Sentences with phrase «vote as a democrat»

Fox News «had a man on this morning who was a Democrat his whole life, he voted as a Democrat, but he voted for — I say «us,» I don't say «me» — he voted for us in the last election 2016,» Trump told supporters at the packed Covelli Centre.

Updated: John Brooks registered to vote as a Democrat just before the election.

Republican committee members quickly left the room after the vote as Democrats complained about a lack of discussion on a bill that would overhaul the U.S. tax code and add an estimated

The New York Board of Elections rejected the signatures due to residents not being registered to vote as Democrats or listing incorrect mailing addresses, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard.

In many cases, those who signed the petitions were not registered to vote as Democrats or listed incorrect addresses, Dwire said.

Not exact matches

As the polls showed the race tightening, he says, «reporters frequently focused on other factors, such as early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.&raquAs the polls showed the race tightening, he says, «reporters frequently focused on other factors, such as early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.&raquas early voting and Democrats» supposedly superior turnout operation.»

Even if the recounts happen, though, none would be expected to give Democrat Hillary Clinton enough votes to emerge as the winner.

Another reason floated for the polling discrepancy: Michigan's status as an open primary, in which registered Democrats and Republicans can vote in the other party's primary.

The House Intelligence Committee is expected to vote Monday on whether to release the Democrats» own classified memo, which purportedly serves as a rebuttal to the Republican memo released late last week.

Internet service providers clashed with Democrats and celebrities like «Star Wars» actor Mark Hamill ahead of a vote this week as the battle over net neutrality stretched from Hollywood to Washington.

Georgia Congressman Tom Price has been cleared as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services after an ugly confirmation battle which included Senate Democrats boycotting his vote by a key panel (a tactic that was rendered useless as the majority Republicans changed committee rules to push his nomination forward).

But a total repeal of Obamacare, at least in the near term, is much easier said than done, and full replacement with new comprehensive legislation seems highly unlikely at this point in time, given that 60 Senate votes will be needed to do so, and Democrats and Republicans appear as far apart as ever in coming to a consensus on a bipartisan strategy to move forward.

West Virginia overwhelmingly voted Republicans into office — with one big exception being the election of Jim Justice, a pro-coal Democrat, as governor.

But 10 Democrats, including four from Broward County, where the shooting took place, voted for the bill as a step toward greater gun control.

* OBAMACARE BECOMES WEAPON FOR DEMS: The New York Times reports that the tables have turned, and Democrats are using the Republicans» failed repeal vote as a weapon against them in multiple House races:

As for the Senate, the Republicans» margin of control is much slimmer (51 to 49, if we include the two independents that often vote with the Democrats).

The measure, led by Senate Democrats such as Edward J. Markey (Mass.), has 50 of the 51 required votes to pass the Senate.

-- «Goodbye, neighborhood polling places — 5 counties switch to mega-vote centers,» by CALmatters» Rhonda Lyons: «This election season five California counties are doing away with hundreds of neighborhood polling places and replacing them with fewer «one - stop vote centers» — an experiment sold by Democrats as a way to save money and boost anemic voter turnout from the last midterm elections.»

Probably a slightly more likely scenario with a political campus group than a religious one (as we can see by Democrats who voted for Santorum in open primary states, because they thought he would be more likely to lose to Obama), but who knows?

Before the 1970s, evangelicals voted as often for Democrats as for Republicans, but in the wake of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s, a Supreme Court decision ending prayer in public schools, and the legalisation of abortion in 1973, the Republican Party recognised an opportunity to build a new coalition of Christian conservatives upset with the cultural changes sweeping the country.

Liberal Boomers, who seldom if ever seriously criticize the legions of conservative - demonizers in your midst, for this post I will mostly join Mr. Druckenmiller in accusing you outright, that is, I will act as if this was your premeditated plan motivated by selfish interest, and not a pattern of political self - delusion that you fell into, given the drip - drip - drip of Democrat talking points over the years, given your gleeful listening to those who dismissed conservatives as hateful dunces, so that you ceased to even consider the NUMBERS conservatives kept pointing to, and just kept on doggedly voting D.

A majority in attendance» both Democrats and Republicans» had voted for Barack Obama (a few grudgingly, as they had supported Clinton) but while everyone expressed disappointment (there was not a single voice raised in support of the president) the senior citizens confided a deep sense of betrayal» of their trust being shattered.

Democrats — Voted 54 % to approve equal rights for women as opposed to the Republicans who voted Voted 54 % to approve equal rights for women as opposed to the Republicans who voted voted 82 %.

People of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amish etc..

So, Democrats — including several Catholics, such as Senator Tim Kaine, who are «personally» though not professionally opposed to abortion — voted to filibuster the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, and the Republican leaders who could have moved a bump stock ban bill to the floor after the Las Vegas massacre did not.

Of the 20 Democrats who voted for a May bill that would ban gender - based abortions, as few as eight are likely to win reelection.

50 % of the voters are represented by no party... and because of their refusal to adopt a party and vote, they are unrepresented except insofar as they choose to vote for a Democrat or Republican.

Rush Limbach's comments will be taken as gospel for the Right, but they truely illustrate the reason the GOP is in turmoil... the leaders need the Religious Right to win, but know they are being intellectually dishonest because their values do not match the Religious Right, except on the abortion issue, whhich will never go away because the GOP needs that 20 % of voters who would otherwise vote Democrat becasue the Liberal values match Christian values more closely.

Their discomfort with cultural issues is reflected in their protests that matters such as partial - birth abortion, school prayer, or same - sex marriage are not proper items for political debate; they are rather «wedge issues» that conservatives illegitimately bring into the public arena in order to divide the nation (read: in order to cost Democrats votes).

As a conservative, unaffiliated, moderate, I've found my self voting Democrat more and more often.

Just as Ryan keeps insisting, contrary to all evidence and common sense, that people don't care whether you cut their taxes or those of their bosses, he will keep insisting that his unpopular policies will win over Democratic - leaning voters, even as those voters keep voting Democrat.

As someone who voted for one of the very few pro-life Democratic politicians left in my home state in the last election, I would love for there to be more openness among Democrats to the views of Evangelicals.

During the Obama election years, as many as a quarter of evangelicals voted Democrat; with Clinton, it was nearly 10 percentage points less than that.

I've met other Christians who vote Democrat because they feel just as strongly that Jesus» call to minister to the poor, sick, and disenfranchised is best answered by the policies of the Democratic party.

And as an independent moderate who votes Democrat and Republican, I find your statement appalling.

«For example, the gap among voting blocs that gave a B or better to the Republicans versus the Democrats was greater among white evangelicals than all other religious groups and all voters, as reported in these data,» he wrote.

If the party rejects the true believers, they risk driving them into a new party which will, at least for the next election, leave the Democrats as the largest party with other votes split.

It also gets a label if it includes any salacious details about sex, (as in Rob Bell's excellent book, Sex God) or, I don't know, smoking a pipe and voting for a democrat (as in Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz).

Washington (CNN)-- Democrats voted to update their party's platform Wednesday evening at their convention to include a reference to Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, as well as the insertion of the word «God,» neither of which was included in their platform this year but was in previous platforms.

And, if a Democrat votes for a black man to represent them as President of the United States, it is the height of diversity and progressivism.

CNN: Democrats update platform with Jerusalem, God reference Democrats voted to update their party's platform Wednesday evening at their convention to include a reference to Jerusalem being the capital of Israel, as well as the insertion of the word «God,» neither of which was included in their platform this year but was in previous platforms.

As a young evangelical myself, I confess I have grown tired... no, weary... of responding to comments like these with some honest suggestions for how my fellow evangelicals might avoid said retirement, only to be discounted and disparaged for believing the earth is more than 6,000 years old, for voting for Democrats from time to time, and for daring to serve communion to gays and lesbians.

As Amy Sullivan notes, «Americans who attend religious services on a weekly basis voted 51 percent for Republican candidates and 48 percent for Democrats, a statistically meaningless difference.»

Key Democrats Could Deny Farm Workers Overtime Pay as Battle Goes Down to the Wire California assembly speaker, Anthony Rendon, postponed farmworker overtime bill vote until Monday...

Of course, this is music to Democrats» ears, because if Trump runs as a third party candidate he will split the Republican votes, just as Ross Perot did in 1992, paving the way for another Clinton victory.

Those maneuvers, reflecting political pressures to avoid adding to the budget deficit, caused many Democrats to wince even as they voted for the bill because it would effectively shift funds from one anti-hunger program to another.

In another part they simply thought that the «blue dogs» (Democratic voters that always voted Democrats), would all vote for Hillary (as well as she herself thought that) but after what she pulled of against Sanders many of them just didn't vote at all or voted Trump just to pay Hillary back.

That last line is key: as has been noted again and again, Democrats tend to stay home in off - year elections, while the Republican base is rarin'to vote down anyone associated with our Kenyan Socialist overlord.

This is enough for a 40,000 vote advantage for the Democrat (using the two party vote between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as a proxy).

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).