Sentences with phrase «winning elections mattered»

Yesterday Mr Benn launched a tirade against Jon Lansman, the founder of pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum, who said winning elections mattered to «political elites».

She was countering a claim from Jon Lansman, the founder of pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum, who said winning elections mattered to «political elites».

Not exact matches

«That's the priority number one for the new government, no matter who wins the elections,» he said.

A conventional wisdom is brewing that if Samaras pulls out the victory, then it's only a matter of time before his coalition collapses, and the leftist Tsipras wins another election... perhaps in 4 to 8 months.

And it might not matter much two years hence — surely Mr. Trudeau would be forgiven were he to look at recent history and conclude that elections could be won despite questions about the ethics of one's actions.

No matter which candidate wins the election this year, there is already at least one clear loser: Americans» sanity.

Furthermore I do agree with you that both Notley and Horgan are changing their minds to win the next election but name one — I just need one — Alberta premier since Peter Lougheed or for that matter in all of Canada that has not done the same.

So leaving all else aside, I'm confident that no matter who wins the election in November, the tax exemption is safe.

White evangelicals and black Protestants are more likely to say that it «really matters» who wins the election and to follow the news about the candidates closely.

A leading conservative woman sent me this email in response to my Perry» c probably won't win thing: I agree that it will be a close election, no matter what.

If we continue to allow this thinking, in the end, no matter who wins the election, we lose.

And these questions signal the challenge we will all face the day after the election, no matter who wins.

Funny, but when Clinton won his elections, no one seemed to question who I voted for, so race seems to matter for some people.

Winning general elections is all about managing expectations — so it really matters that many are quietly deciding the Labour leader is more likely to end up in Downing Street after polling day.

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.

Yet this Thursday's election is unlikely to be won or lost on such matters.

For winning elections is not the mission of the hard left, as a recent tweet by Jon Lansman, head of momentum so beautifully demonstrated, when he said, «Democracy gives power to people, «Winning» is the small bit that matters to political elites who want to keep power themselves&winning elections is not the mission of the hard left, as a recent tweet by Jon Lansman, head of momentum so beautifully demonstrated, when he said, «Democracy gives power to people, «Winning» is the small bit that matters to political elites who want to keep power themselves&Winning» is the small bit that matters to political elites who want to keep power themselves».

The general consensus among a large percentage of people is that «it doesn't matter who wins the election, the government always gets in».

Previous Conservative leaders have hit the sloughs of despair in the past and gone on to win where it really matters — at the next general election.

Elections aren't won entirely on the ground — the national mood will obviously matter, as will the state of the economy and the effectiveness of the rival campaigns» messaging.

In May when he won the Liberal Party's endorsement, he assured us no matter what he would be heading to the general election.

The matter was resolved by persuading a Progressive Conservative member in a safe seat to resign, allowing Getty to run in the resulting by - election and win a place in the provincial assembly.

The Senate Republican leader said that regardless of who won during the party primaries, what mattered was that they carried their victory into the general election.

And he is sanguine about the splits at the top of the party triggered by Iain Duncan Smith's resignation from the Cabinet: «If you look at the evidence, the party is united around me, for me to win on 5 May... They [the party] also understand that this is the biggest election between now and the general election, so it matters politically as well.

Labour didn't win the election and since we don't have a Labour government the matter, according to thenational policy forum, is subject to continued assessment, and Corbyn is following the 2014 NPF consensus faithfully.

Where parties win votes at the next general election will matter as well as how many they win.

WASHINGTON (Oct. 6)- If the Democrats win control of the House of Representatives in November elections, the party's House leader Nancy Pelosi says in a matter of days she would «drain the swamp» after more than a decade of Republican rule.

In the end neither view mattered, Labour won the general election and questions over the long - term status of Welsh devolution were answered — it is here to stay.

Speaking while reacting to a statement credited to Governor Wike where he asked the Ogoni to vote against Senator Abe as a matter of priority, at a groundbreaking rally organised by Khana Connected Friends at Bori Police Field, Bori in Khana Local Government Area, Abe queried why who would win Rivers South East Senatorial election was more important to Wike than who would win in his own Senatorial District, the Rivers East.

Internal surveys were reported to have shown that the joint list would win more than 50 seats in the upcoming elections, a total unheard of by a single party in decades, and one that if realized would virtually guarantee Netanyahu continuing as prime minister in the next parliament, no matter which candidates ran and no matter which alliances were formed against him.

To many, the NPP by this singular act appears to have thrown its chances for winning the 2016 elections overboard, regardless of who is right or wrong in the matter.

«I will win... The people have already chosen me to be their leader, it's just a matter to go through the election process before I am pronounced the governor of the state of New York on November 2.»

No matter who wins in the Democratic primary, Mager said he sees the election as a positive force for the party and the political process.

The same political reporters who last week were telling you that Tom Lee would run for Congress and that a Republican would win the special election in House District 114 will now attempt to tell you Corcoran's decision to back Putnam doesn't matter.

She might not have always brought harmony where there was discord or hope in every place where there was despair, as she promised on her first day in Downing Street, but, unlike most politicians, she didn't regard winning elections as a tenth of what mattered.

No matter who wins this special election, it's not going to be the GOP nominee.

«It's just a matter of common sense, if there is going to be an election the people who are most likely to win are those who are best known or have won elections in the past,» DeFrancisco said.

He challenged Ghanaians to work towards deepening and sustaining democratic ideals in Ghana, adding with a credible election, it doesn't matter which party wins the election as long as the country wins.

If Mr Cooper or anyone else for that matter believes for one minute that David Cameron or anyone else in the Conservative Party who is serious about winning elections will propose withdrawing from the EU they are living in a fools paradise.

After winning two leadership elections, it seems unlikely that Corbyn could be dislodged until 2020 (if he is seen to be wounded in September, that is a different matter, but the polls indicate otherwise).

These arguments matter to anybody with an interest in progressive politics because the winners will be dictating policy after the next election if — oh, lets drop the pretence — when the Conservatives win.

«We outperformed expectations at the general election last year, but the fact of the matter is that Labour didn't win the general election,» he said.

As a matter of fact any Flagbearer elected by the party can run on the popularity of NDC to win election,» Prof. Alabi told sister radio station Agoo FM in the Eastern region.

John Mahama said he and his wife were vilified by the NPP during the 2016 electioneering period and wondered why its members had suddenly gone quiet over the matter after winning the election.

It probably won't matter all that much who won the April 24 special election for Pete Lopez's former Assembly seat (the district includes Saugerties), since candidates are committed to a run to November.

«No matter which way you slice this, Tim Tenke won this election by three votes or one,» Corbett said, referring to two ballots that Brown ordered voided but that Martir said should count for Spinello.

You realise when you're well known that you have won the public election: you are in office of a sort, and what you say does matter.»

Diffusing political fights isn't a matter of just winning elections.

A country of white men it is no more, not by headcounts, and engaged headcounts are really important to win a democratic election or any grassroots campaign for that matter.

Put simply, contrary to the arguments of many White Democrats (as well as pundits such as Jonathan Chait of New York, Frank Bruni of the New York Times and academic Mark Lilla), focusing on the efforts of Black, Latino, immigrant, and low - income communities for economic, social and political equality (which has often been derisively called «identity politics»), is critical to Democrat success in winning elections as well as in winning support from younger voters who are also concerned about these matters.