See all translations. uk â /flÉªk/ us â /flÉªk/. âº to move or hit something with a short sudden movement: He carefully flicked the loose hairs from the shoulders of his jacket. She quickly flicked the crumbs off the table. Horses flick their tails to make flies go away. Windscreen wipers flick from side to side.
Even in the supposed liberal bastion of California, it has been rare since the early 1990s for Democratic candidates to oppose the death penalty. Barbara Boxer, a senator mocked by opponents as personifying the left, supports capital punishment, as does fellow Sen. Dianne Feinstein.eriods marked by higher levels of fear about crime have generally coincided with greater support for capital punishment, and vice versa. The high mark for support came in 1994, when 80% of Americans favored the death penalty, according to the Gallup polling organization, which has asked about the issue since 1936.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. As for who those two 2016 nominees will be, even the most fearless political prognosticators have not yet been willing to make those predictions. But recent polls show potentially bad news for current Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.ice President Joe Biden enjoys 20 percent support in the same poll. But Biden has not even decided if he will run for president in 2016 â demonstrating how shaky most election predictions can be at this early stage.