Sentences with phrase «own election chances»

Instead it focuses on Russia's actions, via cyber operations and propaganda, to try to help Trump's election chances and hurt Hillary Clinton's.

Expanding on its allegations, WSJ said on Tuesday that hundreds of millions worth of unreported political spending flowed from public sources or programs intended for other purposes, including at least $ 140 million that was spent on charity projects to boost the party's election chances.

Giuliani said on «Fox & Friends» Thursday morning that Cohen attempted to make the Daniels controversy «go away» with the payment — a suggestion that the agreement was intended to help Trump's election chances.

The tone of Geithner's message was that the U.S. has woken up to the huge threat the EU debt crisis poses for the American economy, and, of course, President Obama's election chances.

Just how angry today's undergraduates are about the new fee level may be a core determinant of Clegg's personal election chances.

Ken Livingstone's election chances have received a potential boost thanks to his cosy relationship with Green candidate Jenny Jones.

And can Gordon Brown revive Labour's election chances?

The only people who are wrong here are Sampson and whoever thinks giving people basic rights hurts the Senate Democrats» election chances upstate... farmers are a tiny fraction of the electorate

The sooner Cuomo figures out that embracing Schneiderman is not only the right thing to do as a LEADER, but also for his election chances, the better.

And hammer yet another nail into the coffin of Labour's 2020 election chances too.

Former Shadow Chancellor Chris Leslie, who asked if the leader «had any comprehension» of what they meant for Labour's election chances.

But a different leader could at the very least have limited the damage done by the SNP to Labour's general election chances.

Len McCluskey has insisted he is «optimistic» about Labour's election chances - less than 24 hours after it emerged he believed losing 30 MPs would be a good result for the party.

Meanehile, Shadow Treasury Secretary Rebecca Long - Bailey denied that Mr McCluskey had written off Labour's election chances.

Mr. Henry said Mr. Sanders has changed the terms of political debate for the better, but urged Democrats to vote for Ms. Clinton because he believes she would get more done than her primary opponent would and that he's afraid Mr. Sanders hurts Ms. Clinton's general election chances.

BUT the main purpose of UKIP has been told us many times; it is to wreck the Conservative Party's election chances.

She argued that Mandelson «knew perfectly well how useless Brown was», so, by sustaining him as Labour leader, he had fatally undermined the party's general election chances.

Lane plans to sign a petition, expected to begin circulating in South Dakota this week, which will give voters in the 2010 election the chance to overturn a state ban on embryonic stem cell research.

President Jagdeo could have said the same thing, how will his election chances look if the $ 250 million does not get delivered soon?

Not exact matches

By the time the 2010 elections rolled around, House control was regained by Republicans, effectively killing any chance of passing the bill.

With the midterm elections in view for jittery lawmakers, chances for a breakthrough on an immigration overhaul, a rewrite of the tax code, or a major jobs package have all but vanished.

In the absence of any official statement, pundits contemplated a range of theories on the Potash rejection — that Ottawa regarded potash (a crucial fertilizer ingredient) as a strategic asset, that it had adopted a sudden aversion to foreign intrusion on major natural resource companies, or perhaps simply that Harper's Tories sought to improve their chances in the then - upcoming federal election.

The French presidential election, where a far - right candidate in Marine Le Pen has a small chance to win, takes place in late April.

In late 2017, Dimon reinvigorated such rumors after saying that Democrats have no chance in the 2020 elections unless they find «a strong centrist, pro-business, pro-free enterprise candidate.»

«As the race stands now, with Republicans in charge of both Houses, there is a good chance that my candidacy could lead to the election of Donald Trump,» he explained in a Bloomberg View post.

'' (The ongoing standoff between the euro zone and Greece) also increases the chances of snap elections in Greece as after overplaying his hand and facing increasing difficulties in concluding the review, Tsipras may be tempted to cut his losses by calling early elections before Syriza (the ruling party) loses more support for adopting unpopular measures,» Piccoli said.

He added that the choices are «consistent with President Emmanuel Macron's strategy to maximize his chances of forming a parliamentary majority after the mid-June legislative elections.

The Senate and House intelligence committees are two of the main congressional panels probing allegations that Russia sought to interfere in the U.S. election to boost Republican President Donald Trump's chances at winning the White House, and possible collusion between Trump associates and Russia.

President Trump's perpetual election campaign is offering donors the chance to have their names flashed on the screen during the livestream — on Trump's website — of his State of the Union address.

The Upshot blog at the New York Times, which has a predictive model of its own, never gave Trump more than a 40 % chance of winning the election.

Wang, a top election forecaster and professor at Princeton University, had given Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton a 98 % to 99 % chance of winning in the days leading up to the election.

That's important for any election, but especially for this one, in which a strong turnout among people of color — especially African - Americans and Hispanics — is expected to be vital to Democrat Hillary Clinton's chances of winning.

«Having been hammered by political punters backing Jeremy Corbyn at 200/1 to be Labour leader, Donald Trump at 150/1 to be US President, Brexit and a Tory General Election victory both at 6/1, we're taking no chances this time round,» William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe said.

Closer to home, there's a reasonable chance that our current president will implode because of his historically low popularity, a fight with his own party and a looming investigation of Russia's interference in our last election.

It will be the nation's first special congressional election since Trump's win, and Democrats view it as their best chance to flip the seat representing the heavily Republican 4th District in southern Kansas.

The Socialists, weakened after the deeply unpopular presidency of Francois Hollande, have no chance of getting beyond the first round of the election in April, according to the latest polls.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission vote on Thursday to roll back net neutrality rules could galvanize young voters, a move Democrats hope will send millennials to the polls in greater numbers and bolster their chances in next year's elections.

Still, though, the majority of votes have not been cast so there is a chance that the election will proceed and if it does, it's going to be a tight race.

According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

This year's presidential election is a real chance for Americans to create change and build solidarity.

The pitch is an attempt to revive the SPD's chances against Chancellor Merkel in September's election.

Any government formed as a result of this election is likely to be fragile and the chances of it serving a full term are slim.

So they forced an election they couldn't possibly win by defeating the Conservatives on a confidence vote in Parliament — and gave Prime Minister Stephen Harper something he couldn't get without their invaluable help — a majority government with no chance of being defeated for four years.

Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio recently estimated there's a 70 % chance of a recession before the November 2020 presidential election.

By revitalizing the rust belt, Trump dramatically improves his chances in the 2020 elections, no matter how big the outcry from the deep blue states like New York and Californa.

Giuliani compounded Trump's problem early this morning by confessing that the payment was made because the story of the affair with Daniels would have hurt Trump's chances in the election.

Unfortunately, by then, most budget decisions had already been made and the chances that the Committee's recommendations (other than Liberal election promises) would have any impact on the Budget were virtually non-existent.

With Marois widely expected to call an election, the legislature may never get the chance to vote on the budget.

«I don't think there is any chance in the world this was a free and fair election,» Stewart said about the voting in Russia.

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin is among the Republicans from outside California who have contributed to the campaign to repeal the state's gas - tax increase, showing the effort has national interest from GOP leaders who see it as a way to boost their party's chances in the Golden State for this year's election.