved the country into a one - party state with a lot of intolerance; he built a whole prison just 22 miles of Accra for detention of political opponents».

In fact, the names of a lot of the Indian political parties are themselves caste and community names.

Dealing with the minority parties, therefore, requires lots political tactfulness and diplomacy, however, the NPP appears unperturbed in this period, when most of them appear badly injured, following the daring decision by the Electoral Commission (EC) to disqualify them for failing to meet the criteria set out in the Constitutional Instrument (CI 94) governing the conduct of the 2016 elections.

It was a line he returned to hours later as WFP staffers rushed to draft and email out highlights from the meeting, before adding with some defiance: «What you're seeing, in this and lots of others around the country, is the emergence of a new national political movement that is saying to the Democratic Party, put working families first, not your donors, or get out of the way.»

David continued: - «The British Political Establishment parties, had the benefit, not only of their vast resources, but also quite a lot of their supporters turning out for local elections based on the self - interested leafleting and canvassing work of their local election candidates.»

Brown's thesis is a strong rebuttal to a commonly held point of view, arguing that a «strong» leader — defined as someone who «concentrates a lot of power in [their] hands, dominates both a wide swath of public policy and the political party to which [they] belong, and takes the big decisions» (p. 1)-- is ultimately an undesirable leader.

It also isn't uncommon for a lot of the needs of a local political party to be provided «in kind» rather than in cash, and some local political parties have «wish lists» of particular items that they need on their web sites.

The State Chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), the umbrella organization of all the political parties in Nigeria had a press conference saying that the election should be put on hold, let's conclude this audit process in the local government administration, a lot of things have gone wrong.

STV there has sustained two bitterly rival political parties neither of which has any permanent principle beyond a combination of hatred of the other lot with a long list of things that they both have in common.

As the political parties assess the shutdown / debt ceiling fight and its effects on the political landscape, a lot of Democrats are perking up at the possibility that Republican congressmembers who looked unbeatable a month ago might be more vulnerable than they appeared.

Like a lot of political people, I'm not much cop at dinner parties.

His failure to endorse the President has generated a lot of controversy with many, especially the opposition political parties, describing it as a vote of no confidence in President Mahama, who is seeking a second term.

And, judging from what's in them, a hell of a lot of party political activity seems to go on during work hours.

Its Wednesday article, which was bylined «Telegraph Comment Desk», read: «A lot of people, both in the Labour Party and outside it, think [Corbyn's leadership] would be dreadful for Labour, the sort of political disaster the party last suffered in 1983 when Michael Foot's Left - wing views saw the party lose by a landslide to Margaret Thatcher's ConservatParty and outside it, think [Corbyn's leadership] would be dreadful for Labour, the sort of political disaster the party last suffered in 1983 when Michael Foot's Left - wing views saw the party lose by a landslide to Margaret Thatcher's Conservatparty last suffered in 1983 when Michael Foot's Left - wing views saw the party lose by a landslide to Margaret Thatcher's Conservatparty lose by a landslide to Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives.

It should have representatives of political parties, but also a student, a blogger, a couple of civil society activists — and why not members of the public, chosen by lot?

The middle of the electorate is disgusted with corrupt political party insiders; and partially voted for Obama based on their view he was «clean»... a view largely promoted by a media that ignored or glossed over a lot of evidence to the contrary.

There are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle that are questioning the events leading to Trump's election win, mainly the overwhelming consensus in the intelligence community that the Russian government carried out cyber warfare against a major political party with the intent (cont)

A lot of state Senate staffers are notaries — a designation that allows them to authenticate legal documents and gather signatures for minor political parties, with many traveling long distances to volunteer for campaigns.

As the political tempo in the country is far rising, a whole lot have been said in the public as to which party should be voted for to form the next government and one major determinant is what a government does to better the life of its citizenzry.

The facts are that the Labour Party was set up by the Trade Union Movement to act as their political representatives in Parliament, and they FUNDED Labour Party candidates — and continue to FUND a lot of Labour Party MPs today.

While the eschewing of political honours exemplified by Keith Hill, Tessa's sometime neighbouring MP, is impressive, there was also a lot to admire in the big tent assembled for Tessa's party.

I imagine that a governor can reward people who give him what he wants a lot more than the Chairman of a tiny political party.

As a customer of a business that has, through a variety of mechanisms, decided to fund the Tory Party it is a lot harder for me to find out precisely when, where, and how much of my hard earned cash finds itself into the coffers of my political enemies.

Electoral campaigns based on grass - roots activism (and lots of doorstep conversations) on the concrete issues that matter to voters are behind the meteoric rise of political parties such as Syriza in Greece and Podemos in Spain.

The race for Syracuse mayor attracted lots of attention from state and national political players, mostly from the Democratic Party.

When asked by ITV News Political Correspondent Paul Brand how this year's Labour Party conference compared to previous ones, Mr Mann said: «Actually it's quieter than a lot... in terms of the level of debate.

Asked about Sir Menzies» performance so far on the GMTV programme, he said: «There may be a nervousness - it just goes to show, doesn't it, that when you suddenly become party leader you may have had lots of political experience but actually it's a fairly daunting job and people are real human beings, and they're not clones.

Because of the heavy demand of having to constantly cover and report on third party and politically independent topics and events, and also because of political activities that even I myself am involved in, which take a lot of my time away from reporting the news, and coupling with the inactivity from a few of the contributors Read more»

Stephen Fisher, Associate Professor in Political Sociology at Oxford's Trinity College, said there was «lots of uncertainty» and how parties that rise mid-term tend to see their support fall back.

While Speaker Pelosi is doing herself & her party no favors in the way she is handling the CIA snafu, the GOP Reps trying to use the mess to gain political advantage are spending a lot of time pursuing a longshot political strategy.

Allen: «There's a lot of infighting that goes on between the two [political] parties.

What's more, a lot of political commentators have at several times accused Buhari of sparing former members of the PDP, who are now in his party, the All Progressives Congress, in the anti-corruption battle.

Writing in the Sunday Times, Foster said: «There are a lot of things a political party looks for in a leader.

«You were a governor before me and you are assuming office at a very delicate period in our national political life not only in terms of the challenges of a new party seeking power at various levels of government including Federal but also at a time when there seems to be a lot of tension in the country and clear frightening security challenges» he said.

So, there is no way, and it doesn't even make logical sense that the electoral commission as a body, made up of a lot of individuals could just sit down and then fish out the names of persons, who belong to any political party, and to delete them.»

And this is not without its controversy inside the party because a lot of my colleagues are having to look very hard at the political commitments they want to give, and at the same time come up with requisite cuts to enable that to take place.

The dire political position of Clegg's party - particularly if AV fails - is going to make the Coalition a lot unhappier but won't destroy it.

«And Lord Ashcroft has been, off his own bat — all credit to him — more candid about his tax status than lots of people who support other political parties.

Pan: Well, there hasn't been a lot of discussion of it really in the Chinese media, but this is another example of the weakness of the one - party political system, you know, they have shown that the one - party system can deliver economic growth, but it's an open question whether they can deliver other public goods for clean environment, as they discuss, has been a real challenge for them and because local officials are so addicted to economic growth, they are not willing to, addicted because they profit from it personally, they haven't been willing to really enforce environmental laws about, you know, good health care system, and education system.

Part of the problem is that political parties have carved out different meanings for morality; but, he adds, «There's another kind of morality which I think we have quite a lot of common ground about, which is that kids should be taught to be respectful, caring, and fair.»