Sentences with phrase «by number of voters»

It is not England's biggest parliamentary seats by number of voters — it is, however, geographically biggest.

Start at the tip of LI and draw the borders by number of voters.

That is where I believe problems might originate: even if canvassers are not paid by the number of voters signed up (though maybe they might), those that turn in a decent tally of new voters are insuring they will continue to be paid to canvass, perhaps get paid a bonus... etc..

I've also been surprised by the number of voters who see it as a political movie — a valorization of the marginalized (a mute woman, a gay man, an African - American woman, and a fish dude) against the forces of Michael Shannon and his ilk.

Not exact matches

They want a change that is significant in relation to a number of issues which are considered a high - priority now by at least 60 percent, and perhaps more, of Italian voters.»

But, Trump boasts a large group of voters who will stand by him no matter what, and at least a sizable number happen to be women.

Moore, whose campaign filed a last - minute «election fraud» complaint on Thursday just before the results were certified just after 2 p.m. EST, claimed that widespread voter fraud had contributed to his more than 20,000 vote loss to Jones, a number that was not significantly altered by the inclusion of military and provisional ballots that were later counted.

The information did not include highly sensitive information like Social Security numbers, and much of it was publicly available voter - registration data provided by state government officials, a company spokesman told Business Insider on Tuesday.

According to the Current Population Survey, the number of young voters actually decreased by 1.2 percent across all three states from 2008 to 2012.

According to Elections Canada, the number of voters aged 18 to 24 spiked by almost 7 per cent in the 2006 federal election.

But when NDP members decided by a narrow margin to show Thomas Mulcair the door, they ended up trading a leader who was considered prime ministerial by a significant number of voters for one who is not — or at least who may not be in time for next year's federal vote.

I have spoken to a number of Clinton's Hispanic supporters, «Clintonistas,» who believe she will crush Trump in November, fueled by a record Hispanic voter turnout.

To use the example of Sarah Wollaston again, she has received praise since being elected in 2010 for standing up to her party on a number of issues - because her mandate was granted not by what used to be known (before the smoking ban) as the smoky back room, but by a much larger pool of voters in her constituency.

While the exact rules vary from state to state, essentially a voter is voting for a set of electors chosen by the party, and the most votes for a given party / candidate selects that set of electors, so where there is winner takes all, the set of electors is equal to the total number of electors for that state

incorrectly blacklisted by overly fuzzy implementations of the Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck Program, (supposedly a fraud preventative database cleaner for purging or flagging duplicate entries from state voter rolls), which fail to require mandatory Social Security Number and birth - date comparisons given two voters named John Doe,

Ultimately the government will have to choose between large numbers of voters choosing pre-determined preference orderings by voting above the line or large numbers of voters having their preferences ignored because they did not express them properly on the ballot paper.

Indications of such a trend have been identified by some in recent elections in the UK (Brexit) and the US (Trump): voters disenchanted with globalised competition and fearing of job or status loss are seen to have voted in particularly high numbers for Brexit and Trump and against the established order.

Now Stringer is also trying to turn Spitzer's candidacy (which could very well be short lived, unless he manages to collect a sufficient number of valid voter signatures by Thursday) as a fund - raising tool.

By contrast, the single - member constituencies we have today are a creation of the boundary commissions of 1884 that worked on the principle that all constituencies should have the same number of voters.

First, swing states are determined by whether or not there are roughly equal numbers of Democratic or Republican base voters in each state.

Their hopes have also been bolstered by a number of anti-Ukip signs that have been spotted in the windows of voters» homes.

More than half of the voters polled by Siena College said they felt the state was moving in the right direction; a steady increase in the number has been since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in January 2011.

By broadening their campaign to cover a larger number of constituencies, Ukip enjoys an exponential increase in its potential voters.

@DVK An investigation by a reputable source finding that a certain number of instances of fraud could have been prevented by voter ID laws.

A number of vendors and polling firms also offer what seem to be quite sophisticated microtargeting - based voter / donor outreach, but I've also heard experienced direct mail database people say that the by far the best predictor of a person's propensity to give money to a campaigh is his or her past history of donating — people who've donated before are more likely to donate again.

The British Election Study survey evidence suggests that Scottish Labour MPs will not be saved by incumbency effects or tactical voting, so the party will primarily need to attract a significant number of their former voters back from the SNP.

Political analysts said Curran may also have been helped by Democratic voters coming out in larger numbers to send a message to President Donald Trump; union turnout against the state constitutional convention ballot question; or by the surprising underperformance of Republican Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino, who lost to underdog Laura Gillen to give town control to Democrats for the first time in 100 years.

By summing up the behavior of the individual voters, we can then see how these numbers affect behavior at the state level.

Young voters prioritise jobs as the number one issue which affects them personally, chosen by 45 per cent, ahead of education and training (37 per cent) and the state of the economy (36 per cent).

In the London election, roughly equal numbers of those voting for other candidates turned out to have a Labour or Tory preference - so those 250,000 voters got to count in the final outcome - though the result was unaffected by transfers.

«The gap between Cuomo and Paladino has widened as Paladino is increasingly viewed negatively by New York voters,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, «Carl Paladino may have wanted to run for governor in the worst possible way, and judging from these numbers, that may be exactly what he has done.»

The impression a dispassionate observer would have from the failure of security and law enforcement during the Bayelsa election (which was conducted in Nigeria's smallest state with the lowest number of registered voters) would be that the federal government permitted or condoned the strong - arm tactics of the ruling party's candidate in his ultimately vain effort to secure that state's rulership by force.

«A smaller number, 44 percent of these likely voters, say they haven't seen a Teachout commercial or been contacted by the Teachout campaign.

According to a June 17th poll by the Siena Research Institute, a plurality of New Yorkers — 44 percent — wanted the state legislature to address corruption as a number one priority before the end of the session, including voters across every region, party and demographic group.

In terms of registration, Nassau Democrats only slightly outnumber Republicans (by just over 61,000: 397,859 Democrats to 336,289 Republicans) while unaffiliated independents number 239,242 voters, almost a full quarter of Nassau's 1,025,598 registered voters.

The Voter Empowerment Act would expand online registration and require the state Board of Elections to make certain registration information available to voters online so they may update their information over the internet, which could improve the accuracy of New York voter rolls by reducing the number of outdated or duplicate registration records.

Denerstein said the initiative would boost New York's sagging voter enrollment numbers and also save taxpayers money by streamlining the DMV's handling of voter registrations.

This is a significantly bigger margin for Yes than YouGov's survey realeased earlier today, giving credence to those who suspected that there were a significant number of shy no voters, not being picked up by the polls.

At PS 163 on East 180th Street off Webster Avenue only 78 voters had cast their vote, as of 2 p.m. Perhaps the low numbers can be party explained by the fact that station is dimly and well hidden.

However, the number of registered Green voters declined to 248,189 by 2014.

Instant runoff voting, also known as ranked - choice voting, allows voters to rank primary candidates in order of preference so that if one candidate does not cross the required threshold for victory, the candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated and the votes are redistributed based on the second choice selected by voters who had selected the eliminated candidate first, and so on until a winner emerges.

The traditional good government groups like the League of Women Voters and NYPIRG are joined by a number of unions, and for first time a national group, the Public Campaign Action Fund.

In fact, a new survey released just this past Fri., Sept. 27th by the non-profit research group Public Religion Research Institute, found that nationally, 56 percent of registered Hispanic voters identified with the Democrats, and only 19 percent identified with Republicans — the same number identified themselves as independents.

He said he was not discouraged by the history of low voter turnout in the Bronx, citing increasing poll numbers since 2010.

His number one priority is the passage of the amendment by the voters, because without its passage, the pension system will remain on unstable footing.

Voters whose existing details can not be confirmed by data matching with a single Department for Work and Pensions database of national insurance numbers have to provide additional forms of identification.

Those voters have been defecting to the Republican camp in alarming numbers during the Obama years, part of the reason we've seen huge Republican gains among governors and state legislatures, and both houses of Congress controlled by Republicans.

The most recent Board of Elections statistics show that registered Democratic voters in Harrison have grown by 494 voters, or 9.3 percent, while Republican registration numbers have grown by 206 voters, or 3.7 percent.

«This announcement will hopefully provide a more stable relationship between Cardiff Bay and Whitehall, reducing the numbers of disputes and enabling Assembly Members to be more creative and responsive to the demands put upon them by voters.»

But based on the results in the county's various municipalities, it certainly seems plausible that the results were driven by an increase in the number of suburban voters who cast their ballots for a Democrat rather than a surge in turnout among the solidly blue city voters.