Sentences with phrase «to connect with voters»

Using online media also helps parties to connect with voters once considered hard to reach, such as young people and those living outside cities.

One shadow minister said: «The brutal truth is that Ed Miliband does not connect with our voters in Scotland.

The candidate has become appalled by the backroom politics of the Republican party and believes his best chance of connecting with voters on the issues is to run as an Independent candidate in November.

She must make the case for herself, while invigorating the party and also trying to connect with those voters who find her both untrustworthy and unlikeable.

The environment secretary also warns that his party must «renew» its style as well as its policies and find new ways of connecting with voters if it is to achieve a fourth victory.

The mood at Westminster has recently turned, especially bleak among Labour MPs concerned that the party's arguments for remaining in Europe are not connecting with its voters.

For instance, the grassroots volunteer - management software connected with the voter database system built for Get Out The Vote operations, letting volunteers update information directly — getting more value out of every individual voter contact.

Cookie - based voter - file targeted ads (like those getting scarce in battleground states) aren't the only arrow in the digital advertiser's quiver: Mitt Romney's now trying to connect with voters via Pandora internet radio, too.

Or John Prescott connecting with a voter in Rhyl in 2010.

«Mr. Katko has a strong command of the issues and more importantly, an ability to connect with the voters during the campaign.

But Dustin Reidy, who recently started a voter outreach group called NY 19 Votes, said the district could succeed with someone, man or woman, black or white, «who can really connect with voters by talking about the bottom line — wages, pocketbook issues.»

Once a Prime Minister has lost the media and lacks the artistic skills to connect with voters through any other means, he is in deep trouble.

«All of that is a distraction from why isn't the current Labour party connecting with voters.»

This election season Carlucci may have the advantage of being the incumbent, and a Rockland native, but that's not stopping Castaldi from connecting with the voters on both sides of the district.

While he willingly calls it the «ugly side of politics,» Collins says it takes funding to help a candidate connect with voters.

Facebook, which has two billion users, is now one of the main ways politicians connect with voters.

Join Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey staff and supporters as we review the impact the Christie - Guadagno administration has had on reproductive health care in New Jersey, describe the work Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey supporters did to connect with voters across New Jersey, and reflect on the outcome of the election on the future of care.

'' [Perez Williams] harnessed grassroots and local support to put together a strong campaign and fundraising operation,» the group added, «Beyond her demonstrated ability to build a winning campaign, Juanita Perez Williams has a strong record of service and a message that connects with voters in New York's 24th Congressional District.»

«Our entire campaign plan is to connect with voters who care about climate change and tell them that 732 is about climate change,» Bauman says.

All of which explains why George W. Bush was able in the 2000 election to connect with voters on the education issue.

So if you're a young woman in New Hampshire with a specific kind of personality and a particular set of issues that you care about, our research allows us to connect with that voter in a way that truly resonates with her.»

The following is a breakdown of my opinions on how music is strategically used in election years to connect with voters.

Romney's new line that he will have to «work for the votes» is something that would certainly be good for him; he's a person who would only gain by doing more to connect with the voters: That which would not kill him would only make him stronger.

«In campaign terms, 40 days is a lifetime so there's time for Paladino to connect with voters and turn this race around, as his Republican primary performance proves.

Some highlights: the ability of the web to go into great detail about issues and to show a candidate's personal side, the rise of online fundraising and the small donor, the potential of online video and social networking sites to connect with voters, and the Edwards blogger micro-scandal.

Some quick highlights from the candidates» strategies to leverage the debates to build their supporter bases, connect with voters and foster online community:

Conversely, the pro-UK parties will have to do more to add passion to their case, to connect with the voters.

Proving once again that e.politics has a face made for radio, I went on Karen Jagoda's Digital Politics show yesterday to talk about using the internet and in particular online video to connect with voters.

Maybe if the Coffey and Rice staffers spent less time penning canned blog comments and more time actually developing a platform and figuring out how their candidate can connect with voters they wouldn't look like they were running for School Board positions.

Some quick highlights from the candidates» strategies to leverage the debates to build their supporter bases, connect with voters and foster online community: Kucinich wins for best use of his own video clip: Text «P - E-A-C-E.»

Throughout the 2009 campaign, a less - than - friendly press frequently questioned his ability to connect with voters.

This is a test of 1990s - style politics (when Cuomo came of age), where politicians try to play everyone against each other and capture the support of major outside interests, against today's politics, where winners are chosen based on how well and directly they can connect with voters.

The ability to connect with voters and ask for their support, both face to face and in public forums

All three will be planning to use Twitter heavily in the run up to the general election next year to connect with voters and galvanise volunteers.

But Duffy's value for the governor is that he is a western New Yorker who can connect with voters in an area of the state in which the Cuomo campaign was vulnerable against Republican and Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino.

I don't blame them because they have no other means to connect with the voters than the campaign of scare - mongering that undergirds and motivates their rogue politics.

Tony Blair has told political allies that he believes the Conservatives will win the next election because Ed Miliband has failed to connect with voters, it was reported last night.

An open primary, seeking to draw in as broader range of candidates as possible, and seeking to enfranchise all Londoners in the selection process is an excellent way of getting the best candidate and connecting with voters.

«Andrew Russo is a fresh face who has connected with voters who are frustrated with one - party Democrat rule in Albany.

But they said candidates were nonetheless missing out on an opportunity to connect with voters.

He later sought to make light of the incident telling reporters that «I'm always looking for new ways to connect with the voters».

What is needed is a daily, hourly, assault on the key constituencies, re-building shattered constituency associations, identifying key local issues that connect with the voters, establishing links, bonds of trust, between the party and the local and regional media.»

«If [Massey] can raise the money to connect with voters and explain how his positions are in line with ours, he'll do well,» Polanco said.

Second, watching a first - time candidate make his way through unfamiliar policy issues and governmental processes while trying to connect with voters is worth watching, both in these brief moments and in the broader campaign.

The campaign spent about $ 75 million in 2015, building large organizations in the early voting states and a data - driven operation to connect with voters.

But she now stands for election against someone who, like Latimer, connects with the voters in a way not usually seen in politics.

One former minister said: «She is the brightest star of her generation and, to be honest, much more likely to connect with voters than her husband.

The poll is likely to settle nerves in the Labour party where Miliband has faced private criticism that he is failing to connect with voters.