Sentences with phrase «to voters»

Its mission is to «help voters take back control of their democracy» by giving them a place to debate issues, research candidates» platforms, recruit vote pledges from others and more.

In democracies, political «leaders» rarely lead, but follow voters» behavior — not voters» wishes or desires, but behavior.

Labour, is predicted to make big gains in London — where a majority of voters backed Remain.

The company boasted it could develop psychological profiles of consumers and voters which was a «secret sauce» it used to sway them more effectively than traditional advertising could.

Nearly 70 percent of Americans who voted for President - elect Donald Trump and 89 percent of Hillary Clinton voters support mandatory paid family and medical leave, according to a post-election poll of 2,000 voters by the Center for American Progress.

In recent weeks, polling shows that Carson is beginning to edge out Trump among likely Republican Iowa caucus voters, with an October 22 Quinnipiac University poll showing Carson leading at 28 percent to Trump's 20 percent.

Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).

Think about how few people seem bothered by Donald Trump's business failings — in fact, some voters say that just shows he's a risk taker and a dogged pursuer of the American Dream.

Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Michael Haas said Homeland Security told 21 states that «Russian government cyber actors» targeted their state voter registration systems in 2016.

That's not so easy when you are in the minority, and in a party where progressives are pushing hard left - perhaps appealing more to coastal and city voters than those in rural areas in red states.

The attacks, a week after 60 people were killed as they waited at a voter registration centre in the city, underlined mounting insecurity despite repeated government pledges to tighten defenses.

Donald Trump's plan calling for six weeks of mandatory paid leave for new moms is a step toward wooing women voters and a step up from current federal law — which doesn't require companies to provide any paid leave — but it's still behind the times for the business world.

As time has passed and America's internal political impasse has deepened almost to the bone, it has become clear how voters might wish to punish one party but not necessarily want to reward the other: roughly half the public, or more, dislikes the major parties.

After attributing their presidential loss in 2000 in part to the assault weapons ban, Democrats shied away from gun control talk in order to avoid alienating rural voters, particularly blue collar white males.

The so - called kids» table is for the lower polling candidates, those with support from less than 3 percent of likely Republican voters.

Whichever way voters go as polls close in the California's Democratic primary, some employees of tech companies in the Bay Area have already cast their votes with their dollars, reports The Hill.

Washington voters passed legalization measure Initiative 502 with a margin of nearly 10 points.

Today, Democrats are less worried about those voters, who tend to oppose gun laws.

At least part of the reason why Trump was seen as a joke — even after it was obvious that he had a broad level of support — is that most mainstream media outlets underestimated his appeal with U.S. voters.

The aim of Sean Parker's voter engagement app Brigade is to offer users a dedicated online space for political conversation.

Having a message that appeals to the Obama coalition and rural, white voters is not «incompatible,» said Representative Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee.

The trial made embarrassing national headlines for the once - rising Democratic star, who was accused of seeking more than $ 900,000 from two wealthy supporters to conceal his pregnant mistress, Rielle Hunter, from voters during his unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008.

European leaders and voters have been fighting a debt crisis for seven years.

Opinion polls suggest a majority of voters will opt to stay, but the post-referendum negotiations between the U.K. government and the E.U. could still sour market sentiment.

Whether or not those views reflect convictions, they track the views of the voters the candidates are courting.

«Voters in 28 states have chosen programs that shift cannabis from the criminal market to highly regulated, tax - paying businesses,» says Smith in a statement.

That was during a follow up to a question of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush about why he's more qualified to lead than the real estate billionaire, who garners as much as 41 percent of Republican voter support in some national polls, which is nearly triple the support for Cruz and four times that for Rubio.

After all, the candidacy of Donald Trump shows even a very mixed record in business impresses some voters in a way accomplishments in government don't.

This translates into a voter pledge rate on the app for Trump that far outstrips official polling data.

That means there is an incentive to keep expectations low, and to look for scapegoats, just in case voters are feeling no better in 2019 than they were in 2015.

Voters hear: «He wants to help me.»

According to a new Washington Post - Schar School poll, 50 % of likely voters support Jones and 47 % support Moore in their race to fill a Senate seat most recently vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The poll showed deep gender and partisan divides among likely voters.

One in four voters backed UKIP in the 2013 local elections but polls suggest the Paul Nuttall - party is steadily in decline and could suffer around 105 net losses today.

Republicans need older, disproportionally white, male voters to win.

Obama lost big with such rural white voters, but won more votes from woman, minorities and others groups clustered in or near cities.

Make it easy to register to vote by keeping voter registration forms at the office or enclosing them in onboarding materials for new employees.

More than 60 % of voters decided to back their prime minister.

Deprivation angered Greek voters, destroying any possibility of building a broad consensus on sensible economic reforms — such as creating a tax system that would force the some of the world's most notorious tax dodgers to contribute to the running of the government.

«We as Democrats have to have a stronger economic message that appeals to Midwest and white blue - collar voters,» says Democratic pollster Celinda Lake in an email.

Cambridge Analytica is being scrutinized for the methods it used during the 2016 presidential election, after executives with the British data firm boasted about their ability to covertly target voters, entrap politicians, and launch propaganda campaigns.

Recent polls have shown that Trump had 0 % approval among black voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania, key states.

For the first time since that 1969 poll, a majority of Republican voters told Gallup they are in favor of legalizing marijuana.

Just 35 % of likely voters say they believe that Moore made unwanted romantic or sexual advances on teenage girls, while 28 % say they don't believe the allegations.

So in each state, there were more than enough Stein voters to swing the result, just like Ralph Nader did in Florida and New Hampshire in 2000.»

Bonnie Sumner, an independent voter who has lived in Colorado the last nine years, is among those who said doing something to combat climate change is important.

It's not yet clear what judgment voters will render on Obamacare in the midterm elections in November, but for now McConnell's strategy seems to have paid off.

Instead, enough voters switched, stayed home, or went for third parties in the final days to cost me the state.»

Shahidi is an 18 - year - old actress and activist who uses her platform to advocate for important issues like diversity in Hollywood, girls» education and voter turnout.

Almost every major attempt has been criticized, from asking voters to «emoji» their views on student debt to paying tribute to Rosa Parks with a logo that social media users deemed backward.