Sentences with phrase «voting issue in this election»

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He may choose to announce his decisions a month before that, using the issue to swing Republican votes in the upcoming Pennsylvania special congressional election.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

And now that the time for revisionist history has arrived, and strategists no longer have to serve a political agenda and scare investors and traders into voting with their wallets, the research reports calling for precisely the outcome that we expected are coming in fast and furious, starting with none other than Goldman, whose chief strategist David Kostin issued a note overnight in which he says that «the equity market response to the election result will be limited» and adds that «our year - end 2016 price target for the S&P 500 remains 2100, roughly 2 % below the current level of 2140.»

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

Fake news was also a key issue in the 2016 vote, with special counsel Robert Mueller indicting 13 Russians in February for using bogus social media accounts to interfere in the election process.

Before the Dominion Elections Act (1920), voting in Canadian federal elections was largely governed by the provinces, just as voting in US federal elections is still, even today, governed by the «several States» (as they are wont to put it)-- except for the 1917 wartime election, labelled as the «largest gerrymander in Canadian history» (I've just finished a fascinating book about that election, fought over the issue of conscription; I highly recomElections Act (1920), voting in Canadian federal elections was largely governed by the provinces, just as voting in US federal elections is still, even today, governed by the «several States» (as they are wont to put it)-- except for the 1917 wartime election, labelled as the «largest gerrymander in Canadian history» (I've just finished a fascinating book about that election, fought over the issue of conscription; I highly recomelections was largely governed by the provinces, just as voting in US federal elections is still, even today, governed by the «several States» (as they are wont to put it)-- except for the 1917 wartime election, labelled as the «largest gerrymander in Canadian history» (I've just finished a fascinating book about that election, fought over the issue of conscription; I highly recomelections is still, even today, governed by the «several States» (as they are wont to put it)-- except for the 1917 wartime election, labelled as the «largest gerrymander in Canadian history» (I've just finished a fascinating book about that election, fought over the issue of conscription; I highly recommend it).

CNN: Survey: Catholics divided on political issues, as adherent numbers decline As important as the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that get a lot of attention from church leaders — abortion and gay marriage.

Washington (CNN)-- As important as the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that get a lot of attention from church leaders — abortion and gay marriage.

Piper refers to Trump's «divisive rhetorical style... and his reckless Twitter form of leadership,» and says, as his third point, that a «huge percentage» of white evangelicals voted for Trump «even though the character issues were screaming to be taken more seriously» (Statistically, around 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for President Trump in the 2016 election.).

In an off - year election with few overarching issues and weakened parties that could not get out the vote effectively, highly partisan and active minorities were able to get their candidates elected.

Obviously abortion is a lynch pin issue in any election because it is really one of the few issues that hits upon both the religious and secular implications of politics, and I don't usually support or vote for pro-choice candidates.

In the 2008 election, she voted for John McCain because she preferred his positions to Barack Obama's on the issues that were most important to her, such as abortion, taxation, and health care.

As The Nation pointed out after the election, «One out of every four Trump voters voted with the Supreme Court in mind, and it's a safe bet that a very substantial number of those see the Supreme Court through the lens of abortion politics... If you can rally voters around abortion, few other issues matter.»

Abortion ranks low among white evangelicals» top election concerns (% saying each issue is «very important» in deciding who to vote for):

He mentions that issues like climate change, genocide, fair trade, and peace are becoming more important to evangelicals and may even affect their how they vote in this election cycle.

RiceBran Technologies (NASDAQ: RIBT and RIBTW)(the «Company»), a global leader in the production and marketing of value added products derived from rice bran, today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. («ISS»), the nation's leading independent proxy advisory firm, has issued a report recommending that RiceBran Technologies shareholders vote on the WHITE proxy card «FOR» the election of ALL the Company's director nominees — W. John Short, Marco V. Galante, David Goldman, Baruch Halpern, Henk W. Hoogenkamp, Robert C. Schweitzer and Peter A. Woog — at RiceBran Technologies» Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the «Annual Meeting») on June 22, 2016.

The organization has also championed — endorsing and raising money for — the handful of Assembly Republicans who joined the Democrats in voting «yes» to pass the marriage bill on the other side of the Capitol, protecting these lawmakers on a potentially difficult issue (and one that, as it turned out, didn't lead to anyone's ouster, but did contribute to Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava getting pushed out of the NY - 23 special election by conservatives who argued she was too moderate).

The election of the Coalition Government in May 2010 reignited the debate, with the RSPCA warning of «a real threat» that the ban on hunting with dogs could be overturned as the new coalition government had promised MPs a free vote on the issue.

Hunting became a particularly high - profile political issue in the late 1990s, with the election of Tony Blair's Labour government, which in its 1997 manifesto promised MPs a free vote on a ban on hunting with hounds.

It is not an issue that's grabbed the passions of the British people in any way... If you wrote an election leaflet that read «We want a written constitution for the United Kingdom», you would probably get nil votes... I doubt if anyone would regard that as among their thirty top issues.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

b) to be issued voters Identity Cards «to enable» them «to vote in public elections and referenda» while resident abroad and being outside the jurisdiction of the Republic of Ghana at the time of such elections, and doing so from / at their places of residence abroad or designated centres close to their places of residence abroad or from / at the Ghana Mission / Embassy within their jurisdiction abroad;

So I don't see how PR offers the whole solution to issues of participation and engagement in politics, though it is important to make more votes count for something on general election day.

If voters used local elections purely to vote on local issues, then we'd have to conclude that the spectacular collapse of the Tories in the 90s was because their councillors gave up on bin collection, whilst the Lib Dems were good at sorting potholes during the 2000s but went on strike in the 2010s.

On November 7, Trump Jr. issued two tweets, urging voters in Virginia's gubernatorial election to vote «tomorrow», the day after the election.

The decisive issues in the latest European elections were austerity and racism, with parties implementing austerity continuing to lose votes.

The voting pattern will also be different, in local elections people tend to focus on local issues and they also provide an opportunity to teach the parties a lesson if they are thought to be ignoring public opinion.

The day after the referendum, Cameron raised the issue of «English votes for English laws», with Miliband criticising the move as a simplistic solution to a complex problem, eventually coming out in favour for a constitutional convention to be held after the general election.

To receive backing from such a highly respected campaigner, who has been so prominent in the battle against fracking and broader issues of climate change, is a real boom to the party as we look to translate the «Green surge» into votes at the general election in May.

He said people were finding it difficult to even mobilise GHC1 to buy «koobi» (salted tilapia), adding that such issues would inform how people vote in the upcoming elections.

Given that the economy eclipses every other issue in every issue tracker you care to name, the 2015 election message will surely be that a vote for Miliband would be a return to the «bad old days of spend, spend, spend».

We will coordinate grassroots campaigns and get out the vote efforts throughout the state to ensure that our members understand the critical issues in these elections and just how important it is that they get to the polls and support our endorsed candidates.»

The central issue at stake in the election — whether the Labour government would be replaced by the Tories — placed a squeeze on political parties to the left, which did not increase their shares of the vote.

«As the New York State Supreme Court considers the serious voting - access and counting issues in the 13th Congressional District election, we are pleased to welcome Marty Connor to lead our legal team,» Mr. Espaillat's spokesman, Ibrahim Khan, said in a press release.

Despite their agreement on the need for voting and election reforms, there is no indication, other than a few vague comments, that the two will coordinate their efforts to push the issue in Albany.

At the next general election the electorate has to be convinced on three fronts: that we understand the issues, that we will act on them if they vote for us, but also that we can prove our worth through our record of achievement in office.

The next few weeks will determine whether this ends up in a vote which, at the very least, would help the Conservatives identify dividing lines and make it a campaigning issue in the 2015 general election.

If you'll recall the special election in which Murphy defeated Assemblyman Jim Tedisco in a squeaker, the key issue — thanks to CapCon's Jimmy Vielkind — became how the Republican lawmaker would have voted on the bailout bill.

The group will issue a mid-day situational report on day of voting capturing opening of the polls, voting and conduct of EC officials and all other stakeholders in the elections.

Had the leader's office wished to influence the outcome it would have been sufficient to persuade a reasonable number of front - benchers to vote only for John Healey (the one candidate who could be relied upon to back Ed Miliband in any issue where he needed it) to guarantee his election and a fairly small number to back Steve Rotherham who may have been seen as preferable to Dennis Skinner, in order to ensure that he came second.

and the BNP hadn't been standing last time so no one knows what vote they would have got last time - Council by elections though frequently are very localised, there isn't the focus on national issues that there is in a full set of Council Elections or a General Election or a Parliamentary By - elections though frequently are very localised, there isn't the focus on national issues that there is in a full set of Council Elections or a General Election or a Parliamentary By - Elections or a General Election or a Parliamentary By - eElection or a Parliamentary By - electionelection.

Bournemouth council apologized after 100 people were unable to cast their vote in the local elections because an administrative blunder had led to the wrong ballot papers being issued.

These include proportional representation, which the left and the party generally are divided on, and for which, as indicated by the 2011 alternative vote fiasco, there is little public support, but it is linked to the proposal for an electoral pact with some of the smaller parties, and for that reason needs to be considered well before the election, as does the issue of winning back the Labour vote in Scotland, or at least starting to.

The second edition of the «Y - Dialogues Vote on Issues» Campaign held in Kumasi ended with a general consensus by the teeming youth present to generate positive conversations on social media concerning the elections.

Of the 12,729 eligible voters in Saugerties, 5,530 cast votes; 510 absentee ballots were issued in Saugerties; so far, 332 have been received by the Ulster County Board of Elections, making definitive results of the Districts 1 and 2 races, along with the status of Schoonmaker's 42 - vote lead on Republican Donald Tucker, unknown until the ballots are counted on November 15.

«There's really unique circumstances in Copeland, the Labour vote has been eroding over a number of elections now but this issue about the future of nuclear industry clearly dominated that election campaign, «he told BBC News.

A shambolic campaign in the Scottish parliamentary election of 2011 (which delivered just 0.35 % of the local vote) and his most recent foray into the 2016 London mayoral election (when he won 1.4 % of the vote) showed that without the right issues and electorate to exploit, his rhetoric could only get him so far.

The plaintiffs said because the governor has not issued a Proclamation of Election in a «reasonably timely manner,» they have been denied their constitutionally - protected rights to vote and to representation.

The issues were anchored on why Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should not be returned as governor having secured the second highest votes in the election, whether the late Abubakar Audu died with his votes being the leading candidate in the election, and if the December 5 supplementary governorship election should hold.

If you have appointed bureaucrat in a position, that's forever, with virtually no recourse (yes you can vote against people who appointed, but due to diffusion, that's unlikely to succeed - that higher level election is likely to turn on much higher level issues).