Sentences with phrase «popular vote so»

Popular vote so far in Sunderland: Lab 48 % Con 24 % UKIP 22 % Green 3 % LD 3 % recounts in Hetton Ward UKIP possible first gain

In both cases, many votes are wasted and there are massive distortions between the make - up of the parliament and the popular vote so the added complexity does not solve any of the problems you set out to address.

Not exact matches

Proposals to declassify the board and require majority voting are almost always popular with shareholders, so it's not like these companies are going out on a limb.

At the same time they force the mainstream parties to adjust their policies to attract votes away from the smaller groups, so the very issues that make nationalist groups popular tend to be absorbed into the mainstream.

The moratorium episode — the closest that Florida's Democratic gun - control proponents have come to success after a Feb. 14 shooting rampage, at a high school in Parkland, left 17 people dead — illustrates why it is so difficult to pass firearm restrictions in the State Legislature: When it comes to backing a significant change, even a popular one, the votes just aren't there.

Sure, he's definitely got some popular vote because of the angle he's approaching some things and the no - nonsense way he does it, but I just don't think he can't get any further being so cranky.

Contra John Yoo, Romney will likely surpass McCain total popular vote when all the ballots are counted and do so by more than a million votes.

So he wants scientific education to be decided by popular vote.

So also — although it may be hard to remember the pre-Lewinsky era — Bill Clinton positioned himself as a cultural moderate (abortion would be «safe, legal, and rare») and was elected twice with a minority of the popular vote.

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.

Let's face it being pro AFC isn't cool either, so it's much easier to go with the popular vote and expect the worst.

The instant runoff system is considered a very good voting system when choosing between multiple options because it avoids the spoiler effect (e.g. two similar options stealing each other votes so a 3rd candidate who is actually less popular than them wins), doesn't discourage votes for options perceived as underdogs and leads to a compromise most people can agree to.

The EDBC must also ensure, as far as practicable, that the redistribution is fair to prospective candidates and groups of candidates, so that if candidates of a particular group attract more than 50 per cent of the popular vote, including preferences, they will be elected in sufficient numbers to enable a government to be formed (Constitution Act 1934 (SA) section 83 (1)-RRB-.

We don't use the popular vote to elect the President, so what's your point and why even bring it up?

So, even though the popular vote nationwide is pretty close to 50 - 50, locally you have lopsided contests where Trump can get, say, 70 % of the vote from rural areas, while Clinton could get 70 % of the vote from inner cities.

So such a result might put the Head of State in a difficult position — would she go with the seat split spat out by the first past the post system, or break with established practice and ask the popular vote winner?

The change corresponds with Clinton's drop in the national popular - vote lead: from a 5.7 - percentage - point lead in our estimate on Oct. 28 to a 2.9 - point lead now — so a swing of about 3 points against her.

I'm thinking of a situation where at year 2, the PM is very popular in Parliament, so they just call for an election (which passes the Parliament's vote) to getting reinstated another 5 years, and then repeating forever.

So make the popular vote definitive and make seats a second - order question.

You divide seats so there's a small number of seats that are almost purely, e.g., Blue and the create a larger number of seats that are 51 % red, and even though the popular vote might favour Blue, the artifact of seat boundaries elects Red.

Labour needs only the barest lead in the popular vote to win an overall majority: not so the Conservatives.

Even in 1860, when most Southern whites hated Lincoln and everything he stood for, and even though he only won about 40 % of the popular vote, there was no question that he had won the election, because the Constitution said so.

In the early 19th century, most states did not hold popular elections for presidential electors and the legislature just chose them directly; as time went on, more and more states changed to doing popular vote for them, but as recently as 1876, the Colorado legislature appointed its electors rather than hold an election because it was newly admitted and didn't have the time to do so.

The so - called National Popular Vote legislation would guarantee that the candidate who wins the majority of the popular votes in the country would become prePopular Vote legislation would guarantee that the candidate who wins the majority of the popular votes in the country would become prepopular votes in the country would become president.

Healey is the second most popular MP in the PLP according to the shadow cabinet vote, so I'd argue he's likely to attract votes from across the party, including among trade union and left MPs.

Nick Clegg has made clear that if Labour fall to third place in the popular vote, then he will not allow it to keep Downing Street, so to form a Lib - Lab coalition and keep Brown in a job, will mean coming second in the popular vote at least.

If the bill does manage to pass, it would be the biggest victory for the National Popular Vote movement to date, not only because New York, with its 29 electoral votes, would represent the largest signatory of the compact so far, but also because of the publicity it would lend to a movement that still flies largely under the radar.

If Mainers approve gay marriage this time around, the state would be the first to do so by a popular vote.

Not really sure why Latimer's so popular when he strictly votes along the party line; late term abortion, min.

But it does happen and more often then not, its when the popular party gets so cocky that they feel they can nominate any lousy candidate they want and still have enough votes to hold the safe state.

So tell me again, what is the point of elevating the incompetent freshman senator over the competent, prepared and multifaceted senior senator in the contest (who won the popular vote)?

Labour also acknowledged that if it fell third in the share of the popular vote, it will be impossible to strike any deal with Clegg, and it would be morally wrong to try to do so.

Had the popular first - term mayor come out for his party's candidate, she might have carried Kingston by another 300 votes or so, obviating most of the extended post-election angst we have just endured.

Alternately, the Republicans also could reiterate the SAFE Act argument, which essentially was: Gun control is inevitable, because it's being pushed by an enormously popular and powerful governor, so we should work to temper it as much as possible (in this case, by adding stiffer penalties) giving enough of our members a reason to vote «yes» and help the measure pass.

Fair enough for journalistic hyperbole, but this soaraway popular mandate boost has been just 0.7 per cent of the popular vote in the many seats counted so far.

Coleman, popular with his former legislative peers, has so far encountered no problems in the legislature's confirmation process that has included a committee hearing but also requires approval of his nomination in yet - to - be scheduled votes by the House and Senate.

I absolutely LOVE that dress, it looks fantastic on you and blush is having a major moment right now, so no surprise it won by popular vote!

The Best got the popular vote leading into The Dark Tower, so here we go!

Yet in fact the measures were so popular that, in four separate votes, a quarter to a half of Democrats voted aye, and the reforms passed overwhelmingly.

so as always sit back, grab a beverage of your choice and enjoy the 20 most popular articles as voted by the actions of my lovely, engaged, social media followers:

What appalled me when I went to vote was that I had read so little books this year or whatever I had read was not popular enough.

By contrast, the next most popular choice, the Xoom gained 4 per cent of the votes (though at the time of the survey, it had only just gone on sale, so awareness may have risen since).

And so do women — the third most popular item on our survey was electronics, with 64.6 % of the vote.

This work, originally commissioned as a temporary outdoor installation, proved so popular with the people of Emmen that they voted to preserve it as a park.

Any quick minded Dunkin' Donut's lawyer will point out that their is a Dunkin' Donunts in office building for the House of Representatives, which is quite popular with the Members and their staff and a great many deals over legislative voting occur at this location, so there could be a claim to this statement, from a certain point of view.

So who are the most popular graduate recruiters of all, as voted for by thousands of students?

The second one is very popular and I have heard is a bug catcher, so my vote is for the first one.