Sentences with phrase «younger voters support»

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

De Blasio also insisted he doesn't worry that the vast majority of young voters support Sanders over Clinton.

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Paul's support is even stronger among the youngest voters — the latest Granite State poll found Paul in first among New Hampshire primary voters under 35, with 32 %, and whopping 56 % of those voters said they had a favorable view of Paul.

They will likely also highlight Clinton's support for debt free college education and gun control, which are both critical issues for young voters.

As recently as late June, just 55 % of Sanders voters said they would vote for Clinton; recent polling data shows just 41 % of young voters are supporting Clinton.

In recent days, Clinton has brought her pitch to young voters in key battleground states, touting her college - affordability plan and her support from popular progressive politicians like Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

One suspects that some conservatives supported Rubio not only because they thought they agreed with him on the issues, but also in the hopes that nominating Rubio would lead to Republican gains among Hispanic and young voters.

Rockefeller's subsequent divorce of his wife and 1963 marriage to the much - younger Margaretta «Happy» Murphy, a mother of four who had recently divorced her husband, cemented in the minds of many family - minded Americans an unpleasant nexus between loose morals and weak support for the military; it marked the forging of a large wedge of voters that now consciously identified itself as conservative and would grow to include Democrats as well as Republicans.

Originally a somewhat left - leaning internet - centered phenomenon, drawing much of its support from younger voters, M5S has appeared to undergo a radical rite of passage in the past couple of years.

How has it come to pass that movements of young and politically active Catholics such as the Sens Commun were able to openly mobilize center - right voters to support the forthright Catholic Fillon against the self - described catholique agnostique Juppé during the primary runoff?

While there is no reason to doubt Cameron's sincerity in his support for gay marriage, he also clearly recognises how dangerous this territory is for his party, with any hint of old - fashioned moralism threatening to alienate the younger, more liberally minded voters that he has been so keen to court.

Rangel's email includes a link to Obama's appearance on «Late Night With Jimmy Fallon» last night, during which the president joined the host in «slow jamming» the student loan news — a continuation of Obama's obvious effort to bolster his support among young voters who were key to his election in 2008.

There are many good reasons to scrap tuition fees - but for the Tories to win the support of younger voters, they must prioritise housing

Support can only grow in strength as time goes on (assuming the younger voters don't change views as they age), especially as the deficiencies in the present system are continually laid bare.

While Nigel Farage and his lieutenants have invested considerable resources in terms of pavement politics in the working - class midlands and north - east, they still have considerable difficulty attracting the support of younger and urban voters — precisely the electoral tranche Labour is now pursuing.

[430] The study supported polling evidence that there was a gender gap, but countered beliefs that higher earners had supported No and that younger voters had mostly voted Yes.

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

The Republican National Committee voted unanimously Friday to reaffirm the party's commitment to upholding the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, upending party efforts to grow support among younger voters.

The group is committed to increasing voter turnout among young people in a bid to drive up support for the Remain campaign ahead of the referendum on June 23.

However, the Labour candidate's support was largely made up of younger voters, while Goldsmith retains a commanding lead with older voting groups which have historically been more likely to get to the ballot box.

The Republican National Committee has launched a petition in support of Uber and opposing «taxi unions and liberal government roadblocks,» a new effort to reach young urban voters, report Byron Tau and Kevin Robillard for Politico.

For Biss, the outreach to the African - American community is much like his campaign as a whole: seeking support largely from younger voters among the roughly 30 percent of African - Americans who backed Sanders for president in 2016.

This referendum will be won if enough younger voters turn out and register their support for our EU membership.

It is also frequently claimed that Corbyn's support for Brexit is turning off young voters.

But saying it in this way allows Corbyn to reassure Labour Leave voters concerned about immigration while pretending to his young metropolitan support base that his hands are tied on the issue.

Miliband may have been ridiculed by the Conservative - supporting papers for meeting Brand but the figures suggest it paid off in terms of reaching young voters.

This is driven, of course, by the overwhelming support of young voters, but also by white Catholics, who have grown more open - minded on gay rights as they have become more affluent and educated, and as their children return from college with more liberal attitudes.

Be it in the beliefs younger voters hold or the more modest shift in the party they support, it seems that Generation Y are striking out in a different direction to their parents.

In October 2012 it was reported that Young supported a new group of Conservative MPs established to reconnect the Tories with working class voters.

Clinton is set today to deliver her most targeted general election pitch yet to young voters, seeking to expand her uneven support with a group that helped elevate President Obama in 2008 and 2012 but that has often proved resistant to her overtures.

Several YouGov polls in recent weeks have shown Conservative support among the 18 - 24 age range topping 30 %, and one even shows the Conservatives as the most popular party outright among those young voters.

But as Sanders has gained steam, largely on the support of younger and more liberal voters, Senate Democrats have stepped up their attacks, saying Sanders is not ready to be commander in chief, criticizing his democratic socialist views and contending that his domestic agenda has little chance of ever becoming law.

Republicans in suburban swing districts are convinced they can boost their support with independent voters with a vote in support of the so - called Dreamers, young, undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. illegally by their parents and are now at risk of deportation after President Donald Trump ended a program protecting them.

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.

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

Labour gained strongly among younger, more affluent urban voters while the Conservatives reached working - class voters who had never supported them before.

Commisso enjoys support from more conservative Democrats who back his father but his campaign seems to be making inroads with younger voters.

Labour's election manifesto pledge to do away with tuition fees at a cost of # 9.5 bn played a huge part in boosting support for Jeremy Corbyn among young voters

That's not to say that young voters were not still important in explaining the election result — age was still an important divide on how people voted, young people did still heavily vote for Labour so it is still fair to say Labour managed to enthuse young people more, it's just that the level of turnout among under 25s does not appear to have risen; Labour just took a greater share of support among younger voters.

July 21, 2017 • The Labour Party leader is 68 and riding a wave of support from young voters.

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.

How did Jones manage to get more minority voters (as well as young voters) to support his bid?

That's a demonstration of how the state's voters, generally older and whiter, feel about supporting the state's school children, generally younger and browner.

Were the election to draw an electorate more traditionally aligned to the Democratic Party — with higher participation from the African American and Latino community and more support from younger voters and single mothers — the results may have been different but not assured.

WASHINGTON — As the Senate wades back into the climate debate, the White House is enlisting some of the young voters who helped usher President Obama into office to galvanize support for the climate and energy bill.

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.

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.

Traditional outreach such as door to door canvasing and television advertising still play a major role in gaining public support but these techniques will not appeal to the younger voter, and therefore will not be sustainable for much longer.