Sentences with phrase «of voters back»

Guardian / ICM poll finds 48 % of voters back tax - funded spending increases, while 21 % would prefer charges for some services

The poll found 63 percent of voters back immigration reform, with only 21 percent saying they oppose it.

In the presidential race, a majority of voters back Clinton's campaign — 52 percent.

Not quite half of all voters back capitalism as the best way to ensure a thriving economy; but only 11 % think that Labour is better off without having one of capitalism's best known exponents in its ranks.

79 % of Labour voters and 83 % of all voters back the principle of removing child benefit from the highest earners — why would they be depressed?

More than 75 percent of voters back extending tax rates that are due to expire on those who earn more than $ 1 million as well allowing ride - hailing apps like Lyft and Uber to operate outside of New York City.

A majority of voters back Labour's policies in key areas such as the NHS, minimum wages and energy pricing.

Polls have shown around two thirds of voters back re-nationalisation.

Labour, is predicted to make big gains in London — where a majority of voters backed Remain.

37 % of voters backed Brexit.

In a constituency where almost 70 % of voters backed Remain, this was a toxic combination.

Some 52 percent of voters backed the country's withdrawal from the EU, while 48 percent voted in favour of staying.

The Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, which propelled President Mohamed Mursi to power in a June election, said an unofficial tally showed 64 percent of voters backed the charter after two rounds of voting that ended with a final ballot on Saturday.

Last week, Andrew Cuomo was leading Paladino 52 - 33 with 9 percent of voters backing Lazio and 6 percent undecided.

They also said Mr Cameron would not be swayed by findings of another poll that suggested only 7 % of voters backed his stance and that 69 % of Tory supporters were among the 74 % of voters who think he should have sacked Mrs Miller.

Around 35 % of voters backed parties other than Labour and the Conservatives — the highest such share since 1918.

55 % of voters backed AV in the referendum.

Just 19 % of voters backed the Conservative leader.

Before George Latimer was elected Westchester County executive over incumbent Rob Astorino (R) in November 2017, the firm Appliedtechonomics ran a survey and found that 44 percent of voters said the Trump administration would be a factor in how they voted and that 67 percent of those voters backed Latimer over Astorino.

A recent WWNY - 7 News / Siena Poll shows just 10 percent of voters backing the Green Party candidate, and Elise Stefanik in the lead with 46 percent of the vote.

The margin is an improvement for Cuomo from July, when 48 percent of voters backed his re-election bid and 44 percent preferred someone else.

The survey found 73 percent of New York City residents polled are «generally optimistic» about the next four years under Democratic Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio, and with a broad majority of voters backing his selection for police commissioner, Bill Bratton.

The group's poll surveyed 300 voters in New York, finding 61 percent of voters backed a more equitable balance in public school funding for rich and poor communities.

None of them is in Snohomish County where 53 percent of the voters backed Initiative 1240 last November even as it seemed like 100 percent of teachers and school board directors did not.

As a Commissioner, Vaad will be ruling on renewable energy cases including net metering for rooftop solar, ongoing implementation of renewable portfolio standards and the potential transfer of Xcel Energy assets to the City of Boulder as part of a voter backed municipalization process.

In the closely fought referendum in 2016, 51.9 percent of voters backed Britain's departure from the EU.

Not exact matches

Its mission is to «help voters take back control of their democracy» by giving them a place to debate issues, research candidates» platforms, recruit vote pledges from others and more.

More than 60 % of voters decided to back their prime minister.

These local and mayoral elections are unusual because they come just five weeks before voters will go back to the polls for the general election, and slap - bang in the middle of the political parties» election campaigns.

Since 1964, voters have sent their incumbent House representative back to Washington 93 percent of the time.

WASHINGTON — President Trump's major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support — the roughly one - third of voters who solidly back him — or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic.

An attempted hack into Georgia's voter registration database was traced back to the Department of Homeland Security, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

But the economically disenfranchised blue - collar voters who put him in office don't care about the tech industry; they want to roll back the clock to a time before the internet, before automation in factories, before the flow of global goods, services, and capital made Silicon Valley wildly rich.

But the author of that study, David Becker, has repeatedly pushed back against Trump's claims that there was widespread voter fraud in the 2016 election.

This is his opportunity to remind voters — in a tone of disappointment and regret, not anger and malice — that Mr. Obama's negative attacks will not put anyone back to work, reduce our growing national debt, or get America moving in the right direction.

But however this turns out for him, there is a large segment of female voters who just can't quit him, and who still have his back.

Among the pundits, the New York Times» Paul Krugman has come out behind Clinton, while Noah backs Obama, on the grounds that if all the plans are, as Noah maintains, gradually introducing socialized medicine, there's no point in antagonizing a large bloc of voters with a mandate.

Back in July, Greek voters voted against a new bailout package, but eventually the government gave in to demands from its European creditors, causing a divide in Syriza, which had been in control of Greek parliament.

A long recession and growing disillusion with mainstream parties fed a bitter public mood that saw more than half of Italian voters back parties that rejected the austerity policies pursued by Prime Minister Mario Monti with the backing of Italy's European partners.

A new Morning Consult poll shows national security is back at the forefront of voters» minds following the mass shooting in Orlando that left dozens dead and injured.

Then there's Slovakia, where in March's election 23 % of first - time voters backed the neo-Nazi People's Party Our Slovakia party (L'SNS).

Back in April, during an interview on Politico's On Message podcast, Stone said that he thought Trump's loss to Ted Cruz during the Wisconsin GOP primary was the result of voter fraud:

The release of new opinion polls in Greece suggests a small lead by the New Democracy party, backed by 25.3 percent of voters, versus the 25 percent who favor Syriza.

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

Voters back debt reduction over tax cuts: More voters overall believe the government should pay down debt rather than cut income tax — except those who face higher cost of living presVoters back debt reduction over tax cuts: More voters overall believe the government should pay down debt rather than cut income tax — except those who face higher cost of living presvoters overall believe the government should pay down debt rather than cut income tax — except those who face higher cost of living pressures.

The Libs are easy to despise for many reasons but the self - righteousness of the NDP and their complete back - and - forth on the issues that I care about as a voter make me equally angry.

We should sue Cambridge Analytica to take back control of our data from the company, which compiled complex profiles of 50 million Americans and used them to target voters.

Another aspect of the Swedish elections: voters in Stockhold back an already - introduced measure that changes a fee to motorists entering the city.

An opinion poll on Sunday showed 47 per cent of likely voters saying they will back the treaty, 35 per cent saying they will vote No, and 18 per cent as undecided how to vote in the May 31 referendum.

Some 39 percent of Germans would back such a move, compared with 28 percent of Italians, 26 percent of French voters and 24 percent of Spaniards, according to the Ifop - Fiducial survey.