Sentences with phrase «voter polls going»
It was named after Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, an African - American who lost the 1982 California governor's race despite being ahead in voter polls going into the elections.
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Last October, Catalonia's leaders defied the Spanish government by holding an independence referendum; 90 % of Catalans voted sí (although only 42 % of registered voters went to the polls).
Whichever way voters go as polls close in the California's Democratic primary, some employees of tech companies in the Bay Area have already cast their votes with their dollars, reports The Hill.
Determined for the club to remain neutral, Bartomeu allowed a scheduled match to go ahead on the referendum day, at the very moment when Spanish police were storming polling stations and beating voters with truncheons.
These local and mayoral elections are unusual because they come just five weeks before voters will go back to the polls for the general election, and slap - bang in the middle of the political parties» election campaigns.
French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron's campaign said on Friday it had been the target of a «massive» computer hack that dumped its campaign mails online 1-1/2 days before voters go to the polls to choose between the centrist and his far - right rival Marine Le Pen.
On Tuesday, voters in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District went to the polls to elect a new member of Congress.
In Oregon, only 36 percent of voters went to the polls in the 2014 primary, the last non-presidential election year.
Super Tuesday is largely thought to be when the primaries and caucuses move from local to national, as voters in 12 states and one U.S. territory go to the polls next Tuesday, March 1.
That's an improvement from a historic low in the last provincial election in 2011, when 48.2 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls.
He has been backed up by the Republican National Committee, which launched a website «Lyin» Comey» last week that makes the case that Democrats should hate the former FBI director because he cost Hillary Clinton the election by reopening an investigation into her emails days before voters went to the polls.
In the first such event of a year crowded with European elections, the Netherlands prepared to go to the polls in mid-March, potentially providing an early reading of political sentiment among European voters following several populist upsets in 2016.
Simcha Felder says he will stick with New York Republicans, even as voters went to the polls in special elections that could make him the swing vote.
But in the early primary state of South Carolina, with voters scheduled to go to the polls on Saturday and candidates working the state furiously this week, local evangelical pastors are using their influence to rally church members towards salvation, not electioneering.
The Church of England has released a special prayer before voters go to the polls for the EU referendum on June 23rd.
While Silverman warns viewers about being kept out of the polls, introducing herself as «your Jewish friend Sarah,» Jackson, who voiced the recent bedtime story for parents «Go the F**k to Sleep,» rhymes his warning to voters, in a video that's been seen over a million times on YouTube.
The public seems to sense that, because in the 1974 elections only 38 per cent of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls and only 14 per cent were able to name the two candidates running for Congress in their district.
As surveys indicate, many voters will go to the polls, not to vote for a candidate, but to vote against a candidate.
The folks at National Review aren't sure there was a big jump in turnout, though the Associated Press is quite emphatic that voters went to the polls in epic numbers.
Voters in Ireland will be going to the polls in May to cast their vote on liberalising the country's... More
Voters in Ireland will be going to the polls in May to cast their vote on liberalising the country's restrictive abortion laws.
He had encouraged people to vote a day before people went to polling stations and said it was «heartening» to see an increased voter turnout.
Voters go to the polls in Melbourne's inner city in the Batman byelection and in the South Australian state election.
Lombard's proposal is one of four park district plans and 14 overall that Du Page voters will decide when they go to the polls Tuesday.
Voters in the UK go to the polls on 7 May to elect a new Parliament and so a new government.
Polls in the province show 80 per cent of voters in favour of legalized midwifery, and legalization of the practice in Ontario has turned up the heat to the point where Quebec Health Minister Marc - Yvan Cote warned doctors that if they continue with their obstructionist tactics, he will skip pilot projects and go directly to legalization.
Marist decided to play it safe by also polling registered voters (that's how Siena went, saying it's too early for the «likely» route), and those numbers are: 55-29-10, 6.
«Not only are those ads relatively inexpensive; they've allowed often cash - strapped campaigns to determine whether their dollars were well spent, before voters went to the polls.»
A new Siena poll finds Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin leads GOP businessman Bob Turner 48 - 42 percent among likely voters in Democrat - dominated NY - 9 with five weeks to go before the Sept. 13 special election to fill ex-Rep.
Ukip candidates are hoping to put in a strong polling performance today as voters go to the polls in local elections across England.
Voters in Kentucky (Democrats only) and Oregon go to the polls today to choose a presidential candidate.
No general election but Northern Ireland voters set to go to the polls after Martin McGuinness steps down
With that in mind, Democrats aren't skimping on the Get Out The Vote operation: the Jones campaign and liberal groups are working desperately to encourage Alabama's overwhelmingly Democratic black voters to go to the polls, regardless of past disappointment and present voter suppression.
This may well still happen, but with less than three months to go until voters go to the polls there remains zero evidence of it.
Polls showed a startling phenomenon: Tory voters were growing less likely to go to the pPolls showed a startling phenomenon: Tory voters were growing less likely to go to the pollspolls.
Of course, many voters remember 1983, although the youngest people to have voted in that election will be 50 when the country goes to the polls next year.
The atmosphere is charged in Kogi State at the moment as the voters are in high spirit for the poll exercise to go into full swing.
Voters in the Staffordshire constituency go to the polls this Thursday in what former Ukip leader Nigel Farage said would be a «fundamental» test for his party.
Voters in Uganda went to the polls this morning (Feb. 18) to vote for the country's next president in what is considered to be the most competitive election since the advent of multiparty democracy a decade ago.
«They went out and asked for voter ID numbers as well as the polling station codes of their members.
What is so galling about his choice of Nov 2 for a special election is that voters in NY - 29 will go to the polls to vote in the primary elections in September.
It's going to be a difficult task for whoever the GOP settles on, particularly since it's a presidential election year that will pull those once - every - four - years voters to the polls in this Democrat - dominated state.
He was picketed by religious groups during the 2010 election campaign for his stance on family and parenting issues, which, as outlined in the poll opposite, went down like a lead balloon with some Christian voters.
I urge all eligible voters to go to the polls in November to select their next Congressional representative, along with their next statewide and local officials.»
And while it's an uphill battle facing a heavily entrenched foe, outreach efforts will give Staten Island and Brooklyn voters — both old and new — food for thought the next time they go to the polls: ranging from alleged campaign finance fraud; to Grimm's threatening of a reporter with physical violence; to his latest federal fraud and tax charges, he is quite a colorful character with a very colorful history just begging to be lampooned.
But with the midterm elections less than two months away, leaders have not yet decided whether they will schedule a vote on the legislation before voters go to the polls.
In Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina, voters go to the polls on March 15, a month before the next Federal Election Commission fundraising report deadline.
Israel's prime minister has made a last - ditch attempt to rally his supporters as the country went to the polls, with an incendiary warning that a high turnout of Israeli Arab voters could threaten his party's hold on power.
It means the locations of proposed casinos will likely be settled by the time voters go to the polls in November.
Washington (CNN)-- A day after divided Senate Democrats had to delay a pre-election vote on renewing tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Friday still didn't rule out a House vote on extending tax breaks for middle - income Americans before voters go to the polls.