Sentences with phrase «significant number of voters»

In the attorney general's race, Schneiderman, the Democratic incumbent, is still largely unknown by a significant number of voters despite his double - digit lead over Cahill.

Hawkins and the Green Party lack the rich coffers of the Democratic and Republican parties, yet it is clear that the Green Party's progressive agenda excites a significant number of voters.

In the court's majority opinion, Kagan described the two - part analysis utilized by the high court when plaintiffs allege racial gerrymandering as follows: «First, the plaintiff must prove that «race was the predominant factor motivating the legislature's decision to place a significant number of voters within or without a particular district.»

Paul: My conclusion that «here must have been a significant number of voters who cast just one vote for John Healey» is based on the premise (admittedly my own supposition) that «There are likely to have been a substantial number of trade union and left MPs who will have voted for both Dennis Skinner and Steve Rotherham».

We can therefore deduce that there must have been a significant number of voters who cast just one vote for John Healey.

I just can't see how this is Dems «shooting themselves in the foot» — you need to show me a significant number of voters who were turned against him because of this illustration for me to believe that.

But when NDP members decided by a narrow margin to show Thomas Mulcair the door, they ended up trading a leader who was considered prime ministerial by a significant number of voters for one who is not — or at least who may not be in time for next year's federal vote.

Not exact matches

They want a change that is significant in relation to a number of issues which are considered a high - priority now by at least 60 percent, and perhaps more, of Italian voters.»

«The only way that could happen is for a very significant number of Trump voters — red voters, Southern voters — to vote in favor of cannabis reform.

And, don't forget, a significant number of younger Britons have also fallen off the electoral register in recent months (hence Nicky Morgan's recent intervention to try and ensure that those young voters who are still on the register turn out.)

Labour currently faces a number of significant difficulties, but those who claim it must veer economically rightwards to attract voters are woefully out of touch.

The British Election Study survey evidence suggests that Scottish Labour MPs will not be saved by incumbency effects or tactical voting, so the party will primarily need to attract a significant number of their former voters back from the SNP.

Oakeshott warned that 39 out of the Liberal Democrats» 57 MPs had held their seats against Conservative opponents only with the help of significant numbers of Labour voters.

So Smith wants a Labour Government then with his call for another referendum on the EC (not accepting the democratic will of he people) the first thing he does is slap 17m Out voters in the face and a significant number of these are potential Labour voters!

This is a significantly bigger margin for Yes than YouGov's survey realeased earlier today, giving credence to those who suspected that there were a significant number of shy no voters, not being picked up by the polls.

Even significant numbers of Labour (26 %) and Lib Dem (35 %) voters thought the Conservatives» reputation was getting better.

The brute lesson of May is that Labour can not get there without first winning back significant numbers of Tory voters.

It may also turn out that there are significant numbers of «shy» Labour voters in Scotland which the polls are simply not picking up.

There is a significant number of party - unaffiliated voters to woo as well as moderate Democrats and Republicans, but most of the votes in play for Dietl or Malliotakis are largely out of the de Blasio target area to begin with.

Six weeks before referendum day Conservative focus groups found that the only issue that moved significant numbers of the contest's crucial floating voters into the Yes column was the idea that AV would seriously damage Cameron and the Conservatives.

In the United States, some have suggested that racism motivated a significant number of Trump voters.