Sentences with phrase «weak candidate»

Or did it admit weaker candidates from the start, or perhaps send them off to schools with less supportive principals?

But in the short term, looks can get an otherwise weak candidate in the door to an entry level position.

Teacher - preparation programs neither screen out nor weed out weak candidates.

I think eliminating a particularly weak candidate actually does a favor to those who voted for that candidate, as it ensures the transfer will kick in.

After consolidating the research of two staffers and tossing out a few weaker candidates, we brought in the remaining candidates to test them ourselves.

But many interviewers will do those things as part of their standard interview routine with strong and weaker candidates alike, so don't read anything into this.

Speaking of weak candidates, Bill de Blasio isn't taking chances in his re-election campaign.

Previously dismissed as weak candidates for superconductivity, iron - based superconductors...

The Democrats fielded a very weak candidate against Stefanik in 2014, Aaron Woolf.

The biggest NDP surge came in Quebec, catapulting inexperienced and potentially weak candidates into Parliament.

Tories are probably right to think that «Odd Ed» is a very weak candidate for 10 Downing Street but if it's hard to regard the Labour leader as a potent threat we shouldn't think the same of the Labour Party as a whole.

Republicans might cast ballot for perceived weaker candidate By Scott Bauer Associated Press Madison — Republican leaders hope their supporters vote for fake Democrats in May 8 recall elections, a move that could result in GOP backers having an influence...

pretty weak candidates and only 3 challenges?

But at the same time, Faso said he's not concerned about the impact of running down ballot this year and the impact of a potentially weak candidate running for governor.

There will also be an attempt to filter out weaker candidates by only allowing teacher - training applicants to fail numeracy and literacy tests three times.

Many choose the weakest candidates, which suggests to DeHart that they are threatened, rather than inspired, by top performers.

Critics point out that the open system can be gamed, especially when an incumbent's backers flock to the other party's primary to support a weaker candidate, who then ends up as the other party's nominee against the incumbent in the general election.

Bachmann is a weak candidate.

Republicans will field a weak candidate this year, whichever wins the nomination.

That leaves Liverpool as the weakest candidate IMO but still ahead of us in terms of ambition and manager.

In most systems, you'd eliminate the weakest candidate and transfer his votes (and either that puts someone over the quota and you can transfer some other votes, or you keep eliminating candidates until the number of candidates equals the number of seats), but in your system that's not done.

As voters indicated their preferential ranking, you can eliminate the weakest candidate and redistribute the votes on his ballots according to the indicated second preference.

As late as early October, Romney was still seen as a weak candidate with a history of vote losing gaffes.

The Bridgeport mayor has been collecting thousands of signatures to get on the primary ballot, and some delegates surmised that Ganim might not go forward with his convention effort if he believes that a poor showing would make him look like a weak candidate.

The Democrats encouraged votes for Trump in the Primary as he was definitely the weakest candidate to go against their party front runners.

The fact that Long won that borough says one thing: the residents there know she was the weakest candidate of the bunch and voted for her to give Gilly a free ride in November.

@monguin: I would say the one risk to voting for the weaker candidate so your guy in the opposition party has an easier challenge is that you might accidentally put the idiot in office.

Other people will vote for Party A to vote in their primary for the weaker candidate as they want to give Party B's candidate the better shot.

Michigan (D): Democratic insiders have long painted Lt. Gov. John Cherry as a weak candidate and new polling out of Michigan proves them right.

Geoff Berman, executive director of the state Democratic Party, which Cuomo controls, said Cox «and this anemic field of Albany insiders and lobbyists» are trying to divert attention from the «weak candidates» the party is considering to run against Cuomo this fall.

We view Maffei as a weak candidate with a misguided party - line mentality and a record of questionable decision making while in office (e.g, handing out midnight bonuses on his way out the door).»

We deserve better — it just didn't work out this time for Democrats in this race, because of a weak candidate.

«If the PDP picks a weak candidate, then the party is doomed.

Open primaries are considered controversial by some because of fears that a rival party could try to pack out the selection meeting and ensure that a weak candidate is selected.

Weak candidates are eliminated early on.

AV avoids this problem by requiring the winner to have a majority, if not on first preferences alone, then once the second, third and so on of the weaker candidates have been counted after they are eliminated.

Most Democrats don't consider her a weaker candidate against Republican Sen. Patrick J. Toomey this November, in a state that is crucial to the party's effort to retake the Senate majority in 2017.

Massachusetts is guaranteed to switch to a Democratic governor this fall; Kerry Healey is a weak candidate and will easily be trounced by whoever wins the Dem nomination.

Jay Townsend, while a great candidate, doesn't have the name recognition necessary statewide to compete against Schumer, and even though Gillibrand is a weak candidate, she will benefit from the fact that Schumer will draw a large number of people to the polls, thus assisting her campaign, as well as DioGuardi not really being a statewide candidate.

Julian is a weak candidate, and his relentlessly negative campaign is already turning a lot of people off.

Presidential hopeful of the NDC, Prof. Joshua Alabi says former President John Dramani Mahama will be a weak candidate in the general elections, if he is to stand as an independent candidate.

«We're going to commit a quarter of a million dollars to the City Council election, targeting two or three of the weakest candidates that are out there and we're going to take their seats.»

Since patronage comes before principle with many party leaders, I would guess that there is secret deal between Cuomo and Long — You endorse the weakest candidate — Lazio — and I won't take the WFP line...

According to Mohr, process prevents party members from quickly changing affiliations with the intention of boosting who they might deem to be the weakest candidate in opposing party.

What teaching techniques does Randall employ to weed out the weaker candidates at the training school?

«We can not have a polarised system in which the best schools monopolise the best teachers, leaving struggling schools to fight over the weakest candidates.

Those who remain and move into school leadership positions will likely be weaker candidates, many of whom will be motivated by the bump in salary.