Sentences with phrase «to appeal to voters»

But his prospects would be better served by appealing to voters who are anxious for strong climate action.

But they're going to have to find other ways of appealing to these voters — people who are generally more affluent, more educated and Southern.

She said instant runoff voting is the «least expensive, most democratic option» and forces candidates to appeal to all voters as opposed to one democratic base.

She said such issues as campaign finance reform, strong schools and efforts to address corruption appeal to voters across the political spectrum.

«I will absolutely able to cross over» and appeal to voters outside the party, he said in a brief interview.

The key question is whether their leader is more appealing to voters than their party.

They argue his significant majority shows that he does appeal to voters and can win elections.

It needs to very quickly appeal to voters who normally vote Labour or otherwise line up on the left side of the political spectrum.

The chance to meet the seven candidates and get answers to questions about the proposed district is meant to appeal to voters who have not made up their minds.

President Trump on Monday appealed to voters in West Virginia to reject controversial GOP Senate candidate and ex-coal boss Don Blankenship in Tuesday's primary.

In a clear appeal to voters on the left of the party, Smith said: «New Labour tried so hard to make sure it didn't alienate the powerful that I'm afraid too many people in our country, too many people in our movement found it impossible to distinguish between the Labour party and the institutions we were created to challenge.

Elections are won by those who know how to appeal to the voters with clear - cut, convincing messages.

But Communities Secretary Sajid Javid appealed to voters not to abandon the Conservatives in the upcoming local elections as a result of the Windrush scandal.

But now some Republicans are raising red flags over DeFrancisco, the Senate's deputy majority leader, saying he will be viewed as an Albany insider who will have little appeal to voters looking to reform a broken state government.

There was, perhaps, a hint of desperation in Gordon Brown's final appeal to voters at the end of the 90 minute, BBC hosted, event, with his warning not to «risk» a vote for Mr Cameron or Mr Clegg.

The political use of Hindutva has survived several court cases, most notably a major one in 1995 brought by those who felt that its allure was primarily religious in nature and hence violated India's constitution, which prohibits candidates from appealing to voters exclusively on religious grounds.

Haiti was rocked by Hurricane Matthew in October, just weeks after Trump appealed to voters in Miami.

Tenney today welcomed the Oneidas» endorsement of Hanna, and said it will likely help her campaign by appealing to voters unhappy with Halbritter, the casino and a revenue - sharing deal with the state.

This was Gordon Brown's main refrain as he made an impassioned appeal to voters ahead of the EU referendum.

The party, we are warned, must moderate its positions to better appeal to voters in the «middle.»

Rangel and Espaillat, who would have been the first Dominican - born member of Congress, accused each other of making racial appeals to voters during their 2014 race.

Politicians gathering at the autumn conferences are struggling to find ways of appealing to voters while bearing bad news about the economy.

He is widely expected to run for a United States Senate seat this year, and knows he will have to appeal to voters beyond his own party in a race against the incumbent Democrat, Bill Nelson.

Political leaders have always been keenly aware that religious traditions represented a reservoir of potential support and frequently appealed to voters on the basis of religious values.

Mr Brown appealed to voters to take the long view, predicting people would see the decisions taken on the economy are the right decisions in the long - term.

When you look at the positions taken by parties, you will note that they are careful not to make direct appeals to voters by religion, caste or language.

For the last eight years, Cuomo has used the IDC to carefully calibrate the pace of reform in New York, a mechanism that allows him to build a resume that is ostensibly appealing to voters in both his home state and more conservative areas of the country.

Much has been written over recent years about the rise of political marketing and the increasingly calculated way in which politicians craft messages designed to maximise appeal to voters.

She also continues to dispute the notion that in the Democratic race, she is the candidate of the establishment and Sanders is the outsider, a position that has proven appealing to voters this election cycle.

So Cuomo and de Blasio may have limited appeal to voters, but can be important in delivering a small core of reliable primary voters to Clinton, Bose said.

David Cameron made a strong appeal to voters feeling alienated by the Conservatives today, with a pledge to assist those in Britain who aspired to a better quality of life.

She has been a woman leader and voice for truth in the district, which has real appeal to voters in these times,» said Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners.

We are also appealing to any voters who encountered any barriers to the ballot box, including misinformation and lack of interpretation services, to call - in to a voter hotline we have established and help us document voter suppression complaints.»

Many voters still recalled that, on the occasion of Obi's re-election in 2010, a frail Ojukwu still made a passionate appeal to the voters, adding that a vote for Obi was a vote for him (Ojukwu).

There have been some successes of course, and Clegg appealed to voters not to judge his party on one failed policy — which must have been a reference to tuition fees — and to look to the «countless» policies that have worked out.

At least with Corbyn as leader we can offer a genuine alternative and appeal to voters fed up with ten years of an austerity which owes everything to Tory ideology and nothing to good economic sense.

In other words over the course of the campaign Corbyn increasingly appealed to voters who had previously been unimpressed, helping them win new support for Labour, dramatically narrowing the gap to the Conservatives.

Tories involved in the campaign have said that the party HQ told Tory canvassers not to bother appealing to voters between 18 and 24 because they «weren't on the dataset».

It was an out and out appeal to those voters who aren't members of the BNP - they will never vote Labour - but who are toying with the idea.

By seeking to prevent Momentum from pushing for a more left - wing Labour Party, the moderates want to continue appealing to those voters who are disengaged from the political process yet vote based on a range of real world issues.

A short time ago, U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez made a campaign stop at the Good Companions Senior Center on Madison Street, in a last minute Election Day appeal to voters.

It should be up to parties to make themselves sufficiently appealing to voters that they want to support them, and many of us would deeply resent being made to fund a political movement we find repugnant (and I'm not even thinking of the ghastly extremist parties!).

The Prime Minister appealed to voters to allow his party to finish the job it started in coalition.

For Cuomo the goal remains the same: to achieve a Schumeresque margin of victory, and win as many counties as possible to show that he can appeal to voters far from liberal New York City.

If Labour doesn't start appealing to voters who value family, tradition, work and country then the party will never — ever — win again.

Democrats didn't use the press conference to call for his resignation but to instead appeal to voters.

Teachout garnered 34 % of the Democratic primary vote (181,000 votes) by running on a progressive platform, appealing to voters furious with Governor Cuomo's record.

The challenge for David Cameron at the next election, writes Michael Ashcroft in an article for The Guardian, is to simultaneously appeal to the voters who we have lost to UKIP and the voters wavering between the Tory and Lib Dem boxes on the ballot paper.

He knew Labour had a problem appealing to voters who believed Labour was wedded to high taxes, dominated by the unions and weak on defence.

But that's not all — the film appeals to voters young and old (its macho theme and execution makes it really appreciated by older voters and its AARP nomination earlier this week is further confirmation for this).