Sentences with phrase «other than the voter»

Our country's founders were worried about officials or government institutions becoming dependent on special interests or big money — basically, dependence on anything or anyone other than the voters on which officials and public institutions are «properly» dependent.

Not exact matches

The Times reported that «in one early test, more than half the Oklahoma voters whom Cambridge had identified as Cruz supporters actually favored other candidates.»

Rather than assuming that all women or African Americans or working - class whites will respond to the same message, they target individual voters with emotionally charged content — in other words, ads designed to tug on emotional biases.

That's all to the good; I don't think it's an accident that the first wide - open Best Picture race in decades coincides with the fact that a quarter of voting members have joined since 2014, and that a far lower percentage of them are straight, white male American elders than is the case with the other 75 percent of voters.

Other rural constituencies that have a notable lower than average population of voters include Peace River with 20,464, Lac La Biche - St.

No doubt the president's advisers are cautioning him to hold his tongue — if for no other reason than to avoid further alienating Hispanic voters on the U.S. mainland.

OTHER THAN B L A C K voters put Obama in office.So next time you confuse «RACE» with «RACIAL» Think about who you vote for.

Additionally, 19 % of voters identified they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who had strong religious beliefs other than their own.

Perhaps more than any other candidates, Perry and Bachman have staked their campaigns on winning social conservative voters.

Despite being almost a quarter - century younger than Trump, Cruz consistently lost young voters (and every other age group) to the older man.

Despite a slogan («Make America Great Again») that targeted oldster nostalgia and irritated young nonwhites whose ancestors were either in some other country or barred from voting in this one when America was allegedly great — and despite his stranger - than - fiction gaffes and scandals, Trump did almost exactly as well as Romney had among young voters.

Everywhere, in every test, the voters overwhelmingly rejected the doctrine that individuals are answerable to no one other than themselves in the matter of abortion.

Trump and Clinton proved a contentious pair from the start — more evangelical voters planned their pick out of distaste for the other candidate than out of enthusiastic support for their choice, according to the Pew Research Center.

Well he doesn't have to «do» anything other than be a few shades darker than the average Alabama voter to be considered a muslim.

«For example, the gap among voting blocs that gave a B or better to the Republicans versus the Democrats was greater among white evangelicals than all other religious groups and all voters, as reported in these data,» he wrote.

NC voters your anti-gay amendment will go farther than any other bigot law has gone, making even civil unions and domestic partnerships illegal.

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center survey, 63 percent of white evangelicals, 63 percent of Republican - leaning voters, and half of all Americans over 65 believe that Islam encourages violence more than other faiths.

First, while Trump has in some states carried a plurality of evangelical voters, the same data reveals that, on average, 64 % of evangelicals in all southern states voted for someone other than Trump.

Though younger voters skew progressive on other social issues they continue to side with life; by some measures, more so than their parents.

We are a democracy, so just like many laws are based on Christian ideals (regardless of what other citizens believe other than Xtianity) laws in the future could be based on Islamic ideas - all it takes is enough voters becoming muslim.

I was dismayed simply because voters were changing their votes because of factors other than what happened on the field that week.

Will enough voters stand by Wentz despite playing three fewer games than any other candidate?

I'm not too familiar with specific MPs in other countries, but if you look at US, the only Muslim congressperson (Ellison) is far less religious and far more socially liberal than an average observant Muslim voter would be.

The most worrying long - term trend in politics, more than any other single issue, has been voter apathy in Britain.

«Senate Democrats are desperate to get voters to pay attention to something other than the breathtaking corruption and criminal activity that exists within their own conference, after the State Inspector General turned over the findings of his cash for casinos investigation to the U.S. Attorney's Office so Democrats could be prosecuted for wrongdoing.,» said Reif.

«After his lopsided victory in the Republican primary, Paladino is now better known by New York voters — but not necessarily better liked, other than by Republican and conservative voters,» said Siena pollster Steve Greenberg.

But there are historical examples that used weighted voting at points in time - that is, countries where some voters» votes were more equal than others».

What is clear is that even as a majority of all voters are still getting to know the Republican candidates, 36 percent of suburban voters would still prefer someone other than Kirsten Gillibrand.»

(Cahill, it should be noted, is garnering more support among GOP voters than any other of the party's statewide contenders).

Especially given the complexities inherent in the world today (and therefore the depth of detail, legal obscurities, and the like represented in actual legislation), the ordinary voter in a democracy may find his or her time better spent on other activities than doing enough research in order to form an opinion on each potential piece of legislation.

The priority should be to target swing voters rather than planning alliances with other parties.

This means there was all across the UK more voters who chose a particular party than voters who chose any other opposition party.

This means there was all across UK more voters who choose a particular party than voters who choose any other opposition party.

To give you an idea of just how unhappy lawmakers are with the governor's habit — like other governors before him — of stuffing non-budget policy items into the budget, Deputy Senate Minority Leader John DeFrancisco has suggested the Legislature move a constitutional amendment that would go before voters to outlaw anything other than spending from being put into the annual spending plan.

«For most offices, New York State's contribution «limits» are substantially higher than those of any other state that imposes limits, and they are so high as to ensure that large donors dominate major political campaigns and candidates spend as much time as possible raising money from donors rather than talking with voters about issues,» Cuomo said in the written version of the SoS.

Who shamelessly tried to abuse the electoral system by encouraging voters to support someone other than their preferred candidate?

Mr Mac Manu said the party will not accept anything other than a fresh voter roll as the five - member panel confirmed, in its report, that the current register was bloated.

Recall that in the last election cycle, Cuomo created the Women's Equality Party — or WEP — a move widely seen in part as an effort to confuse voters — after all, E comes right before F in the alphabet — and get back at the WFP for daring to even consider backing a candidate other than Cuomo... more on this in a moment.

DVRs also illustrate a larger theme of this series: technology gives voters power at other times than just election day.

«More than 30 percent of potential voters this year were either not old enough to vote in 2008, or resided somewhere other than New Hampshire,» according to the University of New Hampshire's Carsey School of Public Policy.

New York should catch up by enacting early voting so voters can vote on days other than Election Day, and put the funding in the budget to ensure it is effectively implemented,» said Alex Camarda, Senior Policy Advisor of Reinvent Albany.

If the economy is key, Tories have managed to convince voters that they will give it far more attention than the other parties.

The Democrats» short - lived stint in power was chaotic and dysfunctional, and the death of the marriage vote caused advocates to change their tactics, focusing on ousting «no» voters regardless of their party affiliation rather than putting all their hopes in one conference or the other.

He quotes the BBC's political research editor, David Cowling, on the subject of working class voters voting for parties other than Labour:

Stuart Wilks - Heeg, «A tale of two electorates: why some voters are more equal than others», Democratic Audit General Election Briefing No. 2, 5 May 2010.

When compared with the previous tally (from June 2012) the new tally shows that the two minor parties tallied by the state grew at a faster rate than any other type of voters.

For once it appears that California voters will choose their representatives rather than the other way around.

Around 35 % of voters backed parties other than Labour and the Conservatives — the highest such share since 1918.

The data shows that whereas only 1 % of self - identified Democrats voted for a presidential candidate other than President Obama and Mitt Romney, and only 1 % of self - identified Republicans voted for a presidential candidate other than Obama and Romney, 5 % of the self - identified independent voters voted for another presidential candidate.

Given that the average income of UKIP voters is lower than that of supporters of the other main parties, and that households with incomes of # 30,000 a year or more are amongst those least likely to vote UKIP, the emphasis on tax cuts for middle and higher earners seems like an odd strategy.