Sentences with phrase «who voted for the party»

Barb Lane is a Democrat who voted for her party's mayoral candidate in the past election, Juanita Perez Williams.

«If you shut the door on New Labour you're effectively slamming the door in the faces of millions of voters who voted for our party.»

«You can't win elections without a coalition, and to suggest that we should be concentrating on our core current voters rather than looking to professional people and affluent people is by way of saying that we want to remain a minority party... «If you shut the door on new Labour you're effectively slamming the door in the faces of millions of voters who voted for our party because we were new Labour.»

Paradoxically, that should worry Labour's leader, for the party is haemorrhaging support among people who voted for the party in May but currently back air strikes.

While the party leadership promote changes to the tax threshold, the pupil premium and green investment bank as evidence of success, 74 % of those who voted for the party in 2010 (but have since defected) believe that the party has had little or no influence on government decisions.

This is the year to stand up and be counted and be seen as a supporter of Earth Hour, as someone who wants something done about climate change, and as someone who votes for parties and people who actually have some comprehension of what is happening.

Not exact matches

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

You are likely loyal to your employees who care a lot about their agency's image, and who are sensitive to accusations it's doing the bidding of a political party, especially if they vote for the other party.

He hopes to capitalize on sentiment within the Republican Party that it must reach out to Latinos who voted heavily for Obama after tough comments on illegal immigration by Republicans.

His marks on the economy are particularly strong — half of those who voted for the rival Conservative Party, whose core political message is economic competency, give Trudeau a passing grade on the subject.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency over the objections of Democrats who pointed to the nominees» past work for corporate clients they would now regulate.

As people who care deeply about their country, we are taught implicitly to vote for the party that most closely resembles our set of beliefs and convictions.

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

Fully eight - in - ten (81 %) of those who voted for Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2015 election say the B.C. government is wrong to try to delay the expansion of the pipeline, while supporters of the other two main federal parties are more divided.

A small majority (54 %) of those who voted for the governing federal Liberals also take the position that B.C.'s government is in the wrong, while most — but far from all — past federal New Democrats support the party's provincial wing in B.C.:

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United Stparty — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United StParty, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United StParty in the United States.

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 underwFor 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 underwfor Trump in 2016 were already moving toward the Republican Party before the campaign got underway.

The Abacus study also asked those who voted in the 2015 Canadian General Election to rank a ballot that included the main political parties and generated data for 11 regions to estimate, with increased precision, the outcome of the Canadian election had it been run under different electoral systems.

Najib blamed the poor showing in the elections on a «Chinese tsunami,» a remark that stirred up tensions between the majority ethnic Malays represented by UMNO and the Chinese, who overwhelmingly voted for a three - party opposition alliance.

He might be able to make a new Conservative Party out of the failures of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta and he might be able to get the folks who don't want to vote Wildrosie to vote for his party candidates at the next provincial elecParty out of the failures of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta and he might be able to get the folks who don't want to vote Wildrosie to vote for his party candidates at the next provincial elecParty of Alberta and he might be able to get the folks who don't want to vote Wildrosie to vote for his party candidates at the next provincial elecparty candidates at the next provincial election.

Despite holding the large majority elected MLAs, the popular vote showed Albertans were closely divided between Alison Redford «s Tories who finished with 44 % compared to an impressive 34 % showing for Danielle Smith's Wildrose Party.

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Popular Wood Buffalo mayor Melissa Blake, who is seeking re-election in this year's municipal vote, would be seen as a star candidate for any party and could easily fill a top cabinet position if elected into government.

The Green Party has nominated Environmental Economics and Policy student Andrew Fehr, who faces the challenge of convincing Green - leaning voters that actually voting for a Green Party is a better choice than a strategic vote for Ms. Duncan.

Fast forward through three years of scandals, controversy and broken promises, and now many of the same voters who saved Ms. Redford's PC Party in 2012 are now leaning toward voting for Ms. Notley's NDP.

The vacuum in the Liberal leadership is good news for the PC Party, Rachel Notley «s New Democrats and the Alberta Party, who will try to offer Liberal voters a new home to park their votes.

Even those who voted for the arguably trade - skeptical New Democratic Party in the 2015 federal election are much more likely to say the pact has been beneficial than to say it has been harmful:

Rep. Juan Vargas, a California Democrat who voted against the omnibus because it lacked protection for Dreamers, said his party has to keep proving itself to Dreamers after disappointing in the budget process.

If the GOP would quit trying to take away women's rights (as confirmed by the Supreme Court) and concentrate on FREEDOM for all, the party would gain more votes from women than they would lose from evangelicals who must have other concerns that are just as important as taking away a woman's right to chose.

Risking goverment shut down for three items that don't even affect the budget for a small miniorty radicals in a religion and the insane tea party knowing full well shut down will cause thousands of jobs lost and the end of aid for those who need it is completely ridiculous, why don't they care for the majority that voted them in and not a small insignificant group?

In practice, most people are at least partially aware of this problem and so vote for one of the two major parties, who divide up their positions to try and get just over half of the practical voters.

Whether one voted for the Liberal Party of not, Canadians were thrilled to see a cabinet that reflected a fuller picture of who we are — First Nations, immigrants and born - and - raised Canadians, men and women, regional representation, gay and straight, Christian and Sikh and atheist and Muslim among other religions, differently abled, different socio - economic stories, and so on.

Almost all of those who wouldn't vote for Trump said they would choose a third - party candidate.

So the Tea Party should be voting for the party who's been actually reducing the size of government historically wouldn't you tParty should be voting for the party who's been actually reducing the size of government historically wouldn't you tparty who's been actually reducing the size of government historically wouldn't you think?

You also have people who can register as a specfic party and run on a ticket to strengthen their careers and yet they only espouse one or two things that could count them into the party in the first place.There's also a huge issue of people really thinking that a vote for a 3rd party candidate is a waste, If the only way you feel your vote matters is by voting for one of 2 parties (even if you are unsatisfied with both) does it actually matter?

Only a self - destructive person would vote for someone who plans to remove the safety net, legislate against women, and whose party has done everything it could to suppress the vote.

Black folks please read the evil words towards christians here by radical dems and come home to the party of lincoln who freed ur people from slaves, u can vote for herman cain, hes at the top of all polls now with repubs

Pat Buchanan may speak for a wing of the Republican Party, but he has not attracted the votes of Republicans who are economically conservative but socially tolerant.

I used to be a repub till congress was taken over by the tea party and Romney as our candidate.I can not support a man who is a draft dodger and a tax evader.The repub congress has done nothing for vets, nothing for the middleclass.All of the good repubs have gone or have been forced out by the extremists that care nothing for the average joe or veterans like myself.Until we get real candidates that care for the middleclass and vets I will not vote for the repubs.Honor and respect, and caring for this nation is what the repubs used to stand for, now we have wackjobs from the tea party holding america hostage and thats as un patriotic as it gets, it is hurting many americans, our economy and soldiers who are looking for work.

A plurality of self - identified Christians who go to church at least once a month favor Trump (41 %), while 34 percent plan to vote for Clinton, 18 percent are undecided, and 6 percent support a third - party candidate.

Btw... im a registered independent (both big parties are unbiblical in my opinion) and im really considering writing in mickey mouse, esp since im in SF so it really does nt matter who i vote for, Obama will win.

They would be rightly called part of the «evangelical right wing»; they believe abortion is the great evil of our generation, that the US is a Christian nation, and that «no one who is a Christian can vote for this (policy / party / person).»

48 % of born - again Americans who worship weekly plan to vote for Trump 34 % plan to vote for Clinton 14 % plan to vote for a third - party candidate, or not vote at all [Reuters # 2]

The reality is 65 million people voted for Trump... and while a lot of those votes came from people who were legitimately frustrated with both political parties and wanted someone to shake up the system, and a lot of votes cam from traditional doctrinaire Republican voters who held their nose and voted for the guy because they wanted a tax cut, and other voters were pseudo-moralistic Evangelical hypocrites who wanted to reward McConnell for STEALING Merrick Garland's Supreme Court seat, there were a whole lot of Trump voters — including a lot of voters from Pennsylvania's «T» — who voted for Trump because they are racist, white supremicist xenophobes who saw in Trump someone who spoke their language and would «make america great again» (read «make america WHITE again»).

-- Makes it easier for the state Board of Elections enforcement counsel to launch an investigation, no longer requiring the commissioners, who are equally divided along party lines, to vote in order to launch a probe.

The best lesson for both British parties to draw from Mr. Obama is the one Brooks noted when Obama abandoned his pledge to take public election financing: that as well as being an inspiring speechmaker he's also «a tough - minded Chicago pol (person of Polish descent) who would throw you under the truck for votes».

The young and the energetic Konkomba Youth Group, who have volunteered to preach to their people about the good things President John Dramani Mahama is doing and how important the NDC as a party recognize the entire Kokomba community have said, the President has exposed the NPP and their Northern Regional Chairman Bugri Naabu for the lies they have spewed across the Konkomba communities just to win their votes

Ferguson, who is standing for Ukip in Southport, warned that those who voted for the three parties were also «guilty by association of treason».

In the time leading up to the election, party members voted for who would represent their party in their constituency.

That total is nearly 60,000 votes higher than the previous record of 183,672 set by Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2010 (Gillibrand, who was running to fill the remaining two years in the term of her predecessor, Hillary Clinton, received 182,624 on the WFP line that year), and approximately 80,000 over the party's highest 2008 statewide total, which was 159,613 for President Obama.