Sentences with phrase «numbers of voters turn»

Georgy is considering not running because when large numbers of voters turn out folks with his views are turned out.

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In each case, black voters were urged to turn out in large numbers for the Democratic Party, a party that, in the context of governing, would take them for granted.

As they enthusiastically did in 2008 and 2012, black voters should turn out in massive numbers this November in states where their votes can determine the margin of victory for the Democratic nominee — Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

I just can't see how this is Dems «shooting themselves in the foot» — you need to show me a significant number of voters who were turned against him because of this illustration for me to believe that.

And, don't forget, a significant number of younger Britons have also fallen off the electoral register in recent months (hence Nicky Morgan's recent intervention to try and ensure that those young voters who are still on the register turn out.)

Now Stringer is also trying to turn Spitzer's candidacy (which could very well be short lived, unless he manages to collect a sufficient number of valid voter signatures by Thursday) as a fund - raising tool.

That is, if voters become more engaged with the second chamber and therefore turn out to vote for it in higher numbers, then it seems likely that the chamber will become more assertive in the face of the Commons.

If black voters turn out in record numbers to support Cuomo simply because of Brown, I'll be shocked.

That is where I believe problems might originate: even if canvassers are not paid by the number of voters signed up (though maybe they might), those that turn in a decent tally of new voters are insuring they will continue to be paid to canvass, perhaps get paid a bonus... etc..

In the London election, roughly equal numbers of those voting for other candidates turned out to have a Labour or Tory preference - so those 250,000 voters got to count in the final outcome - though the result was unaffected by transfers.

In numerical terms, the highest ever actual number of voters who turned out to vote in a referendum election was the 1,823,434 people who turned out to vote in the Citizenship Referendum in June 2004.

The highest number of voters who turned out to vote in a referendum that was not held on the same day as another electoral contest was the 1,816,098 people who turned out to vote in the 2009 Lisbon Treaty (II) Referendum.

The Deputy Volta Regional Director of the EC, Mahama Nuhu explained that a number of the special voters were turned away because they provided half details to the Electoral Commission.

But Hochul now also faces a primary challenge from Columbia University professor and tech expert Tim Wu, and her views may not be very palatable to the small number of progressive minded voters expected to turn out for Tuesday's vote.

Sanders commanded large numbers of voters that Clinton strategists desperately want to turn out in the fall in the campaign against Donald Trump, such as active progressives and younger voters.

Private figures seen in Number 10 repeatedly suggest he needs more than six out of ten young voters to turn out on the day.

A local source contacted The Bronx Chronicle said that one document turned over to federal authorities shows that some candidates in unnamed Bronx districts got more votes than the number of voters who went into the booths.

Her base of support was Long Island, the five boroughs, and upstate cities, with female and black and Hispanic voters turning out for her in especially strong numbers.

It may also turn out that there are significant numbers of «shy» Labour voters in Scotland which the polls are simply not picking up.

«The Clinton campaign's new plans to invest millions more into this coordinated effort — with an eye towards key battleground House districts — will help us turn out a record number of voters across the country in the final weeks of this campaign,» DCCC Executive Director Kelly Ward said in statement Monday.

Darling's intervention is one of a number from senior figures from the last Labour government warning against leaving the EU, as the Stronger In campaign tries to motivate leftwing voters to turn out for their cause.

«It is clear his behaviour last night in whipping up a rally of largely non-Labour members and his refusal to accept any blame for the referendum defeat turned off a number of colleagues from the left who were considering abstaining or voting for him,» said the politician, who also argued that there was deep anger about the perception that Corbyn had not tried hard enough to mobilise Labour voters during the referendum campaign.

Cuomo said New York «refuses to perpetuate the myth voter fraud played a role in our election» and is turning down a request to give the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity the names, addresses, birth dates, voting history and last four digits of the Social Security numbers of every registered voter in the state.

With primaries usually only turning out a small number of registered party voters, the game comes down to a candidate getting his or her people out to the polls.

With Oscar nomination ballots long since turned in, but final decisions still in flux for the vast number of industry guild voters who, let's face it, now decide the Oscar race, last night's winners were announced.

That appraisal resonates in Georgia, where black voters turned out in large numbers several years ago to help pass a constitutional amendment confirming state authority to grant charters, but played a crucial role in the November defeat of the constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District.

The suit challenging the new law has raised a number of issues, but perhaps the key question is whether charter schools — operating independent of an elected school board and, in turn, the voters — qualify under Washington law for public funding.

Because few voters turn out for primaries, a tiny number of voters supporting a radical candidate in a «safe» district can end - run around general voters» preferences.

Such a proposal was turned down by Florida voters in 2012, and similar measures have failed narrowly in a number of other state legislatures in the last decade.