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 seats
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 seats
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 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.