Sentences with phrase «as protest votes»

I actually think that is self - serving, cowardly and short - sighted as, imho, it will actually be the innovative person within Labour or the Tories who brings in these changes who will reap the rewards, not the small parties who act as protest votes now.

While by - elections are often used as protest votes against governments and have lower than usual turnouts, this parliamentary contest has a whole number of potentially significant ramifications for British politics.

There is a continuing disconnect between politics and the people, letting the BNP cast itself as a protest vote.

I've seen us as a protest vote.»

Rhodri Morgan, leader of Labour in the Welsh assembly, has urged voters not to use May's election as a protest vote against Tony Blair.

People were constantly told the BNP were racist but it didn't stop 800,000 of them voting BNP in the European Elections (probably as a protest vote).

The double blow was dismissed at the time as a protest vote, and the decision of the electorate, with a 29.2 % swing to Labour from People's Voice, five years later would seem to support that.

Some Labour voters will vote for the BNP in areas where the BNP have a presence as a protest vote, as Tory voters voted for UKIP in 1997 (sorry, Henry, but I was there knocking on doors).

Not exact matches

Indiana is the latest Midwestern state where Republicans have pushed labor legislation with safe voting margins even as the efforts have drawn large protests by union backers and spawned recall efforts.

A couple days after the legislative vote, taxi drivers protested saying Uber needed to follow the same rules as taxi companies if it was going to offer the same service, local media reported.

Those efforts would come as Prime Minister Najib faces increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing this week to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

Though it is important not to overstate the situation, the level of support for the main German right - wing populist party reflects a significant protest vote, which could have an influence on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's approach as she looks past her election victory.

Though it is important not to overstate the situation — realistically, the AfD party is unlikely to have a significant influence over policy in Germany in the short term — the level of support for the German right - wing party reflects a significant protest vote, which could have an influence on Chancellor Merkel's approach as she looks past her election victory.

I'm not a conservative myself, but I'm reckoning there are a lot of conservative women out there who are disgusted by the PC use of Redford as an all - purpose witch and who might vote for Danielle Smith in protest of it.

The Armenian parliament has voted against naming protest leader Nikol Pashinian as the country's new prime minister.

It's that belief system that causes people to vote and protest against others that don't believe as they do.

The scary part is that these same morons vote and protest, as if they had any idea what they were talking about.

As it is said, Santorum won the beauty contest in Missouri, and perhaps those votes were protest votes with regard to the available alternatives.

Their discomfort with cultural issues is reflected in their protests that matters such as partial - birth abortion, school prayer, or same - sex marriage are not proper items for political debate; they are rather «wedge issues» that conservatives illegitimately bring into the public arena in order to divide the nation (read: in order to cost Democrats votes).

If voting rights are a concern to you, (and they should be, especially if you live in North Carolina), consider connecting with Rev. William J Barber II of the North Carolina NAACP as he leads protests and organizing efforts around voting rights and other important causes.

Finally, the affirming voter does not use the vote as a form of protest.

In fact, the idea that the UK would leave the EU was so preposterous that many voted in favor of it simply as an act of protest, motivated by the assumption that their vote «wouldn't matter» because «remain» would win out anyway.

A in mass protest vote by all those who oppose Mitt Romney should make the Republican party reluctant in the future to produce another scumbag like Mitt Romney as it's presidential nominee.

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Whether or not electoral systems behave as political scientist think they «should» depends largely on the dynamics of protest voting.

This often pushes them to cast a «protest vote» such as those for nationalist parties, or simply not to vote at all.

BRUSSELS (Reuters)- Marine Le Pen's far right National Front scored a stunning first victory in European Parliament elections in France on Sunday as critics of the European Union registered a continent - wide protest vote against austerity and mass unemployment.

David Cameron and William Hague declined to continue the offensive, which peaked at the weekend, in media appearances this morning as a combination of euroscepticism, fears about immigration and a looming protest vote combined to see Ukip's performance spike.

He suggests a «two - headed protest vote» is emerging, with UKIP and the Greens as the driving force.

In the opinion of CADA, election threats come in different forms and may include intimidation, registering minors and foreigners, multiple registration, etc. during voter registration exercise or targeting of election officials, intimidation or harassment of journalists, incitement to violence in the media or public, protecting, expanding, or delineating turf or «no - go areas», attacks on election rallies or candidates, intimidation of voters to compel them to vote or stay away, physical attacks on election materials such as snatching and destruction of ballot boxes, armed clashes among political parties, violent clashes among groups of rival supporters, vandalism and physical attacks on property of opponents, targeted attacks against specific candidates or political parties, attacks on rivals who have either won in elections or were defeated, violent street protests and efforts by armed police to maintain or restore order, tear gas, firing on protestors, attacks by protestors on property or the police, escalation and perpetuation of ethnic or sectarian violence.

They are second - order elections with little reason NOT to cast a protest vote; they are fought under proportional representation, which helps non-traditional parties such as UKIP and the Greens; and they concern Britain's relationship with the European Union, the very issue that brought UKIP into being.

King Sweeney abstained from voting on seven of the nine contracts as part of her ongoing protest of the expenditure of town money while the town lacks an inspector general.

While they had yet to become electable as a government, they underlined their growing reputation as a worthwhile alternative to Labour and Conservative, offering plenty of debate in parliament and not just representing a protest vote.

He said they may then register a protest vote, much as they did in 1996 when conservative commentator Pat Buchanan beat former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole in the state's GOP primary.

Of course there will be some who will still vote for Padernacht out of ignorance or simply as a protest (a «none of the above» selection), but it simply can not be denied that Gustavo Rivera has picked up a significant number of votes by this announcement.

As commentators increasingly speculate that it is Mr Blair's personal unpopularity that is haemorrhaging votes for Labour in the regional elections, Mr McConnell and Mr Blair urged Scots not to use the Holyrood election to cast a protest vote.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's Park Slope home was the destination for immigration activists Tuesday night; they marched through Brooklyn to protest the senator voting in favor a short - term federal funding bill Monday that did not include protection for undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as children.

I live in a mostly one - party state, and I'm proud of my consistent protest votes for federal offices and local chief executive as well.

Clarke is significant as well because Schneiderman is trying to lock up support of minority voting blocs since there are no candidates of color in the AG's race — a fact that has spurred NYC Councilman Charles Barron to run as a protest candidate for governor.

The UK's American embassy faced protests from anti-Guantanamo groups yesterday as the US went to the polls to vote for a new president.

To this set of people, who thought there is no alternative to Buhari, they must be living in fools» paradise as the President has never been the best for the country but a candidate of circumstance and protest vote in 2015.

Melcher was unpopular with the Greens in the Democratic side (Montana is an open primary state) and so his victory was counted as a negative because of the significant «protest» vote.

In practice, independent candidates largely serve as receptacles for protest votes.

Professor of Political Science at Cardiff University, Roger Scully, said people treat European elections to a large extent as «opinion polls on the national government of the day, or as an opportunity for an anti-EU protest vote».

I'll either vote for Howie Hawkins as a protest or not vote in the governor's race at all.

Although the unrest in this year's vote was not as serious as in 2007, days of sporadic protests left at least 28 people dead.

It suggests that Ukip, in particular, has not yet established itself as anything more than a protest vote.

Eastbourne voted for Brexit, as did Ansell, who has argued secession negotiations mean «this is no time for protest voting».

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins said he doesn't mind if people vote for him as a protest to major party candidates.

Equally, Labour's share of the vote in the European elections will probably be a record low, but the Conservative share is likely to be pretty low too, and it is obvious that, more than ever before, people will use the vote as a protest.