Sentences with phrase «other activist voters»

But if the loudest and most active (read: white upper - middle - class suburban) parents think standardized tests are just an annual annoyance, if these parents and other activist voters choose to disbelieve the results in the fact - free era of modern political discourse, then accountability will be diluted down to the posting of test results and the annual finger wagging of the local news media.

Not exact matches

And just as the campaign would use new media tools to encourage voter turnout and other action in the real world, they built their list of online activists in part at physical events:

Liberal activists who have been critical of Cuomo on education and other issues think an insurgent with greater name recognition could provide a stronger challenge, even though polls say Cuomo is still popular among Democratic voters statewide.

With the combination of cutting - edge digital technology and a large audience of highly - engaged activists, StandUnited is poised to redefine how the petition process can empower citizens, voters, taxpayers, small businesses and other like - minded activists to speak with a unified voice.

It is so refreshing to back a candidate who is more an activist than a politician, who believes in something other than their own self - interest, and who, like Bernie, will certainly mobilize thousands of enthusiastic voters to rally behind his candidacy,» NYPAN Co-Chairman George Albro said in a statement.

Sanders reflected on his immigrant heritage, and both candidates cited spots in the other's record that are out of step with Latino voters and immigration rights activists.

I mentioned Alesi's local troubles to a national LGBT activist yesterday, who more or less shrugged that off, telling me his organization is a one - issue outfit and has championed «yes» voters from other states regardless of their baggage.

Collectively, this group — it includes current Labour and Tory voters as well as the undecided — is the Lib Dem «market» (another Coetzee label that can leave the party's more organic activists wincing), and it responds especially well to party lines, of which you can expect to hear much more («Labour wasted their opportunity and ruined the economy», «You can't count on the Tories to care about others»), including the need for the next government to be balanced and sensible.

«It is so refreshing to back a candidate who is an activist and not a politician, who believes in something other than their own self - interest, and who, like Bernie, will certainly mobilize thousands of enthusiastic voters to rally behind her historic candidacy.»

It would be simplistic to label this as a town v country issue, but Tory activists in the countryside are likely go one way and urban floating voters the other.

Gulluscio was recognized by several other voters during his breakfast in the community he has served for more than 30 years in roles that include schoolteacher, activist, district leader and aide to state Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. (D - Howard Beach) when he was a city councilman.

«As we read today's Quinnipiac poll, more upstate New Yorkers support hydraulic fracturing; others will point to the overall numbers that are heavily skewed by New York City voters who enjoy the benefits of cheap natural gas but have bought into the fear tactics by so - called activists,» said the trade group's executive director, Karen Moreau.

It would be so much easier if there were some automated process with email addresses and also telephone numbers for the voters to contact their respective representatives in their states instantaneously, like some of the other animal activist sites do.

At a recent fund - raiser at the waterfront offices of Sungevity, an Oakland, Calif., solar company, hedge fund managers and other well - heeled investors sipped cocktails and mingled with inner - city activists in the hope of raising $ 1.9 million for a turn - out - the - vote campaign that will is aimed at nine counties with large populations of African - American, Asian and Latino voters.

The Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund, League of Conservation Voters, Center for Biological Diversity, National Wildlife Federation, World Wildlife Fund, and other environmental activist organizations serve as the face of the movement and provide cover for where the secretive foundations direct their resources.»