Sentences with phrase «voter anger at»

As a policy it tapped into voter anger at the privatised utilities making abnormal profits, an area on which the Major government was vulnerable, and made the connection to tackling youth unemployment, something to which the Tories were seen as indifferent.

Miller, 44, who once operated a political consulting firm with offices in Albany and Washington, D.C., disagreed his election was the result of general voter anger at incumbents and Democrats.

He attributed the loss to voter anger at incumbents and Democrats and to a Republican party enrollment advantage in the district, which consists of the Syracuse suburbs of Clay, Cicero, Manlius, Pompey and LaFayette.

The effectiveness of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio as surrogates for their longtime ally, Hillary Clinton, with her presidential campaign has diminished in an age of social media and voter anger at the status quo, though the governor appears to have been more useful to her in the final weeks leading up to Tuesday's primary.

Clinton spoke at Wagner College on Staten Island, the major portion of the conservative - tilting district currently represented by Democratic Rep. Mike McMahon, who's got two GOP primary challengers and is trying to stave off a nationwide tide of voter anger at congressional Democrats.

But some experts say the influence of these executives and their efforts to assist their long - time ally have diiminished in an age of social media and voter anger at the status quo.

Presidential elections in Mexico and Brazil will feature firebrands keen to exploit voter anger at corrupt elites and lawlessness.

Not exact matches

In the last decade, the Bush Administration, seeking a Trojan Horse to privatize Social Security in the United States, applauded Chile's disastrous privatization of pension accounts (turning many over to US financial institutions) even as that nation's voters rejected the Pinochetistas largely out of anger at the vast pension rip - off by high finance.

And much anger is being directed at Evangelical Trump voters.

Nevertheless, residents were still smarting, and there were fears the 500 - plus registered voters in Horatio Gardens might take their anger out at the polls.

Whether it was the people of the North East rejecting politicians plundering their earnings to pay for white elephant vanity projects, working class voters rejecting apparently over-generous welfare arrangements for EU migrants, or left leaning Labour voters rejecting the supposed excesses of the capitalist system, fairness lies at the heart of British anger.

I think there's the anger and the frustration that voters say they feel in polls actually hasn't really showed up at the polls.

Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary and Labour's election co-ordinator, said the party recognises it has work to do to «tackle the alienation that lies at the root of the anger that so many voters feel».

Anger over the expenses scandal at Westminster is thought to have prompted many voters to desert the established parties, with Labour by far the worst hit.

A week earlier, Mr. Clinton's wife and possible presidential contender Hillary Clinton appeared at a similar rally for Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who has angered some voters on the left.

King said that so far, he doesn't feel a wave of anger at Trump among voters in his congressional district.

Books alleged he was prone to a volcanic temper, he was outperformed in the leaders» debates and his anger at an encounter with a moderately feisty but ultimately supportive Labour voter showed him to have lost the ability to persuade on a one - to - one basis.

But some political experts said that, if history is any guide, most senators will have little to fear at the polls despite the voter anger that has been stirred by their recent theatrics, experts still believe.

Mr Alexander conceded: «We have work to do... we need to tackle the alienation that lies at the root of the anger that so many voters feel.»

Some in the WFP, a union - controlled New York City - based party, even fear that with Cuomo at the top of their ticket, they won't get the 50,000 votes needed for legal recognition because of voter anger over the governor's refusal to support Mayor de Blasio's plan to tax high earners to fund universal pre-K.

Ulster County legislators expressed surprise — and in some cases anger — Thursday night at a county - financed mailing to voters which some say improperly advocates the relocation of family court from Kingston to the Town of Ulster.

A quick Google search on Labour and Ed Miliband policies produced these results: - On Welfare - • Ed Miliband sets out plans to cut benefits for young jobless • Ed Miliband to promise Labour cap on welfare spending • Miliband admits public anger at «something for nothing culture» • Labour leader pledges to match Tory plan to cut welfare bill On Immigration - • Ed Miliband's nod to Ukip: We understand people's fears on immigration • Ed Miliband: it's not prejudiced to be concerned about immigration • Labour leader tries to reach out to Ukip voters • LABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigration

«If you look at the voters» mood there is anxiety and anger over bankers» bonuses, expenses and the recession, a general sense of grumpiness, but sitting beneath that is a submerged optimism.

Based on the level of anger I heard expressed this morning at the hearing, I don't see much chance of immediate change in rural attitudes (nor in voting patterns, as rural voters continue to express their displeasure with the Liberal government).