Sentences with phrase «win broad support»

But if the charter school fight proved to be too narrow a focus to win broad support, so too might an effort focused solely on more money for schools.

To win back the seat, the Labour candidate would need to win broad support.

They know what buttons to push to win broad support.

Some cynics predicted a quick box - office fade because of the movie's the gay subject matter, but «Brokeback» opened strong and has won broad support from general audiences.

Because of this consensus, cap - and - trade legislation awarded farmers, landowners, and companies carbon credit for forest conservation, planting trees, switching to organic agriculture, and other carbon sucking activities — winning broad support for that section of the bill.

Not exact matches

However, I guess one might then anticipate greater support for the three current major parties to counter that, and the effect might be somewhat countered by using AV + and STV systems which can tend to reward more pluralist parties with broader support who can win transfers, as against non-preferential PR systems (like those in Scotland and Wales) which may be more prone to fragmentation.

Britain is not America, and it is inconceivable that a party could win broad electoral support on a platform of traditional social conservatism — particularly on matters of sexual ethics.

But the broader state committee — some of whose members are supporting Senator John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in the presidential primary — rejected it, 31 to 17, this week, saying it was unfair and that delegates should be apportioned based on the share of the vote each candidate wins.

One of the interesting features of this system is that, while the winning candidate would need to have demonstrated broad support among MPs, they would not require majority support from them, only from the party members.

Targeting can help maximise the number of seats a party wins with any given level of national support, but it is no substitute for broad appeal.

Perhaps we'll find out next week in Iowa, where organization traditionally wins out over campaigns that are broad but shallow in their support.

In her resignation letter, she said: «Although I do not doubt your personal commitment to your long - held principles, I believe that a new leader is needed to take on the challenges ahead: Steering our way through the very difficult period facing this country, exerting a decisive influence on the post-referendum negotiations, and winning broad - based electoral support.»

«You win from the centre; you win when you appeal to a broad cross section of the public; you win when you support business as well as unions.

Although I do not doubt your personal commitment to your long - held principles, I believe that a new leader is needed to take on the challenges ahead: steering our way through the very difficult period facing this country; exerting a decisive influence on the post-referendum negotiations; and winning broad - based electoral support.

He adds: «As Ed's very broad support also shows, he has that X-factor which inspires young people, whose support, along with over four million others, we must win back to win again.»

Throughout Europe, social democrats are struggling to formulate a response to austerity that can at once protect the most vulnerable and attract the broader support needed to win.

Edward Braunstein won last week's Democratic primary because he had broad support from voters across his northeast Queens district as well as the backing of the party's county organization, political insiders said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat with broad industry support, easily won re-election, defeating his Republican opponent Rob Astorino.

It's possible that Cuaron could win in a passion vote at the DGA and in the Best Director category at the Oscar but that the preferential ballot will reward the film that has the most broad support overall, and that would be 12 Years a Slave.

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

Bruce M. Carnes, the department's deputy undersecretary, said the request was part of a broader strategy, disclosed last June, that is designed to win greater support for the department's policies by deflecting criticism of its budgets.

Eventually, though, the next president must win support from a broad cross-section of voters across the country.

Some argue that vouchers targeted to low - income families more clearly serve the goal of enhancing equal opportunity and will win broader political support for that reason.

Championing greater accountability might win Bennett even broader support from his backers, but Ritz is already pushing back.

The proposal has since been abandoned in favour of a broader (and weaker) approach, but it turns out that it too won some support from respondents to the consultation

The really odd thing is that you've written on the need for teachers and researchers to partake in a PR effort to win broader public support (to counter the lies and omissions you see in reporting by corporate and mainstream media).

At Broad Ripple Animal Clinic, our highly experienced team of veterinarians and veterinary support staff have been helping educate our clients and win the fight against heartworms in cats for over 35 years.

Clean stores with good service, a broad selection of right merchandise and fair pricing, backed by strong promotional support, will always win out in the end.

If Nintendo is in conditions to broad Smash in the future I could now see Dante or Viewtiful Joe being a possibility [it'll really depend on if they ever win back support from third parties].