Sentences with phrase «on target seats»

While Labour managed to take control of Plymouth, the party failed to build a stronger hold in London, missing out on target seats such as Barnet, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon and Kensington.
However it looks like it's missed out on target seats and will score fewer Welsh votes than UKIP.
The two main parties look to be in a strong position to defend what they won in 2010 but seem less well placed to launch attacks on their target seats — hence the likelihood of a stalemate.

Not exact matches

The seats were sold in stores nationwide, including buybuyBaby and Target, as well as online on Amazon and other websites.
The Boston Globe suggested that «Target's data theft leaves CEOs everywhere on the hot seat
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes his seat after a break to continue to testify before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 10, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election.
In May, Target Chief Digital Officer Jason Goldberger was seated on a stage at Recode's inaugural Code Commerce event talking about his promotion that had been announced that day.
Lion boss Stuart Irvine, who was in Geelong on Monday morning to launch the nation's biggest brewer's new Little Creatures brewery, said his company's lightening purchase of a 10 per cent stake in takeover target WCB two months ago would deliver it a «seat at the table» and influence over the direction of the outcome.
48 ′ 0 — 2 Cristiano Ronaldo was on target again just after the half time to put the game to bed and put Real Madrid in driving seat going into the last week of the season.
With Juventus looking in the front seat for both players, and every other striker who has ever scored a goal it would seem (after missing out on last Summer's transfer targets and ending up with Bendtner can you blame them), Arsenal are under pressure to make a move quickly to stop missing out on the players they desire and leaving it up to another season of deadline day madness.
Dropping back into the bottom seat of English Premier League standings, Crystal Palace are keen on re-starting their survival mission by targeting all three points against Stoke City this weekend.
Feyenoord Rotterdam were determined in securing their third place seat in Dutch Eredivisie as they target all three points on their weekend trip to face Willem II.
Walmart, Target, and now Amazon have an exceptional toilet seat reducer for about $ 12 - $ 24, depending on the pattern.
Don't forget that you can also recycle your old car seat at Target and save 20 % on a new one through April 30.
Allow him to target practice; this is a great way to teach him how not to pee on the seat.
I used the Target one before my baby shower to help me register and now I'm going back to buy the things that are still on there... nail clippers, thermometer, baby tub soft liner, baby monitor (I'm getting one with two receivers so I can have one upstairs and one down) two car seats, a light stroller frame to hold them in, and a few more not - to - terribly exciting things like newborn diapers (work for up to eight pounds of baby) wipes, etc...
Republican analyst Vic Martucci said right now the Reed seat has a target on it, but that could change if it becomes clear Donald Trump is doing well in Upstate New York.
Depending on how many people Montana Dems are actually targeting, some recipients may see these ads non-stop between now and Thursday's special election to fill Ryan Zinke's House seat.
Yesterday, Cuomo took square aim at incumbent Republican Marcellino, who was not previously thought to be on the Democrats» top target list, but thanks largely to the controversial candidacy of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump, many more seats are now believed to be in play.
Republican Bob Cohen, who plans to run again for the seat his 2010 Democratic target, Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer, is giving up at the end of the year, has a healthy $ 210,221 on hand, according to his Jan. 15 financial filing.
Well done, Sunder, for not mentioning Labour's record on tax (up for the lower - paid, down for the rich), ID cards and 3,000 new crimes, increase in inequality, lost personal data, obsession with targets rather than actual service delivery — and in consequence the fact that in many marginal seats a couple of dozen Labour activists will be opposing a couple of hundred Tory volunteers...
Swing Left is targeting 64 House seats and has activated local, self - organized teams across the country to begin canvassing their respective swing districts — including knocking on doors to survey constituents» concerns, registering new voters at farmers markets and recruiting locals to build up volunteer capacity inside the targeted districts.
In 2010, though the Conservatives did not achieve the national vote share they wanted, the party's targeting strategy meant it won 23 more Labour seats and 9 more Liberal Democrat seats than it would have done on a uniform swing.
In his interesting analysis of the Scottish political scene (TP September), Robert Waller mistakenly states that «the Conservatives were actually third in some of the highest seats on their target list... such as Edinburgh... South West».
Drawing on his unique perspective as the man responsible for the party's target seats and polling, the 133 - page book gives Lord Ashcroft's view of the Conservatives» progress since their third defeat in 2005, the reasons for the party's failure to win an overall majority in 2010, and David Cameron's decision to form a coalition with -LSB-...]
Drawing on his unique perspective as the man responsible for the party's target seats and polling, the 133 - page book gives Lord Ashcroft's view of the Conservatives» progress since their third defeat in 2005, the reasons for the party's failure to win an overall majority in 2010, and David Cameron's decision to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.
Latimer, however, has an eight - to - one cash - on - hand advantage, and it seems unlikely that a seat that has been repeatedly targeted by Republicans over three decades would finally flip in a presidential year.
The Business Council of Australia, the lobby group representing the nation's largest companies, is now spending big on political campaigning and is targeting marginal seats.
Heavy on rhetoric but light on specifics, the statement from the party called for «targeted political action» to ensure the 124 MPs who voted against Lords reform last night do not keep their seats in the next election.
Vulnerable Tory and Liberal Democrat seats will be targeted by GPs at the next election in a bid to punish those who helped the NHS reforms on to the statute book.
The leadership's strategy is to register and canvas more voters in target seats, banking on increased turnout to flip new marginals that were long thought to be beyond Corbyn's reach.
The seat has been 83rd on the Tory target list.
Again, if the Conservatives were only a little way short (and the recent surge to the Lib Dems may so decimate Labour that the Tories do better in target seats than expected), they could try to mimic the final years of John Major's government, when the Conservative PM was forced to rely on the votes of Ulster Unionists.
The night began well for Cameron with a victory at Kingswood, 135th on the Conservative target list and regarded by many as a benchmark seat.
But they failed to gain other target seats such as Bolton North East, where a meagre 1.3 swing made little dent on Labour's majority.
So a relatively large and professional central and regional campaign team ensures direct mail, leaflets, staff and so on is all targeted on the marginal seats.
Key marginal seats, UK big names, Tory and Labour target constituencies - they're all here in our summary of the most exciting ones to watch on election night 2017
Currently, Ukip is likely to win another four seats; but this figure could well change, depending on whether local voters in their key target seats can be persuaded that Ukip has a real chance of victory locally.
It was hugely impressive that he came within 2,500 votes of winning the seat last May, with few local members on the ground and none of the benefits that were afforded to target seats.
Rep. Steve Pearce on Monday became the first Republican to join the race for governor of New Mexico, opening up the state's 2nd District seat, which Democrats were already planning to target in 2018.
The Party's focus on selecting early for target seats is already paying off in many places.
(On Monday we listed the 27 who are no longer seeking a Westminster seat, on Tueday we listed the 18 who have been selected to stand in Conservative held seats and yesterday we detailed the 27 who will be standing in target seatsOn Monday we listed the 27 who are no longer seeking a Westminster seat, on Tueday we listed the 18 who have been selected to stand in Conservative held seats and yesterday we detailed the 27 who will be standing in target seatson Tueday we listed the 18 who have been selected to stand in Conservative held seats and yesterday we detailed the 27 who will be standing in target seats.)
While a resurgent Sinn Fein is viewed as posing a significant threat to Labour on the left of the political spectum, the previous post relating to Sinn Fein target constituencies did not identify any constituency as being one where a Labour seat would be lost on the basis of a 2 %, or less, swing to Sinn Fein, whereas three Sinn Fein seats would be lost to Labour if there was a 2 %, or less, swing from Sinn Fein to Labour in the Cork East, Dublin Central and Sligo - North Leitrim constituencies.
If we are to not only win the next election, but ensure a sustained period of electoral success, then a more medium term strategy is also needed, in addition to the current focus on today's target seats.
The average majority is 5,741 votes, though it is worth noting that a) that is dragged up by majorities of more than 10,000 in three of the seats and b) as discussed previously, target seats are being selected on more complex analysis than simple majority size.
In all, a small swing to Labour (of 2 %, or less) from other parties could see further seat gains fall into the party's hands in a number constituencies (highlighted by the yellow shaded constituencies on the map), with a particular cluster of these target constituencies being located in the Munster region.
Scotland on Sunday reports that the Scottish Conservative Party is targeting eleven seats in the General Election, including that of the Chancellor, Alistair Darling:
[10][11] He was also a target of the strategy led by Lord Ashcroft to concentrate resources on key marginal seats which saw # 50,000 donated to the Conservative campaign to unseat him.
Spending on direct mailings and poster campaigns are being scaled back to focus resources on a string of local campaigns in key seats as well as targeting voters online.
Ortiz Jones is one of several Democrats running to take on Hurd, a former undercover CIA officer who narrowly won reelection to his Texas swing seat in 2016 and ranks as a top Democratic target for 2018.
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