However, among those Rhode Island voters who aren't swing voters, many more are Democrats than Republicans.
Not exact matches
«Certainly those 10 to 15 percent who have always bought into that (populist rhetoric) think it's great but the rest, the
swing voters who may have gone with the populist last year, I think aren't going with them anymore, particularly in Germany,» he added.
I read a terrific study by Richard Charnin, who is a mathematician, a liberal Democrat, an eccentric but brilliant guy, who concludes on the basis of the exit polls and the actual vote on a precinct - by - precinct basis that the
swing can
not be that wide without widespread
voter fraud.
The conservative politician who can listen to members of the other political coalition like Reagan did, and who can learn to respond to the arguments of the other side (as opposed to just posturing for the amusement of their own side), won't just win over those who currently think of themselves as
swing -
voters.
Ronald... you are
not doing any favors for «Romney / Ryan 2012» by saying something ignorant and then stating your support for them In fact, I think you are motivating the
swing voters more than anyone else — no educated person would honestly say they agree with your statements or opinions.
One of the themes that emerges from Shattered (a chronicle of the Clinton campaign) is that the Clinton operation didn't want to make a strong play for working - class white
voters in
swing states.
Ryan was seen as enough of a conviction politician for the party's conservatives, but a sufficiently friendly face so as
not to scare
swing -
voters.
The poll also answers other burning questions of our time, such as which golfer his peers would want on his back in a bar fight (hint: it's
not Bubba Watson), who has the «prettiest swing» on tour («Not the Americans, that's for sure,» noted one LPGA voter), whether the PGA Tour should ditch Doral because of Donald Trump's controversial positions (nope), and whether LPGA players believe Michelle Wie will win another major (not so muc
not Bubba Watson), who has the «prettiest
swing» on tour («
Not the Americans, that's for sure,» noted one LPGA voter), whether the PGA Tour should ditch Doral because of Donald Trump's controversial positions (nope), and whether LPGA players believe Michelle Wie will win another major (not so muc
Not the Americans, that's for sure,» noted one LPGA
voter), whether the PGA Tour should ditch Doral because of Donald Trump's controversial positions (nope), and whether LPGA players believe Michelle Wie will win another major (
not so muc
not so much).
Emerging serious divisions within the Labour Party and his strategy of positioning the party on the hard left will
not play well with
swing voters.
Seats would be won by convincing
voters across the constituency,
not just targeting action at a few
swing voters.
Here's a quick example of how
NOT to do GOTV — a Republican political «operative» (a word that always amuses me) has been flooding
swing - state
voters» phones with spam texts detailing how horrible Barack Obama is (he's in favor of the «gay agenda,» or so I've heard).
For starters a
swing state isn't necessarily any indication as to how moderate vs extreme the
voters are.
First,
swing states are determined by whether or
not there are roughly equal numbers of Democratic or Republican base
voters in each state.
Instead of mucking in with the multifarious resistance movement - which, as you rightly state here, does
not require universal agreement in order to progress, that sort of Leninist thinking is weedkiller to the grassroots - Labour is already positioning itself for the next election, terrified of doing anything at all which might upset the few
swing voters in key marginal seats that the party has repositioned itself towards over the past twenty years.
«Imagine, for example, tailored advertisements created for individual «
swing voters» (selected automatically through profiling), pointing out a party's positive steps in the policy areas that are most likely to interest them (also selected automatically), omitting those areas where party policy doesn't fit, and couching it in a language appropriate to the individual's ethnic, educational, cultural and linguistic background, illustrated with a few appropriate news TV clips, and playing background music exactly to the individual's taste and voiced over by an actor that profiling reveals that individual likes?
The
swing to Labour in North Swindon is ominous for the Tories, given that it seems Ukip
voters are breaking for Labour and
not the Conservatives.
However, in a direct election, every vote would count equally and candidates would have an incentive to appeal to all
voters,
not just those strategically located in
swing states.
Most
swing voters aren't persuaded by the case for near - revolution; but they are persuaded by more money for the NHS, opposition to so - called education cuts, and changes to tuition fees.
Not only does the electoral system work against us, making the whole election contingent on a handful of
swing voters in marginal constituencies, but the rightwing media get to call all the shots.
The Conservatives will
not be punished electorally until
swing voters feel comfortable voting the opposition into government.
Well I suspect if David does win the Labour party will be the losers, it Ed wins I'm
not sure but he is a child of new labour and more then likely will do his best to form an alliance to get back those nasty
swing voters and a few Thatcherite
voters still
not sure of Cameron.
And they need to articulate a clear, radical alternative to Tory Austerity with a vision of a post neo-liberal Britain that appeals to
swing voters, but also many of those «don't knows» and stay at -LSB-...]
And how does its view compare with that of
swing voters, who supported Labour in previous elections but did
not vote for Gordon Brown?
Rhode Island is
not a
swing state, but it has quite a lot of
swing voters.
In recent presidential elections, these Rhode Island
swing voters haven't been persuaded by the conservative options offered by Republicans.
They are policies that campaigners tire of explaining to
swing voters; the very reason folks don't get out of bed on Saturday morning.
Here's a quick example of how
NOT to do GOTV — a Republican political «operative» (a word that always amuses me) has been flooding
swing - state
voters» phones with spam texts detailing how horrible Barack Obama is (he's in favor of the «gay agenda,»...
While the inquiry could
not rule out a modest late
swing towards the Conservatives, initial claims that the polling errors were due to «shy Tories» (respondents who deliberately misreported their intentions) or «lazy Labour» (Labour
voters who said they'd vote but ultimately didn't) did
not stand up to scrutiny.
Barring a substantial shift in the last few days of campaigning — which seems unlikely given that 91 per cent of Labour
voters say they probably will
not change their minds — we can expect a
swing from the Liberal Democrats to Labour of around 8 per cent since the general election.
Six in ten
swing voters, and a third of those who currently say they will vote Labour, worry that Labour have
not learned the right lessons from their time in government and that they might spend and borrow more than the country can afford.
People in the Labour movement generally believe
swing voters to be ignorant (because they did
not understand what Labour had achieved), credulous (because they believed what they read in the right - wing press) and selfish (because they thought only of their own interests, rather than public services and the poor).
Two thirds of
swing voters say Labour will have to change quite fundamentally before they will consider voting for it again, even if they do
not like what the coalition is doing.
The aspirational
voters of suburban England — middle - class seats with falling unemployment and rising incomes —
swung behind the Cameron - Osborne «long - term economic plan», while Ukip surged in seats with large concentrations of poorer, white working - class English nationalists, many of whom sympathised with Labour's economic message but
not the people delivering it.
A majority in the Labour movement believe the party lost the election because its traditional core supporters decided
not to vote Labour,
not because middle class
swing voters went to other parties.
He may even sway a few stray
swing voters; there are genuinely people who think about politics once every five years, if that, and may
not even have really thought about Miliband at all, until now.
Holding
swing voters will be in vain if Labour has
not also got its working class support to the polls, and reconnected with disillusioned left - liberals.
Fourthly, Lib Dem and
swing voters especially will
not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end,
not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).
With numerous races in 2015
not being contested and some outcomes predetermined because of major party cross-endorsements, how significant will the drop in
voter turnout be, especially among non-party enrolled
voters, considered
swing voters?
«Marijuana and casinos are
not long - term, strategic fixes to our budget,» said Hampton, a
swing voter who votes with his caucus on most bills.
It was actually 62 % of labour
voters voted to remain, and the labour vote, in 2015 was made up of many people who'd voted Libdem, or greens in 2010, labour having lost several of its supporters who'd voted for us in 2010 when Gordon was leader, and many who'd voted labour since the 60's,
not voting for us for the first time, but the fact was, with our Scittish and inner London, Manchester, Liverpool vote, voting for us so heavily, ball areas called our heartlands, and Scotland aside, areas we increased our votes in, at the last election, without catching those
swing seats, meant that many of our traditional areas Sunderland & Wales saw our core vote, massively vote leave,
Candidates would need to care about
voters across the nation,
not just undecided
voters in a handful of
swing states.
Many of the other undecided
voters have also said Trump didn't impress them to
swing in his favour swelling support for Mrs Clinton.
The things that Tory politicians like least about the Labour leader might
not be the things that most worry
swing voters.
So does this assume that, despite winning back many LD and
swing voters, Labour won't be able to win a majority?
These former advisers didn't have hard evidence that Russian trolls were using Facebook to micro-target
voters in
swing districts - at least
not yet - but they shared their theories with the House and Senate intelligence committees, which launched parallel investigations into Russia's role in the presidential campaign in January.
The general ideological proximity of progressive parties doesn't mean they are seen as perfect substitutes by
swing voters.
Not only is support high among those currently intending to vote for the major parties, support for the green economy with
swing voters is consistently higher.
I do
nt think it's former labour
voters that make up the missing votes, as most gave died, but the ones who stopped voting labour went to ukip, and they're
not going to fine back, if labour
swing to the left.
If its Clinton & Rudy, I don't know where the
swing voters will go.
However, although his passion and his genuine commitment to true Labour values has attracted many thousands of new members to the Party, I don't believe that he has what it takes to persuade sceptical
swing voters to vote Labour.