Sentences with phrase «other subsequent elections»

Players will begin by seeking election as Class President, and will parlay that into other subsequent elections, with the hopes of eventually being elected as Supreme Earth Cat.

Not exact matches

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Sadly, and for reasons other blogs on this excellent site make clear, Labour is in no positon to take advantage of the situation and the Tories would win a subsequent election.

If the other parties think that UKIP will simply fade away, however, like a by - election victor at the subsequent general election, they are likely to be in for a surprise.

Recall that the Party had on several occasions distanced itself from the now notorious twitter handle, «@APCNigeria» following unauthorized tweets and subsequent false reports credited to the Party on the outcome of the Benue South Senatorial rerun election (February 21, 2016) and an «Assessment Poll» on President Muhammadu Buhari Administration (May 31, 2017), among others.

Rather than waiting to combine them with the next round of local council elections, and despite the fact that the government had committed to holding subsequent PCC elections alongside other elections, the 2012 PCC elections were held as stand - alone elections in November, outside the normal electoral cycle.

The Bill, among other things: - provided that the next general election shall take place on 7 May 2009 and that Parliament will accordingly be dissolved on 7 April 2009 (cl 1 (1) and 2 (1)-RRB-; and - provided that each subsequent election will take place on the first Thursday in May in the fourth year after the previous general election (cl 1 (2)-RRB-.