Sentence examples for left on issues from inspiring English sources

Even establishment Democrats concede that Sanders ran an impressive campaign, forcing Clinton to move left on issues like trade, Social Security, and the Keystone pipeline.

General Clark was preparing a campaign against Howard Dean and appeared to be running to the former Vermont governor's left on issues like the war and abortion.

Meanwhile, pop-up parties — notably the anti-euro Alternative for Germany — have occupied political space vacated by Ms. Merkel as she moved left on issues like a national minimum wage and nuclear power.

His early CND activity coincided with a period in Scottish politics when nationalism found itself able to co-exist with much of the Scottish left on issues such as nuclear disarmament.

During the Clinton years the country edged left on issues of private autonomy (sex, divorce, casual drug use) while continuing to move right on economic autonomy (individual initiative, free markets, deregulation).

As he became a party leader in later years he has headed to the left on issues from gay rights to immigration.

In 2010 they capitalized on Obama's budgetary wafflings over Medicare and Social Security by creating a "Seniors' Bill of Rights" and running to Democrats' left on these issues.

Ms O'Connor was a swing voter who went right on economic issues and left on social issues such as affirmative action and abortion.

The idea is that she will go strongly to the left on social issues, move somewhat less left on economic issues, and remain a centrist on foreign policy, military affairs and terrorism.

On economic issues he was hard right, a B-version of Paul Ryan, cutting the estate tax, income taxes on the wealthy, bank taxes, etc. Left on social issues; right on economic issues.

The many-many-times-multi-millionaire media baron scion was joining a party that had traditionally swung left on most issues, including economic ones.