Sentences with phrase «public election debate»

The first public election debate between the leaders of the seven largest parties was held on 29 October 2006, on public radio.

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With its ability to influence opinions, social media does remarkable harm by playing a role in the rigging of elections and public debate.

Canadians must create a broad and loud public debate around media issues during this election season.

Hopefully the time is coming where the ride will be over for this group - there is a huge space for public broadcasting and presentation of centered debates and discussions in this country - and it can only be through a public space lens - the next election will hopefully bring people such as yourself back into such space so that we can get on with having some notion of civilization.

None of these proposals will be in the Speech from the Throne but they should be part of the public debate leading up to the next election.

The rancorous presidential election of 1800 brought religion to the forefront of public debate and had lasting repercussions for the relationship between church and state.

The raging public debate, largely ill - informed, is not premised on what is in Ghana's national interest, but what will give the largest boost to the political fortunes of the NDC & NPP in the run up to November's Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

This has generated public debate with some alleging that the publisher timeously featured President Mahama to project him especially as elections was only a few weeks away.

The internet is challenging the dominance of traditional media as a campaign tool, despite the public's renewed attachment to TV through the 2010 general election leaders» debates.

More recent polls suggest that most of the public want and expect debates at the 2015 election, now that the precedent has been set.

Interest in this year's European Parliamentary elections has been growing steadily: citizens» groups and political organisations started organising election panels and public debates by January — several...

Now the election is over, foreign policy must once gain take up a broad position at the heart of the UK policy nexus after some months with a low profile in public debate.

«There was a strong consensus from the Meeting that it would be better to take some of the heat out of this public debate; this would entail taking forward a calmer internal party review of funding which would be more comprehensive and balanced (including importantly, addressing the Conservative multi-million pound donations at and between elections) and putting that forward as part of Labour's manifesto offer for party funding reforms.»

As Corbyn began to be more exposed to the public at election rallies and television debates, voters also began to warm to him.

Other areas of expertise include party leader TV debates in 2010, party election broadcasts, public opinion and voting behaviour, party election broadcasts.

The debate over public financing has begun in the state Senate, with the introduction of new legislation by Senator Eric Adams, which would establish a public financing program, create an independent enforcement counsel in the State Board of Elections, lower contribution limits and improve disclosure of independent political spending.

Anyone campaigning after the «I Agree With Nick» debates in the 2010 general election could have told you how well his brand of frank sincerity played with the voting public and — anecdotally — particularly with women.

Now we are witnessing his contempt for keeping the public informed during an election by agreeing to debate his Democratic Primary opponent Zephyr Teachout.

«If the government is to hold a genuinely extensive public debate on our future NSS before political attention turns to the next general election, it needs to get on with it,» it warned.

Also, several times he introduced a bill requiring presidential candidates who receive public funding to participate in inclusive general election debates, should they become a nominee in the general election.

Lhota, a deputy mayor under former GOP Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former head of the city transit authority, faced off against his Democratic opponent, New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, in the first of three debates leading up to the November mayoral election.

«I think television debates will help engage the public, help actually answer some of the questions at the heart of the election, would help bring the election alive in some way.

In an Observer article, the former Labour leader wrote: «In the leadership election, we are not choosing the chair of a discussion group who can preside over two years or more of fascinating debate while the Tories play hell with cuts in local services and public investment.»

He warned: «Let us remember one thing if there is a debate, if there is a leadership contest, if there is a change of leader is the British public really going to wear the Labour party carrying on in office, is it not going to ask for an immediate general election.

He said this election had seen Labour «trapped in a battle of tit for tat, which is all the while turning the public off and away from us», with a depressing debate that has been embarrassing at times.

And while he's called for debates in upcoming general election contest, Astorino has said he wants a one - on - one debate with Cuomo — a slight that Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins says is unfair, especially considering he is nearing 10 percent in some public opinion polls.

On Thursday, the CFB approved a $ 1.52 million in public funds to be paid to Malliotakis» campaign, bolstering her campaign coffers which held only $ 162,950, giving her a much - needed boost ahead of the debate and the final six weeks of the general election.

Public Advocate James, who brought Brawley to the general election mayoral debate on Tuesday night as her guest, has also recently started calling for a much more ambitious overall program of building new affordable housing, putting forth ideas like building more over rail yards across the five boroughs.

Bizarrely, nearly a dozen public forums and debates since Election Day have featured all or most of the eight City Council speaker wannabes.

Echoing more the calm and substantive public advocate debate from Monday than the rowdy, unproductive October 10 mayoral debate, on Tuesday evening the Democratic and Republican candidates for comptroller, incumbent Scott Stringer and Michel Faulkner, respectively, met for their sole debate ahead of Election Day, November 7.

There are no other citywide primary debates, with not enough competition for any of the Republican citywide nominations or for the Democratic nominations for Comptroller or Public Advocate, where the two incumbents are set to cruise into the general election.

In recent years the right - wing populist [45] Danish People's Party has emerged as a major party — becoming the second - largest following the 2015 general election — during which time immigration and integration have become major issues of public debate.

The two candidates are staking out their differences heading into a series of public appearances and debates before the Nov. 8 election.

In the leadership election, we are not choosing the chair of a discussion group who can preside over two years or more of fascinating debate while the Tories play hell with cuts in local services and public investment, extend injustice and flatlining incomes, sustain or worsen private debt, and deepen the balance - of - payments, productivity, housing and poverty deficits.

«I don't believe it is a question of deciding a credible candidate, we had an extremely good, effective, thoughtful deputy leadership election and it did the party a power of good to debate those issues debated in public and I believe if it came to that it would be the case again in the future.

The panel at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science took place as more scientists consider engaging in public policy debates in response to the election of President Trump, who they fear has little understanding or respect for their work.

Though the current election has more in common substance - wisewith Dancing with the Stars than with the Lincoln - Douglas debates, it «sclear there is one issue the candidates should be pressed on: improvingthe state of public education.

It was the first in a series of eight planned debates for the state school board election, sponsored by the Utah Association of Public Charter Schools, Sutherland Institute, Hinckley Institute of Politics, United Way of Salt Lake and KSL.

During Senate debate earlier this week, Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky called the bill «a last - minute effort by Democrats in Washington to funnel more money to the public employee unions before an election.»

Moreover, the EdNext pollsters theorize that support for increases in funding rises in election years, when this issue is most hotly debated, and it's therefore unsurprising that it was seen as the biggest problem in public education.

Since the election there has been much debate as to whether the government's one percent cap on public sector pay should be lifted.

In the midst of campaigns and debates for the 2011 Chicago mayoral election, we hear many proclamations and promises about what it means to improve public schools.

«Education voters» turned out in force, helping to make sure education was a key issue in the public debate about priorities and in elections.

In the wake of the general election, there were reports of debates within the Cabinet about whether to ease the constraints on public sector pay and try to reverse wage stagnation.

Into this debate wades Stanford University professor Terry Moe with his new treatise, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and America's Public Schools, in which he marshals evidence on elections, campaign contributions, and education governance to argue that unions have an exaggerated and detrimental impact on American schooling.

Not to worry, dear reader, I'm sure Congress will come up with a «solution»... The real problem (apart from the obvious) is the tawdry & v public debate (plus a presidential election) that will accompany it.

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The reason, Leiserowitz suspects, is that outside of political and green spheres — where the debate is certain to be ferocious over the coming months, and into the midterm elections — the general public isn't particularly engaged on these issues, or even very clear on the specifics.

The 2008 election may determine whether Lindzen will continue to have a meaningful role in the public debate over climate change.

Given the relative popularity of the Green Party, its leader, Elizabeth May, has participated in election debates since 2008 when a groundswell of public support overturned her exclusion.