Sentences with phrase «of alternative candidates»

All of the partners interviewed by The Am Law Daily expect Davies to ultimately triumph, if only for a lack of alternative candidates.

And all in a very competitive marketplace when they could have chosen from a large number of alternative candidates.

The media should set aside their preconception of alternative candidates and provide the voting public with all their choices.

Not exact matches

In many ways, the rise of these right - wing alternative media and the rise of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate parallel each other, and they have arguably been fueled by similar undercurrents in U.S. society.

A third alternative is start with the Aristocrat list and then reduce the list of candidates through screens and / or fundamental analysis.

The unanimous position among the UCP leadership candidates to repeal the carbon tax without proposing any alternatives to reform or replace it suggests that none of them see climate change as a serious issue.

Speaking to the High River Times in April 2015, Mr. Fraser was quoted as saying «I will emphasize the Pro-Life values of Albertans, making constituents and other candidates aware of the issues surrounding abortion and how they are directly relevant to provincial policy... We should de-fund abortion and fund the life affirming alternatives of crisis pregnancy support, parental support, and adoption.»

Shane Claiborne, a founding pastor of The Simple Way, a church in inner city Philadelphia, believes that our hope should be found in an alternative candidate, one that's not on the ballot for 2008.

In a potential contest over who becomes the «real conservative» alternative to the establishment candidate, Cruz could be the candidate of the middle - class tax cut while Rand Paul would be the candidate of the middle - class tax increase.

But, with the noble and notable exception of Rick Santorum, the 2012 candidates to Romney's right were too busy practicing their angry faces to provide a sustained critique of Obamacare or offer plausible alternatives.

In the English Alternative Service Book (pp. 356 and following), the bishop who is ordaining candidates for the priesthood is directed to speak in this fashion in what is called «The Declaration»; which is then followed by questions and answers in - tended to demonstrate the reality of the ordinands» «call to ministry»:

Furthermore, there was no school of thought in China that would have presented a substantialist alternative to the view of being as change; the closest candidate would be the common - sense view of things attacked by the Buddhists as illusion, and even here it was the Indian, not Chinese, sources of Buddhism that became most exercised about criticizing the theory of permanent substances.

Nevertheless, a campaign in which one candidate was so certain of victory as to devote the weeks between Labor Day and November to a program of public education would be an indication that the democratic process had failed to provide real alternatives.

In particular, independence of irrelevant alternatives (adding a new candidate to an election shouldn't change the result unless they win — it shouldn't result in another candidate that was in the election suddenly stealing the win from the original winner) is difficult to fully satisfy.

One of the desirable qualities of a voting system (according to Kenneth Arrow) is independence of irrelevant alternatives — the introduction of a new candidate shouldn't change the winner unless it's to that candidate.

We will be standing candidates in every corner of this country and giving people a real alternative to the politics of the past.»

What I don't really see is how the Labour party holding three pilots in this Parliament, or even selecting all of its candidates in some form of primary at the next election or the time after would make any really significant difference to arguments for or against first - past - the - post, the Alternative Vote, AV +, AMS, STV and various hybrids thereof.

Yet this piece of traditionalism is not echoed in the views of other parties, including those opposed to EVEL, given the lack of an obvious alternative candidate for this role.

I believe that Alternative Vote (AV) system, where people rank candidates in order of preference rather than selecting only one, has much to commend it.

According to a source briefed on the meeting and another who attended it, Cox responded that the Republicans are thinking of creating an independent line all their own on which their candidates could run in November as an alternative to Row D.

The MTGP Coordinator Danielle Breck stated that «The Montana Green Party has repeatedly shown, through our various petitioning efforts, that we do, in fact, have the «modicum of voter support» the law requires and that our candidates are not «frivolous,» but rather provide an important alternative to pre-selected, unresponsive, corporate controlled candidates offered by the two - party oligarchy.

Modest in all matters, Corbyn meant it when he said he'd not expected to win, and that it was merely «my turn» to follow Diane Abbott (2010), John Prescott (1994), Gould, Benn, and Heffer and offer the party a clear alternative to candidates of the «right» or «centre».

It refers to the electorate's frustration with the dominance of traditional tribal politics — therefore voting for an alternative candidate.

This means that if there are more than two candidates running, a third party candidate can «spoil» the vote for the viable candidate most similar in ideology to him by splitting the vote of people who share their ideology, making the winner the candidate whose ideology actually has less support in the electorate than an alternative.

It deals in theoretical situations with all sorts of shortcomings — such as no defined alternative election candidates — but it underscores the risk to political parties of ignoring voters» moral sensitivities.

It also says the names of all candidates for the same office shall appear in the same column or row, unless no alternative is Read more»

Republican candidates have found it difficult to gain a foothold in some parts of Queens, but the GOP remains dedicated to providing an alternative to Queens County Democratic candidates and have since stepped up efforts with youth outreach, voter registration drives, and dedicating full support for Councilman Dan Halloran's bid for Congress.

Under this system, 75 to 85 % of MPs would be elected by alternative vote (which means voters rank candidates in order of preference).

Each party's committee to fill vacancies — three - member panels usually consisting of top party leaders — have until Friday to find alternative candidates for the November races.

Paladino, the 2010 Republican candidate for governor who served as honorary co-chairman of Trump's 2016 campaign in New York, has received international condemnation after he told the alternative newspaper Artvoice that he wished President Obama would die of mad cow disease and suggested Michelle Obama live with a gorilla.

Among other criminal justice issues raised by Hawkins and the Green Party candidates were: establishment of a statewide Public Defenders Office; legalization of marijuana; Broken Windows policy; justice for Eric Garner; raising the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18; banning solitary confinement; educational opportunities for prisoners; assistance to help ex-offenders find employment and housing; and alternatives to incarceration.

I am proud to be running as exactly that kind of candidate, the grassroots Republican conservative alternative in the September 13 primary for the 99th Assembly District.

Here's an alternative approach: put all of the candidates, whether it's 10, 12, 15 or more, onstage for a single debate session without a moderator or host.

«We are delighted to have a local candidate of Andy's calibre to fight and challenge Labour for Bolton South East and we all look forward to working with him to give the residents a real and credible alternative to the Labour Party candidate.»

Brown will go if the Cabinet moves against him but the lack of an agreed alternative candidate is holding them back.

In the former case, this anomaly is reinforced by there being three obvious alternative debaters who are also SNP Prospective Parliamentary Candidates this May: the party's deputy leader Stewart Hosie MP, its Westminster leader Angus Robertson MP — and Alex Salmond, the former first minister at Holyrood, who has fresh experience of televised debates during the Scottish referendum campaign.

There is an alternative to Ruben Wills, his party machine antics, and theft of the people's right to vote for a candidate of their choice.

The smaller parties don't want hords of people who have no knowledge of the issues and candidates overwhelming the voters who joined an alternative party.

His roles in Europe mean that he is likely to play a role in influencing the domestic debate over the EU referendum and the lack of a viable alternative candidate at this crucial time leaves the party with little other choice.

[8] Winston Churchill criticised the electoral outcomes of the alternative vote as «determined by the most worthless votes given for the most worthless candidates.»

So, while voters in the Speaker's seat do usually have the opportunity to opt for an alternative candidate, this is curtailed by the lack of choice on offer: since 1987 Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems have all neglected to oppose a sitting Speaker.

«We think it's essential to fix that system, even more so in the post-Citizens United world, so candidates can have an alternative way of running for president,» he said.

In remarks on the floor during the Council Charter session Council Member Inez Barron offered herself as an alternative speaker candidate, harshly criticizing the absence of any black speaker among the four people who've held the position and the continuation of that reality with the selection of Johnson.

The endorsement follows the backing Boyle received from the local Conservative Party, which had sought out an alternative candidate after the incumbent sheriff testified in a case that saw the conviction of a local party official.

The site, which also includes a blog (basically an aggregator of pro-GOP news stories) and profiles of Republican candidates, is intended to be an alternative to the Democratic fundraising site ActBlue.com, Mermel said in a press release this morning.

«We employed our alternative conflict resolution mechanism and it yielded results; all the parties have agreed to the terms for the repayment of the fees to the affected candidates.

To completely restore democracy and to assure voters that their vote truly counts, we need to couple this reform with Instant Runoff Voting to break the stranglehold of the increasingly polarized two - party system and open the field up to qualified alternative candidates.

To this set of people, who thought there is no alternative to Buhari, they must be living in fools» paradise as the President has never been the best for the country but a candidate of circumstance and protest vote in 2015.

The election is a comparative choice, and while Labour's leader will never be a candidate of popular acclaim, if the alternative is an unpalatable Tory, he could yet win.

As in the Alternative Vote voting system, candidates are ranked numerically in order of preference.