Sentences with phrase «surprise election victory»

The only times the party have posted a better score, on 45 %, were immediately after John Major's surprise election victory in 1992, and in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis.

Forsyth suggests that the economic recovery and the Tories» surprise election victory are being seen as a vindication of the chancellor's political strategy.

While our colleagues in Scotland have gone from one poor election result to the next, faced with a similar situation in 1997 the Welsh Conservatives have made significant progress, bouncing back to increase our share of the vote at each general election since and increasing our representation, taking 8 seats this year - two more than than in John Major's surprise election victory in 1992.

And after President Donald Trump's surprise election victory in 2016, investors rejoiced over his promises of big tax cuts to provide further economic stimulus; late last year, Trump delivered.

While Donald Trump's surprise election victory may have taken the financial markets by storm, the initial burst of volatility that gripped the Dow Jones and S&P quickly subsided within 24 hours of Hilary Clinton's muted concession.

Essentially, he will be trying to argue that slashing taxes for corporations is in line with the populist «Make America Great Again» message that drove his surprise election victory last year.

Not exact matches

The forum, it's worth pointing out, is viewed by many to embody the very ideals that led to the populist uprising, including the surprise victory of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. presidential election in November; it brings together the global elite, or those who are typically first to reap the benefits of wealth creation.

President - elect Trump exulted in his surprise victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton, mocking critics who said before the election that polls showed he had no path to the White House.

Fears that Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton would win the election and limit gun sales led to record purchases last year, but Trump's surprise victory has had a reverse effect, with 2017 sales falling and investors selling gunmaker shares.

Perhaps a surprise victory by Marine Le Pen in French elections would qualify, though the probability of that happening has been reduced somewhat by the election result in the Netherlands.»

Meanwhile, France, Germany, and the Netherlands will hold federal elections in 2017, and some argue that the surprise victory of President - elect Donald Trump in the U.S. could signal a similar win for far - right candidates abroad, including Marine Le Pen of France and Geert Wilders in the Netherlands.

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

The billionaire businessman's surprise victory has the House minority leader even looking back wistfully on the failed candidacy of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, whom she attacked relentlessly during the 2012 election.

Donald Trump's surprise U.S. presidential election victory promises to result in an overhaul of U.S. trade policy, including the immediate end of support for the Trans Pacific Partnership, the controversial trade pact involving 12 Pacific countries including Canada, the U.S., and Japan.

It was immediately following Christy Clark's surprise victory in the last provincial election, an election many thought would play a large role in the fight against tanker projects on the West Coast.

When Facebook was first confronted with the possibility that fake news and propaganda on its platform may have swayed the election for Donald Trump, just days after the candidate's surprise victory, CEO Mark Zuckerberg strongly denied the idea, calling it «crazy.»

Trump's victory was a surprise to many, but I think a lot of the concern was already priced in and a lot of market participants were heavily short peso prior to the election and positioning for a decline.

As has been well - documented, financial services sector has been thriving since Donald Trump's surprising victory in the November U.S. presidential election.

Markets called it wrong for the second time this year, being caught by surprise by a Republican victory in the US presidential election.

November the 8th saw Donald Trump claim a surprise victory in the US Election which sent shockwaves across the financial markets.

It's been two and a half weeks since Doug Jones beat out Roy Moore in Alabama's special election — a surprise victory marking the first time the...

General election 1945Clement Atlee's landslide victory in July 1945 came as a complete surprise to the Conservatives who were hoping to capitalise on Winston Churchill's hugely successful period as Britain's wartime coalition prime minister.

Turner, the latest addition to this GOP party, had insisted that his surprise victory in last September's NY - 9 special election, in which he won the Democrat - dominated district long held by former Rep. Anthony Weiner, boosted his name recognition and made him a strong statewide contender.

The spot, which plays news clips of Turner's election - night victory speech, seems aimed at appealing to the concept that the Brooklyn Republican can repeat his surprise win, this time on a statewide level.

Ladoja who spoke through the Director - General of his campaign organization, Hon. Adeolu Adeleke, during a press conference in Ibadan, said the dismissal of his petition by the Justice Muhammed Mayaki - led election petitions tribunal, did not come as a surprise, but rather a confirmation of the boasts by Ajimobi at different fora, that he had already secured victory.

Coverage and analyses of the recent British general election of 7 May have focused predominantly on the surprise victory of the Conservatives, the poor showing of Labour, and the close to clean sweep of the Scottish National Party (SNP).

With the surprise victory of Christine Pellegrino in the special election for Assembly District 9 on Strong Island earlier this week, the pundits are already pointing to it as an example of dissatisfaction with the presidency of Donald Trump.

Recent political events such as the energy around the Scottish referendum and indeed the surprise people - movement that secured Jeremy Corbyn's victory in the Labour leadership election indicate that discontent with stale managerial politics is spreading.

This was as evident the morning after the referendum as it was the morning after the Conservatives» surprise majority victory in the 2015 election.

Controversial politician George Galloway was elected in a surprise victory in the Bradford West by - election.

A Democratic super PAC is making a surprise major investment in the Wisconsin Senate race in the election's final days, a sign that a race many Democrats had long considered a sure victory has become unexpectedly tight.

In the special election for the Assembly on Long Island last year, where Democrat Christine Pellegrino had a surprise victory, less than 11 percent of active voters showed up to vote.

The episode began during the 2009 elections, after the Working Families Party, backed by labor unions and armed with a formidable voter turnout operation, won a series of surprise victories for liberal candidates.

the smoke blowing at Russia turned into election hacking itself beyond DNC hacking after Trump's surprise victory

Moore refused to concede for a second straight night, calling Alabama's secretary of state to the certify the election results even after the president congratulated Democrat Doug Jones on the surprising victory.

Five years later, as Labour and the Liberal Democrats were recovering from the shock of John Major's surprise victory, Mr Kennedy showed remarkable prescience on the day after the election by calling for a realignment of Britain's centre - left parties.

Blake Farenthold (R - Texas): In an election night filled with pleasant surprises for Republicans, the victory by the little - known Farenthold in a south Texas district was perhaps the most shocking.

«The outcome of this election has come as a pleasant surprise to APGA and non-APGA members, against the background of threats by IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) to disrupt the election and fears in some quarters that there might be executive interference as in the days of yore when membership of the ruling party conferred automatic victory.

Podemos secured a surprise victory at the European elections in May, winning five MEP seats and garnering more than 1.2 million votes.

Paladino ran for Governor of New York in 2010 and turned in a surprising Republican Primary victory in an election season fueled by Tea Party populism.

However, ultimately, Lynch won a war against Sherwood, as he enjoyed surprising support among the town board, and ultimately Sherwood's regime was toppled in the following election with the victory of pro-Lynch stalwart Finn.

Dallet's victory follows a surprising Democratic win in January in a special election for a state Senate seat held by Republicans for 17 years — an outcome that Walker then said was a «wake - up call» for his party.

While the result of Tuesday's election is not surprising, it represents a victory for organized labor.

Cuomo said that the polarization laid bare by the 2016 elections — the surprise victory of Donald Trump, the insurgent strength of Bernie Sanders — had echoes in Albany that made reaching a middle ground difficult.

«We don't want people walking around in the aftermath of this election like they did on the morning of Nov. 9, wishing they had taken the time to go to the polls,» Hizzoner told the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church in Queens, citing the surprise victory of President Trump last year.

But with Donald Trump's surprise victory in the 2016 US presidential election, the fire found its way to him, thrusting the young researcher into the spotlight.

It appears the feel - good holiday film was more attractive to audiences than a dark thriller on the weekend after a tough presidential election and Donald Trump's surprise victory.

Watching the 2016 presidential election play out, Oscar - nominated documentarian Liz Garbus was as surprised as anyone by the outcome, as Republican candidate Donald Trump took a surprise victory over Hillary Clinton.

The Los Angeles school board election attracted enormous amounts of outside money and attention, so it's no surprise that lots of people are claiming victory in the aftermath.

Art world responds to Trump victory «It's a dark day in America» begins an email sent to subscribers by Hrag Vartanian, editor of the Hyperallergic blog, in response to Donald Trump's surprise victory in yesterday's US general election.