Sentences with phrase «party loyalty»

Typically most procedural votes are little more than tests of party loyalty, and the «way to vote» will be obvious by the partisan spread it is evidenced by.

In addition, you can transfer your points to airlines and hotels, and then book your award travel through these third party loyalty programs.

The mayor cited party loyalty as his reason for eagerly anticipating a Democratic takeover of the historically Republican district.

Only marginally, and it would not be any major demographic shift in party loyalty with the black voters.

And of course personal and career agendas trump even party loyalty.

Comedy for the sake of political conversation isn't just for party loyalty.

Once in office, people remember only too well who put them there, making party loyalty a resilient phenomenon.

It would be convenient in politics if private principle and party loyalty always pulled in the same direction.

It places party loyalty above the interests of constituents and the wider electorate.

Fortunately, most third - party loyalty programs offer consumer - facing mobile apps for doing just that.

Geoff Garin, one of the Democratic pollsters who conducted the survey, said undecided or wavering voters tended to see Republicans as «putting party loyalty ahead of the country by supporting Trump.»

The billionaire independent had teased he might run before concluding he did not have a path to victory — which his fellow ex-mayor agreed with, given intense party loyalties in much of the country.

Cuomo says it's not about party loyalty, but about representing their constituents.

To vote Republican out of party loyalty alone would be to endorse a candidacy that I believe has exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- Sen. Arlen Specter's recent switch from Republican to Democrat appears to have caused him some confusion over party loyalty.

[182] According to one commentator,» [t] ea party conservatives see the GOP loss as a victory for conservativism over mere political party loyalty.

Former President Barack Obama came out swinging in defense of his legacy Sunday as he accepted the «Profile in Courage» award from the John F. Kennedy Library, and also urged lawmakers to put aside party loyalty and advocate for those who are less fortunate.

The governor would not mention his former opponent by name, and seemed to indicate that party loyalty compelled his endorsement.

He said: «If there is a point at which we have to put party loyalty on one side and national interest and our own convictions on the other, then the national interest is going to win.»

One of the themes that Searle eludes to is the role of certain leading politicians who did not see themselves constrained by party loyalty.

People who know Miner say she won't let party loyalty stand in the way of a fight she believes in.

He notes that UKIP support stands at only 1.5 % in recent Populus surveys and that the «the real danger for the Tories is among former Labour and LibDem supporters who might return to their earlier party loyalties if they conclude that Mr Cameron is not providing a strong enough lead or clear enough direction.»

Despite nearly equal voter turnout — black turnout was slightly less than white turnout in 2008 but exceeded white turnout in 2012, 66 % to 64 % — the gap between party loyalty and policy output is wide for black voters.

But party loyalty outweighed those concerns.

Cowling cites party loyalty as a key measure that is in decline and, alongside this, a gradual blurring of what the parties are perceived to offer.

As a doctoral student in Politics (DPhil), Raphael's current research examines the impact of electoral rules on legislative behaviour as well as determinants of MP - level party loyalty in European legislatures.

Party loyalty overrides most tactical initiatives.

The onward march of dealignment is no longer about weakened party loyalty or a referendum on the government's record, it is about voters choosing and judging parties according to their promises and performance.

Here we begin to encounter party loyalties, with Conservative voters being the most prescriptive about moral standards for politicians, but also the most positive about the basic decency and honesty of «most politicians».

That's a long way from the steadfast party loyalty Mercer is supposed to be offering.

Gallup, using the same questions as we used to establish party loyalty (an attachment to a party that goes beyond voting for it in a particular election), found a sharp decline in the numbers identifying with the Tories since the 1992 election.

Sadly, when some people advise Buhari to drop his military approach to governance and show concern and empathy to the people he governs, some of his diehard fans, blinded by ethnicity and strange party loyalty, would accuse such people of «hate,» as if Buhari is the first and only Northerner or Muslim to govern Nigeria.

Party loyalties inhibit criticisms and evidence - based reasoning.

Party loyalty matters.

Democratic state party Chairman Jay Jacobs and Executive Director Charlie King are right to be offended by his serial coverups of campaign finances, his failure to reside in his Bronx district and the sleazy way he bartered party loyalty to gain power and perks during last year's Senate coup.

But Weprin said party loyalty had nothing to do with his decision and noted he was endorsed by the city Patrolmen's Benevolent Association in his special election victory against Friedrich in February.

Old party loyalties are now torn and the Tories and Labour are in denial, writes Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Kenneth Clarke has placed Europe above party loyalty in the past and would do so again.

Koo crossed party lines and endorsed Democrat David Weprin in his congressional race this summer, and is said to have a few qualms with party leadership, but this act of pure party loyalty may tamp down some of the speculation about Koo switching affiliations.

Managing traditional Democratic party loyalties to the education actors like teachers unions, while attempting to remain true to the fierce reality of his own existence, was a conundrum that complicated Obama's policy agenda while in the White House.

Captain Alexei Korolev, unwavering in his outward party loyalty but internally conflicted, a dedicated policeman caught in terrifying circumstances, is one of the most intriguing figures in crime fiction since his literary ancestor Martin Cruz Smith's Arkady Renko.