Sentences with phrase «social conservative votes»

Perry «might could» do better in South Carolina than in Iowa, but his likeliest role is as a spoiler for Santorum, siphoning off social conservative votes that would otherwise go to the home - schooling father of seven.

I don't think Rick did what he did as a sop to some social conservative vote that may have been wavering in its vote in his favor.

Kansas primary between sitting GOP Reps. Jerry Moran and Todd Tiahrt is getting vicious, with the social conservative vote being critical.

Not exact matches

«Canadians might not like them as politicians — they may not vote for them because they're too conservative on social issues — but they're not the kind of governors that make trouble for Canada.»

The centre - left Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel's current coalition partners who were the second - biggest party in the election, have ruled out a repeat of an alliance with her conservatives, who won the vote but were left with fewer seats.

Having won the leadership with the help of social and religious conservatives, how much does he have to curry favour with a voter segment with no other party to vote for?

On Sunday, Germany's Social Democrats party voted overwhelmingly to form a coalition treaty with incumbent conservatives in order to usher in a new government.

Maybe the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, Mr. Anders is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

Perhaps the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, he is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

Im not a democrat, and will not usually vote for one, but dam these social conservatives challenge me to do so every day.

In the Senate, 10 of the 12 new Republicans heading to the US Senate will vote social conservative.

And rightly so, for without a great deal of willingness from social conservatives to come out and vote in the national election, the Republican nominee has no chance of winning in November against the Democrats.

Vander Plaats is the president and CEO of The Family Leader in Iowa, a Christian organization that holds sway over many Iowa social conservatives — a crucial voting bloc in the state's January 3 caucus.

Yes, that's true social conservatives are real suckers... you just voted for Santorum.

Social conservatives, including the Religious Right, will not vote for Paul because some of his beliefs are too open - minded and cosmopolitan.

But according to Senator Gavin Marshall, chairman of the «Left federal parliamentary Labor Party caucus,» writing in The Age, Gillard's decision to allow a «conscience vote» on «gay marriage» is «not democratic,» because it «exposes individual parliamentarians to powerful conservative lobby groups» and the retrograde opinions of those «stubbornly opposed to all social reforms.»

99 % of social conservatives will hold their breaths and vote for the psuedo - conservative (as long as it gets him elected) flip - flopping Mormon since he is white and Republican (at least in name).

Assuming Huckabee could consolidate the social conservatism - first vote, he would be better off going after the «somewhat conservative» voters.

George W. Bush won a third of the evangelical vote in Iowa in 2000, splitting that vote with Steve Forbes and more explicitly social conservative candidates like Gary Bauer and Alan Keyes.

I voted for Obama and will continue to vote Independent or Democratic until they expunge the social conservative or at least shut them up.

A majority of primary voters preferred a more conservative candidate to the frontrunner Romney, but social conservatives were splitting their vote among several candidates, allowing Romney to win.

In Massie's telling, Thatcher was an economic liberal and a social conservative (in fact she was one of the few Conservative MPs to vote for decriminalizing homosexuality and also voted in favor of liberalizing abortion — but let us allow Massie his characconservative (in fact she was one of the few Conservative MPs to vote for decriminalizing homosexuality and also voted in favor of liberalizing abortion — but let us allow Massie his characConservative MPs to vote for decriminalizing homosexuality and also voted in favor of liberalizing abortion — but let us allow Massie his characterization).

Do they really think the public will go into the polling booth thinking «oh well I would vote for Labour but they can't be trusted on the economy, and I would vote for the Conservatives but they might deliver the wrong kind of recovery, so I think I will marry economic efficiency and social justice and vote for the Liberal Democrats instead»?

Social conservatives support socially conservative ideology, which means that their votes could potentially go to a candidate with little concern for party enrollment.

Portugal's conservative Social Democrats secured about 31 % of the vote.

The Remain - voting business secretary is seen as a sensible and economically liberal Conservative with a social conscience.

Social conservatives rallied to unseat the senators following their deciding votes on «marriage equality,» which changes the legal definition of marriage from a union between husband and wife to a contract between Spouse A and Spouse B.

The deviation between the proportion of BES respondents saying they voted Conservative and the actual proportion of voters who did is highest in strong Conservative areas where we would expect the least social pressure against voting Conservative.

Even if he somehow won the GOP primary, you would see the same result as McCain and Romney where the social conservative base does not come out and vote.

Frank Field and Michael Portillo both said tat it would be better for Scotland to go independent, Michael gove was described last year in a spectator article as the greatest leader Labours never had, portillos first political hero was Harold Wilson, and black Tory lord John Taylor said of Portillo that he was just pretending to be Thatcherite to further his career in the 80's So to take the view that there are some non Blairite, non Corbyinsta, EU skeptics who appeal to the Socially conservative, yet Social democrat view of politics, what was needed was a 42 year old, Admirer of Frank field and Michael Portillo, who was against Iraq, voted leave, and didn't back David miliband for leader in 2010

Gerry O'Brien, a spokesman for Reyes's campaign, said the mailer was intended to highlight what he said was flip - flopping on social issues by Ulrich, saying the councilman initially entered office presenting himself as more conservative than what his voting record reflects.

This stands in contrast to the U.S. Congress, where from the 1930s through the 1960s, many Southern legislators voted for progressive - minded economic legislation such as Social Security and other New Deal laws that expanded the role of government, while maintaining a much more conservative outlook on social issues, most prominently civil rSocial Security and other New Deal laws that expanded the role of government, while maintaining a much more conservative outlook on social issues, most prominently civil rsocial issues, most prominently civil rights.

Nevertheless, many Americans who self - identify as religious and social conservatives, especially those in the subset of white evangelical Protestants (a powerful voting bloc in Republican politics), continue to cling stubbornly to the orthodoxy of climate denial.

The conservatives (denialists) in a society see themselves as being near the top of the heap, mechanisms that bring about major social changes are likely to be bad for their position, in comparison the liberals (alarmists) see such mechanisms as an opportunity to bring about social change to their advantage, examples of how conservatives fight against such changes can be seen all over the place, from giving women the vote, to civil rights legislation, to gay marriage, etc..