Sentences with phrase «voters of all parties want»

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The SPD only agreed to ally with Merkel after promising a list of distinctive policies to secure the approval of party members, many of whom wanted the SPD to regroup in opposition after the last four years in coalition damaged its standing among voters.

If Kenney doesn't follow the lead of Brown, his fellow social conservative caucus colleague, it likely signals one of two things: he does want the support of voters for whom parental rights regarding their pre-adolescents and teens are a big issue; or that he's calculated that a softening of his image would show weakness and isn't worth it, because his party has such a comfortable edge over Notley that he can afford to lose voters wary of anything resembling social conservatism.

Greece has been unable to form a coalition government since voters gave support to political parties that want to cancel or renegotiate the terms of a massive financial bailout by international lenders that requires harsh austerity measures.

But both parties saw sharp increases in the number of voters who want to hear less about religion from politicians.

If you want to know why Republican poll respondents seem willing to make fools of themselves by supporting Trump, you should look at how the Republican party's establishment candidates have tried to make fools of Republican voters.

The reality is 65 million people voted for Trump... and while a lot of those votes came from people who were legitimately frustrated with both political parties and wanted someone to shake up the system, and a lot of votes cam from traditional doctrinaire Republican voters who held their nose and voted for the guy because they wanted a tax cut, and other voters were pseudo-moralistic Evangelical hypocrites who wanted to reward McConnell for STEALING Merrick Garland's Supreme Court seat, there were a whole lot of Trump voters — including a lot of voters from Pennsylvania's «T» — who voted for Trump because they are racist, white supremicist xenophobes who saw in Trump someone who spoke their language and would «make america great again» (read «make america WHITE again»).

The report strengthens the hand of Tory modernising groups like Bright Blue, which want the party to appeal to young and ethnic minority voters.

I especially want to thank the Conservative Party chairmen of NY27 who supported me and an open primary giving the voters a choice on June 26th: Chairmen Art Munger of Genesee, Chairman Allen Lofthouse of Orleans County, Chairman Jason McGuire of Livingston County, Chairman Michael Kloppel of Ontario County, and Chairman Dan Weiss of Niagara County.

Many parties want the same, but with different methods which are popular within certain groups of voters.

A key requirement of democracy is equal protection of all stakeholders - i.e., if at some point there is a completely fair vote of 2/3 population preferring the choices advocated and implemented by party A; and 1/3 preferring the choices of party B - then a system must ensure that the minority gets adequate protections and fair treatment; so that while at this moment country gets steered to choice A, the minority doesn't get punished in any way for saying that in their opinion choice B might be best; and if some of the original voters change their mind, the choice B can still be known even if the governing clique that was elected on the idea of A wants to continue with A forever.

As with the 35 % of 2010 Labour voters in Scotland who voted «yes» to independence, the Labour Party currently offers little to the 27 - 33 % of 2015 Labour voters in Britain who want to leave the EU.

Only by positioning itself as the party of efficiency, spending cuts where necessary and value for money can Labour turn on the Tories and ask voters: now that we have slimmed down the state, do you want the Tories to cut the basics, too?

It looked at how the Conservatives could win an overall majority, and rested on the premise that if the party did not want to govern in coalition, it would need to build a coalition of voters big enough to allow it to rule on its own.

On the other hand, voters have been inconsistent in New York about how bothered they are by party - flippers - and the mood of voters is so toxic right now that everyone is trying to figure what they want.

Kavanagh also has proposals to address the long lead time required for voters who are enrolled as a member of one party but want to change their party affiliation to vote in a different primary.

Voters want to see evidence that this third party is committed to taking the difficult decisions of government, rather than simply maintaining the idealistic purity of opposition».

This is a party, after all that now wants to force through an undemocratic Boundary Review based on an out - of - date version of the electoral register with nearly two million voters missing.

And if Tea Party voters don't get what they want in November, the Republican establishment looks like it'll have to work some serious magic to avoid feeling their wrath for the next couple of years.

It seems likely that the one - third of Labour voters from the last general election who want to leave the EU are disproportionately drawn from the Labour party's historic — but increasingly perilous — working - class base, and there is little doubt that these economic concerns are a major explanation for their dissatisfaction.

But it's not just former Tory voters who want to give all the parties a kicking; many traditional Labour supporters are also tempted to vote «none of the above».

According to a June 17th poll by the Siena Research Institute, a plurality of New Yorkers — 44 percent — wanted the state legislature to address corruption as a number one priority before the end of the session, including voters across every region, party and demographic group.

If the Conservatives want to govern without needing a coalition of parties, they are going to need a bigger coalition of voters.

«The latest survey of Labour voters shows that fewer than half of them want him to lead the party into a general election in two years» time.»

The Senate has a threadbare majority and an utter lack of consensus brought about by the voters of this state deciding to vote for who they wanted where without regard to party or who needs enough votes to pass bills.

When the hung parliament was declared, 29 % of voters wanted a Lib - Lab coalition, 28 % wanted a Lib - Con coalition, 18 % wanted a Conservative minority government and 20 % backed a unity government comprising all the parties.

In some polls, as many as half of voters want to deny unfettered power to any single party.

Former Mayor Ed Koch bucked his own party in endorsing Republican Bob Turner Monday and not state Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck) to replace former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner in September's special election, saying he wanted to «send a message» to President Barack Obama that voters in the district disapprove of his policy toward Israel.

Diane Abbott has never held any kind of ministerial post so lacks experience, she only stood because she wanted to give voters in the Labour Party an alternative.

Ron Nielson, senior advisor to Gov. Johnson, said in a statement released Friday, «The national Republican Party may not want to publicly acknowledge the presence of a true fiscal conservative in this race, but they are certainly taking Gov. Johnson seriously enough to engage in a concerted campaign to get his name off ballots in key states before voters even get a chance to vote.

Instead of letting Democratic voters choose who they want to nominate to run for Florida's Senate, the Democratic Party has taken it upon themselves to pick a nominee.

Ryan also wants to see changes to voter registration such as automatic registration, as well as changes to how voters register as members of a political party.

Labour is a party that has alienated a large body of working class voters, and though it wants in principle to build up its working class membership and its proportion of working class candidates, it is much less willing to offer policies bold enough to win working class voters back.

He recommends voters who want to change their party do so in person at their local Board of Elections office before 5 p.m.

The smaller parties don't want hords of people who have no knowledge of the issues and candidates overwhelming the voters who joined an alternative party.

Labour sources say David Miliband is expected to run a campaign «drawing on the Blair play book» seeking to position the party in the centre ground of British politics and reconnect with voters on crime and immigration, whereas his brother is thought to want to broaden his base.

Head of the Political Science Department, Dr. Bossman Asare, who made this revelation while presenting the survey findings, said: «We wanted to find out who the voters think should lead the party [NDC] in 2020, and overwhelmingly 58 % of the candidates we interviewed said they believed Mr. Mahama will become the candidate and a number of them generally said they wanted Mr. Mahama to come.

At the same time, Fiala may be hoping voters want a lawmaker in Albany — regardless of party — who can bring the same level of contacts and influence in state government that Libous had amassed over decades in power.

Now that the party has come down on the side of the extreme Brexiters, they risk not only destroying the livelihoods of the northern voters they want to woo, but also any remaining reputation they have for economic competence.

Third, if minor parties are worried about how winner - take - all, single - member - district elections encourage voters to vote for lesser evils rather than their first choice, we want to work with them for a real solution to that problem: a system of proportional representation,» LaVenia said.

The poll of 1,800 Tory members and supporters by the ConservativeHome website on the eve of the party's conference shows that 64 per cent want to see bold policies to give voters a clear idea of how the Tories would fix Britain.

He's been reluctant, saying as recently as Friday that he wanted to respect the will of the Conservative Party voters who nominated him by remaining in the race.

By seeking to prevent Momentum from pushing for a more left - wing Labour Party, the moderates want to continue appealing to those voters who are disengaged from the political process yet vote based on a range of real world issues.

Instead, this London - based lobby group want local voters to throw me out because I am against an elected House of Lords and I am Chairman of the All Party group for the promotion of First Past the Post.

Only three quarters of Conservative voters and four in five Labour voters said they wanted to see their own party govern alone after the election: 16 % of Tories and 13 % of Labour voters said they would rather be in coalition with the Lib Dems.

82 % of both Labour and Conservative voters said they wanted their own party to govern alone; around one in seven of each party's voters would rather see them in coalition with the Lib Dems.

«You can't win elections without a coalition, and to suggest that we should be concentrating on our core current voters rather than looking to professional people and affluent people is by way of saying that we want to remain a minority party... «If you shut the door on new Labour you're effectively slamming the door in the faces of millions of voters who voted for our party because we were new Labour.»

«The choice for voters is «do you want a strong leader of a strong party to take you through these difficult (Brexit) negotiations?»

If David Cameron and George Osborne want to succeed in making the Conservative Party credible on the economy — and appealing to urban voters outside the South of England — they must produce a credible policy on cities.

The main party of the left would usually be expected to hold radical views on constitutional reform, especially if it wants to appeal to younger voters.

«While she will still be on the ballot paper as a Ukip candidate we want voters in her district to realise that she is not representing the party and the people of east Sussex,» said a spokesperson.