Sentences with phrase «of state voters gave»

Eighty percent of state voters gave him an unfavorable mark, including three - quarters of New York City voters, according to the poll.

Not exact matches

Exit polls from the state gave a peek behind the motivations of voters who helped deliver Sanders the stunning victory.

If Trump is banking on this part of the state to win, he would need to carry roughly one - in - four voters — an almost impossible task given unions» strong control of members.

Hoffman also stressed that transparency is important in a presidential candidate so that voters can be made aware of his conflicts of interest, his state of public affairs, and his charitable giving.

Less than half the state's eligible voters bother to register, but Mormons almost always do, which gives them about a quarter of the likely turnout.»

The institutional Republican party should instead focus on giving candidates the tools to understand public opinion, a set of best practices for using the media to reach persuadable voters and state of the art party organizations.

While the exact rules vary from state to state, essentially a voter is voting for a set of electors chosen by the party, and the most votes for a given party / candidate selects that set of electors, so where there is winner takes all, the set of electors is equal to the total number of electors for that state

incorrectly blacklisted by overly fuzzy implementations of the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program, (supposedly a fraud preventative database cleaner for purging or flagging duplicate entries from state voter rolls), which fail to require mandatory Social Security Number and birth - date comparisons given two voters named John Doe,

Specifically, some white voters give inaccurate polling responses for fear that, by stating their true preference, they will open themselves to criticism of racial motivation.

«Voters in this upstate district would also be most susceptible to the argument that Democrat reunification and a Democrat Majority in the Senate (and therefore give downstate control of the entire state government) would lead to NYC getting everything at the expense of upstate and Central New York,» the source said.

GOP gubernatorial hopeful Carl Paladino, who has not yet given up hope on convincing conservatives to back his candidacy, even though the state party's executive committee has endorsed Rick Lazio, today announced the formation of «Gun Owners for Carl» to inform voters of his position on «the right to keep and bear arms.»

The simplest system would be that each voter would be voting for a specific elector but let's assume a round - half - even approach to splitting up each states electors gives us a approximation of that.

But that same poll found that Buffalo voters are an unhappy lot over the state of the city, with voters giving him poor grades for his handling of education and employment issues.

Political analysts said Curran may also have been helped by Democratic voters coming out in larger numbers to send a message to President Donald Trump; union turnout against the state constitutional convention ballot question; or by the surprising underperformance of Republican Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino, who lost to underdog Laura Gillen to give town control to Democrats for the first time in 100 years.

Cambridge purports to go beyond the typical voter targeting — relying on online clues like Facebook Likes to give a hint at a user's political leanings and construct a picture of a voter's mental state.

CFD excels at street campaigning, giving the Upper West Side one of the highest voter turnouts in the state.

«By requiring nonprofits to disclose the extent and nature of their electioneering activities, we are protecting prospective donors from misleading solicitations, and giving voters more information about who is behind many of the ads they will see in this year's elections,» Schneiderman stated.

Given the appalling state of the deficit even at the end of this Parliament, and the likely positioning of the main parties on the economy then, the coalition will face the real possibility that voters will opt for a softer message.

33 states offer some form of expanded voting hours or early voting, with some giving voters a chance to choose their candidates one month before the first Tuesday in November.

Mark LaVigne, deputy director at the New York State Association of Counties, noted Cuomo's plan is to give voters more of a say about local spending.

Senate Democrats believe an independent redistricting process gives them a major advantage in reclaiming control of the upper chamber, given their large voter enrollment in the state.

New York State caps individual donations to candidates running for local office using a formula based on the number of registered voters in a given district, which varies slightly from year to year — but leaves the single donor ceiling around $ 16,000 in a Republican primary for Nassau County executive, and $ 48,000 for the general election.

The state League of Conservation Voters give high grades to two local state senators, Mark Gristanti and George Maziarz.

A Sienna Research poll of New York voters published Monday found that 41 % of Jews in the state plan to vote for Clinton in the primaries, while only 33 % of Jewish New Yorkers said they would give their vote to Sanders, who grew up in a Brooklyn Jewish family.

Unlike, say, changes to how the state budget is put together, some voters are truly ambivalent over whether expanding gambling in the state is a net positive, given some of the less savory social ills that come with it.

At the same time, Schneiderman wants to implement a system of permanent registration by having the state Board of Elections and local boards update registration when a voter who gives their consent moves.

Who is it that tried to curry favor with a certain segment of NYC voters last year by out - of - the - blue giving every welfare recipient a $ 200 check out of the state till (i.e., our tax dollars)?

A bipartisan group of state lawmakers will be pushing legislation to give the public the power to recall elected officials, a move that could give voters a new way to clean up scandal - scarred Albany

Croydon is a delicately balanced two - party state — our wildly disproportional electoral system «rewarding» 19 % of Lib Dem voters in 2010 with precisely none of the 70 council seats — and a modest vote swing would give Labour control.

A Democratic candidate for state Senate wants to give voters the option of recalling officials whose corruption endangers a local government's finances.

The poll also found 64 percent of voters give him a negative job performance rating on ethics, education and his handling of the state's economy.

Only 13 % of New York State voters approve of the job the Assembly is doing while 47 % give the chamber poor marks.

This legislation, «Voting By Non-Citizen Residents,» would allow immigrants who are «lawfully present in the United States» and have lived in New York for «six months or longer» on the date of a given election to vote provided they meet all the other current requirements for voter registration in New York State.

More broadly, and more crucially, he should push hard for the public financing of all state candidates, to provide a way for newcomers to compete with hardened incumbents and finally give voters real choices.

What's more, 48 percent of voters say they are less likely to re-elect their state lawmakers just given the cloud of scandal that has hung over the Capitol.

And here's a very cool map based on Nate Silver of Five ThirtyEight.com's data on when a gay marriage ban would be defeated by voters in a given state.

«The perception certainly is that these big moneyed interests will get what they need if they give enough money,» said Barbara Bartoletti of the League of Women Voters of New York States.

Greenberg also gives an update on the approval rating for Governor Eliot Spitzer and what voters think about some of the proposals outlined in his State of the State address.

«If there's a potential way to do a caucus instead in the state, given the few number of voters in a particular party, that's what we're thinking about — it has nothing to do with democracy,» said Politi (I - North Elba).

«District leaders would no longer be able to give others any assurance that the state would reimburse a consistent share of a proposed project's cost, making it harder to gain approval from those voters,» the state Council of School Superintendents testified Wednesday.

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.

Barbara Bartoletti, with the League of Women Voters, says the governor's proposal to give the state's district attorneys more power to investigate and prosecute bribery cases is a good first step toward systematic reform.

This effectively allows state legislators to use their offices to promote their image and build greater name recognition, enhancing the already - significant power of incumbency and giving them an additional leg up over their opponents who would have to rely on campaign funds to communicate with voters.

Given the statement, «Muslims should not be allowed to build the mosque near Ground Zero,» 49 percent of New York City voters and 53 percent of New York State voters agreed, according to the study.

The Electoral Commission's summary of electoral offences states: «A person is guilty of treating if either before, during or after an election they directly or indirectly give or provide any food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence any voter to vote or refrain from voting.»

Question 2 has given Massachusetts voters a unique chance to weigh in on the future of school choice in their state.

Polls indicating that voters have not warmed to the idea of giving state education money to children who attend private schools led officials at the leading school - choice advocacy group to announce the decision last month.

In the name of boosting academic performance and giving struggling kids a better shot at succeeding in first grade, California appears to be headed down the slippery slope to universal preschool, never mind that state voters rejected such a plan when Rob Reiner got it onto the ballot in 2006.

The Massachusetts legislature gave its final endorsement to a controversial constitutional amendment that, if approved by a majority of the state's voters later this year, would permit state aid to private - school students.

Considering the current state of our democracy (with partisan politics resulting in policy gridlock), it is concerning that the civic mission of public schools is so neglected, particularly given the lack of civic knowledge of our youth (evidenced by their poor performance on the 2010 NAEP in Civics)-- and low civic engagement (for example, just 41.2 percent of youth — voters age 18 - 24 — turned out for the 2012 presidential election).