Sentences with phrase «swing vote because»

Katko is considered a key swing vote because Republicans can afford to lose only about 20 votes and still have the 218 votes needed for passage.

Not exact matches

Your average «swing» vote is as likely to laugh at any of them because they typically find the whole process laugh worthy.

A majority in the Labour movement believe the party lost the election because its traditional core supporters decided not to vote Labour, not because middle class swing voters went to other parties.

Just because the Tories might have secured a five percent swing in a local election from their 2013 vote, that does not equate to being on course to secure a five percent swing from 2015 for the corresponding House of Commons seat.

With FPTP, in a General Election a good local MP may lose their constituency because of the national swing against that MP's party, regardless of the personal merit and exemplary track record of the MP, because people decide to vote on a «party» basis.

The press as kingmaker!The Daily Mail swung the 1924 election for the Tories by publishing the forged Zinoviev letter.The use by «The Telegraph» of purloined discs on MPs expenses was more damaging to Labour than the conservatives because it discredited parliament, differential voting did the rest.

I think Labour has to look at getting the swing voting Tories back, the people at the bottom of the pile, the poorest the sick the disabled will not bother voting because both parties are generally Conservatives, labour with a smaller c granted.

Failure to control for non-response will result in «phantom swings» — polls bouncing because of changes in sample composition despite no change in individual voting intentions.

They may vote with us again, and I would hope they do because they could be in swing districts that could make a difference in their election or in the primary.»

In a close count, both sides will have observers disputing the interpretation of particular ballots on a case - by - case basis, because even a (literal) handful of votes could swing the result.

Conservative swings in London in 2005 were larger than in just about any other part of the country — albeit mainly because of large falls in the Labour vote rather than increases in the Conservative vote.

Ex labour, I'll defend you to Kevin berry who said that you're a Tory, because you say labour is swinging towards the left, I take it you're saying that as you don't want to happen, aTory would like labour to swing towards the left as it'll put us out of power for years, but I'd hardly compare 43 m.p.s voting against a piece of legislation including Nick Brown and Frank Field the equivalent of Hatton

The «late swing» hypothesis is that the underestimation of the Conservative vote occurred because voters changed their minds right at the end of the campaign, after pollsters had finished contacting them.

You can be sure Greens feel attacked by progressives calling for Clinton votes in swing states because they are campaigning against the Greens having ballot access in those states.

The reason it's so extreme is because Martin's calculator is based upon a proportional swing — i.e. the Lib Dems have lost 43 % of their vote at the last election so their vote in each seat is reduced by 43 %.

David Cameron believes we failed to win a majority because we didn't reassure enough swing voters (and not because the core vote was marginalised)

The reason the party did not win a majority, he said, was because not enough people trusted the party with their vote and that more reassurance needed to be given to swing voters so that they could vote Conservative with confidence and without fear.

Regarding labour losing votes, many who went Ukip, didn't go there because labour had swung to the right.

Together, they make up a powerful «swing» vote because they are not necessarily tied to one major party or another.

Leahy is «trying to swing from one end of the pendulum to the other, trying to see where he can get the votes — and he hasn't found the sweet spot yet,» said one patent lobbyist, who would speak only on background because of the sensitivity of the negotiations.