Sentences with phrase «party candidates»

Is there even more than 1 green party candidate running for any office?

With the historically high negative ratings for both major party candidates for president, 2016 seemed like the ideal year for a third party breakthrough.

There were 29 seats that featured two major party candidates in both 2012, a presidential year, and 2014, a gubernatorial year.

Those two polling firms have also been the most reliable in terms of including third party candidates in their polls over the last couple of years.

Third party candidates for president generally don't get much publicity and most of the time don't get enough votes to make a difference in a presidential election.

The conservative party candidate also had orders of magnitude more money, and support from national - level conservative political figures.

That kindly exception is no help for incumbents who first got elected as independent or minor party candidates in special elections.

Also it is now 2012 not 2010, many tea party candidates lost their reelection bid.

But as a general principle, it would be nuts to allow the supporters of other parties to choose a Labour party candidate, for reasons that ought not to need explanation.

104 green party candidates ran for election in 2011.

Whoever is in charge of party candidates has not only influence but power — power to break political careers and promote individual candidates.

Also, after the primaries are over, we'll be updating with the winners and also adding some third party candidates who aren't on there at the moment.

Then you shouldn't have split your vote by supporting 3rd party candidates.

Her arrest has focused attention on the exclusion of third - party candidates from changing the political discourse.

Additionally, a candidate can not run as an independent if he or she tried and failed to qualify as a political party candidate in the primary.

And once in a while, a third - party candidate wins.

The green party candidate does not seem bothered by that track record, though.

Therefore, I will not even consider a green party candidate because like I have always told people.

As a result, it is in people's interest to vote for a major party candidate even if they are more aligned with another candidate.

Your argument being that 31 % is less than 50 % so she and other small party candidates wouldn't get elected under AV?

Anyway, as telling which party the candidate runs for gives a first idea about his / her political views, that information usually comes together.

The candidate must also submit at this time the same financial disclosure form as principal party candidates.

Both major - party candidates lost the majority of popular vote.

But the survey finds that ratio changes, if a progressive third party candidate emerges.

I can't seem to figure out, from the context what's meant by a fourth party candidate.

He explained that the process was built to support two parties, and that a third party candidate simply could not win.

This does raise an interesting issue about fighting minority party candidates.

As in 2007, a large majority of the state's major party candidates proceeded to the general election without a primary challenge.

Nine congressional districts also had same - party candidates battling.

However, primary petitions are not checked by the elections officials, whereas independent and minor party candidate petitions are checked by elections officials.

By then, it would be too late and the opportunity to get an alternate party candidate will have been lost.

As the governing party candidate, he is the favourite even though some party officials have said he should not run.

Still, I'm voting for a third party candidate mostly as a protest.

Stay on Message Throughout the election, both major party candidates focused their campaigns on a handful of core messages.

The shaded boxes show elections where green party candidates were returned.

He would welcome members of the city's growing activist community into the ranks of party candidates.

What's more is that there is a genuine third - party candidate who is running and who has been a vocal opponent of corporate education reform.

All four states that have gubernatorial elections this year will have independent or minor party candidates in those elections.

The race drew significant national attention because of the relatively large amount of support for a third - party candidate from the national conservative base.

A candidate of a newly qualified political party must file the same documents at the same time as other political party candidates.

We took a look at each of the 46 states to see how many state legislative districts had only one major party candidate running in the general election.

Third - party candidates won 19 percent of the vote.