Sentences with phrase «of ethnic voters»

«The party must be careful about the implications of the failure to break through in Scotland, among public sector workers and in seats with large numbers of ethnic voters Main Cameron spent # 111 getting every extra Conservative vote»

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A partisan and clumsy initiative to win the hearts and minds of «ethnic» voters led to four resignations, including that of multiculturalism minister John Yap.

Influenced by advisors whose white nationalists views are well known, the president has waged a propaganda war against ethnic and religious minorities, stoking fear and hate by lying about crime rates, terrorist attacks, and voter fraud and by issuing executive orders that have already hurt many thousands of people around the world, including desperate refugee families.

«It's definitely true that in many ways, white evangelicals and black Protestants or black evangelicals, or evangelicals from other racial and ethnic minorities have a lot in common,» the Pew Research Center's associate director, Greg Smith, told NPR for its exploration of the true number of evangelical voters.

Though of course, even for some local races, ethnic niche sites (for instance) might well be perfect targets — it all depends on which voters those campaigns need to reach and the relative costs of reaching them through different means.

Put minority voters together, so they have a better chance of getting a representative from the same ethnic or racial background.

The report strengthens the hand of Tory modernising groups like Bright Blue, which want the party to appeal to young and ethnic minority voters.

She ended the session with a much less irritating attack on changes to the electoral register which will almost certainly see thousands of disadvantaged and ethnic minority voters fall off the list.

This analysis confirms what we might have anticipated from the evidence of the polls — local authorities appear to contain more Leave voters if there was a large vote for UKIP there in the 2014 European elections, if there was a small vote for parties of the «left» (Labour, Liberal Democrats, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists and Greens) on the same occasion, and in places with relatively low proportions of graduates, young people, and people from an ethnic minority background.

The upper house of the legislature is elected on an ethnic basis, similar to the presidency; each voter in the Federation can either vote for Croat or for Bosniak candidates, not for both; the Federation elects 10 members.

However, there was absolutely no mention of an entire street of Labour - voting ethnic minority voters not being able to speak English either in her Guardian report or elsewere.

The ethnic minority vote could be decisive in the next general election, according to new research highlighting the enhanced power of Black and Asian voters in 2015.

These seats also have very low numbers of voters who tend to remain resistant to Ukip, including university graduates, ethnic minorities and people in professional and economically secure occupations.

Most Erie County Democratic voters are hard - working, ethnic, traditional, conservative people who believe in common sense ideas like: taxes are too high; criminals belong in jail; police should be respected; law abiding gun owners are not the root of our crime problem; plastic bags should be legal and that life is sacred.

Given the previous willingness of Kenyatta and his allies to use violence to manipulate voters» insecurities, it may be that Kenyatta wins the election by destabilising the voting period and depicting his coalition as the more national, rather than ethnic, option.

Campaigns like the «Go Home» vans or spot checks at London Tube station - or Cameron's photo opportunity with immigration officers in the home of an alleged undocumented immigrant - go down like a bucket of sick with ethnic minority voters.

Celebrations, dinners, galas and voter registration drives for members of the ruling RDPC party (Rassemblement Démocratique du Peuple Camerounais) are taking place in cities across the country, most predominantly in the central regions, i.e. those with geo - political links and a common socio - cultural heritage (more generally but problematically referred to as «ethnic» ties) to the ruling party.

The reported comments come amid allegations Crosby sidelined a Sikh aide because he promoted the idea of making Tories more appealing to ethnic minority voters.

«The voters electing their leaders will be more reflective of the city's racial and ethnic makeup because older, whiter and wealthier voters are more dominant in the old - fashioned, delayed runoffs.»

For Labour, concessions to this by constant apologies that the last government got it «wrong» on immigration or saying there are «legitimate concerns» on immigration are seen in the same way and risk repelling significant sections of the electorate, especially among those Labour needs to win over or persuade to turn out — notably 2010 Liberal Democrats and ethnic minority voters.

While it might be crass, (and reduce all us voters to mindless drones incapable of formulating an opinion based on issues) if we look at this race through the assumption that people tend to vote along ethnic lines, then the largest voting bloc in Queens i.e.the Rockaways and Jamaica will vote for City Councilman Leroy Comrie.

Many ethnic minority voters are worried about immigration, like their white counterparts, but they are much more sensitive to some of the more draconian elements of the system, which have been allowed to run amok as the Tories try to invite Ukip voters back to the party.

Electorally, Labour also stands to lose most from pursuing such a xenophobic line as it will alienate ethnic minority voters who are a major component of the most deprived sections of the working class, and are a core constituency of its support in most metropolitan areas.

68 % of ethnic minorities voted Labour at the last election compared with 31 % of white voters.

Right to say that it is «politically naive to think that by merely increasing ethnic representation within the Parliamentary Party... Asian and Afro - Caribbean voters across Britain will experience some sort of «political epiphany» and suddenly begin voting Conservative».

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

He easily eclipsed Ken Clarke, the Tory grandee who had turned up to lend his support, suggesting that the Tory leader's big tent approach to candidate selection — particularly in a constituency where 62 per cent of voters are from ethnic minorities — may pay dividends.»

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the first female Muslim Cabinet minister urged Mr Cameron let her carry on so that she could help the party attract a new generation of women, working class and ethnic minority voters.

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Labour certainly has to find ways of reaching out to and reconnecting with the so - called «left behind» Ukip voters but without - to borrow a line from activist and commentator Ellie Mae O'Hagan - throwing immigrants - and, for that matter, British - born ethnic minorities - under the bus.

But its evident both from the thrust of Lord Ashcroft's report and from polling commissioned by the Runnymede Trust that Indian - origin voters - especially Hindus - are more receptive to the Conservatives than other ethnic and religious minorities.

Appealing to the north of England, working class voters and ethnic minorities with an aspirational agenda was at the heart of this launch, with a focus on «bread and butter issues such as the cost of living,» as well as ensuring environmental problems aren't merely seen as a concern of the left.

The detail is buried away in Lord Ashcroft's latest poll of ethnic minority voters.

Lazio's campaign is hoping to target Latino voters, and in September hired Teresa Santiago, the former director of Amigos de Pataki, to conduct ethnic outreach.

Popular commentary in the past year has focused on the Party's difficulty in winning the support of aspirational C2 voters, as well as the difficulty in winning larger numbers of ethnic minority voters over to the Conservatives.

Assemblywoman Monica Wallace won last year in Cheektowaga / Lancaster, long viewed as a stronghold of the ethnic, blue - collar, conservative voters cited by Lorigo.

«White ethnics, middle class voters, independents — the real heart of the Bloomberg and Giuliani days — either didn't vote for him or did because de Blasio's rivals were so uninspiring or they were tired of Bloomberg,» said Dan Gerstein, a political consultant and analyst.

Our membership covers a diverse demographic of young to mature voters and various ethnic groups.

But widest of all is the ethnic divide where the Labour lead over the Conservatives was a massive 38 points greater among non-white voters compared with whites.

Council Speaker Christine Quinn, for instance, shares some of Mr. Weiner's penchant for direct talk and outspokenness, while Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is trying hard to win the outer - borough ethnic white voters that used to be part of Mr. Weiner's base.

At the 2010 election, only 16 % of ethnic minority voters supported the Conservatives.

Its NEW YORK — heavily ethnic, heavily «Blue» State voters in nearly every profession and at virtually all of our univerisities.

Accordingly I had a feeling of quiet vindication when I read «Degrees of separation - Ethnic minority voters and the Conservative Party» by Lord Ashcroft.

The presence of a northern woman in the cabinet will not be the silver bullet to the issue of Tory unpopularity with urban voters and women, just as Sajid Javid's appointment has not made the Tories more appealing to ethnic minorities.

The research, conducted by internet polling company Survation, suggested that the longstanding link between ethnic minorities and the Labour party was fraying, and that the Conservatives might at last be breaking through with minority voters, having achieved a 33 % share of the 2015 ethnic minority vote overall or «one million» new voters for the party, and with a lead over Labour among Hindu voters.

Our evidence fits with other research suggesting that traditional partisan loyalties to Labour are fading away among ethnic minority voters, producing an electorate more willing to «shop around» and consider a range of other political options, including the Conservatives, the Greens and UKIP.

Backed up by polling showing Labour streaking ahead in London, it's easy to see the basis of this trend, even if certain seat - specific results look odd - lots of ethnic minority voters, lots of young voters and students, lots of young professionals, and lots of angry Remainers make for lots of Labour votes.

I have argued that the Party had made strategic errors through tokenism and ignorance; that it doesn't matter if we think we're not racist but ethnic minority voters do, and that it's time to end the Conservative war on multiculturalism (which, by the way, is supported by 71 per cent of Tory voters).

Analysis of ethnic minority voters on the YouGov panel suggests that the degree of Conservative support among ethnic minority voters, and the shift away from Labour and towards the Conservatives, may not be as large as Survation online data suggests.

The Common Cause proposal would directly task LATFOR with drawing districts for the Senate, Assembly and Congress that consider «communities of interest,» such as ethnic neighborhoods of similar towns, and forbid it from considering addresses of incumbents or the partisan enrollment of voters in a given area.