Sentences with phrase «white voters backing»

A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll on Tuesday showed Edwards leading Van Hollen 44 percent to 40 percent, with likely black voters favoring Edwards three to one and likely white voters backing Van Hollen by two to one.

A higher percentage of white voters backed Emanuel, 35 percent, but more of them still sided with the teachers union, 42 percent.

Not exact matches

For instance, George Washington University political scientist John Sides found that the white working - class voters who had first backed Barack Obama only to vote for Trump in 2016 were already moving toward the Republican Party before the campaign got underway.

If Melenchon fails to reach the final vote and his supporters refuse to back Macron in the run - off, it could hand Le Pen the presidency, just as «Bernie or Bust» voters who refused to back Clinton helped Trump win the White House.

Senate Democrats need to make inroads with white voters to have any chance of taking back control of the Senate.

Many ethnic minority voters are worried about immigration, like their white counterparts, but they are much more sensitive to some of the more draconian elements of the system, which have been allowed to run amok as the Tories try to invite Ukip voters back to the party.

This weekend we start the journey of turning out those voters and sending President Obama back to the White House.

And despite his general election loss, Romney still says his best advice for early state voters is to back a candidate with a viable shot of taking the White House.

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg enjoyed strong support among white voters and diminished backing from minorities, particularly African - American voters, as he toughened his defense of stop - and - frisk and Ray Kelly, his polarizing police commissioner.

They warned a packed audience that Labour is in danger of turning its back on its traditional voters and the party has to do more to connect with white working class voters in historically Labour constituencies if it is to have any chance of winning power.

The former secretary of state will count on the backing of African - American and Latino voters in the five boroughs and white moderates in the suburbs to carry her to victory.

Every question as to why they hadn't fared better circled back to a depressing statistic: Academy voters are 93 percent white and 76 percent male.

For instance, 89 percent of white voters supported Mitt Romney in 2012 and 96 percent of African Americans backed President Obama's re-election.

WASHINGTON — As the Senate wades back into the climate debate, the White House is enlisting some of the young voters who helped usher President Obama into office to galvanize support for the climate and energy bill.