Sentences with phrase «voter base over»

Paladino was here last week for a rally that, if anything, highlighted the struggles within the conservative voter base over the measure, even if polls show most New Yorkers are in favor of updating the state's assault weapons ban.

Not exact matches

Considering Trump has convinced voters that he's qualified for the position based on his experience as a businessman, an endorsement from Bloomberg, a successful billionaire businessman, could help Clinton win over some voters, especially swing voters and moderate Republicans wary of a Trump presidency.

WASHINGTON — President Trump's major policy moves over the course of his first year in office have had a common denominator: They either overtly favor his base of support — the roughly one - third of voters who solidly back him — or they appear to penalize those states that vote Democratic.

Reagan started his political life trying to win over the other party's voters alongside mobilizing his own party's base.

The problem is that Huckabee's support of a national sales tax (the FairTax) and his habit of engaging in identity politics gestures makes it difficult for him to win over voters outside his evangelical base.

I tend to think that the decision facing the Tories is a rather straightforward one, and it essentially consists of not trying to face two ways at once - do you secure your base, who really are losing faith (simple longing for power is all that seems to be keeping the ship afloat for the time being), or do you keep on flirting with LibDem / floating voters and hope that gets you over the line?

Labour hasn't yet been able to make significant inroads into the SNP support base, which remains at the same level that delivered last year's majority, and needs to focus on winning over voters who backed the SNP at last year's election.

But the referendum battle over the future of the UK concerns Scotland - based voters alone, and the outcome of the independence referendum is likely to be determined by the current 10 or 15 per cent of the «don't know» Scottish electors, mostly in Scotland's central belt.

Even by its own limited standards Labour's move to the Right failed, since the endless attempt to triangulate in search of the «floating voter» erodes trust and alienates Labour's base; 5 million lost voters over the New Labour years is testament to that.

Democrats are looking at how many Republicans cross over to Tipirneni, while Republicans will be watching turnout among base voters.

Queens Democratic Party insiders said Kevin Kim's win over his five opponents in the Sept. 15 primary stemmed from the candidate's ability to not only galvanize his base but also to draw voters from across the district.

Like Boris, Hannan would be well - advised to stay well away from Westminster and build an independent power base by appealing over the heads of the modernisers to real voters who are sick of the corrupt cartel politics of SW1A 0AA.

Tim Farron would likely take over as the next leader of the Liberal Democrats as the party sets - about rebuilding their voter base.

The New York Public Interest Research Group and the New York League of Women Voters issued a joint report today in Albany that shows current district lines are uneven based on population and voter enrollment, with one party being favored over the other.

Corbyn also sought to downplay the claim that he is not capable of winning over voters who do not already agree with him — by pointing to his successive victories and growing support base in Islington North and the Labour leadership election result.

Moreover, the data suggests that UKIP's core base of disadvantaged voters who are particularly animated over immigration will be central to the party's 2015 campaign, while the main parties might be able to win back the less committed UKIP voters by pitching to their concerns over the economy.

Beyond stirring up its Latino base in upper Manhattan, Mr. Espaillat's campaign hopes to win over new pockets of voters, a source close to Mr. Espaillat said.

The NBC / Wall Street Journal poll — which gives Obama and Vice President Joe Biden a small lead over Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan — shows Obama has a massive lead over his Republican rival in the key political base of African - American voters, NBCNews.com reported.

Based on voter data and predictive modeling, the campaign's 100 volunteers have made over 267,000 voter contact calls, and have knocked on over 14,400 doors, Alcivar said.

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.

Udall's seven point lead over Gardner is based on his greater support from independents, women, and especially Latino voters.

During the judicial primary elections September 12, Brooklyn Democratic voters seemed to base their selections for Civil Court judge primarily on gender; immune, apparently, to an ongoing squabble over the process for selecting the nominees, who are virtually guaranteed election in November given the borough's Democratic tilt.

In both cases, the ward level data is available which enables a unique comparison of how millions of voters have shifted their views over the past two years based on real elections rather than snapshot polls.

We analyzed test - score data and election results from 499 races over three election cycles in South Carolina to study whether voters punish and reward incumbent school board members on the basis of changes in student learning, as measured by standardized tests, in district schools.

The debate over programs and policies that grant preferences based on factors such as race and sex will soon be in the hands of California voters.

Even with strong majorities favoring time to adjust, over three - quarters (78 %) of voters believe teachers should continue to be evaluated based in part on test scores during the transition with 26 % believing those evaluations should be used only to reward good work or provide guidance to improve teaching and 19 % agreeing only if the evaluations are not used to hire or fire teachers.

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The New York Times and the U.K. - based Observer / Guardian reported over the weekend that Facebook has suspended the account of Cambridge Analytica, the firm founded by Steve Bannon with funding from famed Republican donor Robert Mercer with the purpose of building «tools that could identify the personalities of American voters and influence their behavior,» according to the Times report.

But the social media site has found itself wading into complicated semantics over the past few days as it attempts to explain how a U.K. - based voter - profiling firm reportedly ended up with private information on 50 million of its users.