Sentences with phrase «urban voters in»

But what may also rescue Ms. Clinton from an embarrassing setback here is Mr. Sanders» failure to connect with African - Americans and urban voters in general, as well as the dislike higher - income suburban voters could feel towards a proud socialist.

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Perhaps the results were a fluke, but they give the federal Liberals a sign that many voters in Alberta's urban centres are becoming more receptive to a moderate non-Conservative alternative in Ottawa.

Most of the major civic institutions in American communities today — like the Boy Scouts, the Red Cross, the League of Women Voters, the NAACP, the Urban League, the Knights of Columbus, Rotary, Kiwanis, the Lions Club — were created in this period.

Redistricting in the early 1990s was bad enough, with certain Democratic urban legislators teaming up with suburban Republicans to sketch sprawling monsters linking scattered pockets of (presumably) like - minded voters, in the process often creating a slew of safe Republican districts enveloping a handful of others packed to the gills with minority and other reliably Democratic voters.

Only a very small number of districts, mostly urban districts packed with African - American voters, vote Democrat in the south.

In wealthier urban and suburban areas, most voters will be online and a majority will have broadband access, but even in far - flung rural areas or poorer parts of cities email at least is usually availablIn wealthier urban and suburban areas, most voters will be online and a majority will have broadband access, but even in far - flung rural areas or poorer parts of cities email at least is usually availablin far - flung rural areas or poorer parts of cities email at least is usually available.

Furthermore, the Secretary of State for Scotland, Alistair Carmichael MP, has warned that there are large numbers of undecided former Labour voters in the «urban post-industrial belt of Scotland».

From the beginning, there has been a politics of division and neglect — dividing rural voters from urban ones or squabbling between northern local authorities, or everyone from the political elite doing their best to either ignore outside voices or proclaim their own powerlessness in the face of Whitehall and Osborne.

And it CAN be a good for political organizing, if your targets are in populations with high cell - phone and / or Twitter usage (for instance, younger — and plugged - in — urban black and latino voters).

Another sign of change in the state, despite the overwhelmingly Republican congressional delegation, is the success that voters in cities and urban areas are having electing more progressive slates of candidates, a show of energy that could continue into the fall.

In all four states, the marriage equality effort did better in urban areas and were less popular among rural voterIn all four states, the marriage equality effort did better in urban areas and were less popular among rural voterin urban areas and were less popular among rural voters.

While Nigel Farage and his lieutenants have invested considerable resources in terms of pavement politics in the working - class midlands and north - east, they still have considerable difficulty attracting the support of younger and urban voters — precisely the electoral tranche Labour is now pursuing.

It's partly because Republicans created boundaries efficiently in redistricting and partly because the most Democratic districts in the country, like those in urban portions of New York or Chicago, are even more Democratic than the reddest districts of the country are Republican, meaning there are fewer Democratic voters remaining to distribute to swing districts.

Political scientists such as Danielle Resnick, Nic Cheeseman and Miles Larmer aver that Sata won by using a combination of populist messages which appealed to cross-ethnic, poor, urban voters with ethnically - motivated support in rural Bemba - speaking areas.

The referendum result has exacerbated the theme of a developing fissure in Labour's traditional coalition of urban, liberal - minded and professional voters and former industrial working class communities.

In Scotland it needs to attract SNP voters and the south - west and English urban centres cities it needs to pull in Liberal Democrat and Green voterIn Scotland it needs to attract SNP voters and the south - west and English urban centres cities it needs to pull in Liberal Democrat and Green voterin Liberal Democrat and Green voters.

In poorer northern England urban seats such as Redcar and Hull, disaffected working - class voters deserted the Lib Dems as the local opposition to Labour, opting instead for Ukip.

Also note that cell phones have particular high penetration and usage rates in some communities that aren't as likely to be on the traditional internet, making them potentially an ideal tool for reaching groups like urban black and hispanic voters.

At a time when the urban population is growing quickly, the number of registered voters in these areas is not keeping pace.

The Republican National Committee has launched a petition in support of Uber and opposing «taxi unions and liberal government roadblocks,» a new effort to reach young urban voters, report Byron Tau and Kevin Robillard for Politico.

It also highlights the difficulties that the national leadership of the main political parties will face in making a concerted pitch to win over urban voters at the next general elections.

If David Cameron and George Osborne want to succeed in making the Conservative Party credible on the economy — and appealing to urban voters outside the South of England — they must produce a credible policy on cities.

This morning, the de Blasio Administration is teaming up with the Urban Justice Center's Street Vendor Project for #NoshTheVote, a voter registration drive taking place this morning in the Bronx.

Republican Chairman Ed Cox in an interview Wednesday here in Cleveland pointed to Republican Gov. John Kasich's success in the city as a sign the GOP can win urban voters.

The presence of a northern woman in the cabinet will not be the silver bullet to the issue of Tory unpopularity with urban voters and women, just as Sajid Javid's appointment has not made the Tories more appealing to ethnic minorities.

Fuel duty's disproportionate impact on rural voters: «The Government understand the challenges faced by people in rural areas in relation to fuel costs, which those of us in city and urban areas perhaps do not face.

It would be simplistic to label this as a town v country issue, but Tory activists in the countryside are likely go one way and urban floating voters the other.

The Commission found that these missing voters are predominantly young and from lower income groups, and are mainly to be found in urban (and predominantly Labour) areas.

Arguably the most significant reason Clinton is doing better in 2016 than eight years ago is that she's won the overwhelming support of urban voters this time around.

Voters head to the polls on Thursday, with Labour expected to hammer the Tories in many urban areas - especially in London.

The Republicans briefly lost their Senate majority in the 2008 elections when Barack Obama brought out a surge of young and urban voters, but they rebounded in the Obama - backlash election of 2010, just in time for redistricting, and a chance to build a floodwall against New York's rising Democratic tide.

Maryland, one of the nation's most Democratic states, serves as a microcosm of the trends shaping today's Democratic Party: continuing lopsided support in ethnically and racially diverse urban areas, increasing Democratic success among affluent, suburban voters, and a waning of the party's influence in rural areas.

The shadow home secretary suggested the campaign needed to change its focus to appeal to voters in its northern heartlands rather than those in urban areas.

In the most recent elections cycle, the «Preserve» parties have given Rockland voters a chance to vote for candidates favoring controlled growth as opposed to the proliferation of unchecked urban sprawl that one finds in some parts of RamapIn the most recent elections cycle, the «Preserve» parties have given Rockland voters a chance to vote for candidates favoring controlled growth as opposed to the proliferation of unchecked urban sprawl that one finds in some parts of Ramapin some parts of Ramapo.

All 50 states use total population as their basis for drawing district lines, but the challengers said the rural state Senate districts in which they lived had vastly more eligible voters than urban districts, making their votes count for less, in violation of the Constitution.

Gronke studied Oregon's motor - voter law, which enables people to register to vote when they apply for or update their driver's license, and found it increased participation by voters from both parties, in both rural and urban areas.

Republicans, who enjoy a large advantage in registered voters in the mixed urban and rural district, will also hold a runoff.

In that election, voters decisively rejected a statewide measure that would have raised a cap on the number of charter schools that was binding only in the state's urban centerIn that election, voters decisively rejected a statewide measure that would have raised a cap on the number of charter schools that was binding only in the state's urban centerin the state's urban centers.

So, the question is, should voters statewide limit the educational choices of parents in low - income, urban communities?

A scholarship tax credit appeals to a diverse coalition of supporters: economically disadvantaged, working - class, and middle - class voters; African American and Hispanic clergy and parents; urban Catholics, Orthodox Jews, and evangelical voters; and a large swath of the labor - union movement (a scholarship tax credit proposal in New York is supported by 30 labor unions).

That prospect was clear this month in Massachusetts, when voters refused to agree to raise a cap on charter school expansion, and Moody's, the rating agency, applauded the move, saying it would allow urban districts to maintain their current financial operations without added pressure from charters that could create virtually insurmountable money problems.

Writing for the Washington Post, Lindsay Layton reported the NOLA district closed the remaining neighborhood schools as part of a «grand experiment in urban education for the nation,» shifting local control of public schools by voters and their elected representatives to privately operated charter schools.

The opposition Conservative party should have won the last two elections after all these scandals, but they kept choosing seriously right - wing leaders who scared urban and suburban voters (the majority in the Province now) away.

Track Record: In the last Manitoba provincial election, 900 mail - in votes were received (total cost: 488.821) and were mostly from urban voterIn the last Manitoba provincial election, 900 mail - in votes were received (total cost: 488.821) and were mostly from urban voterin votes were received (total cost: 488.821) and were mostly from urban voters.