Sentences with phrase «of values voters»

Oh, and don't tell me how the «leaders» of the values voters objected to those tax and spending policies and that war.

Not exact matches

We put such a high value on the right to democratic participation that we forbid voters from making tradeoffs of this kind, from weighing how much they value their ability to vote against how much they value some quantity of money.

Hence, voters who value full disclosure would like to see not just his returns, but lots of additional information demonstrating that the two categories are kept scrupulously separate.

SCL used the cross-cutting issue of crime to rebrand the client as a strong, no - nonsense man of action, who would appeal to the true values of the voters.»

Since assessed values rise (or fall) to equal purchase price when a home is bought or sold, homeowners in Riverside County can expect to pay 1 % plus the sum of local voter - approved rates.

Since Southern Baptists abandoned native son Jimmy Carter and joined the Reagan revolution in 1980, they have become an increasingly important part of those values - voters who have made the Republicans, at least for now, the majority party in American political life.

By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN)- The ex-wife of a Republican politician alleges her then - husband asked if they could have an open marriage, so evangelical «values voters» rethink their support for him, right?

Ralph Reed, the leader of conservative group the Faith & Freedom Coalition, planned a Wednesday morning press conference to release his data about what he called the enduring influence of «values voters.»

It time for the Republican Party to GET TO WORK and convince voters of the Great Need we have to elect a New President... one who's values reflect a more Conservative view.

Though the Supreme Court is far from a consistent proxy issue for social conservatives or religious voters, it does provide a flashpoint for issues of religious liberty, traditional moral values, and abortion - on - demand.

With many Democrats embracing the language of faith in recent years in an attempt to win back so - called values voters from the Republican column, Carter's intense faith life is a good reminder that hardly all Democrats are new to the pew.

For Latino and African American Voters of faith, the traditional appeal to values voting or litmus tests applied to candidates are not the sole means of vetting candidates.

They include: the command of the sovereign; the majority of the voters; the principle of utility; the Supreme Court's varying interpretations of the Constitution's great but ambiguous phrases; the subtle implications of platitudinous shared values like «equality» or «autonomy»; and even a hypothetical social contract that abstract persons might adopt in the imaginary «original position» described by John Rawls.

What is important to values voters is how often you say «Jesus» and that you defund health programs because of their non-existent funding of abortions.

Rush Limbach's comments will be taken as gospel for the Right, but they truely illustrate the reason the GOP is in turmoil... the leaders need the Religious Right to win, but know they are being intellectually dishonest because their values do not match the Religious Right, except on the abortion issue, whhich will never go away because the GOP needs that 20 % of voters who would otherwise vote Democrat becasue the Liberal values match Christian values more closely.

Being educated on the issues is part of the duty of an American voter, and it's terribly sad how many people have forsaken these American values.

But, for many people, some religious conviction indicates a predictable and stable set of values on which the voter can rely when choosing his candidate.

Most of the time, they've been so - called «values voters» who demanded that their leaders be people of faith, committed to traditional moral principles, and the kind of politicians who stand up for the 10 Commandments.

Born out of his own background as an Evangelical Christian, Snyder established the first ever YDA Faith & Values Initiative in 2011 to provide an opportunity for young voters to make a connection between their faith convictions and their political involvement within the Democratic Party.

From the perspective of our findings, either option seems plausible, and depends on winning the values argument with a relatively small number of voters.

Political leaders have always been keenly aware that religious traditions represented a reservoir of potential support and frequently appealed to voters on the basis of religious values.

In a newsletter, Gary Bauer — politician and activist of the Religious Right — declared the election a «Victory for Values Voters»:

According to Henry Olsen, these voters value hard work, but they want reassurance that their hard work will bring them a modicum of security and dignity, provided they make the right choices.

The leaders of the mormon church do not publicly support any candidate, but ask their members to vote for candidates that share the values of the voter.

The most frequently mentioned concern was «moral / ethical values,» with 35 percent of all voters putting that at the top of their list (55 percent of Bush voters, 17 percent of Gore voters).

By contrast, Cruz averaged 41 % of «values voters», and Rubio average 28 % of these voters with neither of the two dropping below 20 % of such voters across the entire south.

However, among those voters who said that «shared values» mattered most Trump performed horribly; he only attracted an average of 13 % of these voters and he failed to top 20 % in any southern state.

«Religion is a proxy for trustworthiness of a candidate, especially for white evangelical voters,» said Robert P. Jones, a pollster who focuses on religion and values questions.

Until then, you, Rand Paul, and all the other self - pronounced «Values Voters» can help yourselves to a big ol helping of Shut the F UP.

I think Mitt Romney's a good, moral man,» Southern Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress told CNN at last October's Values Voters Summit, «but I think those of us who are born again followers of Christ should always prefer a competent Christian to a competent non-Christian like Mitt Romney.»

As has been stated quite a bit — most recently today by AN ACTUAL ROY VOTER (Ben Golliver of SI.com)-- Simmons» statistical and advanced analytical advantage is quite meaty... but even more important to this discussion is the «value to team» component of the analysis.

The Downers Grove Park District is asking voters to set the maximum tax rate for its corporate fund at 20 percent of equalized assessed value.

Cookie - targeting and similar technologies can help campaigns get the most value out of even last - minute ads, since they're ideal for delivering GOTV messages to the voters you need to reach.

The days of the puppets are over and I feel that's what voters are really going to look for this November; passion, values, representation, independence.

In a primary system where anyone can vote regardless of their values, the result could become diluted (ie approach the median voter) and become open to sabotage.

A study of voters» social values provides a better indicator of how they voted than their political attitudes based on a left - right split.

Joe Dillon is ready to discuss Latimer's voting record, one of the most extreme in the Senate, and offer voters a fresh choice and voice that is truly representative of the values shared by hardworking Westchester families.»

A more dramatic twist: Double the size of the House - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets represented too.

Given Labour's apparent new pro-Europeanism, I'd suggest amending this approach so that it increasingly emphasises the values and interests of working class voters.

The German democracy is much less black - and - white than, say, the US one and the large majority of voters value adherence to democratic principles much higher than having their party win at all costs.

«The group will argue that values — and not a politician's background — are the crucial factor in communicating effectively with blue collar voters and that it is today's generation of Conservative politicians who most closely represent the values of those voters who will determine the outcome of the next general election,» he said.

It appears that these traditionally conservative voters, made vulnerable by the recent financial recession, are beginning to rethink the structure of values endorsed by party politics, whose policies seem to communicate that profits, not people's welfare, are the bottom line.

Felder, an observant Jew whose district includes many Orthodox Jewish voters, said his constituents «don't agree» with a lot of what two of the state's top Democrats — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have been saying in the wake of Donald Trump's election, pledging to fight on behalf of liberal values and maintain a sort of safe haven for the left in New York.

With the support of 53 percent of voters, the alliance won 67 percent majority in parliament, and soon began to colonise the public sphere in an attempt to embed its Christian, nationalist and conservative values.

Yes, the problems and procedures are uniquely complicated, but you just spent the last several months convincing the voters of your district that you are uniquely qualified to «drain the swamp», «make America great again», «represent their values», etc..

Only by positioning itself as the party of efficiency, spending cuts where necessary and value for money can Labour turn on the Tories and ask voters: now that we have slimmed down the state, do you want the Tories to cut the basics, too?

Instead, it needs to try harder to win the argument and persuade the voters of the value of its agenda for making capitalism both fairer and more efficient.

In this environment, members of Congress have little need to build coalitions across voters with different sets of political preferences or values.

These national poll findings suggest that the first time vote may well prove to be particularly open and up for grabs in LibDem - Conservative marginals, but it may be a challenge for both sides to persuade first time voters of the value of backing a candidate who has a chance in the constituency race.

The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) works to turn environmental values into national, state and local priorities.