Sentences with phrase «of the general election»

MPs and candidates will also have the chance to brush up on their social media skills ahead of the general election through a series of workshops.

Like the rest of the country, the result of the general election campaign is finely balanced.

The final results of the general election have been declared.

What is the role of general elections in the political process?

Two years ago I developed a simple statistical model that tries to predict the outcome of general elections from local election results.

Growth was relatively strong at the time of the general election last year and this has been wiped out with a stroke of the budget pen.

These states allow 17 - year - olds to vote in a Congressional primary election if they will be 18 by the date of the general election.

This gives them just five to six per cent of the general election vote, which is unlikely to be enough to secure a seat.

The poll's publication comes on the same day as the first televised debate of the general election.

It is what they have spent their political lives preparing for and may well feature in the aftermath of the general election of 2015 too.

The party's national executive committee meets today and is expected to vote down moves to change the leadership rules and discuss a review of the general election campaign.

The nature of persuasion and the constraints of campaigning mean that only the very best candidates can hope to produce that process within the few months of a general election contest.

His appearance as a witness in the trial would likely come in the middle of the general election campaign.

Successful candidates for presidential appointments will prepare key application materials well in advance of the general election.

It was never realized and very few — especially with media coverage of a general election ringing in their ears — would wish it otherwise.

Of course, the political capital to embark on such a daring policy might not currently exist, nor might it realistically this side of another general election.

The economy is without any doubt the most important issue of the general election.

It has chosen this moment to publish the details of its general election public information campaign, presumably in a bid to head off any concerns about the register.

This works well as a preview of the general election campaign for both sides.

To see why, it helps to understand what matters most about these results, at least in terms of the general election.

However, some issues are seen to be of such importance they should be put to a national vote outside of a general election.

This is his best opportunity of the general election campaign to change his image.

While he hasn't articulated much of a general election message so far, campaign professionals expect him to start in coming days.

They will say that special elections are unpredictable animals and not indicative of general election results, and they're right.

Representatives from across the political spectrum have spoken out against plans which could delay the counting of general election votes until the following morning - rather than the dramatic all - night count.

First of all, with a shelf life averaging just over 2 years, there is a cost to the taxpayer in terms of the frequency of general elections.

But he also hinted that if his candidate doesn't get the nod, he'll join others within his party to focus on the biggest prize of the general election.

A radically different government without the inconvenience of a general election.

Two weeks into the campaign and so far parties have been subject to little independent scrutiny in TV news reporting of the general election.

The shadow chancellor has lost his seat in the biggest scalp of this general election.

A few people have asked me if I know where there is a spreadsheet of the general election results available so they can crunch the numbers and explore results themselves.

It tells part of the story about the most extraordinary feature of the general election campaign: the impact on voters of the first TV debate by the three party leaders.

The mascot election followed each aspect of the general election, from a student assembly, to the convention, a primary, and main election.

Last year I said our union would try to make school funding the centre of the general election campaign.

The leader they have at the time of the general election may not be the leader they keep in office.

Firstly, the date of the general election is actually known.

Is another Scottish independence referendum the likely result of the general election?

Well, we are in the middle of a general election campaign that no one predicted.

He has completely ignored upstate where more than 45 % of the general election vote will be.

If Meg Whitman wants to go on Sean Hannity's show the first day of her general election campaign, let her do it.

spent $ 3.9 million — mostly of his own money — in the final weeks of his general election battle against Democratic Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo and still owes some $ 6.1 million (mostly to himself).

I just got off the phone with state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, who told me he spoke to his gubernatorial candidate, Rick Lazio, late last night (yes, he's still in the race, just taking some time off to regroup and be with his family), and the former congressman expressed a concern that he might be left out of the general election debates.

* Barack Obama is showing that his pledge to broaden the traditional playing field is more than just rhetoric, airing his first ad of the general election — a 60 - second commercial re-introducing him to voters — in 18 states, including states like Alaska, North Carolina and Georgia that have been long left off of Democratic target lists at the presidential level.

We are republishing it in the wake of the General Election as a prescient analysis of the mistakes that his critics made in underestimating «the Corbyn effect».

But Miliband faced murmurings of discontent at all levels of the party, up to the shadow cabinet, amid signs that Labour is struggling to look like an opposition party on the eve of a general election victory.

Cuomo has now released six ads since the Sept. 14 primary signaled the official start of the general election.

He writes that the Rochester and Strood byelection in November will be a better indicator ahead of the general election next year.