Sentences with phrase «most presidential years»

The lower the overall gubernatorial vote, the closer the conservative share gets to one - third of the total (most gubernatorial years), whereas, the higher the vote total, when driven by millennials, the liberal share hits a full third (most presidential years).

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Inc. exclusively revealed last week that the website, the source of many of the most - shared news hoaxes benefiting Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, is operated by Ovidiu Drobota, a 24 - year - old based in Romania.

After analyzing data, CrowdPAC discovered that employees at Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOGL), Apple (AAPL), and Amazon (AMZN) were among the most likely to donate to presidential campaigns this year.

Michael Bloomberg's decision to endorse Hillary Clinton for the presidency very much reflects his belief — first articulated in a Bloomberg View column earlier this year — that Donald Trump «has run the most divisive and demagogic presidential campaign» the former New York mayor can remember, «preying on people's prejudices and fears.»

That would easily make it the most - watched presidential debate in history, and it could even rival the ratings of what is usually the year's biggest TV event: the Super Bowl.

According to a survey of 3,760 U.S. adults by the Pew Research Center, 35 percent of people 18 to 29 years old say social media is the most helpful source of information on the 2016 presidential election.

The most overwhelming element of Russia's online active measures over the last year relate to the presidential campaign of Donald Trump.

The most convincing evidence about presidential election years for Evans is that in 18 of the last 22, the S&P 500 indexhas had a positive return for the year and has posted an average return of 11 percent in those years.

But it has been a tough year for Facebook in the U.S., and most of the company has been grappling with the fact that Facebook's service was used by Russian actors to try and sway the 2016 presidential election.

He was not only one of the most famous Catholic Senators of the past 20 years but he is currently the only Catholic candidate in the GOP presidential race.

In contrast with previous presidential elections, where evangelical Christians were among the most engaged, this year, only 20 percent said they were following news about the campaign very closely.

Contrary to previous presidential elections, where evangelical Christians seemed to be among the most engaged, this year, only 20 percent said they follow news campaigns very closely.

While the election campaign that Mr. Gore appeared determined to keep going until the numbers came out right may have exhausted all but the most hard - core political junkies and made the rest of us grateful that there is not another presidential election for four years, we should not too quickly acquiesce in the urgings that we «put it behind us» and «move on.»

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2012 is a presidential year and the ECONOMY is the primary issue, not a law that the Governor stated benefits only 100,000 people at the most.

President Mahama, it would be recalled, lost the December 7, 2016 Presidential Election to his NPP rival, Nana Akufo - Addo in a keenly contested election, a situation most Ghanaians have bemoaned considering the six years of infrastructural achievements the country experienced while he held sway.

Some analysts are describing this as the most important election in the last 50 years — not including presidential contests.

The recall election spurred by anger over changes Walker pushed through the Legislature last year to effectively end collective bargaining rights for most public workers is the most prominent campaign in the nation after the presidential race.

House Republicans had a rough weekend, with many of this year's most vulnerable members having to once again condemn remarks made by Donald Trump, and some even calling for the GOP presidential nominee to step aside.

In 2012, for example, many of the Republican candidates in the year's most competitive Senate races performed exactly as well as the GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney did.

«This year has become one of the most exciting and vital presidential elections in many years.

But under this deal being floated, in exchange for allowing Klein to retain most or all of the power he currently enjoys, the Senate Republicans would gain the insurance of having the five - member IDC to fall back on two years from now, when a presidential election is expected to cause an uptick in Democratic turnout and potentially put the GOP back into a numerical minority.

There are other views following the declaration by NiiNoi that suggest that, perhaps the single most important objective of the NPP flag bearer is not to win political power on November 7, but rather to consolidate his ownership of the NPP for the next 20 years as claimed by Andrew Awuni, a formers Presidential Spokesperson under the erstwhile Kufuor / NPP government.

He has spent most of his career as a political operative, working on Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential campaign in Pennsylvania and leading Syracuse Common Councilor Joe Carni's successful race last year.

But they've fielded competitive challengers in most of these 10 districts, which, combined with the partisan fundamentals of these seats in a presidential year, make these 10 members the most likely to be looking for new jobs in 2017.

Cuomo also proposed voting reforms to what is regarded as one of the most antiquated voting systems in the country after last year's disastrous presidential primary.

She has raised $ 1 million on Long Island during the past year, the most of any presidential candidate, records show.

«Some people are more motivated to vote in a presidential election year, but I say every election year is the most important,» commented Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the New York City Board of Elections.

McDonnell raked in $ 1.6 million during the most recent six - month reporting period, which lasted from June to December, and most of his money came in after election day, when Barack Obama turned Virginia blue on the presidential level for the first time in 44 years.

Blake, a 34 - year - old a veteran of former President Barack Obama's presidential campaign and White House, received the most votes — 171 — for the remaining position, open to a male or female out of 411.5 ballots received, but a second round was held because all contenders fell short of the 206 - vote threshold.

South Dakota, like most states, doesn't elect its Governor in presidential years, so Americans Elect is now ballot - qualified for 2014.

Washington (CNN)- Potential presidential candidates like Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney have grabbed headlines this year for handing out pivotal endorsements in key midterm races, but Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has quietly become one of the most sought after attractions on the GOP money circuit.

Having carried 49.99 percent of the vote in a presidential year, he has not only the name recognition, the most valuable of political commodities, but the means.

Romney, while derided by many Democrats, is one of the most popular figures among the party faithful, many of who believe his decision to step aside for Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and subsequent work on behalf of the GOP presidential nominee last year proved his mettle.

Energy policy in New York has entered the national conversation as the media focuses on the state's April 19 presidential primary, one of the most competitive in years.

LENOIR, (Dec. 26)-- Two of the major Republican presidential hopefuls are learning what third party and independent candidates have known for years, that ballot access laws in most states are rigged against offering voters any real choices in primaries and on election day, said Jordon Greene, president of Free the Vote North Carolina in a statement issued today.

This year's U.S. presidential and congressional contests are expected to be the most expensive elections in the nation's history.

Interestingly, compared to past election years, most of the billboards mounted this time round also bear images of the various presidential candidates and their respective Member of Parliament nominees.

After the chaotic election cycles of 2013 and 2014, most politicos expected a quiet year to kick back before the presidential news apocalypse rolled around in 2016.

It is fairly easy for a party to meet the test in presidential years, when there are six statewide partisan races on the ballot in most years.

Deborah Hughes, executive director of at the Susan B. Anthony House and Museum, says in a year when two women are on the presidential ballot in most states, many people feel a very real emotional connection to the work of the suffragist leader.

Most election years, science plays only a small role in presidential politics.

Discover caught up with Baltimore on his final presidential vacation at his second home near Missoula, Montana, where his plans to fly - fish were interrupted by our questions about the future of AIDS prevention, the usefulness of stem cell research, and what really happened in the most famous fraud scandal prior to this year's South Korean stem cell debacle.

Any newcomer will have to come to terms not only with the most dismal NCI budget scenario in 3 decades but also with stringent new rules on owning pharmaceutical stock; and because this is a presidential appointment, the director might have less than 2 years to serve.

His fingerprints are all over two recent presidential directives that lay the groundwork for the most far - reaching revision of regulatory policy in 15 years.

«Most reports by presidential commissions have a 72 - hour life span,» notes Jason Grumet, founder and president of the 10 - year - old Washington, D.C. — based think tank.

Before she died four years later, USM's most famous donor received acclaim and honors including the Presidential Citizens Medal — the United States» highest civilian award — and honorary doctorates from USM and Harvard.

* Most recently, SeekingArrangement.com called out GOP Presidential candidate, Herman Cain, for being a sugar daddy, having had an affair with Ginger White, his sugar baby of the past 13 years.

For the first time in years, Alexander County voted Republican in the last presidential election, though most of Cairo itself went blue.

What has surprised and / or scared you the most about this year's raucous presidential race?