Sentences with phrase «swing their vote behind»
Democrats will swing their vote behind Crist before they let a Republican win the Senate.
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A recent Siena poll found Hanna trailing Arcuri by just eight percentage points, but 14 points behind him with independent voters, who could prove to be a crucial swing voting bloc.
(Which, incidentally, is another theme that reappears throughout European history...) But still, in the new North vs. South Europe France could represent the crucial swing vote, and throw some political clout behind the interests of the South, preventing Germany from fully setting the economic agenda for the continent.
That those viewers then swung in large numbers behind the Labour leader suggests the programme may have had an impact on the final result - particularly when just a few hundred votes in swing seats shifted June's outcome.
The seat is unchanged for the next election, meaning that Richard requires a swing of 7 % to oust the Secretary of State for Scotland (in the equivalent seat at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, the Conservatives were only 891 votes behind Labour).
Westminster sources are certain the move pinpoints the weakest area for pro-independence advocates and will help swing undecided voters behind a «no» vote.
The so - called «blanks» are backing Gibson 53 - 30, while moderates support him 47 - 38 and women, another key swing voting bloc, are behind him 50 - 40.
Whelan, Gordon Brown's spin doctor in the 1990s and part of the media campaign behind Labour's 1997 victory, said union power had undoubtedly swung the vote for the younger Miliband brother.
The issues behind the scenes of other TV news shows are portrayed in the movies Groundhog Day, Swing Vote and Mad City.