Sentences with phrase «right splits its vote»

That's good news for Owens, since his best shot at victory in the GOP - dominated district is in a three - way race where the right splits its vote.

Not exact matches

Providing sufficient evidence to both WRP and PC base that detest the other side right now... that they have to live with differences, to get together under one tent if they don't want to risk giving NDP Calgary again via vote splitting.

IMHO, there tends to be little electoral overlap between the provincial and federal levels, at least in this province, and in fact the vote splits between right, left and centre are quite different with one unified Conservative party (more aligned with Wildrose than with Alberta PC), and a not - quite - as - moribund Liberal party in play.

I think you're right about vote splitting but Why is it the Liberals fragmenting the vote?

The Christian vote was split between two ideologies, Obama's pro-abortion and gay rights agendas and the pro-life, traditional definition of marriage, unfortunately represented by a Mormon candidate.

Right now, he and Santorum are pretty much splitting the non-Romney vote, which is great news for Romney.

I can think of several races in which a three - way contest split the votes on the right and benefitted the Democrat — Scozzafava - Hoffman - Owens?

Now Grisanti is left in the unenviable position of having to split the right - of - center vote with Swanick.

A study of voters» social values provides a better indicator of how they voted than their political attitudes based on a left - right split.

In Witney, David Cameron's local area, Ukip split the right - wing vote, allowing Labour councillor Laura Price in with just ten more votes than the Ukip candidate.

One — there is a sizeable chunk of the Labour vote who are brand loyalists, in the event of a split they would keep on voting for Labour, regardless of whether the left has split away or the right has split away.

But the biggest danger the party poses is toward the Tories after the eurosceptic party finally appeared to be splitting the right - wing vote.

Unlike in past years, Rep. Bill Owens does not have the benefit of a three - way race to split votes on the right, but must face his GOP / Conservative opponent, Matt Doheny, one - on - one.

Owens was re-elected in 2010 when Hoffman ran again, splitting the right - wing vote between himself and Republican - backed Matt Doheny.

UKIP has been making in - roads into Conservative votes, and some on both sides are talking of electoral pacts to stop the political left taking advantage of a split right - of - centre vote.

That's good news for Democratic gubernatorial front - runner Andrew Cuomo: It would force Lazio and Paladino to split votes on the right in a state where Democrats already enjoy a roughly 5 - to - 3 enrollment edge.

UKIP has been making in - roads into the Conservative vote, and some on both sides are talking of electoral pacts to stop the political left taking advantage of a split right - of - centre vote.

While Astorino has not yet formally announced his candidacy, he has made a number of clear indications that he is highly likely to run — regardless of the fact that Paladino, the 2010 GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate, has threatened to challenge him on the Conservative Party, effectively splitting votes on the right and making a long - shot change of ousting the popular and well - funded incumbent governor all the more difficult.

Saland ended up losing the election, thanks to the presence on the ballot of a Conservative candidate, Neil DiCarlo, with whom the now - former senator split the vote on the right.

But other voices say the Tories need to build bridges with the eurosceptic party or risk splitting the right - wing vote and letting Labour in.

With the right split between Tory and UKIP, and the LDs staying suppressed, Labour should be able to get a majority on less than a third of the vote.

Civil rights advocates last week testified during a LATFOR hearing that the lines unfairly divided communities of color in central Nassau County as well as in Brentwood - Islip in Suffolk County, splitting minority voters — who tend to vote for Democrats — among districts now represented by white Republican incumbents.

Later, after Nixon and Mozes split and she and Marinoni began dating, Nixon became devoted to the fight for LGBTQ rights in New York, co-founding an organization to oust state legislators who had voted against gay marriage.

She and Hoffman split the vote on the right, and provided a narrow path to victory for Democrat Bill Owens — the first Democrat for over a century to represent the North Country region.

With the Liberal Democrats reduced to a rump of supporters who are less antagonistic towards the Tories, the right - of - centre vote is looking more split.

On the right, the Republican candidate, Alderman Ron Polacco (R - Ward 6) will likely split the vote with fellow Republican Richard Cahill Jr. who came in a distant third in the GOP primary but still holds the Conservative Party line.

The reasons that Labour will have a chance in 2015 are Ed Miliband's sensible leadership, left - wing Lib Dem voters moving to Labour, the voting system, a split right - wing vote and the coalition's many mistakes on the economy.

The split vote sent the issue to State Supreme Court, where Andrew Zweben, a politically active attorney who serves as unofficial house counsel to Kingston's Democratic Committee, argued against Brown's right to appear on the Republican Party Line.

As the New Statesman's George Eaton has pointed out, 35 per cent was enough to deliver victory to Labour in 2005 — and that was with the Lib Dems on 22 per cent, and without a split vote on the right.

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Right now Republicans are in danger of being shut out of that general election thanks to Cox and state legislator Travis Allen splitting the GOP vote, even as Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom steadily leads the field and fellow Democrat and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa surfs a wave of TV ads paid for by wealthy charter school supporters.

Former attorney general says ruling on prisoner voting by European court of human rights offers way out from split

Their main function is to split the Eurosceptic and centre right vote and therefore they allow more pro-EU Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians to prosper.

Rivera will emerge as the main opponent but everyone has a right to stay in if they so choose... they should be prepared for the scorn that awaits however if Espada ends up winning because they split the vote.

Some would argue that it should have also been nominated for Best Picture, although it may have seen some heavy vote splits from the very similarly themed Million Dollar Baby, which deals with the same issues of one's right to end their life when they no longer have anything to live for.

During a meeting earlier this month, the Board voted to split the director role into two positions after nearly 10 months of searching and interviewing failed to turn up the right candidate.