Sentences with phrase «percent of party members»

Smith expressed optimism Wednesday that he'll collect the 15,500 signatures of registered Democrats (2 percent of party members) by June 12.

He needs signatures from 15,500 registered Democrats (2 percent of party members statewide) by June 12.

Candidates need to collect valid signatures by mid-July from 5 percent of party members based on the votes cast for that party's candidate in the last gubernatorial election.

He needs 15,500 signatures of registered Democrats [2 percent of party members] to qualify for an Aug. 14 primary against Lamont.

By law, they are required to secure the valid signatures of five percent of party members who voted in the last gubernatorial election.

There's another avenue for candidates to qualify for the primary as petitioners, which will require them to get signatures from 9,600 registered Republicans, or 2 percent of party members.

Not exact matches

Ever since Trump announced on Thursday that he plans to impose 25 percent tariffs on steel imports and 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports, he's caused a panic among members of his own party, who tend to oppose creating trade barriers of any kind around the US economy.

«We should be ready, if we don't have 100 percent participation and if Europe doesn't want to give us more money,» Christos Staikouras, a member of the Greek Parliament from the center - right New Democracy opposition party and its economic spokesman, said in an interview.

When faced with two disagreeable candidates, 60 percent of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) board members polled last month said that Christians should vote for the candidate they dislike the least, while 28 percent said to vote for a third - party candidate and 12 percent said to not vote for that particular office.

The Brooklyn Democratic Party's nod is in hot demand because it represents a sizable chunk of the weighted state convention vote — 9.146 percent, to be exact, assuming all the state committee members vote as a block.

The Wilson Pakula threshold for anyone not enrolled in the party who wants to run on the line, as you'll recall, is just over 50 percent of the weighted convention vote — more than twice the 25 percent necessary for party members to get onto the ballot.

By CapCon's tally, that puts Lazio at 53.33 — enough to block Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy from getting the 50 - percent - plus - one that he needs to get a Wilson Pakula and run on the Republican line as a yet - unofficial member of the party.

I formed a party and in my party, every day, we got not less than 200 members coming to join our party and when they come and I asked them, where they are coming from, out of the 200 people who came from different political parties, 90 percent were coming from the NDC.

Colety's endorsement pushed Molinaro over the 75 percent threshold of the weighted nominating vote, assuming Republican committee members vote with their county leaders at the party's convention in May.

State - level candidates and parties reported receiving $ 25.4 million from L.L.C.s in the last election cycle; 38.4 percent of this money came from REBNY members.

To qualify for a primary, a candidate can either obtain 25 percent of the delegates» vote at party convention or gather 15,000 signatures from party members.

According to the party, which has been polling its members online for weeks now, Sanders won the support of an «overwhelming supermajority» of WFPers — 87.4 percent — compared to 11.5 percent who choose Clinton and 1.1 percent who backed former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.

Lipton also praises Zephyr Teachout, the Fordham professor who sought the WFP line and received 41 percent of the vote at last night's convention to Cuomo's 58 percent, saying party members were «honored» by her effort and «inspired» by her «courage and tenacity.»

The big winner in the five - way Democratic AG primary was «don't know», with a whopping 81 percent of poll respondents who are enrolled members of the party choosing that answer when asked a generic «who will you vote for» question.

The petition had to be signed by only 5 percent of the party's registered members, which amounts to about 10 signatures in the case of the Reform Party which has a total of 187 registered voparty's registered members, which amounts to about 10 signatures in the case of the Reform Party which has a total of 187 registered voParty which has a total of 187 registered voters.

The poll was made up of 40 percent Republicans, 29 percent Democrats and 25 percent independent or members of minor parties.

He's doing better with members of his own party, leading with Republicans 80 percent to her 75 percent among Democrats, and also is ahead 48 - 42 with independents.

Worse still you are fully aware of the fact that over sixty percent of your party elders and APC governors, ministers, legislators and public office holders were, up until three or four years ago, all elders, leaders and members of the PDP, including President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

Of course, the bar he needs to reach is just 25 percent — the requirement for enrolled members of the party to get onto the balloOf course, the bar he needs to reach is just 25 percent — the requirement for enrolled members of the party to get onto the balloof the party to get onto the ballot.

Seventy - two percent of Labour members think Corbyn is doing well as party leader (compared with 66 % last November) including 43 % of those who voted for Yvette Cooper or Andy Burnham last summer.

Those vacancies also lower the total number of potential votes (the denominator) used to determine whether a candidate earns a primary spot (which takes 25 percent of the weighted vote), formal nomination (which takes a majority) or Wilson - Pakula proclamation, the formal document required to let a non-W.F.P. member (an enrolled Democrat, usually) run on the party's line.

While the majority of the state's registered voters aren't members of any party, 85 percent of its lawmakers are Democrats.

Only 30 percent of voters believed she would be able to working with members of both parties on behalf of the Hudson Valley, while 43 percent said Maloney is able to cross party lines to get things done.

Curran doesn't do as well with Democrats, Greens and Working Families Party members, earning 72 percent of the vote, according to the poll.

However, as the wants of the party members fall more and more out of step with what the 99 percent of people who do not belong to a political party desire, it will become more and more difficult for the leaders of said parties to satisfy both sides of the equation.

Jeremy Corbyn speaks for the fifty percent of Labour party members and supporters who want an isolationist foreign policy, want Trident scrapped, believe in printing and spending more money, and believe in demonizing the business community.

Under new qualifications implemented with the top - two primary system, minor party candidates must collect 10,000 signatures to waive a filing fee equal to 2 percent of the first year's salary for state offices or 1 percent for members of Congress.

Murray voted with the Democratic Party 97.0 percent of the time, which ranked 9th among the 53 Senate Democratic members as of July 2013.

Nixon won 91 percent of the weighted vote, party leaders said; 187 of the 229 members of the state committee were represented either in person or by proxy.

The party found prominence in the late 1990s when Ross Perot garnered eight percent of the vote in the 1996 election, and Reform Party member Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota on the party's ballot party found prominence in the late 1990s when Ross Perot garnered eight percent of the vote in the 1996 election, and Reform Party member Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota on the party's ballot Party member Jesse Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota on the party's ballot party's ballot line.

Molinaro launched his campaign April 2 with enough support among Republican State Committee members to give him more than 50 percent of the weighted vote at the party's designating convention next month.

He had locked up about 12 percent of the statewide vote from Republican state committee members who will choose the party's candidate for governor in May.

To earn a place on the ballot, candidates must secure signatures from 5 percent of enrolled party members in the election district.

And while Obama wins approval from 71 percent of Democrats for his handling of budget negotiations, just 56 percent of Republicans say the same of their party's members of Congress.

By 59 to 39 percent, conservative Republicans approve of the way their party's members of congress have handled budget negotiations in combined interviews over two weeks.

The e-mail recalled a survey of the group's New York members that showed 73 percent of them wanted to see a challenge to Gov. Andrew Cuomo from the left, and the drama of the Working Families Party convention in June — where the labor - backed third party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing policies in his second Party convention in June — where the labor - backed third party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing policies in his second party weighed running Ms. Teachout on its ballot line, but decided to instead endorse Mr. Cuomo after he agreed to pursue a number of left - wing policies in his second term.

But if five percent or more of the party's members sign a petition, the party line will appear, allowing voters to write in the candidate of their choice.

The endorsement means that Molinaro now has 50.01 percent of the weighted vote of Republican State Committee members heading into the party's May nominating convention, according to Molinaro's campaign.

One area where the two are essentially tied, however, is support among members of their own party — Obama is viewed favorably by 86 percent of Democrats, compared to 89 percent for Clinton — which may explain why both have been a big draw when it comes to hitting the fundraising circuit for Democratic candidates (and committees) this summer.

While so much of the focus in city elections falls on the Democratic ranks, which make up a whopping 73 percent of all registered voters in the city and whose members hold every elected office in city government, some of the most colorful and contentious story lines play out in the battles for the minor - party slots.

For example, a party with 30 percent support in the district gets 30 percent of the seats, not zero representation as in single - member, winner - take - all district elections.

«I want to make something 100 - percent clear... I am very concerned that we have elected board members whose values are tied to that of the Working Families Party....

In 1985, for example, expelled right - wing members of the PUP founded the Belizean Popular Party, which received less than 1 percent of the vote in the 1986 Belize City Council elections.

A majority of Tea Party members, however, oppose this policy, with 39 percent strongly opposed.

By contrast, only 34 percent of Tea Party members believe global warming is happening, while 53 percent say it is not happening.