Sentences with phrase «substantial number of voters»

Polls have shown Schneiderman's lead shrinking and that a substantial number of voters remain undecided in the race.

Are there a substantial number of voters who want these guys to twist in the wind for a while, but eventually, recognizing their overwhelming excellence, pre-steroids, will elect them?

The record also supports the obvious proposition that these substantial numbers of voters who help select the nominees of parties they have chosen not to join often have policy views that diverge from those of the party faithful.

Not exact matches

As The Nation pointed out after the election, «One out of every four Trump voters voted with the Supreme Court in mind, and it's a safe bet that a very substantial number of those see the Supreme Court through the lens of abortion politics... If you can rally voters around abortion, few other issues matter.»

And that's before accounting for some of the factors that the model doesn't consider: the disagreement in the polls, the unusual nature of Trump's candidacy and the demographic changes it is producing, Clinton's superior turnout operation, the possibility of «shy Trump» voters, the fact that the news cycle is still somewhat fluid headed into the final weekend, the declining response rates to polls, and the substantial number of high - profile polling misses around the world over the past few years.

The 23rd CD has a substantial number of Asians, though the percentage of Asian voters is substantially lower than their share of the overall population.

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».

He said Corbyn did well in June's general election because his policy on leaving the EU was vague enough to attract a substantial number of anti-Brexit Tory voters and very large numbers of pro-EU, internationalist - minded young voters.

It would require political parties with less than 10 % of the registered voters opting to participate in primaries to declare a winner based on a candidate winning the highest number of voters, rather than a substantial plurality.

A number of European governments have already been down this road, including Spain, the Czech Republic, Germany, and the UK, but are now trying to scale back because of the substantial adverse effects on electricity rates and taxes, which voters do not appreciate.