Sentences with phrase «of voter discontent»

Stein was the party's nominee in 2012, but this year she hopes to benefit from higher levels of voter discontent in order to lead her to the White House.

Republicans made significant headway, riding a wave of voter discontent to gain at least six Senate seats.

Republicans rode a wave of voter discontent to seize control of the U.S. Senate, dealing a punishing blow to President Barack Obama that will limit his legislative agenda and may force him to make a course correction for his last two years in office.

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The U.S. leader may have been elected for his ability to tap into voter discontent on political and economic affairs but it remains to be seen whether he will succeed in easing the «deep groundswell of popular disaffection,» the report said.

Although the new Conservatives are stuck in the low - to mid-20 per cent range in national polls, voter discontent and the prospect of a Liberal minority government have made Harper a force to be taken seriously.

The decision by a majority of U.K. voters to leave the European Union shines a light on fissures between perceived winners and losers from globalized markets and highlights for investors the importance of factoring the consequences of inequality and popular discontent into their views.

punishing the UK as a deterrent to other members is a knee - jerk reaction: sooner or later those EU countries whose voters are discontented with Brussels will have to face up to the causes of their discontent;

«If we continue to successfully appeal to these groups, exploit Eric Schneiderman's many failures and general voter discontent with the direction of New York, John Cahill will become the 66th Attorney General of New York State,» the memo concludes.

The candidate could tap into voter discontent with the political parties and Congress, which has an all - time low approval rating of about 10 percent.

Nonetheless, the CDD posited that following Operation Python Dance 11 and the discontent it generated, the likelihood of having high voter turnout has become impossible.

George Galloway made a triumphant return to parliament today, saying he was «the advance party» of an «army» of discontented voters.

The bill would make New York the second state to formally implement what amounts to a protest vote by allowing voters to express discontent with a lack of options.

Trump soared to the top of the polls, riding high on voter discontent and bombastically controversial statements.

Most commentators and evidence producers appear to be accepting key features of the status quo as unchangeable givens: party centralisation, high spending parties and voter discontent and disaffiliation.

But Republican challenger Seth Allen, a 27 - year - old newcomer, hopes to turn some of those accomplishments into vulnerabilities by capitalizing on voter discontent over some of the changes impacting Uptown Kingston.

In the last two elections, Rangel has also faced challenges from African - American candidates looking to tap into discontent among his core group of black supporters in Central Harlem and white voters moving into the district.

The strategy poses both an opportunity and a risk for the beleaguered Republican Party, which is seeking to take advantage of conservative discontent while still fielding candidates who appeal to independent voters.

One of the more - interested observers of last Tuesday's election results was Zephyr Teachout, who helped crystallize the voter discontent with Governor Cuomo during her Democratic primary run that contributed to Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins — who got even less exposure to the electorate than she did — capturing 5 percent of the ballots for Governor, tripling his vote total from four years earlier.

After all, the conventional wisdom in political circles — consistently backed up by polls — points to a wave of discontent among economically stressed voters.

Cuomo also announced the opening of a job training center in Buffalo, where he interpreted the low poll numbers as not about him, but about voter discontent with Albany in general and the on going corruption scandals.

In working - class areas like the Naugatuck Valley and eastern Connecticut, Republican Donald J. Trump has tapped into the deep voter discontent of disaffected independents and blue - collar Democrats.With less than six weeks before Election Day, state...

There was also discontent that Miliband focused too much on policy rather than projecting empathy with voters» sense of alienation from the political class.

But the key fear of the Labour leadership is the Scottish scenario: if discontented Labour voters see their leaders parading with business tycoons and Tory cabinet ministers in a campaign of fear, they will abandon their party.