Sentences with phrase «about share of the vote»

Forget any arguments about share of the vote, these days the political landscape is more fragmented than at any time in modern history.

Not exact matches

The elder Redstone controls about 80 % of the voting shares of both CBS and Viacom through a family holding company called National Amusements Inc., a chain of movie theaters started by his father (Shari Redstone controls the other 20 %).

Its proposed exchange of shares for the Fox assets also raises questions about the Roberts» family's voting control and whether Fox would accede to that continued control after receiving its shares.

Published reports say he owns about 30 percent of GoPro's shares (and 77 percent of the voting shares); by September 2014, he was worth well over $ 3 billion.

(Liberty Media controls 62 percent of IAC's voting shares, and about 30 percent of its stock).

While a board of directors has a duty to maximize shareholder value by running a fair sales process, the Murdochs own about 17 percent of Fox and control the company through voting shares.

Mittleman has agreed that until July 1, 2019 it won't take any actions against Aimia, including soliciting proxies, voting any shares, calling a special meeting, proposing the removal of board members, engaging in short selling or making disparaging comments about the company.

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Aetna said about 97 percent of the votes cast and more than 77 percent of the 326.9 million shares entitled to vote agreed to the deal.

Redstone controls about 80 percent of the voting shares in Viacom and CBS Corp through a holding company.

Latins do not vote their religion, they are an ethnic vote and so are the Jews (the Jews don not care about deity, just their share of the pie in the sky).

In voting for someone who I think will help reduce the number of abortions, I vote for someone who does not share my conviction about the sanctity of human life.

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What do Silver (538) and Gelman models tell us about the impact on vote share of the Russian hacking of Democrats and the FBI intervention in the US election?

This perception about lawyer Ampaw has been there since the last time he sat on TV3 electoral petition Saga and shared his legal Opinion on the court seating — where the NPP took the EC to court to challenge the authenticity of the Vote declared.

Many MPs were concerned about losing their one - third share of the votes and insisted on greater gatekeeping powers to ensure leaders enjoyed sufficient parliamentary backing.

The most effective vote winning policies are ones which are popular on their own, but which also tell a bigger story about the party's values and are consistent with their other policies - opposing the Iraq war and top - up fees were both popular policies, but also clearly signalled to disillusioned Labour voters that the Lib Dems shared their values as a centre - left party of peace and public services.

Second, the Conservatives had become complacent about the 40 per cent - plus vote share they hadenjoyed for most of 2009.

How about the Bhutanese system where there is a second round in each constituency, contested by the two parties gaining the highest share of the vote nationally?

I am not writing to complain that Robin Walker MP does not share my views on the UK voting system but to complain about his scaremongering and deliberate misinformation in his discussion of FPTP.

According to the BBC, raw polling data published on the website of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) said that with almost 97 % of results in, incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta — who is seeking a second term — is leading with about 54.3 %, to Mr Raila Odinga's 44.8 % share of the vote.

Ukip itself shares this misapprehension about the importance of the Labour leave vote.

In their shared home county of Orange County, which accounted for nearly 76 percent of the voting, Larkin won about 53.2 percent of the vote.

That means that the parties whose seat shares exceed their vote shares (the Conservatives, Labour, the SNP, the DUP, and — fractionally — Sinn Féin and the SDLP) collectively hold 24 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons more than they would if they were represented in exact proportion to their votes — that is, about 156 seats more.

To be clear about my position on the vote: I am still looking for a more collaborative solution with fellow legislators to share the burden and protect the fiscal health of our communities to the greatest extent possible.»

«It's an obscure thing that we are doing, trying to educate voters about why someone shouldn't be elected, instead of why someone should be elected,» said Moss, who added he was concerned that progressive, gay New Yorkers would automatically vote for Quinn without considering the alternatives because they assume she shares their views.

The way this works is that about half of the member of parliaments are elected in a district using a first - past - the - post system but the overall share of seats allocated to each party still has to be roughly proportional to the share of the vote.

20/1 Tessa Jowell Today's news will come as a great relief to Team Tessa, who had been worried about Hodge, a fellow Blairite of sorts, eating into their vote share (currently a healthy 20 per cent).

Gordon Brown faces a make or break challenge to his leadership today after Labour trailed humiliatingly behind Ukip in the European elections and was expected to garner about 16 % or 17 % of the vote, its lowest share since the first world war and below the party's worst expectations.

(Indeed, it is often overlooked that Labour actually increased its share of the vote in Scotland in 2010) warning about the potential threat to state pensions if Scotland votes for independence.

In 2012, women accounted for about the same share of the vote, with 69 percent supporting Obama over Romney, who received just 31 percent.

The Republican share of the vote only deviated about 3 percentage points from the current enrollment breakdown in the 2016 general election and 2017 special election.

During the current congressional session, Schumer voted against the Iran nuclear deal and voted in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act and a bill enabling federal agencies and private entities to share information about cyber threats.

There are four national polls published today, and they all point to a vote share of about 39 per cent for the Conservatives and about 31 per cent for Labour.

On the latest evidence, we are beginning to see a picture of a Conservative Party share of the vote pretty much anchored around 39 per cent, with Labour and the Liberal Democrats bobbing up and down on or about 30 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.

On October 14, the deadline for online voter registration in New York, NYC Votes announced the launch of a new project, «Voters of New York,» «which highlights stories from everyday New Yorkers sharing their personal thoughts about voting and why they plan to vote in this election.»

As for UKIP, their prospects could not be more different than four years ago, when they were riding high and about to win the largest share of the vote in the European elections.

Whatever the constitutional convention about the party with the largest number of seats getting first shot at forming a government, the pressure on Clegg to back a Cameron - led administration if the Tories won the largest share of the vote — rather than support a party that had lost its majority — would be intense.

«You also make a very good point about how Hatians in the Dominican Republic, and Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the island of Hispaniola, are often denied the right to vote,» Mr. Dicker said to Mr. Benjamin.

«Are we really confident that the membership won't vote for a fresh face who shares their attitudes about much of modern life?»

If you live in California — get out and vote Yes on Prop 37 and if you don't, share something each day with your family and friends about the virtues of real food and how to get access to it and how to cook it.

The management of Momo currently owns about 48 % of the company's outstanding shares and has 84 % of the voting power.

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What can you share about yourself that makes you worthy of that vote of confidence?

Librarians around the country have voted, and LibraryReads has put together a list of the incoming September titles that librarians are most excited about reading and sharing with their patrons.

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Finally, Fat Pitch Financials is just about to launch Value Investing News, an investment community powered social bookmarking news site that includes the voting up and down of stories on the front page, Adsense revenue sharing, and several other features.

ArtInfo shares a video of Tania Bruguera's ten - hour voting session and discussion about immigration.

I've made this point before, but I'm constantly reading articles about the rising share of «protest» votes going to «minor parties» in which the set of minor parties excludes the National Party.