Sentences with phrase «voters support giving»

According to the poll, 77 percent of voters support giving parents the right to use the tax dollars associated with their child's education to send their child to the public or private school which best serves their needs.

Sixty - eight percent of voters support giving parents the ability to use the tax dollars associated with their child's education to send their child to the school they choose.

Not exact matches

In order to be put to voters, the tech tax will need the support of at least six out of the 11 city supervisors, and aside from its three co-sponsors, no other supervisor has yet given his or her support.

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.

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.

This would give the voter the choice: perhaps s / he would seek support from a Conservative on a matter relating to local business, a Labour member on the NHS and a UKIP representative on immigration.

Given the potentials the card reader has for disinfecting the process with the scrutiny of authentication of the voter register, all those who stand for genuine electoral reform have no choice but to improve the enabling policy ambiance for supporting the card reader by ensuring judicial clarity which supports its use.

«With 32 legislative districts, hundreds of dedicated volunteers, and nearly 100,000 registered Republican voters in Manhattan, the RLC is dedicated to fielding candidates in every district and giving them the grassroots support they need.»

Assemblywoman Yuh - Line Niou, who was mentioned as a potential candidate to fill former Sen. Daniel Squadron's seat, today announced she is throwing her support to her Assembly colleague, Brian Kavanagh, though she pledged to work to reform the special election process to give voters more of a choice in candidate selection.

When you factor in the low turnout, less than 10 per cent of voters actually gave the party their support.

As I wrote before the election, speaking with Americans gave me the impression that voter turnout could put Trump in the White House; it seemed that an increase in white, working class Republican votes together with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump's way.

Given the huge changes in overall levels of party support for the Liberal Democrats, SNP and UKIP since the last election, voters are likely to be much more unsure of the parties relative standings in their constituency.

«Given the outcome of the absentee ballot count, I am honored and gratified the Republican voters have supported and selected me to serve as their candidate,» Saland said in a statement.

The Schneiderman campaign has been racking up support in the LGBT community and touting that fact as he strives to position himself as the most liberal AG contender in the five - Democrat field, believing it will give him the edge among the left - leaning voters who tend to come out in primaries.

Keeping with the Labor Day messaging, Mr. Bermudez passed along a SEIU 1199 mailer supporting Ms. Rivera earlier today with an attached statement declaring, «The clear violation of trust in misappropriating our tax dollars that has lead to FBI and Attorney General investigations should give 1199 the message that a pro-labor voting record should not be the only consideration for Democratic voters.»

Large majorities think many public sector workers should be given pay rises above one per cent, and most Labour voters think their party should support strike action if pay demands are not met, according to my latest poll.

«Given Jack Martins» past defense of Dean Skelos and continued support for Donald Trump despite his dangerous ideas, it is clear that voters in New York's 3rd congressional district won't let Martins get away with putting Trump and his own party before country.»

Besides those factors, voters tend to treat by - elections as an opportunity to give the government a bloody nose, and then often revert back to supporting the party when they feel the opposition could get in.

Organizations on the left have been vocally unhappy with Cuomo and the $ 138 billion budget agreement in particular (self - identified liberal voters, however, continue to give Cuomo strong support, according to a recent Siena College poll).

But we must ensure that we always give voters the opportunity to vote for a Conservative candidate who has the 100 % support of the party.

The former reality - star's surprise win is a message from voters who think the country is headed in the wrong direction, said Antoniello, the first party chairman in the city who gave him support.

This is not idle speculation, given that Plaid's general election co-ordinator, Lord Dafydd Wigley, has recently urged voters in England to support Green candidates in the forthcoming poll.

Although it is not regarded as truly proportional by campaigners for electoral reform, AV is favoured by some because it maintains the constituency link, ensures elected MPs have the support of at least 50 per cent of voters and allows supporters of minority parties to express opinion through their first vote while giving their second preference to a mainstream party.

City Council Member Gale Brewer, participating in her last meeting of the Technology Committee, which she previously chaired, before taking on her new role as Manhattan Borough President, said she was skeptical of Internet voting, noting that the potential requirement of I.D. cards was problematic given the Voter I.D. debates, but emphasized her support for improving reporting of election results and encouraging voter registration through other agencies.

The Lazio campaign has posted its own Web videos throughout the primary season, including a recent one supporting an ongoing effort to entice voters to give $ 29 to «Break the Cycle» of Cuomo's 29 years in politics.

I even noticed that perpetual eejit David Lammy has called for the democratic vote to be ignored — which given that would be in support of the undemocratic EU is consistent in its contempt for voters if nothing else.

«Rather than feel forced to cast their vote for a candidate they do not support, or choose not to vote at all, the «none of the above» ballot line has given voters the option to cast a protest vote, while encouraging continued participation in the electoral process.»

Also, 43 percent of voters said Cuomo's support for more VLTs makes them have a less favorable opinion of him — something that might hit home with the governor, given his slow and steady drop in the polls over the past several months.

Mayor Bloomberg has given up hope of asking New York voters in the fall to approve nonpartisan elections, after the idea failed to win support from key decision - makers in town, sources said Monday night.

Given this, and the fact that the Yes camp has the support of the new Labour leader, you would think that No camp would be showering Labour voters with attention.

As well as attracting the support of voters who instinctively vote Labour, they would retain control of the party's institutional donors, campaigning operation and campaigning data, as well as a bigger share of the Short Money given out to opposition parties.

So - called majority government that gives power to an administration for five years, supported by only 37 % of voters and 24 % of the population, is an outrage.

First contention, the Polls got it wrong: This is utter poppycock to say the least, the only thing the Poll got wrong was the wrong Government given only 24 % of all eligible voters actually voted for the Tories, that's right, 76 % hate the fuckers and still we have a Tory government — time to abandon support for First Past The Post me thinks.

«Voters overwhelmingly support giving undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship rather than deporting them (76 - 20 percent), which includes a strong majority of Republicans,» Greenberg said.

We didn't have a lot of money, but we had a lot of heart and a lot of people supporting us, and the voters gave me a chance.»

Trump's rhetoric and at - times incendiary language has given minority voters a powerful incentive to support Clinton's candidacy.

But it also gave Hawkins, who in a new poll is capturing 9 percent of support from likely voters, an opportunity to score points with liberals who may feel disenfranchised, like those who backed Zephyr Teachout in the September Democratic gubernatorial primary.

This needs to be accompanied by a major public campaign to alert voters to what is at stake and to put pressure on MPs, particularly new MPs, of whichever party, to give full and active support.

During the course of the AV referendum campaign over the last couple of months, numerous supporters of the Yes campaign have variously claimed that polls which give a cursory explanation of the system before asking the voter whether they support AV - which have generally shown larger numbers opposing the change - are a «complete misrepresentation», «loaded» or «flawed».

I do not believe a fifth of voters in Great Yarmouth gave UKIP their support simply because they support their views on Europe.

Massive opposition to giving more money to Scotland — and overwhelming support for a new English Parliament is revealed today in a survey of voters in England and Wales.

Larger Party voters will be wasting their time casting any more preferences than their first (which also gives the lie to the myth it will «encourage» them to support smaller parties; it simply wont because their first choice will not be eliminated therefore this support will be as non-existant as it was under FPTP).

«The results of that effort can clearly be seen in the 24th Congressional District as voters have shifted dramatically and now support Katko — who had been trailing by eight points — giving him a 10 - point lead against the incumbent,» Greenberg said.

Glenwood's LLCs gave $ 162,200 to Jobs for New York and $ 100,000 to the New York League of Conservation Voters, both of which supported Senate Republicans.

Instead, he gave a lengthy dissertation on his conservative, free market ideals, which argued were the ideals of the party — and the ideals that GOP voters should support.

All through last year though, he infuriated the Clinton campaign by publicly saying she was struggling to give voters a reason to support her, and lacked any compelling campaign message.

They believe that their mandate to tackle the deficit and avoid the fate of Greece (despite questionable economics, it still has widespread voter support, according to this week's Guardian / ICM poll) gives them the opportunity to go back on Cameron's pledges in the search for that extra # 13bn.

Independents have from July 10 to August 21, which would give Bharara time to know the competition and test how much voter - support he could attract.

At the end of the day, voters are going to give their support to Domenic Recchia because his record proves that he can be trusted to fight and deliver results for them — something Michael Grimm has failed to do time and again.»

«We see day in and day out voters in Staten Island and South Brooklyn continuing to give an outpouring of support for Domenic's candidacy because they want leadership that's more than just talk.