Sentences with phrase «pressure on the candidate»

That would put pressure on any candidate to make a decision sooner rather than later.

Hoylman said the unusual number of primaries this year had upped the pressure on candidates to get out the vote.

If I have so much money that I can put pressure on the candidates running for election - by funding TV ads or political campaigns or by threatening not to do so - I exercise a power far beyond my own voting power.

Working with local elected officials, scientists, health specialists and the religious community, activists will use visibility tactics such as giant inflatable mosquitoes and other public demonstrations to keep the pressure on the candidates....

The interviewers are quite intimidating in nature, and they create a lot of pressure on the candidate.

Nonetheless, it does place immense pressure on the candidate who will obviously find it challenging to write a cover letter that is the best!

It's your last chance to win over the interviewer, and this scenario puts pressure on the candidate to enter the interview prepared to ask thoughtful, focused questions of their own, said Cheryl Palmer, a certified executive career coach and the founder of Call to Career, a firm that provides C - level executives with career coaching and resume - writing services.

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The risk for a site like Breitbart is that declaring itself to be unequivocally in favor of a candidate like Trump puts pressure on the organization to defend almost everything the candidate does, even when that alleged behavior involves its own reporter.

The committee's ranking member, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D - MD), along with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I - VT) have been putting pressure on pharmaceutical companies to disclose more information about how they set prices.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

The pressure is now on CNN, according to Sesno, to ensure that next week's debate questions move beyond America's fascination with Trump's personality to take a harder look at candidate Trump's actual political plans, while also giving his rival candidates more time in the spotlight.

But it has shown several years of strong wage growth, and demand for qualified candidates is growing, which should put upward pressure on salaries in the coming years.

Like many aspects of education, taking tests like the MCAT and GMAT are expensive, and some of those tests have limitations on how many times candidates can take them, putting on added pressure to do well the first time around.

Pressure is growing on TV executives - particularly Mark Burnett - to release more unedited footage of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The lead - up to last fall's presidential election is an example of investors feeling pressure to make decisions based on what might happen — in this case of course, which candidate they thought would win.

B.C. Liberal leadership candidate Christy Clark promised to exert political pressure on Ottawa to reverse their decision as a central plank of her «Families First» agenda.

A big - named striker has been on the wishlist of every Gunners fan in recent years, and Zlatan could be the ideal candidate to take the pressure off of the manager, and push us forward as we look to end our 12 - year wait for another Premier League title win.

Ederson may not be the most obvious candidate but it is important to remember the pressure that was put on his shoulders when he first arrived last summer, both in terms of Guardiola's demands and expectations / scepticism among fans and media.

Now that you're up to speed on the 7 - under leader of the contest taking place at Oakmont, here's how he stands as he awaits a 3:30 ET tee time with Andrew Landry, who is tied for second at 3 - under with Dustin Johnson: This is the first time Lowry has held such a lofty position, but if anyone can keep his composure in such a pressure - packed situation, he's a likely candidate.

A win for either could potentially pull them out of the drop zone, and the rising form of the Foxes have heaped pressure on their fellow relegation candidates.

He is the only one of the five candidates who has experience of playing under the most extreme pressures on the national stage and this will certainly enter Southgate's thoughts ahead of selection.

The 2010 Republican Gubernatorial Candidate told Time Warner Cable News Reporter Ryan Whalen, Tuesday night, he believes recent public comments by State Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long are designed to put pressure on Trump.

Coffey had been hoping to use this endorsement as a means of pressuring another of the Democatic AG candidates, Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, on her tie to controversial former Erie County Democratic Chairman Steve Pigeon.

It seems rather more plausible to me to say that where the Liberal Party failed to recognise its own enlightened self - interest was in failing to do more to hug close the labour movement and perhaps Labour Party itself: had they been more able to select working - class candidates themselves, and / or been able to more forcefully develop the New Liberalism against some Gladstonian instincts, (or indeed kept the Fabian intellectuals interested: they broke with permeation only after the Liberal rejection of the 1909 Minority Report on the Poor Law, even having helped form the Labour Party from 1900 - 06) then it may have been possible that Labour would have remained primarily a trade union pressure group within a broader progressive alliance.

Rumbling on in the background is another example of the Labour Party making life difficult for itself, with accusations of anti-Semitism in local candidates seeing Corbyn face pressure to act.

The candidates aren't the only ones on the hot seat during these debates; moderators and the news organizations sponsoring the events are under scrutiny and pressure as well.

State Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King is keeping the pressure on GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio to reveal the details of his compensation as a JPMorgan Chase lobbyist, sending a letter to the chair of the firm's compensation committee seeking information about his salary and non-salary benefits from 2005 through the present.

CapTon's Mike Whittemore caught up with one of the three Republicans vying to take on Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in November, former Westchester Rep. Joe DioGuardi, in Ossining earlier today where the candidate was pressured on whether he'll drop off the Conservative line if he fails to win today's primary.

The system with 225 local single - member districts elected by a first - past - the - post electoral system (highest vote wins) offers much room for manipulation, use of administrative resources and pressure, extortion, vote buying and putting only one candidate on the ballot in some districts.

This week in the ShakingNewsletter, we're looking at some of the nuts and bolts of politics: how activists are trying to pressure Cuomo to take action on homelessness and how candidates get on the ballot.

Progressives like former New York gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout appreciate the pressure de Blasio is placing on Clinton, saying his challenge is «necessary.

These comments were made by the 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, in reaction to the brutal assault meted out by officers of the Ghana Police Service against unarmed civilians who embarked on a demonstration, organised by some pressure groups in Accra, on Wednesday, September 16.

In the book titled: The Challenges of Leadership in Nigeria authored by Prof John Padden, the writer had claimed that a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, had put pressure on him to be made the vice presidential candidate but was turned down.

Democrats» failure to recruit a competitive candidate in New York's 11th District (which Obama won by 5 points in 2012) puts pressure on the eventual nominees in these six other districts to perform.

Tory candidate Zac Goldsmith says London's rapid growth «is putting huge pressure on our housing market, transport infrastructure, living environment and our quality of life».

Berendt also talked about pressure he got from real estate mogul Jerry Finkelstein to bar Doug from having anything to do with a story on the Manhattan borough president's field that included his son, Andy Stein, since Doug was close to another candidate, Bobby Wagner.

He said in a statement posted on his Twitter feed that had been uncomfortable with the level of «sheer pressure» and scrutiny that came with being a candidate.

«A recent survey by the Countryside Alliance, a pressure group, found that of 120 Tory candidates in marginal seats only one was against repealing the ban and he said that he would abstain on any vote.»

Trump supporters, including Buffalo Businessman Carl Paladino, had been calling on Cox to pressure all the potential candidates to get behind whoever emerges from the convention.

After dithering among potential Labour leaders over the idea of a welfare cap at # 23,000, the latest move will lead to pressure on the leading candidates to firmly reject a cap at # 20,000.

Pressure is mounting on the West African Examination Council (WAEC), following its refusal to allow some 200 candidates to rewrite two papers they could not write during the just ended Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at Bunkpurugu in the Northern Region.

But Mr Umunna said that since becoming a candidate for party leader, the pressure on him, and the level of scrutiny on those close to him, had prompted him to reconsider.

Angela Eagle has been tipped as the unity candidate to challenge for the Labour leadership as the pressure on the embattled Jeremy Corbyn continues to heighten.

They can cajole, try to convince and pressure candidates, but candidates will have the opportunity to petition on to the primary ballot regardless of county organization preferences.

Allon was more blunt, dubbing Rhea «the Cathie Black of NYCHA,» and called on the other candidates to pressure Bloomberg to oust Rhea now.

As Republicans across the state and country are being pressured to take a stance on the presidential election, two candidates in a pivotal WNY state Senate district are pleading the fifth.

Abinanti says the «matching contribution» structure not only would reduce pressure on judicial and district attorney campaigns to raise money but likely would expand the pool of candidates.

Phil Woolas will become the new norm as the pressure will be on especially Labour candidates to try and reach out to those voting BNP as their first preference.

Most of the money will go not to television and radio advertisements, but for canvassing, social media and other organizing efforts intended to bring pressure on lawmakers from their own constituents, drawing in part on lessons the teachers learned from defeating candidates backed by well - financed charter school advocates in the Democratic primary last fall.

One longtime council employee said the speaker's race is still likely to favor one of the minority candidates, although James» victory eases the pressure on the white hopefuls.