Sentences with phrase «of electoral support»

It is the biggest issue facing the country and potentially the most powerful driver of electoral support.

Now it is assumed that, for the government to be pushing ahead with a move towards AV, it must be for a similar inflation of electoral support.

They are currently polling at about half of their electoral support, and their situation is stable but critical.

She must deliver a clean Brexit, one in which we are fully independent from the EU — no fudges or compromises — or Ukip will rise again, strongly, and swiftly, and the Tories will face a massive loss of electoral support at the next general election.»

Minor parties can qualify for free time based on their level of electoral support at the last election and if they are contesting more than 10 % of seats at the current election.

The decline of support for the Tory party among women has been its single biggest loss of electoral support in the last two decades.

This reality, combined with the fact that just 10 % of the labor force is now employed in manufacturing, means that there is plenty of electoral support for policies aimed at increasing trade.

Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades building up a very local base of electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.

This may not necessarily be a bad thing, as the tectonic plates of electoral support shift.

However, there is a large gap between Bloomberg's job approval rating — 59 % — and the proportion of electoral support he would receive when pitted against hypothetical opponents.

Similarly, populist parties in Europe saw high levels of electoral support in response to messages that their countries are in dire straits.