Sentences with phrase «moderate voters in»

The battle that counts is for moderate voters in the centre ground of politics.

Luigi Di Maio's cool appeal contrasts with founder Beppe Grillo's vitriolic style and may win over moderate voters in 2018.

Not exact matches

Warren is expected to try tugging her party toward more progressive policies, while some more moderate Democrats are emphasizing the need to appeal to the type of working - class white voters who helped Trump win Midwestern states carried in recent elections by Democrats.

Mr Howard suffered a spate of bad polls in his first term, taking a hit from conservative voters over gun control and from moderate voters over the GST and failing to respond to the Pauline Hanson phenomenon.

Perhaps the results were a fluke, but they give the federal Liberals a sign that many voters in Alberta's urban centres are becoming more receptive to a moderate non-Conservative alternative in Ottawa.

The historical success of the PC Party in Alberta between 1971 and 2015 was not based on adherence to conservative ideology but on the ability of its leaders to build a big blue tent of conservative, moderate and liberal voters.

While this meant that the Garrisons and the Sumners were unpopular with swing voters, their more inflammatory form of anti-slavery politics made it easier for somewhat more moderate (in both tone and substance) politicians to campaign on opposition to slavery.

This week, Republicans face a delicate balancing act in trying to assuage the concerns of moderate women voters while also satisfying its religiously conservative base.

Of great significance was the fact that two black Democratic candidates, David Dinkins in New York City and Douglas Wilder in Virginia, used their support for legalized abortion to persuade white voters that their politics were «moderate» and «mainstream.»

As the electorate becomes increasingly polarized, we need to do something to allow at least some moderate swing voters in to vote on legislation.

Rather than have 200 hardcore Tories in a constituency select a hard - right Tory MP, Conservative candidates would have to moderate their views and platform in order to appeal to non-partisan and even Labour voters if they want to pass the primary.

Many assume that, while his brother was ready to appeal to the moderate voters who deserted Labour in May, Ed's Left - leaning instincts and union ties will inevitably lead him further from the voters he needs to connect with.

The campaign releases themselves (a typical headline: «Amedore Voted For 96 Tax Increases In Last 2 Years») come as Democrats hope to compete in suburban and upstate districts in which taxes could be a key issue for moderate voterIn Last 2 Years») come as Democrats hope to compete in suburban and upstate districts in which taxes could be a key issue for moderate voterin suburban and upstate districts in which taxes could be a key issue for moderate voterin which taxes could be a key issue for moderate voters.

Carvin, a moderate GOPer running in Westchester County versus longtime Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey, called on primary voters to reject the ads.

Lindsay won a three - way race in 1969 against two conservative candidates by cobbling together a coalition of liberal, moderate Jewish and emerging minority voters.

Beyond winning over some moderate Republicans and getting potential Democratic voters registered and to the polls, the midsummer GOP primary runoff will mark a turning point in the race to replace retiring Sen. Saxby Chambliss.

He said Republicans would be wise to find a moderate candidate with cross-over appeal to independent and Democratic voters who could carry Upstate New York and compete in New York City and its suburbs.

«The election of Bill de Blasio and a far left agenda has made voters want a more moderate voice in Congress,» said Jessica Proud, a GOP consultant who worked on Mr. Donovan's 2015 campaign.

The House members also want to appeal to New York's moderate Republican and Democratic voters, and independents who help decide elections in swing districts like Katko's in the Syracuse area.

Cuomo is well ahead in early polling, but Astorino has argued that his re-election in Democratic - leaning Westchester County shows he can compete with the governor for Democratic and moderate voters.

These results from suburbs in nearly every corner of the state strengthen Democratic hopes that moderate voters will be less inclined to back Republicans as long as Trump is the face of the party.

The party, we are warned, must moderate its positions to better appeal to voters in the «middle.»

In New York's gubernatorial elections the swing voters are almost always moderate white Catholic women living in the suburbs, upstate as well as downstatIn New York's gubernatorial elections the swing voters are almost always moderate white Catholic women living in the suburbs, upstate as well as downstatin the suburbs, upstate as well as downstate.

We saw last night that for victory in the Senate, we need more palatable, moderate candidates who can seriously contend and appeal to the voters as a whole and who can raise serious money.

The Adelsons fear that backing more extremist Republicans may drive moderate voters away, ultimately putting Democrats in power, strategists say.

Critics say her voting record belies her claims on women's health care, revealing her to be more in line with the conservatives controlling the House GOP than more moderate voters back home.

While the race has narrowed to about three points in Pennsylvania, Trump still hasn't shown he is gaining enough working - class white voters to offset the moderate suburbanites he has driven away.

In was their view that Sinema, with her fundraising strength and middle - of - the - road persona, might just have posed the biggest threat in the tough race to beat McCain, a moderate, self - proclaimed «maverick» who scores well with the state's independent - minded voterIn was their view that Sinema, with her fundraising strength and middle - of - the - road persona, might just have posed the biggest threat in the tough race to beat McCain, a moderate, self - proclaimed «maverick» who scores well with the state's independent - minded voterin the tough race to beat McCain, a moderate, self - proclaimed «maverick» who scores well with the state's independent - minded voters.

In this debate preview, the candidates were asked why voters should not re-elect Katko, who has been viewed as more of a moderate Republican.

The pre-taped panels, which will air on the three consecutive Sundays leading up to September 9th primary elections, are presented in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of the City of New York and moderated by Ben Max, Executive Editor of Gotham Gazette, and Marlene Peralta, Senior Political Reporter at El Diario.

Voters in Brooklyn and Queens need someone to represent their moderate to conservative views on issues like jobs, taxes, and keeping America safe,» said Brooklyn Republican Chairman Craig Eaton.

She describes herself as a fiscal conservative who is moderate - to - liberal on social issues, she wins consistently in a city where Democrats dominate the voter registration rolls, and for the past two election cycles, she's won endorsement from municipal unions.

There is a significant number of party - unaffiliated voters to woo as well as moderate Democrats and Republicans, but most of the votes in play for Dietl or Malliotakis are largely out of the de Blasio target area to begin with.

The recent Irene disaster haunted Olive's Meet the Candidate event, moderated by the Mid-Hudson league of Women Voters at the town's meeting hall in Shokan on Saturday, October 22.

In particular, Democrats sense an opening in the race for the Nassau County seat being vacated by Mr. Martins, as well as other seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, where there are plenty of the moderate suburban voters most likely to be turned off by Mr. TrumIn particular, Democrats sense an opening in the race for the Nassau County seat being vacated by Mr. Martins, as well as other seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, where there are plenty of the moderate suburban voters most likely to be turned off by Mr. Trumin the race for the Nassau County seat being vacated by Mr. Martins, as well as other seats on Long Island and in the Hudson Valley, where there are plenty of the moderate suburban voters most likely to be turned off by Mr. Trumin the Hudson Valley, where there are plenty of the moderate suburban voters most likely to be turned off by Mr. Trump.

But consider whether this is more or less likely in the context of AV: there would have been more second preference votes that had the potential to be transferred from both the Lib Dem candidate and the Tory candidate than from the BNP candidate, so Woolas would surely have been far more likely to try to appeal to moderate voters than to try to appeal to those considering voting for the BNP had AV been used instead of FPTP.

«One study found that voters could not even figure out which candidates were moderate and which were extreme, while another study found that the positions candidates took in the 2012 campaign were actually more polarized than before.»

He also warned Labour moderates against splitting and forming a new party recalling that in the 1980s the formation of the SDP «split the Left and made it almost impossible for voters to vote for an alternative government».

Corbin and his army do not wish to engage with these and moderates who remain (i.e. most of them) in the Labour Party will be stymied from engaging with these voters because a) to set out policies that attract them will go against Corbyn and his new «democracy», b) this will look divided and c) the public is highly sceptical about 21st century socialism.

The former secretary of state will count on the backing of African - American and Latino voters in the five boroughs and white moderates in the suburbs to carry her to victory.

The letter, which lacks the decorum traditionally found in such political correspondence, evokes the scrappy, street - fighting tone of Mr. Paladino's primary campaign, which galvanized conservative crowds and Tea Party affiliates but remains untested among moderate voters.

At the same time, Hanna needs to encourage the majority of Republican voters to show up at the polls on Tuesday, Reeher said, because most are «fundamentally moderate» in the 22nd District.

Teachout represents Cuomo's left flank, and Astorino is trying to appeal to as many conservative and moderate Republicans as possible — and has been making attempts to appeal to all voters on issues like Common Core and corruption — in an effort to raise his statewide profile.

Bracing for what is expected to be a strong anti-Albany surge this fall, many Democratic candidates in New York have adopted the mantra of the middle, talking up pocketbook issues like jobs and taxes and focusing intently on moderate voters.

If they can win the argument that control orders in practice do more harm than good (for example by alienating «moderate» Muslims or because some of those subject to control orders still manage to evade their restrictions), then they can win over millions of voters.

As Hofstra University political science professor Larry Levy put it, «One thing these newbies are going to have to prove, not just to their party base, but to moderate independents and those in the opposite party is that they're worth keeping around when they'll be far more voters in the booth.»

That message was resonating with voters, says environmental engineering professor Daniel Cohan at Rice University in Houston, who moderated a candidates» forum on climate change in January.

That is, how can Trump pick up voters in the politically moderate suburban collar of major cities, and pick up some support in cities?

They're hoping that more moderate voters — and rich GOP donors — will be hesitant to back a more extreme candidate that would face trouble over such views in the general election.

«Voters in Blue Dog and moderate districts feel strongly about the urgency of solving global warming.