Sentences with phrase «voting bloc»

Noting that a minimum wage hike would especially impact women (a large voting bloc in Democratic presidential primaries), Mr. Biden said he was on hand today to put the proposed hike in «context,» emphasizing his final goal as vice president is to help lift stagnant wages.
Cathy has a great shot at winning; she's been endorsed by the largest voting blocs in Queens (she's been very busy networking) and practically every union in the city.
Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin is leading his Democratic opponent, Anna Throne - Holst by 15 percentage points in NY - 1, thanks in large part to the key voting bloc of independents, according to a new Siena poll.
«Evaluating the Roles of Ethnicity and Performance in African Elections» (gated) contends that co-ethnics support one another, but not in a strictly «election market» model, but through the formation of voting blocs.
Vander Plaats is the president and CEO of The Family Leader in Iowa, a Christian organization that holds sway over many Iowa social conservatives — a crucial voting bloc in the state's January 3 caucus.
They discuss whether Latinos will prove to be a swing voting bloc in 2012, and whether Herman Cain can sustain his momentum in the Republican presidential race.
He also says Clinton might help Obama with key Democratic voting blocs.
You can not lock out the second biggest voting bloc in a state from participating in what almost always amounts to the only meaningful round of voting.
Nevertheless, many Americans who self - identify as religious and social conservatives, especially those in the subset of white evangelical Protestants (a powerful voting bloc in Republican politics), continue to cling stubbornly to the orthodoxy of climate denial.
Since then, this strategy has become a staple of US politics as state legislators redraw voting blocs with tortuous creativity.The two predominant approaches to gerrymandering are often referred to as packing and cracking.
As we've already reported, Democrats are saying that turnout has beat their expectations in the Philadelphia area — a key voting bloc for Democrat Joe Sestak in his Senate bid against Republican Pat Toomey.
But Democratic leadership and gaylobbyists couldn't prevail upon the senator, who just watched conservative voting blocs in Howard Beach, Ozone Park, and other southern parts of his Queens district elect Eric Ulrich, a 24 - year - old Republican opposed to gay marriage, to the City Council.
The fastest growing USA voting bloc: The 70 + million «Roe vs. Wade mothers and fathers» of aborted womb - babies» whose ranks grow by two million per year.
These people may not have the most money, but they creating most important voting blocs in this nation.
The upshot: Instead of many legislators having to heed the significant minorities in their districts, there is a handful of minority legislators too small in number to be a significant voting bloc.
While debate moderators and election commentators focus on economic issues, the religious rhetoric of the presidential candidates appears to go mostly unnoticed - except by the key Republican voting bloc being courted.
At one time, New York elected officials had to make sure to hit the so - called «three Is» — Israel, Italy and Ireland — to satisfy powerful ethnic voting blocs.
These American citizens should constitute a formidable voting bloc in future elections.
The caucus, composed of 42 Democrats, is a major voting bloc in the Assembly.
The large local African - American voting bloc used its political muscle to rally behind Stephens but wasn't as enthused about supporting Clinton as it was when Obama was on the ballot, Rottinghaus said.
And if half of these aborting «mothers and fathers» have had two abortions, the Immoral Majority would still be a huge voting bloc i.e. ~ 50 million, enough votes to give any presidential candidate the differential votes needed considering many voters vote straight Democratic or Republican tickets no matter what the issues are.
A strategy to limit future low - skill immigration is not in itself a strategy for winning over any particular voting bloc.
But that doesn't lead to a unified voting bloc.
One chapter on shifting religious voting blocs by Lyman Kellstedt and colleagues gives greater detail in support of their article in these pages, «It's the Culture, Stupid!
It demonstrated that one of the largest and most cohesive voting blocs is married couples with children.
As I mentioned above a significant proportion of the co-operative party maintain stances that are ideological right of the Labour party's leadership, they act however mostly as a pressure group and voting bloc within the Labour party.
There are plenty of Hispanics, plenty of young people, plenty of African Americans, plenty of Republicans, plenty of Democrats, and plenty of people around the world who believe this to be true, and yet Mohler will not be satisfied until American evangelicals become a monolithic and reliable voting bloc that keeps his preferred politicians in power.
Caucus weekend is a must - do event for Democratic elected officials and candidates, and even for a few brave Republicans looking to curry favor with the key black and Latino voting blocs.
Tom DiNapoli, an Assembly Democrat, was selected to replace Alan Hevesi, where Assembly Democrats hold an absolute majority voting bloc.
The move appears to be part of an attempt by Quinn to increase her visibility in African American and Hispanic communities as she works to bolster support with the crucial voting blocs ahead of the quickly - approaching 2013 mayoral race.
I do believe however that the British voting bloc will be spreading their love between two, maybe three contenders: Blanchett, Dench, and Thompson.
They constitute the strong voting bloc exploited by Begin in his earlier victories and certain to provide the Likud Party with a heavy voter turnout in the July elections.
Clarke is significant as well because Schneiderman is trying to lock up support of minority voting blocs since there are no candidates of color in the AG's race — a fact that has spurred NYC Councilman Charles Barron to run as a protest candidate for governor.
Among those writing letters to hotel management are the eight - member state Senate Independent Democratic Conference, the leader of the mainline Democratic Conference, and the chairman of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, a powerful voting bloc at the Capitol.
Governor Brian Sandoval vetoed AB 566, citing maltreatment of Nevada's Hispanic voting bloc, the same reason behind his first veto, of SB 497.
At the same time, any attempt to depress prices would anger anyone who already owns a home, a massive voting bloc, considering ownership rates now approach 70 %.
At 76, Paul may be the oldest candidate in the race, but he is the only one who consistently appeals to young voters, an elusive but energetic voting bloc that likes Paul's unorthodox, small - government message.
We have a long way to go, but by organizing people in their home communities, building voting blocs in key ridings, mobilizing around key decisions, slowly reframing big stories and fighting to lock in systemic changes, we are fundamentally re-balancing power in British Columbia.
This is especially true in large countries, such as China and India, where the sheer size of the millennial population is already having a global impact, but also here at home in Canada, where the millennial cohort is becoming an important strategic voting bloc.
Then future Republican nominees can complain about voting blocs who are won over by «gifts» from Democrats.
I recognize that corrupted whooah politicians are forever offering favors and waivers and tax breaks to keep those pulpit - led voting blocs in their camps.
The Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.
A combination of bad luck, the legal architecture of the nomination process (which makes candidates getting in late difficult - to - impossible - and defines late as December of the year before at the latest), the center - right media environment and the mood of some center - right voting blocs has given us a terrible field and an even worse debate.
But for the overall «evangelical vote,» the only clear trend is that it's not a clear - cut voting bloc.
In recent decades, white evangelicals — and yes, that's a statistically identifiable voting bloc and I'm using it as such in this article — have been among the most consistent supporters of the Republican Party.
«For example, the gap among voting blocs that gave a B or better to the Republicans versus the Democrats was greater among white evangelicals than all other religious groups and all voters, as reported in these data,» he wrote.
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