Sentences with phrase «about vote splitting»

I think you're right about vote splitting but Why is it the Liberals fragmenting the vote?

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Price is on the list and Daniels is not because we had people gripe about having multiple players at the same position and having them split positional votes as a result.

The reason why no Film B option won is because the Film - B voters don't agree about the location, so the additional question about the location split the B - vote.

«We're at about 4o percent of the vote and I think Mr. Lazio is too... I feel very confident I can split that vote and get the numbers we need for June,» Levy insisted.

As such, just about every 3 vote state will always split 2 - 1.

This eliminates concerns about vote - splitting and spoilers, allowing more open elections with more than two viable candidates.

There is a strong sense of complacency — about Ukip being a gift which splits the Tory vote, or being able to coast to power on 35 % of the vote.

The sectional splits in UK politics should be dissected over the coming months, but if we think about the basic Leave position in light of two ironic or mocking posts, Ariadne's thread leads us to the conclusion that the referendum result is more than a product of the dismal economy and a pocketbook protest vote.

Vote splitting most easily occurs in plurality voting because the ballots don't gather any information about the secondary preferences of the voters.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is about to vote on a farm bill that will reduce eligibility for food stamps, a move that has caused a partisan split, with most Democratic lawmakers opposing the legislation.

This bonus episode features Nick Langworthy, the chairman of the Erie County Republican Committee, talking about overcoming a Democratic enrollment edge in Erie County and the likelihood of «split - ticket» voting on Election Day.

The Vote Green Syracuse committee, which splits its funds between Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and three Common Council candidates, got about $ 1,600 in contributions between Oct. 3 and Oct. 23.

Congressman Joe Crowley, the head of the Queens County Democratic Party and a supporter of Assemblywoman Grace Meng's congressional campaign, has only one thing to stay about Assemblyman Rory Lancman's charges of a plot to split the Jewish vote in Ms. Meng's favor: Mr. Lancman is misinformed.

This election was about change, and the Wild Rose would have likely won if not for the fact that they split the vote with the PCs.

Also, with electorate nearly equally split over a majority of important issues, the size of the body matters slightly less, but a larger body is more likely to allow passing more laws since you can always trade votes between blocks on random laws that a given block cares less about (e.g. I'll vote for your farm bill if you vote for my factory bill).

Hanna, a three - term Republican from Oneida County, said he will split with the GOP on the defunding legislation, scheduled for a vote at about noon Friday.

Lots of people will be writing about past examples today — 1982 in Micham and Morden (Lab vote split because of SDP defection, and the government got a surge of support during campaign because of the Falklands); 1961 Bristol South East (Tory gain only because the candidate with the most votes — Tony Benn — was disqualified for being a peer), 1960 Brighouse and Spenborough (ultra marginal to begin with).

In 2013, the Times Union reported that the commissioners in a closed - door vote split 9 to 5 to approve Tagliafierro, amid concerns from some commissioners about her independence from the Cuomo administration.

Successive surveys have shown that Labour loyalties - not just voting behaviour but emotional identification with the party - declined steeply between 1979 and 1983, when the party had its protracted row about nuclear disarmament and the split which led to the formation of the Social Democratic Party.

Were there to be a split an anti-Corbyn splinter party would also pick up support from respondents who aren't currently voting Labour, giving them similar levels of support: about 13 % -14 %.

He told the BBC: «We might as well be honest about the fact our nation was split almost entirely down the middle and there are very strongly and sincerely held views on the part of members of parliament and I'm sure we'll see that reflected in the final vote.»

Since then, he's signed an executive order to allow parolees to vote, pushed a study about marijuana legalization, announced initiatives to address the high maternity - mortality rate among black women and, after years of criticism, forced an end to a split among state Senate Democrats that kept Republicans in control of the chamber.

If people who care about little things like ethics and integrity split their vote and Schneiderman gets all the» who cares how he wins» votes — he wins.

It was the first time Katko, R - Camillus, a freshman in office for about a week, split on a key vote with his Republican colleagues.

Adrian Brody's Oscar a year later at least makes some sense to me, because I think there is little doubt that Nicholson and Daniel Day - Lewis split the vote — Day - Lewis for his fire - breathing Bill the Butcher in «Gangs of New York» and Nicholson for his dull, retired widow in «About Schmidt.»

I think that voting has been split, and there are about 800 new Academy voters this year, who are young.