Sentences with phrase «winning general elections»

If judged against the metric of winning general elections, few could disagree that Labour have made the wrong choice, although equally «the worst of a bad job» is probably an apt description of the contest.

By contrast, and despite their candidate's emphasis on the importance of winning general elections, just 33 % of those intending to vote for Owen Smith think he is likely to win a general election.

Yesterday I argued that if the Conservative Party doesn't increase its support among Britain's black and minority ethnic (BME) communities then in the medium to long term it will cease to be a party capable of winning general elections.

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.

We are in the business of winning general elections.

In order to affect public policy, the Republican Party must win general elections and not only primaries.»

Market participants were nearly unanimous in the view that Hillary Clinton would win the general election convincingly.

Several progressive groups think they have a clearer shot at winning the general election in December than they would have if Sen. Luther Strange, the establishment candidate who lost resoundingly to Moore on Tuesday, had won.

On the political level, we won a general election, only the eighth time in 40 elections that a governing party has increased both its seat count and its share of the popular vote.

In 1932, Franklin Roosevelt — who, like Sanders, was considered by many to be too far left to win the general election — failed to garner the necessary two - thirds majority of delegates.

Listen to the analysts who have told them that they can't be the party of older white men and win general elections.

Having finally overcome the notion that Romney is the electable Republican, Santorum proceeds to show that he can not win a general election too.

The Tea Party faithful force GOP candidates into ever more ridiculously extreme, and often self - contradictory positions that make it impossible for that candidate to win a general election.

But even if, in hope against hope, Kasich were to win the nomination, I actually don't believe he'd win the general election against Hillary Clinton.

The candidate who will win the general election is one who will appeal to Most of America, and Most of a America is NOT a far right evangelical bigots.

It's simple as this, Rick Santorum appeals to the less educated, extremely conservative and more bigot minded segment of rural America, which is largely dominated by Born again evangelicals, who as the article points out have a misguided view that that Mormons aren't Christian, and in their misguided bigotry seem to be voting against Romney based upon their religion rather than for a good candidate who can win the general election.

Sanders has incredible support among young people and independents, two constituencies that are key to winning the general election in November.

Will Hillary hang on and win the General Election on November 8th?

Any impartial observer in the Commons chamber trying to predict who might win the general election would conclude Labour is on course for a thrashing.

In 2007, GOP leaders endorsed Dale Sweetland for county executive, and she successfully forced a primary, going on to win the general election and become the first woman to hold her post.

And any Labour or Tory leader who failed to win a general election nowadays would surely step down.

Labour needs to attract religious voters to help it win the general election, a Cabinet minister will say today.

He recounts his Momentum meeting, which sounded lovely, and their universal commitment to winning a general election.

She also knows that Prime Ministers are seldom stronger than when first elected or fresh from winning a general election.

Poll finds fewer than half of all Labour party members think their leader will win the general election

One of the advantages of the fiercely fought 2008 Democratic primary was that it left Obama with an organizational presence and strong supporter base across the country that also helped him fight and win the general election.

The unhappy marriage of Cuomo - Del Bello continued after the duo won the general election, but Del Bello had very little contact with the governor and ended up quitting in February 1985, complaining that Cuomo didn't give him enough to do.

But I do not believe that he and his allies are indifferent to winning a general election and are only interested in taking over a doomed Labour party.

They were unable to win a general election or write a script that appealed to the nation.

The chances of Corbyn winning a general election, small though they were, have all but diminished.

But in fact that is too high a price to pay for giving May and her group of right - wing Tories their only chance of winning a general election.

If they cocked this up so badly we need to hear a little less from them in the immediate future about their insights as to how Labour could win a general election, not that many offered much before beyond vague talk of the «centre ground».

There has previously been some speculation that if the Conservatives win the general election and David Cameron becomes Prime Minister, he might combine the Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Offices into a single «Department for the Nations» or such like, with one minister sitting in the Cabinet.

Indeed, in 2005, the Conservatives topped the shire council elections poll despite Labour winning the general election on the same day.

Ten days ago, Tony Blair offered to do «what it takes to help Ed Miliband win general election ``.

It has also contained an anniversary which has, not surprisingly, gone unremarked: it is now 21 years since the Conservative Party last won a general election with an overall majority.

Clinton is far more likely to win the general election than Sanders.

Could Labour, under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, win a General Election?

According to a recent YouGov survey, only 14 % of voters think Labour can win a general election if Corbyn remains leader.

Does Cameron want to win the general election or does he have some sort of death wish.

Given the Democratic tilts of the cities, the winner of the Democratic primary is likely to win the general election as well.

Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer defended his role in urging a Democratic candidate to drop out of a primary in Colorado, arguing the party needs to back candidates who can win the general election.

(He succeeded in surviving that fight and then went on to win the general election on Nov. 2).

Sen. Roy McDonald's decision not to campaign on the Independence Party line through November is a particular blow to Republican same - sex marriage supporters, who just this morning released a poll paid for by New York Unity PAC that found the senator could have won the general election even as a minor party candidate with a single ballot line.

For the most part, party organizations don't see themselves as arbiters of primaries, but as supporting structures for winning the general election.

To cheers from supporters, he said: «This party is going places, this party is strong, this party is capable of winning a general election.

In the future, to win general elections they will need to improve their relationship with ethnic minorities as they become a bigger part of the British electorate.

Bringing the data together, our poll therefore shows that smart leadership communications could win the General Election.

«Although recent polling suggested that he could have won the general election, Senator McDonald is a man of principle who made the humble decision to step aside in the interest of his party.

Trump, of course, took the lion's share of attention at the New York Republican gala held just over the river from the Democratic debate, saying he expects to win the general election.