Sentences with phrase «majority of the party»

The mechanism for voting is a simple majority of party members present.

The vast majority of the party knows which of these is the true priority.

The strains of modern political life are hard enough for those climbing the greasy pole the traditional way and who enjoy the support of the great majority of their party.

Which means the vast majority of the party is now focused on the campaign ahead.

If nothing else, that big majorities of both parties in Congress felt the need to greatly ease federal force in elementary and secondary education — at least overt federal force — is a powerful testament to the breadth of the public backlash against federally driven standardization, testing, and «accountability.»

18th July 2017, The Telegraph: Brexit poised to rip Labour apart with majority of party members opposed to Jeremy Corbyn's plan

This is causing disaffection of majority of party members in the constituency resulting in the NPP's candidate gaining grounds in the area.

A majority of New Yorkers — including majorities of both parties, and both genders - say Caroline Kennedy has been treated fairly by the media, although that number is lower among women than men.

Asked about the drugs question the overwhelming majority of party members thought politicans should have the right to refuse to answer questions about whether they took drugs at university.

David Cameron made it very clear during the leadership election that economic stability would be prioritised over tax cuts and he was subsequently elected leader by a significant majority of the party membership, so I think anybody that expects him to abandon that position now is being a bit unreasonable to be honest.

As I said yesterday, David Cameron made it perfectly clear during the leadership election that economic stability would be prioritised over unfunded tax cuts, and was subsequently elected by a significant majority of the party membership, so anybody getting their knickers in a twist about him sticking by that policy (the title of this thread is clearly wrong) now is being unreasonable.

First, he argued that to interpret the notion literally or in a teleological manner, as proposed by the vast majority of parties before the Court, would ignore the fact that the Directive was drafted in a pre-Internet era [77] and would give rise to what the Advocate General viewed as incongruous results [81].

As a consequence, when the large majority of the party, including most of the Trade Unions, finally united behind Blair hoping he was young, charismatic and revisionist enough to bring them to victory, the elite reshuffle was comprehensive.

Whilst majority of the party members are rooting for Mr Mahama's comeback, others are kicking against his comeback and have started «marketing» their preferred candidates.

While majority of the party hierarchy favour Kogi West (the same zone with Faleke), the governor is said to be insisting on picking his deputy from the East.

«Whereas majority of party member and loyalists continue to dream; desire and pray for a united party devoid of divisive tendencies with the hope of quickly recovering the lost grounds; We, the concerned members of the People's Democratic Party, committed to internal democracy; justice and rule of law, have observed with the deepest concern the recent negative developments in our dear party.

Makinde said that «such a decision, coming from a tested leader will leave the people confused as majority of party members and indeed the masses in Oyo state are already excited about the prospect of genuine regime change that will fulfill its electoral promises and respect institutions and elders.»

Following the announcement by the Chairman of the electoral panel, majority of the party faithful including the VON DG, walked out of the party office, leaving the Minister and a few of his supporters behind.

A source at the venue of the party endorsement told the Nigeria Politics Online that only the Rivers state chapter of the party first raised an objection to the endorsement but was overruled by the overwhelming majority of the party men and women who were there.

The vast majority of Parties reporting emissions / removals for the land - use change and forestry category provided estimates for the sub-category changes in forest and other woody biomass stocks (managed forests in Draft IPCC Guidelines).

Earlier, EIA's ground - breaking undercover investigations over two years into illegal ivory flowing from the killing fields of Africa to the smart shops of Hong Kong had provided the key evidence that helped secure the international ivory ban, passed in 1989 by a three - quarters majority of Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

The numbers therefore demonstrate that the great majority of parties appearing before the Appeals Commission do secure some form of representation, either from the Office of the Appeals Advisor or another representative.

«What's interesting is that the overwhelming majority of the party is saying «unite».

Asked what is most important to them in a leader the vast majority of party members say ability to win an election or competence as Prime Minister, rather than whether they agree with them politically.

By Chuks Ehirim As the November 16 date for the Governorship election in Anambra draws nearer, the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] appears to have found itself in a state of confusion over how to organize a credible primaries that will produce a governorship candidate who will be acceptable to all, or at least, majority of the party members in the state.

An Innovative Research poll from late October shows the NDP way behind the Tories and Wildrose, and a majority of both party's supporters believe unity is the path to victory.

If «bipartisan» means that the majority of both parties agreed on something, you lose.

The majority of the party's elites favor a combination of upfront amnesty and increased low - skill immigration that is opposed by most of the party's voters.

The basic problem of the Murphys and the Wilsons is that you can't get a majority Republican Party by exiling the majority of the party.

Unlike the majority of his party, Rubio is young (43) and Latino, which makes him an attractive candidate in a general election.

Yesterday, Brooklyn GOP Chairman Craig Eaton released a statement announcing that the majority of his party's leaders had signaled support for Malliotakis» candidacy during a recent informal meeting.

At the very least, it's yet another example of how the Senate and its composition defies shorthand and that it's hard for anyone to truly claim a majority of party members.

KR Lohse responded to Dan Hodges» piece wondering where Ed Miliband stood on the issue of Europe and a new EU treaty by roundly condemning the means by which the Labour leader was elected: «Ed's luck ran out the day the unions propelled him into a position that the majority of the party didn't want him in.

However, while the storm around Farron's views on gay sex is not in line with the vast majority of the party's members, we should not forget that his faith also had a profoundly positive impact on the party.

Whichever candidate wins a majority of party members» votes becomes the leader.

«The majority of party leaders felt that Dr. Hayworth was a real dynamo who could help hold the line on spending,» Langdon Chapman, chairman of Orange County's Independence Party and a member of the state party's executive committee, said Monday.

The centre left slate of candidates broadly represents the politics of the majority of party members that voted for Corbyn to lead the party.

His withdrawal, after Mr. Cox amassed the support of a vast majority of the party's county leaders, is a setback for Mr. Giuliani as he considers entering next year's race for governor.

Pragmatists throwing their hands up in despair should think seriously about why the majority of party members have chosen to back a candidate they see as an electoral long shot.

Why should we have a PLP which is so far away from the views of the majority of the party members?

A majority of both parties supported it, though each had multiple members vote against the proposal.

Wisconsin Assembly Democratic Leader Peter Barca, who broke with the majority of his party in supporting a $ 3 billion tax incentive package for Foxconn Technology Group and has been in charge while Democratic seats dropped to their lowest levels in 60 years, announced Thursday he is leaving his leadership post at the end of the month.

Balls insisted his silence until 3.30 pm was because he had been in a meeting on dyslexia with the former Happy Days star Henry Winkler, as he dismissed the letter as «noises off» which failed to reflect the views of the majority of the party, both inside and outside parliament.

Majority of the party's supporters say, they will choose him ahead of any of the flag bearer hopefuls.

The majority of the party's members are from the grassroots without a voice and not being heard.

Even at the peak of the crisis, majority of the party members and strong voices were with the Makarfi - led action.

When or if the economy dies down, the EU will come back into focus, and Clarke is at odds with the vast majority of the party.

Eventually a majority of party members heeded the wishes of their leadership and gave the nod to Cuomo.

@dvk there is no rule written anywhere that states that a majority of party members have to agree on a topic before society as a whole associates them with said topic.