Sentences with phrase «vote for a candidate based»

Personally, I will not vote for a candidate based on his religion, but the way Christianity is portrayed in this article saddens me.

«People vote for candidates based on the issues, how they are going to help the community, not the race of the candidates,» Benjamin said.

Ask: Would you vote for the candidate based on their interviews?

Not exact matches

Marc Faber, the Thailand - based author of the Gloom, Boom & Doom Report, says that neither candidate in the upcoming U.S. Presidential election is worth voting for, at least if the goal is fixing the economy.

Well I don't believe in everything you believe but I would vote for you over Romney if you were the best fit for president because I don't base a candidate on his religion.

The group also bought newspaper ads in November encouraging Christians to vote for candidates who oppose same - sex marriage, support Israel and «base their decisions on biblical principles.»

With opposition to abortion often playing out in voting for candidates — at least in part — based on their reproductive stances, and efforts to fight abortion often playing out in courtrooms and legislation, the pro-life movement has taken on a distinctly political direction.

If you wouldn't vote for a qualified candidate based on religion, then you are also intolerant.

I base my vote for or against a candidate on how they have run or promise to run the country.

I'm a Mormon myself and it's really encouraging to hear more people take the same stance you are taking — vote for or against a candidate based on their platform, their record, etc..

They are often crudely portrayed as voting based solely on identity politics, born suckers for quotes from Scripture or «code words» laced in the speeches of candidates appealing to their spiritual beliefs.

It implies that there is no rational basis for voting for either candidate — that voting for one or the other is just the effect of how you have been (passively) formed by your environment — that there is no such thing as individual deliberation or political persuasion, just epistemic and behavioral determinism.

It's simple as this, Rick Santorum appeals to the less educated, extremely conservative and more bigot minded segment of rural America, which is largely dominated by Born again evangelicals, who as the article points out have a misguided view that that Mormons aren't Christian, and in their misguided bigotry seem to be voting against Romney based upon their religion rather than for a good candidate who can win the general election.

«Faith - based» voters, who pull the lever mindlessly for candidates who have lead very unChristian lives, W. Bush and Perry among them, need to either divorce their faith from their political decisions or for the good of the country refrain from voting altogether.

Graham rejects the idea of voting for a candidate on basis of share religious faith.

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.»

The upper house of the legislature is elected on an ethnic basis, similar to the presidency; each voter in the Federation can either vote for Croat or for Bosniak candidates, not for both; the Federation elects 10 members.

@spiceyokooko - withholding a vote from someone based on their age without any actual test of maturity seems a lot worse discrimination to me than granting someone an extra vote if they have more maturity than an average adult genius who tends to vote for taller, better looking candidates.

In addition, a LOT of «independents» (e.g. people who don't nearly automatically vote for a candidate of «their» party) don't pick their votes based on detailed analysis of issues, but on important things like likability.

«The Staten Island voting base is more intelligent than some people give them credit for, and I believe Staten Islanders care about the issues that impact them most, and vote for the candidate they believe can deliver on those issues.»

(I can't speak for anyone else, but if Labour wants my vote on anything other than «least worst local candidate» basis, it's going to have to learn compassion)

Voting for a candidate «no matter what» is hard to quantify but a good proxy is to compare though distinguish between «swing» voters, who might potentially vote for either candidate, and «base» voters, who would only vote for one.

Based on their exceptional records and their responses to our candidate survey, our board urges you to be sure to vote for Gustavo Rivera in the Bronx, Robert Jackson in Manhattan, and Debbie Medina in Brooklyn, all running for -LSB-...]

The two main parties have been in control for so long, and so many people vote based solely on party and not on the actual candidate.

Asked if they had to vote today based on party line alone, which would they choose, 43 percent said they would vote for the Republican candidate and 30 percent would vote for the Democratic candidate.

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

Then I will consider all the candidates and vote based on what's best for the people of this district.

The formula used by Republicans for allotting delegates is based on municipal vote totals in the last gubernatorial election for the GOP candidates.

The bill lowers the number of signatures for newly - qualifying parties, and statewide independent candidates, from 2 % of the last gubernatorial vote cast, to one - fourth of 1 % of that same base.

Democratic State Senate candidate Justin Wagner vowed if elected he would block any legislation authorizing any transfer of municipal land for the construction of a proposed natural gas pipeline, a pledge he contended could not be promised by Republican opponent Terrence Murphy based on his voting record in Yorktown.

A portion of a statement issued by the former President read: I find it distasteful that aside making ethnocentric references accusing the NPP Presidential candidate of being tribalistic, she also insinuated that because I was the Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the electorate in the Volta Region should vote for the party on that basis.

Even though the BNI research findings are yet to be finalized, the preliminary report which was not based on percentage of votes for each of the candidates nevertheless projected President Mahama to win in the first round.

The protesting staffers, who noted that the governor promised to pay them generous Christmas bonus for 2014 but has so far failed to keep his words, explained that he had promised them general financial incentive if they could travel to Akwa Ibom from their Abuja base to vote for his anointed candidate in the governorship election.

So the next best thing would be open list or STV (single transferable vote), which are better for democracy as they are candidate - based as opposed to party - based and, as the research demonstrates, better for the Conservative Party.

Candidates need to collect valid signatures by mid-July from 5 percent of party members based on the votes cast for that party's candidate in the last gubernatorial election.

Hawkins garnered 176,269 votes (5 percent) for governor, but noted that the Green candidate for attorney general received 76,697 votes, which is closer to the party's base level of support, he said.

A poll conducted by Dresner, Wickers & Associates LLC May 13 - 15 among 502 residents of New York both registered and considered likely to vote in the general election for governor revealed Mermel to be the biggest GOP threat to Cuomo this November — based on a composite description of both candidates.

Sitting MPs are not subject to mandatory open reselection, but delegates at the meeting unanimously voted to introduce open selections for candidates on a one - member, one - vote basis.

New York City lawmakers — including three potential 2021 mayoral candidates — as well as government reform advocates are calling on the city to adopt instant runoff voting, ranking candidates based on preference, for citywide primaries.

Post your experience below and help the rest of us decide — based on what the candidates are really like in real life — who to vote for.

As in many systems containing or based upon party - list representation, in order to be eligible for list seats in some AMS models, a party must earn at least a certain percentage of the total party vote, or no candidates will be elected from the party list.

In the Democratic Party, for example, delegates are awarded based on a State's historical electoral vote and its turnout for the Democratic candidate in previous elections.

The statistics for some West Bronx candidates: 78th Assembly District: Jose Rivera (Dem) received 15,870 votes (90.25 %) 80th Assembly District: Naomi Rivera (Dem) received 17,482 votes (77.23 %) 81st Assembly District Jeffrey Dinowitz (Dem) received 25,522 votes (95.96 %) 86th Assembly District Nelson Castro (Dem) received 16,865 (95.43 %) 28th State Senate District Jose M. Serrano (Dem) received 56,368 (93.74 %) 32nd State Senate District: Ruben Diaz (Dem) received 66,001 (98.68 %) 33rd State Senate District: Pedro Espada (Dem) received 45,625 (97.39 %) 16th Congressional District: Jose E. Serrano (Dem) received 112,204 (96.58 %) For a more detailed report, see NY1's 2008 Election Return Politics aside, Bronx - based health - food restaurant, 4Food, is currently receiving «Corporate Social Responsibility» consulting help from IBM who agreed to assist the business in developing a company that is both financially successful and also beneficial to the communifor some West Bronx candidates: 78th Assembly District: Jose Rivera (Dem) received 15,870 votes (90.25 %) 80th Assembly District: Naomi Rivera (Dem) received 17,482 votes (77.23 %) 81st Assembly District Jeffrey Dinowitz (Dem) received 25,522 votes (95.96 %) 86th Assembly District Nelson Castro (Dem) received 16,865 (95.43 %) 28th State Senate District Jose M. Serrano (Dem) received 56,368 (93.74 %) 32nd State Senate District: Ruben Diaz (Dem) received 66,001 (98.68 %) 33rd State Senate District: Pedro Espada (Dem) received 45,625 (97.39 %) 16th Congressional District: Jose E. Serrano (Dem) received 112,204 (96.58 %) For a more detailed report, see NY1's 2008 Election Return Politics aside, Bronx - based health - food restaurant, 4Food, is currently receiving «Corporate Social Responsibility» consulting help from IBM who agreed to assist the business in developing a company that is both financially successful and also beneficial to the communiFor a more detailed report, see NY1's 2008 Election Return Politics aside, Bronx - based health - food restaurant, 4Food, is currently receiving «Corporate Social Responsibility» consulting help from IBM who agreed to assist the business in developing a company that is both financially successful and also beneficial to the community.

But if anything is clear, it's the fact that we are constantly being micro-targeted based on our digital footprints, from book recommendations to song choices to what candidate you're going to vote for.

«Based on spending since the March primary, pro-charter outside groups and individuals spent $ 144 for every vote cast for one of the charter - endorsed candidates.

While conservative Republicans continue to cater to their base, approaching self - parody in the process, registered voters indicated that they're 2.5 times more likely to vote for candidates who support climate action — and three times as likely to vote against someone who opposes it:

As a nonpartisan online voting guide, we make it easy for voters to compare candidates based on issue stances, biographies, and endorsements.

One possible explanation is that American gun owners are intense, passionate, highly motivated and well organized and willing to vote for or against a candidate purely on the basis of their stance on gun control.

Florida House of Representatives, District 31 — Jennifer Sullivan Florida House of Representatives, District 45 - Kelvin Cobaris Florida House of Representatives, District 46 - Bruce Antone Florida House of Representatives, District 48 - Alex Barrio Florida House of Representatives, District 50 — Rene «Coach P» Plasencia Orlando Regional REALTOR ® Association Supported Candidates Orange County Comptroller — Phil Diamond Commissioner, District 1 — Betsy VanderLey Commissioner, District 3 — Pete Clarke Commissioner, District 5 — Ted Edwards School Board, District 4 — Pam Gould School Board, District 5 — Kathleen (Kat) Gordon School Board, District 7 — Christine Moore Seminole County Clerk of the Court / Comptroller — Sammy Gibson Tax Collector — Ray Valdes Commissioner, District 1 — Bob Dallari Commissioner, District 5 — Brenda Carey School Board, District 3 — Dede Schaffner City of Sanford City Council, District 3 — Steve DellaSala ORRA considers each candidate up for election based on his or her past voting record and / or sensitivity to real estate issues.

ORRA considers each candidate up for election based on his or her past voting record and / or sensitivity to real estate issues such as private property rights.