Sentences with phrase «winning elections»

And, as he acknowledges, online organizing isn't winning elections yet — mainstream media still rule (as does local organizing, something that he doesn't touch on at all).

There are past instances of parties winning elections with the least - popular leader, or without a perceived handle on all things economic, but there's no obvious precedent for a party to win an election when it is behind on both leadership and matters fiscal.

«I believe in winning elections.

He understood that politics is about winning elections, not debates, and that an ideological renewal will necessarily need the rejuvenation of political personnel.

In short, winning elections is less important than winning the argument.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

In a strong two - party system, politicians such as Pat Buchanan or Oliver North are more successful in generating news copy than in winning elections.

For Kirk, defending freedom meant thinking, dreaming, musing — not winning elections.

The Democrats are dominated by a power - hungry and vengeful upper - middle - class liberalism that is more intent on injuring (or even just seeking to injure) their cultural rivals than on winning elections.

The report, which The Washington Post has not independently confirmed, relied on surreptitious video recordings of Alexander Nix, the chief executive of Cambridge Analytica, claiming to have used «a web of shadowy front companies» in pursuit of winning elections.

Don't underestimate likeability as a key factor in winning elections.

«Masa said he would never do this had we [Trump] not won the election!»

Clinton said her campaign was on track to win the election until Comey sent the letter to Congress on Oct. 28.

At the same time, Merkel and other European leaders must recognize that Tsipras won an election on a promise to end imposed austerity.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed Friday at a record high of 19,756.85 — the index's 14th record close since Trump won the election exactly a month ago.

Though after Trump won the election, he seemed to soften on this campaign promise, the Times reported, pledging to keep an open mind.

In the radio broadcast, Cuban told Cosby he believed Clinton was too polarizing to win the election.

Speaking at a meeting with CEOs on April 11, he called it «an investment that would not have been made if we didn't win the election.»

Trump, who invested little in formulating specific policy proposals during the presidential campaign, left his team scrambling after he won the election to prepare to implement on his campaign promises.

As evidence, it offers comments Poloz made along those lines in December 2015 — after Trudeau won the election.

Abraham Lincoln won that election, of course.

«People who I never would have expected to be effective leaders win the elections and amaze the whole company,» Atkinson says.

The ambassadors also expressed interest in creating a positive relationship should we win the election.

«The mask has finally slipped,» John McDonnell, a lawmaker who would be finance minister if Labour win the election, said in a statement.

Fusion's cofounder, Glenn Simpson, a former investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, continued the project with Steele even after Democrats pulled funding when Trump won the election.

But I think it's more out of a sense of trying to protect his status as somebody who won the election.

Trump pledged during his presidential campaign to withdraw the U.S. from the pact immediately after taking office, but had wavered on the issue since winning the election.

«Now that they have slapped a duty on Canada and they're calling us names, we're free to take an action that is long overdue,» said Clark, who won the election, although just barely.

West expanded on that comment by calling Trump a «genius» because the billionaire won the election, reportedly adding: «Neither candidate would fix racism in this country.»

The S&P 500 is up 5.6 % since Trump won the election.

Traditionally, Republicans win elections by running against big government.

The Upshot blog at the New York Times, which has a predictive model of its own, never gave Trump more than a 40 % chance of winning the election.

When I coach politicians, I tell them to start behaving now as if they had already won the election.

A co-founder of Twitter said he feels guilty for providing a platform for President Donald Trump, who has credited the social media network with helping him win the election.

Brinkema referred to interviews the president gave before he was a candidate and after he won the election, saying Christians from majority - Muslim countries would be given priority entry into the US and declaring that there was «a Muslim problem» in the US.

It has been a year since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won the election, and the economy still sucks.

«If you believe in the Trump revolution, you can believe a candidate like Mark Cuban could win an election,» the source added.

Everyone's probably heard someone say they're moving to Canada depending on who wins the election.

When Trump won the election, Zuckerberg appeared to take a veiled jab at the president - elect by saying that «progress does not move in a straight line.»

Everyone's probably heard at least one person say they're moving to Canada based on whoever wins the elections.

Companies are likely to find themselves in the kind of bind Uber landed in, in part because Trump did win the election with 63 million votes, which represent customers nobody wants to alienate.

A weaker peso has tracked higher odds of Donald Trump winning the election, given his past comments on toughening trade and immigration with Mexico.

Fears that Democratic candidate Hilary Clinton would win the election and limit gun sales led to record purchases last year, but Trump's surprise victory has had a reverse effect, with 2017 sales falling and investors selling gunmaker shares.

-- for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, should she win the election, leaving Whitman to declare victory at HPE and move on.

Maybe a lot, but remember, the Gretzky trade led to whole lot of tears in Canada and Peter Pocklington wasn't about to win any elections after he pulled the trigger on that deal.

Citigroup has also predicted that the stock market will drop big if Trump wins the election.

Now that he has won the election, Trump needs to back up his promises with actions.

Messina says it starts with the candidate: «We won this election because of Barack Obama.»

Just as President Obama's Affordable Care Act was seen as a boon to hospital and other health care stocks, President Trump's desire to roll back his predecessor's health reform law has threatened those same companies» share prices since he won the election.

On Tuesday, the large hedge fund Bridgewater Associates predicted the stock market would fall just over 10 % if Trump were to win the election.