Sentences with phrase «younger voters»

And the share of younger voters who think government should be more actively involved has grown 26 percentage points since 2004.

Some good news for a change when it comes to global warming: A new bipartisan poll shows strong support among young voters for taking action about climate change.

We will also filter for young voters in your area who are likely to support gun control legislation.

44 % agree that «in the long - term a party that opposes gay equality will struggle to win support from younger voters».

You might think politicians would write off young voters as a waste of time, while cultivating seniors with boxes of chocolates and daily phone calls.

The lesson from the election manifesto is that punishing the old is not a sensible way to attract younger voters, but is a recipe for losing support of older generations.

Young voters turned out in much higher numbers than anticipated.

Yet many young voters still don't know who they are.

Those suggesting a close race are taking young voters at their word and assuming a significantly higher level of engagement.

One of the attempts made by the parliament to engage young voters.

They're critical to deciding the next general election - but will any of the political parties actually do what they must to win over young voters?

Young voters consistently rank the economy as their # 1 priority.

Except of course for the «new younger voters» that have been voting for her already.

Here's a look at a number of new laws aimed at increasing young voter education and participation.

Today's newspaper reports of potential budget measures to please younger voters seem fraught with danger.

Younger voters also tend to be more progressive, but again, turnout in this demographic is an issue.

After a record number of young voters came out in 2008, not nearly as many came out for 2012.

Young voters aged between 18 and 24 actually backed going ahead with the reforms by 46 % to 39 %.

The crucial question is: to what extent do young voters really believe politics can alter their lives for the better?

Older voters are typically highly supportive of investment in schools, likewise younger voters support health care spending.

Is there a difference between older and younger voters when it comes to finding a candidate's face trustworthy and reliable?

Young voters chose by a large majority to remain while older voters chose to leave.

In an instant, the campaign had a way to see the hidden young voters.

At this stage, there is no demographic breakdown of voters so claims there was a higher turnout among young voters can not be measured.

He explains that while carrying out research he encountered many examples of young voters engaged with local issues but who simultaneously felt «absent» from the wider political process.

This is why campaigns that need younger voters in order to win often don't.

Young voters turned up in huge numbers, and turnout was up across the board - not just in student seats.

«Turnout in the last election has really not been where it should be should be, it's been embarrassingly low... younger people vote less often... this tool is designed with younger voters in mind,» Friedman said.

Democrats see it as a potential strategy for boosting voter turnout, particularly among younger voters who are more likely to support legalizing the drug.

The Energy Action Coalition is spearheading Power Vote, a political movement focused on getting young voters to register and to support clean energy initiatives in the upcoming election cycles.

Online campaigning is essential to reaching younger voters who don't have tribal loyalties of many older voters.

«We're very excited about the ability to reach voters, especially younger voters who have come to expect this kind of digital interaction from their candidates,» said Harris.

«The nasty party has been reinvented,» said one disgruntled delegate at a fringe about winning back young voters.

We expect a raft of measures aimed at helping younger voters and closing the inter-generational gap.

Ms Kendall is regarded by young voters as the contender most likely to boost Labour's appeal; 43 per cent of 18 - 24 year - olds describe her in this way.

Schaffer said young voters on the Democratic side were excited about Sanders, and that Trump has reached out to people who felt disenfranchised and had never participated in the system.

The goal of SVRD is not just to getting more young voters registered, but to actually get them to the voting booth — according to the city's Board of Elections, only 11 percent of registered voters 18 to 29 years old went to the polls in the 2013 mayoral election.

Sanders galvanized younger voters in last year's election with promises of free college tuition.

He said he contributed $ 10,000 to Nimble America because he's «committed to the principles of fair play and equal treatment» and «thought the organization had fresh ideas on how to communicate with young voters through the use of several billboards.»

The elderly Reagan overwhelmingly won young voters.

Question topics included advice or promises for young voters struggling to make it economically, how he can overcome his current gap in convention delegates, undocumented immigrants and the possibility of offering a path to legalization (but not citizenship), what he would say if either of his daughters «came out as gay», his view of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's relationship with Republicans in the state senate and whether he's lost any delegates due to inadequate organization.

She is working to woo young voters attracted to primary rival Bernie Sanders.

Despite unprecedented efforts to mobilize younger voters for the 2004 presidential election, the turnout rate in the 18 - 24 age range was still only 45 percent - higher than in 2000, but nonetheless just at the average through the 1970s and 1980s.

Despite being almost a quarter - century younger than Trump, Cruz consistently lost young voters (and every other age group) to the older man.

The current Labour manifesto also courts young voters in a particularly overt way.

Labour was more popular amongst younger voters in 2015 as well and Labour's popularity increased amongst all ages except for those over 70.

Now they are vowing to get young voters registered and send a message in upcoming elections.

Even younger voters question Corbyn's ability to deliver this, while for older voters it was nothing more than a poorly - hidden bribe to win the younger vote.

Repeating the pattern of Iowa and New Hampshire, Nevada exit polls showed that younger voters tilted heavily toward Sanders.