The carbon tax stands; Carole James falls.There were, of course, many
other issues in the election, probably none larger than the economy.
Previous ruling party (socialist) lost election due to serious fiscal improprieties (lying to the public, misappropriations, aggravating financial state of the Hungarian state) and
some other issues in election law, election process etc..
Not exact matches
Some observers believe that the profusion of fake articles on Facebook helped sway the presidential
election in favor of Trump, although
others have argued that all this accomplished was to entrench the views that Trump voters already held about various
issues.
And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming
in fast and furious, starting with none
other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin
issued a note overnight
in which he says that «the equity market response to the
election result will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level of 2140.»
Zuckerberg is facing 44 senators
in a rare joint committee hearing to talk about how his company protects user data and deals with
elections meddling, among
other issues.
All of the major companies there — Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft — have increased lobbying and policy operations
in Washington since the 2016
election to deal with a Republican - controlled Congress and the Trump administration, whose policies tend to run counter to the tech industry's stances on immigration and
other issues.
There are no shortage of
issues that I hope will be the focus of debate
in this
election (urban sprawl, inner city schools, regional amalgamation, and
others that I plan to write about over the next six months), but the one
issue that may have the potential to create a major wave is the Katz Group «s desire to have the City of Edmonton to fund $ 400,000,000 for a new downtown arena.
Religion, abortion and
other hotbutton social
issues are only included
in the republican platform because there aren't enough rich people to win
elections on their own...
The battle between Driehaus and a group of progressive Catholic supporters on the one hand and religious conservatives on the
other is a reminder that abortion has become a key
issue in the midterm
elections in parts of the country, even as the economy and jobs remain voters» top concern.
As The Nation pointed out after the
election, «One out of every four Trump voters voted with the Supreme Court
in mind, and it's a safe bet that a very substantial number of those see the Supreme Court through the lens of abortion politics... If you can rally voters around abortion, few
other issues matter.»
PATS President John Moyer stated «With the recent
elections, the main goal of the «Hike To Harrisburg» event was to thank those legislators who have been PATS supporters and to enlighten the freshman legislators about our Society, as well as, our role
in concussion and sudden cardiac arrest management and
other recent health care
issues that we have supported.»
The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats
in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the
other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult
issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special
election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).
Whether it's on the length of the terms, the system of
election, the place of bishops
in the second chamber or a myriad of
other issues, the opposition will be able to offer the carrot of its support for a guillotine motion instantly ending the agony - if it gets its way.
What happens if that if one of the candidates successfully argues
in court that mistakes
in the count (or any
other irregularity or technical
issue) had an effect big enough to change the result of the
election, a new one is held.
The fact that there were around three times more male journalists shaping
election coverage than female ones demonstrates that the dearth of women is not just an
issue for political parties, but that national media outlets also need to consider why it is that national political journalism
in the UK continues to be a domain where men write about
other men.
He can't on the one hand acknowledge a vacancy to have occurred
in March that he uses as a defense to
issue a Special
Election in November because he must declare the Special
Election within 30 - 40 days of said acknoledgement, and then claim on the
other hand the vacancy occurs after July 1st which precludes him from calling the Special
in the first place.
In the recent blowup over the unverifiable allegation by a White House spokesman that GCHQ was spying on Trump before the election at the behest of the previous administration, the GCHQ issued a rare statement claiming that because of Five Eyes agreement (which dates to the 1970s) they do not participate in circumventing the laws of other participating nation
In the recent blowup over the unverifiable allegation by a White House spokesman that GCHQ was spying on Trump before the
election at the behest of the previous administration, the GCHQ
issued a rare statement claiming that because of Five Eyes agreement (which dates to the 1970s) they do not participate
in circumventing the laws of other participating nation
in circumventing the laws of
other participating nations.
Sunder, One of the problems with the internet debates, especially those around controversial or hotly contested
issues, is that the parties very often do not actually appear to engage with each
other at all - they merely stand on their own ground shouting to the world about their particular take on a point and fail to actually listen to what
others are saying... the classic examples of this is the «debate» about the promotion of women
in the European
elections and the «debate» about grammar schools - both on Conservative Home.
Because of the
issues raised by David Davis
in the by -
election, many parties
other than the Conservatives, such as Labour, Liberal Democrats, United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) and British National Party (BNP) chose not to stand.
The short legislative session
in election years is ostensibly about making budget adjustments, but lawmakers find plenty of time to debate many
other issues — some that have a fiscal impact and
others that don't.
Those numbers don't include the ripple effect as people forward it on to colleagues and
others, and they're also destined to go up as the promotional campaign chugs along (press release hits the wires tomorrow, for instance, and the ebook should have a mention
in the next
issue of Campaigns &
Elections magazine).
Given that the economy eclipses every
other issue in every
issue tracker you care to name, the 2015
election message will surely be that a vote for Miliband would be a return to the «bad old days of spend, spend, spend».
On Oct. 28, Grimm and Recchia faced each
other in their final debate before
Election Day, fighting over
issues such as immigration, the minimum wage and transportation.
Despite their agreement on the need for voting and
election reforms, there is no indication,
other than a few vague comments, that the two will coordinate their efforts to push the
issue in Albany.
The group will
issue a mid-day situational report on day of voting capturing opening of the polls, voting and conduct of EC officials and all
other stakeholders
in the
elections.
Divisiveness doesn't come about
in politics just around
election season — year round, there are topics that produce deeply divided opinions around the environment, immigration, health care, finance, women's rights, education, and many
other issues.
On the
other hand, our poll suggests Ukip's emphasis on the broader
issue of immigration will help it to remain a thorn
in the side of the main parties as they gear up for May's
election.
«Beyond the legal and regulatory
issues implicated by your office's memorandum being improperly leaked to the press, your memorandum reflects either a shocking lack of understanding or a complete disregard of the most fundamental aspects of the state's
election laws,» lawyer Laurence Laufer, who represents several
other parties named
in the memo, wrote.
The crucial when and how details on the renegotiations — and the referendum is dependent on the Conservatives being
in power after the next general
election − will not begin for some time and he can focus on the economy, the Maghreb terrorist threat, gay marriage and
other issues requiring his attention.
Mr. Rawlings and Mr. Amidu who are considered members of the opposition NDC have on several occasions criticised the party for corruption and
other issues they believe contributed to the party's defeat
in the 2016 general
elections.
Even before this
issue could be dealt with, there were
other video footages from Ada East, a District
in the Greater Accra Regional, of Invisible Forces invading a room where Assembly Members were gathered to elect a DCE nominee of the president, hijacked the ballot box, held everyone hostage, stuffed the ballots and declared the president's nominee winner of the
elections, while beating those they could
in the full glare of the Ghana Police Service men.
It also did not act on concerns raised by the state Board of
Elections about more than $ 200,000
in checks
issued from campaign funds to the staff members, campaign treasurer and
other individuals, according to Maziarz.
Lawmakers have not ruled out returning, though sometimes
in the fall, perhaps after the November
elections to discuss those
issues and perhaps
other topics.
As the holder of such a sensitive office that had all the information about security and
other sundry
issues at his disposal, Dasuki opined that security agencies
in the country particularly the military had their hands full presently and were focused on routing the Boko Haram terrorists menace, whose success will also benefit the
elections as internally displaced persons would be able to go back to their communities and vote.
«This was not an easy decision given magnitude of
issues faced by our community, but I believe we are best served supporting
other progressive leaders
in this
election both at home and across New York,» Miner wrote on Twitter.
«This was not an easy decision given magnitude of
issues faced by our community, but I believe we are best served supporting
other progressive leaders
in this
election both at home and across New York.»
The much - anticipated interview had long begun when I started firing my questions on governance
in the country, the 2016
elections, his role
in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and many
other issues.
In an exclusive interview with INECNEWS, he speaks extensively on Edo
elections and
other critical
issues.
Howie Hawkins, Green Party candidate said, «Two
issues in our campaign are, one is public campaign financing so that our
elections aren't dominated by billionaires and I think the
other is renewable energy.»
«A second chamber
election, for example, would have been a gamechanger
in terms of the deficit and a host of
other issues,»
Mr. McGreevy said that
in an
election like the one for county Legislature, which covered three towns, or a Congressional
election involving all five East End towns, a group like Mr. Seabrook's can be valuable,
in that people from one town would be more familiar with
issues in other towns.
Walker also would end the ability of individual donors to give unlimited sums to recall
election targets — so long as recalls were restricted to situations involving «misconduct
in office or some
other ethical
issue.»
There will have been Tory remainers who could have defected
in areas like Stoke Bishop, but I suspect the Brexit effect here was quite small, and the
election turned on some
other issues where Labour activated their potential vote.
Ondo State Governor - Elect, who contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu,
in this interview with PETER DADA, speaks on the November 26 governorship
election in the state among
other issues
It was also learnt that the November 18 governorship poll
in Anambra State, and the 2019 general
elections, are
other major
issues that were discussed at the meeting.
Other issues according to the source include, leadership crises at the National level and the Ondo
election that saw the emergence of former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, as the party's candidate
in the upcoming governorship
election in the state.
Humphreys pointed out that back
in 2002 the Commission ruled that
issues of national importance should be considered separately from
other elections; Ms Watson said that «evidence» had since persuaded the Commission to change its mind.
Osinbajo congratulated Gnassingbe on his
election as the Chairman of ECOWAS and assured him that Nigeria was fully engaged and concerned about regional
issues and would continue to explore resolutions
in partnership with
other member - states.
I suspect that they will win some of the Labour seats on their target list (and I listed the top 50
in that blog post last summer), but I'm not convinced that there will be that many: their position on Iraq marked them out from the
other two parties at the last
election, leading them to the high water mark they reached - but Iraq will not be an
issue next year and it is hard to see which message they could put out which would resonate with voters
in the same way.
«There is a debate going on, but we're
in a situation now where we will see
in the council
elections there could be a real danger to Labour because
in parts of the country Labour voters have been disillusioned by some of our views, not just on the EU but on
other issues and they've been moving away from us.»