Sentences with phrase «where elected politicians»

Gerrymandering is most common in countries where elected politicians are responsible for defining constituency boundaries.

Not exact matches

A campaign about education in the northeastern U.S. targeting a specific elected official may not hold my attention with content that calls out a particular politician by name (they're not MY rep, after all), but if the content also contains stats that I find relevant to education discussions where I live, then suddenly even a regional campaign can be relevant on a national scale.

She points out that nearly all of the politicians elected in the state's Southern Tier in the November elections are pro gas drilling, including a congressional race where the losing candidate, Democrat Martha Roberts ran on an anti fracking platform.

However, if there was enough popular support, it would be easy for politicians who supported the measure to get elected in the House of Representatives (which is where you need to get this bill started, as it would be a spending bill).

Jack Straw has said he is not opposed to the idea of the alternative vote system where people can rank their preferences for MPs, but it is a hardly a radical change to the way we elect our politicians and the Tory leader David Cameron has said that at least with first past the post you can kick out a government.

Asked why the county organization is going with Diaz, Garcia said, «It's the same old musical chairs» in the Bronx, where favored elected politicians move between Albany and City Hall, often being selected in a party process for a special election rather than through a primary.

She points out that nearly all of the politicians elected in the state's Southern Tier in the November elections are pro gas drilling, including a congressional race where the losing candidate, Democrat Martha Roberts ran on an anti-fracking platform.

DiNapoli's interest in the hotel — where politicians, lobbyists and others in state government's orbit are common patrons — comes as other elected officials have sided with hotel workers during the contract negotiations.

Combined was the disappointment that there would be no debate and certainly no «Citizens» Assembly on Electoral Reform» as were held in British Columbia and Ontario where a representative group of ordinary citizens decided on the alternative proposal to the existing system, normal people deciding on the alternative to how they elect their politicians rather than the politicians deciding on the alternative to how they will be elected, unthinkable!

But Oneida County, where the rally was held, has elected more moderate Republicans for decades, and few politicians in the region have endorsed Trump.

Both forms of government use a «representational system» where citizens vote to elect politicians to «represent» their interests and form the government.

The National Education Association spent $ 23 million during the last election cycle alone to elect politicians to keep low - income Americans right where they are.

Where do you think we get the politicians we keep electing in Tucson?

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is obsessed with K - 12 voucher expansion, especially in Florida where she has spent vast sums to break the separation of church and state, elect sympathetic politicians, fund a PAC with John Kirtley of Step Up for Students and served until recently on the board of Jeb's Foundation for Excellence in Education.