Sentences with phrase «minority vote»

Our results do not support the idea of a dramatic shift in ethnic minority voting behaviour in 2015.

There are three keys to winning a bigger proportion of the ethnic minority vote in 2015 - important for the election itself and essential to our long - term future.

It would mostly elect majority governments on minority votes.

68 % of ethnic minorities voted Labour at the last election compared with 31 % of white voters.

Last month, the widely respected British Future think tank published new research looking at the ethnic minority vote choices in the last election.

In 2015, the ethnic minority vote will be even more influential, with another 500,000 taking part.

In 2013, Kennedy sided with more conservative justices to effectively block a key component of the law, although its provisions prohibiting states from diluting minority voting rights remain in effect.

-- Districts shall not be established that are intended to or result in a denial or abridgement of minority voting rights including the opportunity of minority voters to participate in the political process, and to elect the candidates of their choice, including but not limited to minority populations with the opportunity to elect the candidates of their choice without comprising a majority of the district.

Make no mistake, this determined minority voted against clean energy, billions in relief at the pump for their constituents, energy independence, and the tens of thousands of jobs that this bill would create.

Under so - called majority - of - the - minority voting provisions, a majority of Dell shareholders excluding Michael Dell's roughly 16 percent stake would have to vote for the buyout for it go through.

Astorino has been trying to duplicate his noteworthy success in attracting minority votes as the Westchester County executive by meeting with influential black ministers in WNY.

Mario Cuomo had his eye on H. Carl McCall as Regan's successor, seeing the appointment of New York's first African - American comptroller as a path to help secure minority votes in the coming gubernatorial race.

The panel charged with redrawing the Albany County political map struck down by a federal judge last week will meet Tuesday for the first time — two weeks before a court - ordered deadline to draft new lines that don't dilute minority voting power.

Mr. Recchia is white, but his campaign will need to rely on winning minority votes on Staten Island's north shore and in Brooklyn to eventually knock off the Republican incumbent, observers say.

As the fight for minority votes escalates, Clinton's campaign has released a new TV ad in Nevada featuring a touching moment between the Democratic presidential candidate and the 10 - year - old daughter of undocumented immigrants.

For more than two decades, recognized as Maryland's leading private law firm for handling high impact, public interest cases for unrepresented or underrepresented persons or interests, including cases regarding website accessibility for blind users, enforcing minority voting rights on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and enforcing the rights of African Americans, people with disabilities, and others to live in the communities of their choice.

The former NYPD captain and state senator has stressed in Brooklyn political circles that as an African - American, he could pull minority votes from de Blasio while his police background would draw white voters.

He might even have more minority votes than Bernie.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act requires states to create and preserve districts in which minority voting groups can elect their candidate of choice.

They lost the latino vote and other minority vote big time.

Many analysts suggested the failure to secure ethnic minority votes cost Mitt Romney the last election.

This is the «cracking» strategy (distributing minority votes in multiple districts where they are outnumbered by the majority).

The study concluded that there were 168 marginal seats with an ethnic minority vote larger than the majority of the sitting MP, including seats in medium - sized urban areas like Southampton, Oxford, Sherwood, Ipswich and Northampton.

The GOP control on the state level has also been used to pass voter ID and registration laws that Democrats argue were intended to restrict minority voting.

Advocates will find allies among those seeking to enhance minority voting rights (particularly in light of recent horrible Supreme Court rulings) and to correct today's shocking geographic skew toward Republicans (which allowed Mitt Romney to beat Barack Obama in more House districts (226 - 209) even though he lost the national popular vote by four percentage points).

Small minorities voted Labour or, more likely, Liberal Democrat.

By the 1970's, these networks were embedded in the British political system in time for mainstream political parties to start courting minority votes after years of benign neglect.

Only 16 % of Britain's ethnic minorities voted Tory in 2010.

Tories could capture millions of ethnic minority votes if they soften stance on immigration, says study 13 June 2015

Clarke is significant as well because Schneiderman is trying to lock up support of minority voting blocs since there are no candidates of color in the AG's race — a fact that has spurred NYC Councilman Charles Barron to run as a protest candidate for governor.

Districts must not be drawn to dilute minority voting strength or intentionally disenfranchise minority voters.

He would end up picking the wrong horse, Bill Thompson, but helped deliver minority votes for Scott Stringer's successful comptroller bid against ex-Gov.

The research, conducted by internet polling company Survation, suggested that the longstanding link between ethnic minorities and the Labour party was fraying, and that the Conservatives might at last be breaking through with minority voters, having achieved a 33 % share of the 2015 ethnic minority vote overall or «one million» new voters for the party, and with a lead over Labour among Hindu voters.

He later expressed disgust and outrage that some members of the Legislature minority voted against his proposed moratorium after they initially committed their support for it.

The Greens have only one one MP but got a significant minority vote.

Moreover, such an outcome is in the national interest too: these voters are disadvantaged if one party believes they could be taken for granted, and the others that they are out - of - reach, so the convergence of majority and minority voting patterns over time should be seen as a positive indicator of integration.

to maintain positive changes made in the [latest] map, further improve boundaries to reflect demographic changes and in particular address outstanding issues affecting minority voting rights and Asian American communities.»

There is limited UKIP potential here due to the ethnic minority vote here and I don't think the Conservatives will do any worse than the 2011 by election result.

Board member Debra Robinson, who in the past has cast minority votes to deny these charters, referred to the «no» votes as «an act of civil disobedience» and cheered as the vote was called.

Under so - called majority - of - the - minority voting provisions, a majority of shares, excluding Michael Dell's roughly 16 percent stake, must be voted in favor for the buyout to go through.

Comparison of 2010 ethnic minority vote choices on the (also online) YouGov web panel with the more comprehensive Ethnic Minority British Election Study (EMBES) conducted in that same year shows that Tory support in the online sample is 10 points higher, and Labour support 13 - 18 points lower, than among the equivalent groups in the EMBES.

A fifth district was added last year following a federal court ruling that determined Albany had diluted minority voting power in its 2011 redistricting map.

Mr. Recchia is white, but his campaign will need to win minority votes on Staten Island's north shore and in Brooklyn to topple the Republican incumbent, observers say.

We have successfully challenged America Online's failure to make its site accessible to blind users, enforced minority voting rights on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and enforced the rights of African Americans, people with disabilities, and others to live in the communities of their choice.

The suit alleges that the use of at - large elections, staggered terms of office, and the current method of holding primary - election runoffs have the effect of «diluting minority voting...

Given the fact that nearly 90 % of ethnic minorities vote Labour and the highest concentration of them live in London it gives that particular interest a huge sway in selections.

The third plan would be subject to amendments that must comply with specific criteria, including the protection of minority voting rights, and could not affect more than two percent of the population of any district.

they also fought against women and minority voting rights, civil rights and now g.ay rights.

When we take a look at levels and changes in ethnic minority vote choice in a sample weighted to try and correct for these imbalances, the picture is one of evolution, not revolution.