Sentences with phrase «vote against a politician»

The basic idea is that workers in these sectors have been hurt economically by deindustrialization and have been expressing their anger at this trend by voting against politicians in office.

I don't have polls to back this up, but a simplified version of what I just said would be: A libertarian is likely to vote FOR «pro-gay-marriage» specifically - e.g. in a referendum - but vote against politicians («D») who are for gay marriage for reasons that have nothing to do with gay marriage but with the politicians» other policies.

Band together and tell every neighbor or parent to vote against every politicians or political leaders who are attempting to blame the problems of public education on teachers.

Not exact matches

So they will vote for any politician that promise to lower taxes and against any that say we need to increase them.

The German leader was among 226 politicians to vote against same - sex marriage, while 393 voted for it and four abstained.

Dr Barry Morgan, along with the incoming Children's Commissioner Professor Sally Holland and other prominent Welsh figures, urged politicians to repeal the legal defence of «reasonable punishment» when they vote on the Violence Against Women bill.

You would ask of your politician to slaughter those who voted against him?

politicians go against their supposed religious rules all the time; looking at how they voted on previous issues is the only way to tell what kind of person they are.

So the «pro-lifers» are against abortion as a legally medical form of «murder», but then vote for politicians in our USA who promote war and all kinds of both domestic and foreign policies that lead to the death of millions of already born humans.

However, the majority of Indians, who had been left behind by recent economic growth, voted against incumbent governments, unseating, among others, many strongly pro-business ruling politicians in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka (of which Bangalore is the capital city).

I'd need to turn atheist to pull that voting booth handle in favor of a politician who goes against what Jesus Christ said in the Sermon on the Mount.

It is being glorified in the media and politicians who in their hearts are against ity selling out for the gay vote.

The Conversation's FactCheck team will be in Adelaide for the next two weeks, working with academics to test politicians» claims against the evidence as South Australians prepare to vote on March 17.

Most NRA - friendly politicians voted against it, so it did not pass.

Citizens can and do vote for or against politicians based on their position on guns.

Perhaps it's because there have been — and still are — so many politicians willing to go against the spirit of the vote (though it should be noted that these are almost exclusively on the opposition benches).

Only yesterday, the Christian Council of Ghana capped months of protestations against the practice of homosexuality with a strongly worded message against the practice and courting Ghanaians not to vote for any politician who believes in the rights of homosexuals.

They set up a crowd - funded event, Unite Against Dividers, for artists, activists, curators, politicians, entrepreneurs, publishers and union and migrant representatives to meet up and organise in the wake of the Brexit vote.

East Side members also voted Sunday to team up with Pledge 2 Protect, a coalition of community groups that recently launched a campaign against the East 91st Street project — and has vowed to keep any pro-MTS politician out of office.

Gun groups exert power on politicians by having huge mailing lists of «single - issue voters» who will vote against anyone who wants to pass gun control.

we are saying that consolidation should occur in order to save the taxpayers real money rather than as a political vendetta against a few politicians that didn't vote the way our illustrious Governor wanted them to.

The state Assembly and Senate approved plans for a waste transfer station in the summer of 2008, even though local politicians voted and spoke out against it, including Assemblywoman Deborah Glick and state Sen. Tom Duane.

This amendment was narrowly defeated by Democratic party politicians who said they were «personally against abortion», but consistently voted to legalize and / or publicly fund abortion.

Given that this was the decade that saw two whole parliamentary sessions without a single vote being cast against their whip by a member of the governing party, this observation was at least more accurate then than modern - day attempts to paint politicians as a bunch of spineless sheep.

«That's why I've voted over 175 against tax increases, passed a plan to strip convicted politicians of their pensions, delivered a $ 4 billion middle class tax cut, and fought for an additional $ 20 million in funding for South Shore schools.

He is in some ways similar to the Robert Redford politician in «The Candidate» Like most viewers, I would vote for him against Royce in the primary (though we don't see much of the third candidate) but he is a pretty awful Mayor, focused only on becoming Governor.

«And it's certainly not the career politician who voted against cutting taxes, repealing Obamacare, and in favor of protecting sanctuary cities.»

Everyone knew he was a closet case, but this corruption case has blown the door wide open for the hypocrite politician, who cast votes against same - sex marriage last year.

They can not overtly try to influence people against voting for former Labour politicians.

She's not a typical New Labour career politician as some have claimed but has campaigned for affordable housing and voted against Trident and the erosion of civil liberties under the last Labour government.

The focus of «Outrage» is on Michael Rogers, an activist who writes for the website www.blogactive.com, specializing in outing closeted politicians who may be voting against gay rights to cover their own tracks.

However, political pressure from national and local politicians, as well as the threat of withdrawing tax incentives for the plant's expansion to build a second model proved too great an obstacle for the UAW to overcome, with the final vote for representation coming down 712 to 626 against the UAW, according to reports from the Chattanooga Times Free Press and Reuters.

This includes your customers and those influenced to vote for or against politicians and ballot measures.

Support for Your Congressmen in Climate Action A big concern for many politicians in considering the climate bill was whether voting in favor would hurt their reelection chances — congressmen who live in coal, oil, or manufacturing heavy areas were worried their constituents would react negatively against them if they supported a climate bill.

They b) mobilize opposition to clean energy policies by funding various front groups like Americans For Prosperity, and c) finance the campaigns of politicians that can be counted on to vote against measures that would level the playing field for clean energy.

Few politicians dare to vote against such laws, because if they do, the potential for attack ads practically write themselves.

The teens politely stood up and told their stories to the politicians, some of whom a day earlier had voted against a ban on assault weapons.