Sentences with phrase «parties stand for»

Most independent parties stand for nothing at all, but one of them, «Stop Common Core», is on a ballot line where the candidates actually stand for a clearly defined principle.

New York voters, staring at a long ballot filled with a vast array of political parties, have no clue that some of these parties stand for nothing other than the aggrandizement of political power.

Approval ratings for David Cameron and the government fell to their lowest point, after weeks of negative reaction to the Budget, the handling of Abu Qatada's deportation, and internal divisions over what the coalition parties stand for.

My own daughters certainly don't have the same «black and white» sense of what the parties stand for as I did when I was growing up.

Every single evidence points to the fact that both parties stand for kleptomaniacal corruption, the politics of the belly, and prebendalism — no less.

And FYI Both parties stand for more governement, it is just who gets to spend all that money they fight over.

«Our Conservative team in Edmonton Strathcona is working very hard to show voters what the Conservative party stands for.

«The Working Families Party stands for leveling the economic playing field, holding Wall Street accountable and creating good jobs with reliable benefits, and today I could not be prouder that they are standing with me to support my candidacy for Congress,» Lancman said.

«There's a reason why even the chairmen of the Republican and Conservative parties disavowed Mr. Paladino's candidacy, noting that he «stands in stark contrast to what the Republican party stands for,» that Paladino is a «dangerous candidate,» and that he «tries to appeal to the mean spiritedness» of people.»

Defining our offering to the electorate through our traditional values of personal liberty, social progression, meritocracy and a radical shakeup of the establishment - all of which I believe are at the core of Tim's beliefs - will help to make sure the public have a strong instinct of what the party stands for, why it's not a «split - the - difference» party, and why it plays a crucial role in British politics.

«This is meant as a vehicle to clean up corruption, get rid of Common Core, get term limits in there — these are the things that the Reform Party stands for,» Astorino said.

«Nobody knows what the Tory Party stands for any more.

The Reform Party stands for ethics reform that create a transparent government beholden to the American People.

Simplistically, you could say that his party stands for frustration.

That's what the Labour party stands for.»

I am glad the party stood for something in the endorsement — win or lose.

Parties standing for election have to give the voters some idea of what they intend to do if elected.

I don't consider myself to be a stupid person, but even I am beginning to wonder that the Conservative Party stands for economically.

«By Labour unashamedly asserting its pro-European credentials it can capture the majority support of the nation that is in tune with all of the values that we as a European social democratic party stand for.»

«But New York's citizens will be left to ask, «Other than political patronage and personal enrichment, just what does the Independence Party stand for?»

Most have no idea what their party stands for.

I know hundreds of thousands of Scots still believe in the progressive policies the Labour party stands for, he said.

«We demand the ideals that the Working Family Party stands for be fulfilled,» she added.

That what the Republican party stands for!

According to public opinion polls conducted by daily newspaper Delo on April 7 and 8, the party standings for the European elections were: the Slovenian Democratic Party would win with 20.8 %, followed by the Slovenian National Party with 12.1 %, and the joint list of New Slovenia and Slovenian People's Party with 11.5 %.

Many people do not just vote for individuals, they vote for someone of a particular party because they believe in what that party stands for.

This meant that voters knew what their parties stood for and could make their choices accordingly.

«And all I'm saying is that we need, within the Labour party, to have a fundamental debate on what the party stands for before we move back to those types of positions.

The overall effect of Labour's behaviour is to leave most people completely clueless about what the party stands for these days.

All ten Mayoral candidates and the thirteen political parties standing for the London - wide Assembly elections have provided their answers to the survey which forms the basis of the web application.

Despite some big victories in recent weeks and a possible upset win in the red state of Alabama, Democrats still can't agree on what the party stands for.

«Our priority is choosing people over politics and that is what our party stands for and that is what I stand for.

The SNP also had the strongest results for the statement «I know what the party stands for these days» with 80 %, followed by the Conservatives on 63 % and UKIP on 58 %.

Long said the Working Families Party «is violently opposed to everything the Conservative Party stands for,» and urged Sini to decline the Working Families line.

I'm all in favor of green, even the green plastic bags used at Healthy Living grocery store, but alas the Green Party stands for more than that.

We recommend that the Conservative Party stands for the following pro-democracy principles at the next General Election:

Many activists I talked with during the movement's rapid rise considered him «antithetical to everything the Tea Party stands for,» as one Wisconsin Tea Party leader told me, and their philosophy of fiscal restraint and limited government was much closer to the libertarian - leaning Kochs than to Rove and the party establishment.

But they still can't agree on what the party stands for.

«Norman will devote himself to rebuilding our party, and to reminding people of the values our party stands for — liberty, social justice, fairness and compassion,» she said.

The modern - day Democratic Party stands for those values, said Prestridge, and «that's why he identifies with the Democrats today.»

Henry McLeish, another former Labour first minister, also said this week that Scottish Labour supporters no longer know «what the party stands for» and that it had given «enormous ground to the SNP unnecessarily».

57 % think that Labour no longer have a clear sense of direction, 49 % think the party is badly divided, 49 % think it «looks as though the wheels are falling off the coach», 60 % think it is hard to know what the Labour party stands for anymore and only 31 % think the government is still concerned about promoting the welfare of ordinary working people.

Yesterday's YouGov poll contained some more questions on David Cameron, with 54 % of people believing it was «hard to know what the Conservative Party stands for at the moment», and 60 % wondering whether there was any substance behind David Cameron's words.

Democrats launched on Monday a new policy agenda focused on the economy, which seeks to bridge gaps with voters amid polls showing most Americans don't know what the party stands for.

Such changes raise questions about what the party stands for and whether it can be trusted, questions which the party needs to address if it is to win back trust and regain lost support.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has faced more calls to be clearer about what his party stands for.

The British government announced on 22 November 2006 that the two separate ballot papers used in the previous Scottish Parliament elections would be replaced for the elections in May 2007 by a single paper, with the left side listing the parties standing for election as regional MSPs and the right side the candidates standing as constituency MSPs.

He denied that he was riding on the back of protest votes, saying people «absolutely believed» in what the party stands for.

Question is actually does anyone know exactly what the Labour Party stands for?

Asked if the party needs an ideological rethink, he says it needs to be clearer about what the party stands for in any general election and state whether it would go into a coalition with the Conservatives or Labour - not both.