Sentences with phrase «of voters with»

«Parents can be a powerful constituency of voters with influence over elected officials.

Against a background of high unemployment, a low proportion of voters with children in public schools, and a desegregation order unpopular with many residents, the Columbus, Ohio, schools last week won their first tax increase in 13 years.

Conventional wisdom says Rachel Weisz has charmed a lot of voters with her work on behalf of «The Constant Gardener,» in which she is indeed very good.

While BAFTA shares a small overlap of its voters with the motion picture academy, its effect on Oscar voting is thought to be minimal.

It wasn't just a cynical ploy, but an embrace of voters with different motivations for voting, shorn of the critical language with which so many still describe Conservatives.

Because of the importance of the election and the familiarity of voters with the candidates, polls tend to measure actual voter preferences throughout the campaign.

They were handed millions of voters with new found loyalty.

She said that margin between the two leading parties was more than the number of voters with PVCs in the affected polling units and that INEC erred by not declaring the late Audu as the winner of the election.

Anderson countered that third - party groups ensure timely delivery of absentee ballots as elections near and protect the rights of voters with disabilities.

The purging of voters with Hispanic surnames in Sunset Park, East New York, and parts of Bushwick and Williamsburg suggested «a targeted pattern of voter suppression,» Velázquez wrote to U. S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Are we to believe that hordes of voters with a conservative outlook have defected to the LIB / Dims - I don't think so.

Dan talks about giving equal right to access the ballot for the roughly 20 % of the voters with no party preference.

The poll, which was conducted by Public Policy Polling, has each candidate garnering support of 43 % of the voters with 14 % of voters undecided.

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

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.

Regardless of ancestry or outward appearance, he is «Black» because it gets him the benefits of that particular block of voters with a simple word.

As Cambridge Analytica's actions revealed, those groups will use data for startling purposes — such as targeting very specific groups of voters with highly customized messages — even if it means violating the policies and professed intentions of one of the most powerful corporations on the planet.

WASHINGTON — The political action committee founded by John R. Bolton, President Trump's incoming national security adviser, was one of the earliest customers of Cambridge Analytica, which it hired specifically to develop psychological profiles of voters with data harvested from tens of millions of Facebook profiles, according to former Cambridge employees and company documents.

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.

Not exact matches

The so - called kids» table is for the lower polling candidates, those with support from less than 3 percent of likely Republican voters.

Whichever way voters go as polls close in the California's Democratic primary, some employees of tech companies in the Bay Area have already cast their votes with their dollars, reports The Hill.

Washington voters passed legalization measure Initiative 502 with a margin of nearly 10 points.

At least part of the reason why Trump was seen as a joke — even after it was obvious that he had a broad level of support — is that most mainstream media outlets underestimated his appeal with U.S. voters.

But with the Republican bill in need of major surgery, the politics for the president are straightforward: Going after the industry, one of the country's least popular, would fulfill a promise he made to cash - strapped voters; it would allow him to highlight the unsavory deal the Obama administration cut with the sector to buy its neutrality during the original consideration of the law; and it would generate tens of billions of dollars Republicans could use to preserve some coverage for the estimated 24 million who'd lose it under their initial proposal.

«With no prior notice to Congress, the Justice Department has trampled on the will of the voters in CO and other states,» Gardner said in a tweet on Thursday.

Leaders and voters are fed up with Greece, but they can't drive it into Vladimir Putin's embrace out of spite

By contrast, Cuban acknowledged the appeal of Bernie Sanders to younger voters, and indicated to Cosby he would like to have a sit - down with him.

With a polarized electorate, both parties believe they benefit more by turning out core supporters than from courting a shrinking group of swing voters.

Moves to extend trading hours on weekdays and on Sundays could be a hit with voters, according to a recent survey conducted for the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of WA, with 59 per cent of shoppers keen for longer weekday trade.

«I am here to support him, to guarantee the solidity of the coalition and keep our commitments with the voters,» he said.

It is filled with large spending measures, many of them previously announced, designed to entice voters to elect an unpopular government for another term in June.

Canadian politicians know there are points to be scored with voters by threatening trade wars, but things could quickly spiral out of control

And polls with a high percentage of potential voters who are undecided can lead to more uncertainty.

A Monmouth University survey released on Wednesday — conducted by telephone, and with a plus - or - minus 3.5 % margin of error — found that 51 % of registered voters said they would vote for or lean toward a Democratic candidate if the 2018 elections were held today, compared to just 36 % who said they would vote or lean Republican.

With it, the state could pay for most of a $ 25 million bond for affordable housing that voters may be asked to approve this fall.

Even if the 40 percent of voters that supported former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi still stick with his center - left party, chances are that the next Italian parliament will be even more divided, making implementation of much needed reforms increasingly difficult.

Apple starts off the week with a product unveiling event that could reveal a new, smaller iPhone and, later on Monday, voters will be able to watch all of the remaining presidential candidates on one CNN special.

Paul's support is even stronger among the youngest voters — the latest Granite State poll found Paul in first among New Hampshire primary voters under 35, with 32 %, and whopping 56 % of those voters said they had a favorable view of Paul.

The poll also said 49 percent of voters believe Democrats should win control of the Senate, compared with 39 percent who want the GOP to maintain a majority.

Stronach was confident enough to let his belly sag over the waistband of his jeans, believing his smooth, doughy chest would sway voters to entrust him with Austria's future.

Blank, Harder, and Lanz typify the Movement that Paul has galvanized with new and independent voters who think that the federal government is too big and that the U.S. should stay out of conflicts overseas.

Fifty - four percent of self - identified liberals sided with Sanders, while the smaller group of self - identified moderate Democratic primary voters cast their ballots for Clinton.

In recent years, the statuette has gone home with lesser - seen movies, often from off the mainstream radar — offbeat or «prestige» titles that captured the imagination of Academy voters if not the American public — to the near - total exclusion of big budget Hollywood blockbusters.

With voter anger boiling over ahead of the 2016 election, Former president Bill Clinton explained the advice he gave his wife.

It turns out that Eich contributed $ 1,000 to California's controversial Proposition 8, an anti-same-sex marriage bill that passed with broad voter support in 2008, and which became the basis for one of the gay marriage cases argued before the Supreme Court in 2013.

Sure, there's plenty of time for voter's remorse after the fact, but if folks don't like you to begin with, there's not going to be an «after the fact.»

And his message of hope and change resonated with voters.

DiCeglie said that, when the effort for 2016 first started in January of the previous year, the GOP was down by roughly 6,000 voter registrations in comparison with the Democrats.

Small - business owners, with their strong voting records and firm intentions of hitting the polls in November, represent an untapped but potentially game - changing force in this presidential race, particularly if overall voter turnout comes in low.

Delegate - rich Florida, the third - largest prize on the map and the biggest treasure trove of all the battlegrounds, saw a massive increase in voter turnout for the 2016 election in comparison with 2012.