Sentences with phrase «winning electoral strategy»

It may be an effective way to put together a winning electoral strategy, but it's not how evidence - based policy - making works.

Not exact matches

Furthermore, given their widely discredited status, it seems unlikely that forming an electoral pact with the Liberals would provide a winning political strategy for Labour.

If we are to not only win the next election, but ensure a sustained period of electoral success, then a more medium term strategy is also needed, in addition to the current focus on today's target seats.

It smacked of a 35 percent strategy: a timid desire to play it safe politically - to score on «open goal» policy issues such as the NHS - in the knowledge that due to an electoral quirk, Labour will win a majority in the next Parliament if it breaks the 35 percent threshold.

Third, it should design strategies for winning elections in view of the changes the nation has recorded so far in electoral technologies.

The downside is the lack of electoral self - confidence at the very top of the party in their own strategy to win, somewhat contrasting with the more bullish mood of campaign staffers and activists.

We're not looking for a preacher as our leader, we're looking for someone who has good values, strong electoral instincts and the ability to put in place a winning strategy.

Lord Ashcroft praises Cameron as the man who «rescued the Conservative Party» but criticises the electoral strategy that meant he did not win Commons majority