Sentences with phrase «popular vote campaign»
On the same day his sale of the Buffalo Sabres to Pennsylvania oil and gas magnate Terry Pegula becomes official, Paychex founder erstwhile gubernatorial hopeful Tom Golisano is announcing his intention to try to do away with the Electoral College as part of the National Popular Vote campaign.
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The Cruz algorithm was then applied to what the campaign calls an «enhanced voter file,» which can contain as many as 50,000 data points gathered from voting records, popular websites and consumer information such as magazine subscriptions, car ownership and preferences for food and clothing.
Kenney may have been less popular than his main rival Brian Jean overall, but as former MP Patrick Brown's own victory in the last Ontario Tory campaign demonstrated, the capacity to bring one's supporters inside a party tent matters more to the outcome of a leadership vote than one's standing in the outside world.
But I also follow the ups and downs of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign, which since 2004, when the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from companies doing business with Israel, has become popular among some Christian groups.
The populace must certainly believe so, for it is no exaggeration to say that many a gubernatorial election in Georgia has been carried by means of votes gained at barbecues, and no campaign for Governor is complete without a series of such popular feasts.
The Editor - in - Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, has shot down claims of vote - buying against President John Mahama, who was captured in an amateur video, giving a young trader money, during a campaign tour in one of Accra's popular suburbs; Sabon Zongo, near Abossey Okai.
Using status in this way is a pretty common campaigning technique in the UK, though what's become more popular here (at least in the Liberal Democrats) is changing your profile picture to a graphic that says you are backing / have voted for a particular candidate.
Two important parties, the secessionist Catalan Republican Left (ERC) and the Spanish Popular Party (PP), campaigned for a «no» vote (although for opposite reasons).
The National Popular Vote legislation is good for the senate Republicans as it should be an incentive for the party's presidential candidate to campaign in the state.
The popular legislator had won his first two terms with more than two - thirds of the vote, and his opponent in this year's race was not actively campaigning.
The review on the federal level comes after Trump claimed voter fraud was behind the popular vote victory by Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and hinted during the campaign the vote itself could be «rigged.»
The figures do not correlate with national voting intentions, where the «No» campaign is more popular.
, or without a vigorous opposition press, or with a slanderous and irresponsible opposition press, or which have signed up to supranational bodies outside democratic control, or which have signed up to international treaties ditto, or which make use of protected seats for women or ethnic minorities, or where the if the prime minister is one ethnic group the president is conventionally always another, or where unlimited campaign donations are allowed, or disallowed, or where significant numbers question the legitimacy of the polity holding the vote, or where voting is compulsory, or where non-citizens can not vote, or where they can, or where there is (or is not) a second chamber or supreme court that can block popular legislation...
And though he acknowledged that the city is committed to addressing the economic anxieties Americans feel, the mayor reiterated that his former boss Hillary Clinton won the popular vote — a sign that Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail didn't resonate with the majority of Americans.
Despite campaigning for Remain, Mrs May is still popular with those who voted to leave the EU, 69 % of whom think she is the best choice for Prime Minister.
Mr Danczuk has criticised the strategy of Douglas Alexander, Mr Miliband's campaign co-ordinator, to rely on securing 35 per cent of the popular vote.
In an email release with all caps in the subject line (I think Bellone is a little excited that the imensely popular Cuomo is campaigning again for him), Bellone says the governor's visit scheduled for Wednesday is part of a major get - out - the - vote effort.
Donovan is widely popular here, scoring 70 percent of the vote in his last re-election campaign in 2011.
Government corruption, electoral dysfunction, more investigations, broad popular anger over the political status quo and how it hurts regular people: As they return to the Capitol this week, you'd think it would be a really good time for lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to move forward with big new reforms on ethics, elections, campaign finance and voting.
The district attorney is one of the most popular elected officials on Staten Island, securing 70 percent of the vote in his last re-election campaign in 2011, and 65 percent of the borough vote in his unsuccessful race for attorney general in 2010.
The only opposition candidate left was the popular and unconventional ex-foreign minister, Raffi Hovanessian, who despite running a surprisingly effective campaign on the Heritage Party's ticket, only garnered 37 % of the popular vote compared to Sargsyan's 59 %.
Included: Electoral and Popular Vote Tally work sheets, a Candidate Position graphic organizer, a Campaign Timeline, a Presidential Order of Succession printable, and a rubric for scoring student debates.
The events came one day after the inauguration of a U.S. president who brazenly exploited racial animus, misogyny and xenophobia, all while stashing corporatist ambitions under the rug, in a discordant election campaign that saw him lose the popular vote by a substantial margin.
«It has proved a popular, if misguided, campaign pledge for the public vote.»
Some years ago, there were statewide campaigns and ballot measures that put the subject to a popular vote, but now such an effort would be futile.
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