Sentences with phrase «old party supporters»

Not exact matches

It is unlikely that old Labour supporters will vote for a party that advocates introducing charges to the NHS, reducing workers» rights and allowing bankers unlimited bonuses.

Labour have continued to win seats in their core constituencies because the majority of their old supporters refuse to vote for other parties but those are slowly dying off.

The Grand Old Party did have one marquee victory, however, in the re-election of Staten Island's Congressman Michael Grimm, who managed to grab a number of Mr. Obama's supporters as he faced off against Democrat Mark Murphy.

James» kickoff demonstrated the momentum behind her bid to replace Eric Schneiderman — supporters from several unions, old colleagues from the City Council and kind words from party leaders — and a pretty cogent demonstration that she and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are on the same page.

And there is certainly a danger that in the enthusiasm of mass recruitment Corbyn's supporters try to win using the classic, old left rhetoric that parties like Podemos and Syriza represent a break from».

Lord Ashcroft found that former Tory UKIP supporters would return to the fold if their old party can show they have implemented policies that benefit them and keep their promises.

Liberal Democrat insiders point to the fact that Kennedy and his supporters emerged from the SDP, the old Social Democratic breakaway party, but that in seeking to «break the mould» of British politics and merging with the Liberal to become the Liberal Democrats in the 1980s, never in their wildest dreams expected to end up supporting a minority Conservative Government intent on the most swingeing cuts in public spending since the Second World War.

As Stringer was partying in Chelsea, for instance, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was wooing her LGBT supporters at the old Boom Boom Room atop the Standard Hotel, along with Project Runway's Tim Gunn, Bravo television exec Andy Cohen and designer Isaac Mizrahi, the Wall Street Journal reported at the time.

He has an independent power base in the party (something which Johnson had never really cultivated), and his supporters occupy roles which are important in themselves - including John Healey at Health, and of course Yvette Cooper, now in Balls» old job shadowing the home office.

There are old Labour supporters who see Ukip nibbling into the party's working - class base in the north of England and urge tougher positions in response.

The ConservativeHome blog speculates that the Tories could win an outright majority with just 37 % of the vote because the party is expected to do better in marginal seats and its supporters tend to be older people who are more likely to vote than the younger generation «who have flocked to Nick Clegg».

You say quite rightly that UKIP has drawn supporters from all parties, and those people would not necessarily revert to their old voting habits if UKIP ceased to exist.

Elsewhere, Dan Hodges takes the pulse of the post-election Labour Party and detects an uneasy peace as supporters of David Miliband and Ed Balls return to their old briefing habits.

Faced with that demoralizing prospect, some Sanders supporters are recycling failed old strategies in an attempt to salvage Sanders» «political revolution» without opposing the Democratic Party.

The old three - way electoral college was replaced with a new «one - person - one - vote» system in which leadership candidates are elected not just by party members, but also by registered and affiliated supporters.

«Now I am a two - day old member of the New Patriotic Party,» he declared to loud cheers from the thousands of supporters gathered at the Accra International Trade Fair Centre.