Sentences with phrase «time elections»

I went door to door with legislative candidates for this first time this election, which has been a fun experience.
Former prime minister and three - time election winner said he was not sure if he understood politics today.
Offers a one - time election if a verified physician's statement indicates the insured has a terminal illness that will result in death within 12 months.
Instead, Congress is praying that the American Public will never wake up and stay at home the next time Election Day rolls around.
Jobs for New York Inc., the outside spending group created by New York City - based real estate industry, is hitting the airwaves for the first time this election cycle with a TV ad in support of former Assemblyman George Amedore, the Republican candidate in the 46th Senate District.
«I'm not going to sacrifice the future of our country, the unity of our country, I'm not going to give in to SNP demands around Trident, the deficit or anything like that,» he told Question Time election special.
At the same time an election for a directly elected mayor was held, which was won by the Liberal Democrat Dorothy Thornhill.
In backing Bloomberg, the Trades Council has split for the first time this election season from its ally, the labor - backed Working Families Party.
A decidedly uncomfortable moment during the BBC's Question Time election special, between one angry man and Ed Miliband, who refused to admit any spending profligacy proved to be, in Burnham's words, «a very big moment in the campaign».
The last time an election race was this close was in 1992, when polls at a similar stage either had the main parties tied or gave Labour a narrow lead.
And to my fellow Realtors in Canada, please remember these federally backed «negotiations» the next time an election is called.
Opportunistically timed elections allow governments to ask voters to assess their performance at the most favorable time as far as the incumbents can forecast.
Instead of timing the election when things looked good, the government would merely arrange its business so that things looked good when the predestined day rolled around.
In fact, several times this election cycle church leaders have sent out letters that are read over the pulpit once again emphasizing the churches position of neutrality.
Cameron stated quite definitely during a question time election debate that he had no intention of cutting tax credits
There are now also indications that students are more likely to be registered at their home rather than their university address, perhaps raising the risk of low turnout at what will be a term time election.
For the umpteenth time this election cycle: nice work, Obamans.
First, our research shows that voters regard a government's choice to time the election strategically and for partisan benefit as significantly less important to their vote choice than the incumbent's policy performance and party leadership.
For the second time this election season, Chris Fowler, a Democrat who had intended to run as a Libertarian, failed to submit the necessary paperwork to run for Syracuse mayor.
In principle, a fixed term should abolish any discretion over timing an election.
Lib Dem cabinet minister predicts Labour will be largest party after election and his party will be stronger negotiators this time
Petra Schleiter argues that those who are critical of the Act miss the key point that its adoption forced Prime Ministers to govern in a more inclusive way, and makes it impossible for them to heed the siren calls of calling an advantageously timed election.
Recruited, trained and supervised full time staff and part time elections workers.
Research that I have done with Margit Tavits shows that PMs who can time elections for partisan advantage realise a vote share bonus of 5 % on average.
It suggested Labour could pick up 51 % of the vote, a positive swing of 5.35 % compared to the last time elections were fought in 2014.
The three - time election winner said he admired Mr Corbyn's ability to stir up enthusiasm among supporters but ssid offering freebies was not s path to victory.
They understand that a government's ability to time an election when the opposition is particularly weak represents a significant strategic advantage.
Christie's visit comes just as a new poll shows Malloy ahead of Foley for the first time this election season.
«I will never apologise... for having stepped up to the plate in a plucky and brave way,» he told the Question Time election special.
Hajia Alima Mahama, who interacting with participants at the second Regional sensitization workshop on the first time election of MMDCES in Ghana held in Ho, the Volta Regional Capital, said, «the President is giving power back to the people.
For the first time this election cycle, the National Republican Senatorial Committee launched ads tying vulnerable Senate Democrats to a familiar GOP foe: Hillary Clinton.
«I'm going to spend the next seven days flat out for victory... rather than have the manifesto bartered away in a dark room,» he told the Question Time election special.
But it's hard not to get the feeling that by the time the election is called, it's too late to do anything substantive to affect the outcome.
Whether the deficit will actually be eliminated in 2015 - 16 will not be known until the fall of 2016, when the final audited results are published, but by that time the election will be over.
«The allegory is that we really started working on the show in earnest around the time the election was happening,» showrunner Aaron Harberts told Entertainment Weekly.
Italian liberals linked to daily La Repubblica have done this each time the elections were won by Silvio Berlusconi and now Poland's liberals linked to daily Gazeta Wyborcza seem to be following their example.
Though governments will not be able to call an election at a moment that happens to be favourable to them, they will be able to pursue policies designed to produce favourable circumstances at the time an election is scheduled to take place.
In short, the advantages conferred to governing parties by the prime minister's power to time elections have been an important factor in generating the inflated government majorities that have characterized UK politics post World War II.
Twice I had someone vote using my name and both times the election official said that it was probably a mistake that someone was given my sheet on accident.
would have roughly ten weeks to organize a nation - wide turnout operation, an apparatus their Democratic opponent will have been building for over a year by the time election day comes around in November.
The reforms were designed to change the nature of electoral representation (the referendum on the alternative vote), alter the composition of both Houses of Parliament (boundary review and House of Lords reform), and to reduce the power of the Prime Minister to time elections.
Historically, UK prime ministers have made extensive use of the power to time elections for partisan advantage.
In 1992, the last time an election was certain to be called within months, the parties took to the stage within days of the New Year.
Leaders may time elections to take advantage of favourable developments, exploit opposition weakness, or to «cut and run» before their popularity wanes.
Fiscal conservatism is almost as unpopular in Labour circles as their three times election winner Tony Blair.
About 75 supporters at Wolff's Biergarten, across from Syracuse City Hall, cheered Tuesday night each time the election results showed Deacon with a big lead over Democrats Eric Kingson and Steve Williams.
But for the first time this election cycle, Quinnipiac pollsters added Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party's Jill Stein to the mix — and they pulled in 5 percent and 3 percent, respectively.
Nigeria Politics Online reports that at a time election officials are supposed to be on their ways to polling units to set up election logistics rain has prevented smooth movements even as there are threats of flood in some places.
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