Sentences with phrase «other voter concerns»

«If the question of impeachment dominates the news this fall, like so many other voter concerns, it breaks along partisan lines,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

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On the other hand, voters concerned about climate change remain concerned about reliance on natural gas because natural gas (methane) is itself a potent greenhouse gas.

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.

The Bradley effect (less commonly the Wilder effect) is a theory concerning observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some United States government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.

«The League of Women Voters, Common Cause, NYPIRG and a host of other concerned organizations have repeatedly called upon the Senate Republicans to join us in our call for a unified, early primary election date.

Kavanagh joined City Councilmember Rory Lancman, Congressmember Hakeem Jeffries, Jarret Berg of the New York Democratic Lawyers Council, and other public officials and organizations concerned about voting rights, to call upon New Yorkers, especially attorneys, to help ensure that all eligible voters can cast their ballots without the kind of intimidation and voter suppression activities that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has been inciting in recent days.

One would be the state law concerning voter registration, and the other, federal immigration law (a non-citizen claiming to be a citizen).

After the forum, hosted by Union Settlement Association and several other groups, we spoke with Errol concerning the many candidate forums and whether they are productive for candidates and for voters.

That has top Republican operatives in California and Washington, D.C., concerned that Donnelly's controversial comments and ties to the California Minutemen, a group that fights illegal immigration on the border, could mobilize Hispanic and other Democratic - base voters who otherwise might fall off in this midterm year.

Other Labour figures are concerned that Mr Miliband has failed to develop a clear strategy for responding to Ukip and its voters» concerns over immigration and Europe.

A source in one campaign team said there was particular concern that the party had only managed to identify the social media profiles of 45,000 people, meaning verification is largely reliant on MPs and local parties checking to see if they recognise any of the names on the voter list as prominent supporters of other parties.

Working - class voters are most concerned with immigration, and they are more likely than other groups to vote for UKIP.

While concerns have been expressed by Mayor Stephanie Miner and other city residents about a potential merger with the county, by and large the Syracuse voters and suburban voters polled provided similar answers to most of the questions.

Representing a middle ground between the exclusion of independent voters in a closed primary and the free - for - all of open primaries, the semi-closed primary eliminates concerns about voters registered in other parties from «raiding» another party's nominating contest.

There other failures at play — arrogance, hypocrisy, and harassment, mostly — that should concern all voters, even the ones who don't worry that their husband is flirting with young women online.

One question among many, in front of an audience with many other concerns, the candidates touched on it briefly and moved on, driven by the need to talk about other things and connect on other issues interesting voters.

It is the duty of the Conservatives to ensure that voters feel their concerns about European integration, immigration and crime are being heard by the mainstream - as well as highlighting other Conservative themes of free trade, concern for the environment and international justice.

Other cabinet ministers, including James Purnell - who is pushing for a swift review of party funding to clean up another area of concern to voters - Harriet Harman and Hilary Benn are also backing a debate on constitutional and electoral reforms.

Ed had been able to get across the worry a lot of Core labour voters have about immigration concerning work, and not be shouted down as a racist by the likes of Diane Abbott, the way other labour supporters like lord Glasman or rod Liddle have in the past, when as Liddle pointed out lately, it's the rich bosses employing Eastern European workers that have financially benefitted, not the working class, and the mess Cameron has made over Junkter, is nothing to the failure of Ed, to score over Andy Coulson scandal,

My colleague Richard Adams points out that there is some alarm — mostly from Ukip voters, as far as we can see, though do let me know if this concern has spread to other parties» supporters — that voters are being asked to mark their ballot papers with a pencil.

And it's Sunshine Week in Albany, a time when good government advocates, reporters and concerned voters celebrate the state laws requiring disclosure of salaries, contracts, schedules, reports and other official paperwork.

«We invite all Greens and others concerned with creating a just and sustainable future to rally to our ballot access efforts so we can offer Georgia voters a meaningful way to cast their ballot this November.»

«The administration of the voter rolls in Brooklyn is of major concern to our office and is a key focus of our investigation,» state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said, whose office is also looking at other parts of the state that had voting problems.

I, on the other hand, think it was a first step in telling alienated voters that at last Labour recognised that they too had concerns to be addressed.

In an online survey of 500 registered Massachusetts voters conducted by YouGov America under the direction of the UMass Poll from May 30 to June 4, Boston - area residents expressed an overall concern about a terrorist attack at a rate higher than those in the rest of the state, with 61 percent of Bostonians stating that they were «very concerned» or «somewhat concerned» of an attack, compared to 53 percent of other Bay State residents.

But I think one of the things that scientists and other people concerned about science education in the country need to do is make it clear to publishers that as citizens and voters, wherever they live, whatever state or town that they live [in], they will make sure that their elected officials know that textbook X, Y or Z is not to be used in this district because of its bad science.

«On 8 June, parents, teachers and other concerned voters must consider what is most needed for schools — and which party best fits that aspiration.

Certainly, the interests of teachers in ensuring adequate educational investment are far stronger than they are for most voters, who don't have children in the school system and may be more concerned about holding down taxes than investing in the education of other people's kids.

The problem stems from parents» concern that their own children might be denied promotion or graduation based on a test score; from voters» confusion when their own upscale suburban schools are deemed to be failing by state or federal accountability systems even though most of the graduates do just fine; and from frustration when parents — often prompted by teachers — conclude that the basic - skills testing regime yields too much «drill and kill,» too little flexibility, and insufficient attention to art, music, and other creative disciplines.

Reformers must concretely connect the nation's education crisis to the other local issues that are of concern to voters.

The Humane Society of the United States is joining forces with Missouri's Food for America and other family farmers and concerned citizens in urging Missouri voters to oppose Constitutional Amendment 1, misleadingly named the «Right to Farm» measure.

The Sierra Club, Washington Conservation Voters and Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee separately opposed the measure due to budgetary and other concerns.

Voters simply have too many other pressing concerns, from health care, to energy prices, to the war in Iraq.

On the other, you acknowledge that, despite a great deal of press attention, «global warming» still ranks at the very bottom of voters» concerns.

A new poll of likely Colorado voters reveals that they are more concerned about tax fairness than a variety of other major issues currently being debated in the U.S. Senate race between U.S. Senator Mark Udall and U.S. Representative Cory Gardner.