Sentences with phrase «wasted votes for party»

Taking the definition as» (Wasted votes for party A - Wasted votes for B) / total votes» generalises to multi-party elections:

The BNP polled 132,094 in my region, whereas there were around four times this in wasted «spare» votes for parties 1 - 4 and wasted votes for parties 6 - 12.

Not exact matches

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

You also have people who can register as a specfic party and run on a ticket to strengthen their careers and yet they only espouse one or two things that could count them into the party in the first place.There's also a huge issue of people really thinking that a vote for a 3rd party candidate is a waste, If the only way you feel your vote matters is by voting for one of 2 parties (even if you are unsatisfied with both) does it actually matter?

They could vote for a party that supports a proportional representation (PR) voting system but, due to FPP's winner - takes - all setup, their vote would likely go to waste.

For instance, Labour's overall share of the vote increased in 2015, relative to the 2010 General Election, by 1.5 %, but the extent of the party's support / seat losses in Scotland to the Scottish National Party (returning with just 1 of the 41 seats that the party had won there in 2010) meant that most of the 701,147 votes won by Labour in Scotland were effectively wasted vparty's support / seat losses in Scotland to the Scottish National Party (returning with just 1 of the 41 seats that the party had won there in 2010) meant that most of the 701,147 votes won by Labour in Scotland were effectively wasted vParty (returning with just 1 of the 41 seats that the party had won there in 2010) meant that most of the 701,147 votes won by Labour in Scotland were effectively wasted vparty had won there in 2010) meant that most of the 701,147 votes won by Labour in Scotland were effectively wasted votes.

The system provides approximately proportional representation, enables votes to be cast for individual candidates rather than for parties, and — compared to first - past - the - post voting — reduces «wasted» votes (votes on sure losers or sure winners) by transferring them to other candidates.

The «two - real - parties» system is a byproduct of that caused by people not voting for third parties because they don't want to waste their vote.

I like what you're getting at, but is there any precedent for defining wasted votes for the winning party as the difference between the winning party and the second - place party?

We still see a hung Parliament — that's what people voted for, after all — but there is better representation for smaller parties, far less divisive regional / national results, and, crucially, millions fewer wasted votes or tactically - cast ballots.

This can be further generalised to ranked voting systems, as then some of the first choice votes for parties C and D would be redistributed to winning candidates, and so wouldn't be counted as «wasted».

A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere Darko has described the case filed at the Supreme Court for an order to compel the Electoral Commission to announce special voting results on the day it is held as a waste of energy.

Local success boosted the party's chances in Westminster elections as voters were more likely to support the Liberal Democrats where it had a chance of winning, thereby diluting concerns that voting for the party would be a wasted effort.

Also, is it possible that voters might support 100 % of a party's policies but choose to vote for another party (or not vote at all) because his / her vote would otherwise go to waste?

She recalled that while canvassing for votes, the need to provide jobs was clearly on the mind of the Governor, and according to her, he wasted no time in setting up the ETF Board made up of people with proven track record, as well as transferring N6.25 billion for the initiative to kick off, while the Board ensured that the process was fair and transparent with no favour as to party, religion, tribe or faith, and covered all the 57 Councils in the State.

Despite this, the Daily Mirror remained loyal to Labour and urged its readers to vote for the party (now led by Michael Foot), condemning the Thatcher - led Tory government for its «waste of our nation», [38] condemning the rise in unemployment that Thatcher's Conservative government had seen in its first term in power largely due to monetarist economic policies to reduce inflation, though the government's previously low popularity had dramatically improved since the success of the Falklands conflict a year earlier.

Then, in 2020, there could be dozens of seats in which the «wasted vote» argument for sticking to the two big parties won't apply, and tactical voting could help Ukip and the Greens.

Mr. Faso puts himself forward as one who would not waste time on pointless party - line votes against the Affordable Care Act or for defunding Planned Parenthood.

Mr. Faso puts himself forward as one who would not waste time on pointless party - line votes against the Affordable Care Act or for defunding Planned

Voting for a third party (a so called «protest vote») is anything but a wasted vote.»