Sentences with phrase «more voters for»

Dadey predicted in the interview that he doesn't expect any more voters for today's primary than the number who voted in the April 24 presidential primary, a contest that Mitt Romney easily won.

Mrs Bortey however urged members of the party in the constituency to take advantage of the deep affection of the people of the area for the NDC in order to win more voters for the President.

Not exact matches

The trial made embarrassing national headlines for the once - rising Democratic star, who was accused of seeking more than $ 900,000 from two wealthy supporters to conceal his pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, from voters during his unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

That was during a follow up to a question of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush about why he's more qualified to lead than the real estate billionaire, who garners as much as 41 percent of Republican voter support in some national polls, which is nearly triple the support for Cruz and four times that for Rubio.

Still, many agree that Democrats need to focus on an economic message that appeals more broadly to voters who don't feel the economy is working for them.

«But he keeps winning these Democratic primaries, and he's getting the support of a majority of Democratic voters despite his views that are clearly not Democratic, which tells me that the things he says transcend politics and if there is not universal acceptance, there's more widespread acceptance for his beliefs and viewpoints than I think people realize.»

What's more, even if there is a backlash, it might not be that big: a new POLITICO / Morning Consult poll shows support for stricter gun laws among registered voters at 68 %, well above the 25 % who oppose such laws.

What's more, his polarizing lack of political correctness can also work against him among women and minority businesspeople, leaving the door open to his rival Clinton, whose small business platform and reputation for getting the job done may very well win over undecided voters.

This time around, voters in those four counties cast nearly 64,000 more votes for Trump than Clinton.

Known for being a retirement - friendly area, residents here are more likely to choose a Caribbean vacation over Europe or Asia, they ski less than any of their peers in the top 5 richest neighbourhoods in B.C., and are staunch Conservative voters, with 60 % voting Tory.

While their contributions as pivotal voters have gone largely unacknowledged, Ohio black voters, in particular, have pulled more than their weight for Democratic victories in one of the most highly contested states in the Electoral College.

Masses of data about each voter's political tendencies - gathered through public sources and through campaign contact - allowed Obama for America (OFA) to target voters more precisely than ever before.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 9 - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is kicking off an effort to get U.S. small businesses to spend more on advertising as the image of the social media network's ads have taken a hit for their role in alleged Russian attempts to sway U.S. voters.

Because they aren't responsible for collecting the taxes for these payments, «a provincial government and its voters are incited to always demand more from the centre, shifting a large part of the costs to the taxpayers of other provinces,» argues Université du Québec economist Pierre Lemieux.

Releasing one's tax returns isn't technically required when running for president, but it is a longstanding tradition that lets voters learn more about a candidate.

Austin voters have decided that drivers for ride - hailing companies, including Uber and Lyft, must pass fingerprint screenings — a more intensive background check than the companies typically require of their contractors — by February 1, 2017.

Merkel was weakened after a September election as voters angry with her decision in 2015 to open Germany's borders to more than a million asylum seekers punished her conservatives by voting for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far - right party.

The real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

Fiorina, who announced her bid for president last April and ended her campaign in February after failing to get more than single - digit support from voters, has often been at loggerheads with Cruz.

«For instance, even if you are Warren Buffett or Bill Gates, you are limited to investing no more than $ 100,000 during any 12 - month period in all crowdfunding investments,» said Commissioner Piwowar, the dissenting voter.

From the vantage point of 2016, when all those angry Trump voters are asking for is better jobs and more affordable healthcare, paying everyone a living wage not to work sounds extreme.

Some news accounts indicate that his campaign stopped using the firm's data after the South Carolina primary in late February 2016, though federal campaign records show more than $ 670,000 in payments to the firm for «media / voter modeling» or «voter ID targeting / web service» in March and June, plus $ 218,000 for «media» and «digital service / web service.»

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[105] On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed a four - part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one - time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway, the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50 % plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010.

With two deeply unpopular nominees on the presidential ballot this year, the number of voters in Maryland who wrote in their own candidate for president more than tripled, according to state election data.

Cambridge Analytica, which rose to prominence through its work with Mr. Trump's 2016 election campaign, has found itself confronting a deepening crisis since reports this past weekend in The New York Times and The Observer of London that the firm had harvested the data from more than 50 million Facebook profiles in its bid to develop techniques for predicting the behavior of individual American voters.

With promises of more transparent government, better - trained police and improved public schools, four of the leading candidates for Baltimore County executive made their pitch to voters at a forum Saturday in Woodlawn.

So true is this of all such citizens of declining empire that every four years American presidential wannabes even promise revolution but know that the voter will ask only for more bread, circuses and... taco bowls.

In «Baffling Budgets: The Need for Clearer and More Comprehensive Financial Reporting by Canada's Municipalities,» authors Benjamin Dachis and William B.P. Robson, say fixing these flaws is a critical step toward better accountability to voters for municipal spending and taxation.

More details have emerged about how Facebook data on millions of US voters was handled after it was obtained in 2014 by UK political consultancy Cambridge Analytica for building psychographic profiles

This may indicate that German voters are wary about doing anything to foster Trump's style of chaos within Germany (although internal party turbulence is probably a more salient factor for explaining the party's drop in the polls).

The more red meat the Conservatives dish out to their base, the more keeping their party out of power next year stands to become a bigger ballot box priority for voters than punishing Trudeau for whatever disappointment he may have inspired.

Kogan's app also provided access to «more limited information about friends who had their privacy settings set to allow it,» Grewal wrote — aka friends of friends — which allowed Cambridge to build profiles for millions of potential voters.

Our new report uses more than 250,000 interviews with registered voters to provide insights at the national, state, and aggregated district level on President Trump's approval, key senator approval & re-elect ratings, generic ballot, and top issues for voters.

The Canadian firm is suspected of having pocketed more than $ 4 million from assorted pro-Brexit groups for using Facebook data to identify voters whose decision was susceptible to influence.

CNBC's John Harwood: «Voters just raised a massive red flag for the GOP's agenda»»... Specifically, it made it more difficult for a specific subset of Republican lawmakers that Trump and party leaders need to hold behind a bill designed to pass without any Democratic support.

TORONTO — For the first time in more than two decades, voter turnout increased in Ontario compared to the previous provincial election.

Mr. Byfield has been campaigning for more than a year and could make gains if he is able to tap into the base of social conservative voters in this constituency.

And while Premier Alison Redford has been cold towards the idea of granting cities more financial power, saying she's «satisfied with the way things are,» her party should not forget that city voters are who they owe for their narrow re-election to government in 2012.

... [People] behind the new group acknowledge that conservatives have been much more effective at turning the courts into a rallying point for their voters.

Libertarian Gary Johnson's plan for capturing the White House hinges on voters following through on polls suggesting they dislike the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees more than in any election year in history.

Politico's Toby Eckert: «More than half of registered voters say they haven't noticed an increase in their paychecks as a result of the new tax law, and support for the law overall remains tepid, according to a new POLITICO / Morning Consult poll.

The German voters are very much in favor of more fiscal discipline, making it hard for the German government to openly consider any debt restructuring, which ultimately seems like the only way to go.

But that's all the more reason for voters to exercise their own electoral judgment, and now they have new evidence to judge Senatorial sleaze as Mr. Menendez seeks re-election.

So, voters have more respect for someone who believes strongly even if the voter sees those beliefs as untrue and wrong, than for someone who does not believe?

*********************************** One would hope that voters were casting their ballots on the basis of what they conclude is best for a civil society and a pluralistic population, not on the more egocentric opinions they may have about right or wrong that are derived from their religious beliefs.

candidate, more than 50 million voters, including, crucially, millions of evangelicals, voted for the dimwit.

As it becomes clear Donald Trump's candidacy for president will be more than a sideshow this year, the probable Republican nominee is making his pitch to Christian voters.

At the same time, black voters overwhelmingly supported Obama in 2008, while more recent polling shows a nearly equal level of support for the president's 2012 reelection.

It time for the Republican Party to GET TO WORK and convince voters of the Great Need we have to elect a New President... one who's values reflect a more Conservative view.