Sentences with phrase «candidate got those numbers»

Other states, like Massachusetts, use proportionality and candidates get the number of convention delegate votes in proportion to the support they receive in the primary election.

Not exact matches

If business leaders support Gary Johnson vigorously enough to get his poll numbers above 15 % — which would give him a chance to take a place on the presidential debate stage — the candidate could make this case to a national audience.

That number «was more than [Trump] spent on actual ad buys in all media during all of 2015,» the study notes, and the candidate's total advertising value was 1.5 times what Bush, Rubio and Cruz got.

Ideal candidates are young or first - time business owners, who are likely to get ousted from the helm as the number of investors grows anyway, or serial entrepreneurs who are already dreaming of their next project.

There are also a number of grandstanding moves he'd make to get publicity (e.g., ordaining an openly gay man to the priesthood in a very public PR blitz only to defrock the guy a few months later because Spong was so concerned about ordaining a gay candidate that he didn't bother to go through the necessary discernment process — this PR move really impacted some very qualified homosexual candidates who were all painted with the same brush.)

Then again, a significant number of the Democratic candidates are being supported by DACC — the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee — and aren't likely to forget who brung them to the Albany dance once they get there.

The truncated political calendar necessary as a result of the court's decision to move up the federal primaries has reduced the number of signatures necessary to get onto the ballot, but also shortened the amount of time in which candidates have to circulate petitions.

I want to know if in the final round of RCV if say two remaining candidates both get exactly the same number of votes after the rest of the candidates are eliminated if there is a better way than a coin toss to decide?

At the end of voting, each observer gets a copy of the Voting Protocol with the final figures (turnout, votes given for each candidate, number of ballots used, number of ballots spoiled, etc.).

At least 10 and perhaps as many as 18 hopefuls are currently petitioning to get on the ballot, and a number of prominent District 7 candidates have found themselves living not just in adjoining districts, but two districts away from the people they plan to represent.

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.

But in general a candidate needs to get a certain number of unique signatures on a petition supporting their candidacy.

A number of other lobbyists were shortlisted to be Tory parliamentary candidates but failed to get selected.

I got the 248k number by adding up the results for the 2016 election of the top candidates from a quick Google search.

But if Labour does lose heavily in June, the actual number of nominations the Corbynites would need to get a candidate on the ballot would drop - from 15 % of Labour's current 229 MPs and 20 MEPs to 15 % of fewer MPs and MEPs.

The number of signatures needed for minor party and independent candidates to get on the November 2012 ballot for statewide office depends on the November Read more»

Currently in Pennsylvania, as Philadelphia Weekly has investigated in the past, third - party candidates get the shortest end of the stick when attempting to get on the ballot for statewide elections; they're often required at least 10 times the number of signatures as their mainstream Read more»

Hoylman said the unusual number of primaries this year had upped the pressure on candidates to get out the vote.

All candidates, including poorer and lesser known Democrats and Republicans, have to pay the same filing fee and / or collect the same number of signatures to get on the ballot.

Schaffer said that while he'd work to avoid a primary by getting an agreement on one candidate, he added that «based on the number of candidates, that's unlikely.»

And although Mr Sheridan claimed his party would help get more MSPs elected, the split will reduce the number of SSP candidates standing in next year's Holyrood elections to four.

Billionaire Mr Trump is likely to get more than twice the number of votes of the next Republican candidate.

A local source contacted The Bronx Chronicle said that one document turned over to federal authorities shows that some candidates in unnamed Bronx districts got more votes than the number of voters who went into the booths.

Under California's «top two» primary system, there is a single primary among all candidates (with an option of indicating a candidate's party preference), and the two candidates getting the highest number of votes go on to run in the general election.

The Manhattan lawmaker has a number of heavyweight labor unions on his side to help get out the vote and has styled himself as the liberal go - to candidate for black, Latino and gay voters.

After getting to know him in the past few months (we went down to Occupy together a number of times and I've interviewed him for a few different outlets) I have come to realize in hindsight that Steve knew more about the issues than any other candidate.

Candidates must get a certain number of signatures on a petition to make it onto the ballot.

In that way, we were able to use Teachout's momentum to make modest but important gains for independent politics, winning 5 percent of the vote and getting a number of teachers» union locals to endorse a Green Party candidate for the first time.

Section 4 therefore provides that the magic number required to put forward a candidate is 17.35 % or 124 exclusively CDU - CSU votes — if we get to Step 3 at all.

But his polling numbers are strikingly good for a candidate who gets little press, is not from a major party, and has little money to run on.

The candidates did get a chance to talk about a number of issues including crime, education and development.

Sociologist and In These Timescontributor Peter Frase (full disclosure: my boyfriend) crunched the numbers and found that in virtually every county, Cuomo got fewer WFP votes than any of the party's other statewide cross-endorsed candidates.

•» [W] e respectfully request that the [Federal Election] Commission does not allow the state party to cynically circumvent our state's carefully tailored pay - to - play state contractor provisions by glibly including a stray get - out - the - vote message in a communication that... promotes a Connecticut candidate, and then contending that the inclusion of a minute phone number and the polling hours transforms the communication into federal election activity outside the jurisdiction of the SEEC.»

All votes count equally, and everyone gets the same number of votes: one vote per candidate, either for or against.

Despite the encouraging poll numbers — Spitzer called them «comforting» — the candidate acknowledged that he and the small army of petitioners (some paid, some volunteers) currently headquartered in his father's real - estate building on Fifth Avenue still had some work to do in the final 24 hours to get over the finish line.

Six states are responsible for 60 % of the total national number of signatures needed to place a new party or independent presidential candidate on the ballot in the entire nation (this calculation uses the easier method to get on the ballot in each state).

Under instant runoff voting in New York City, if no candidate receives 50 percent of first - choice votes, then the candidate who gets the least number of first - choice votes is eliminated.

This is the bill to lower the number of signatures needed for newly - qualifying parties and independent candidates to get on the ballot.

The commission is considering easing access to the ballot for candidates by lowering the number of signatures needed to get onto the ballot - but is not ready to open access to the ballot for voters.

«What New Yorkers care about isn't poll numbers, it's what candidate has delivered for them because that makes them know when you're mayor, you can get the job done.»

With primaries usually only turning out a small number of registered party voters, the game comes down to a candidate getting his or her people out to the polls.

EU citizens can only vote for MEP candidates of their own country, but the number of national delegates isn't directly proportional to population size; if it were, Germany would get 200 times as many seats as tiny Malta.

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In all Democratic caucuses, the candidates with the most support get the corresponding number of delegates in proportion to their support.

There are a number of systems that help candidates get ready for the examinations.

The number - one quality that probably binds all of our principals in hiring teachers is measuring the candidate's willingness to self - reflect, which is why all of our teachers first have to do a sample lesson before they get hired.

But a growing number are joined by entities whose main focus is lobbying and politics: 501c4 organizations and political action committees, free to spend limitlessly on lobbying for legislation, getting friendly candidates elected, advancing ballot initiatives, and more.

Gwinnett County, Prince George's County, Md., and Springfield, Mass., for example, are among those using screening tools, such as Gallup's PrincipalInsight, that allow them to quickly gather information on why a candidate wants to be a school leader and his or her likely ability to foster collegiality, or motivate teachers, students and parents.20 To ensure that would - be candidates genuinely want to lead schools and not just get a salary bump that comes with an advanced degree, Chicago, St. Louis and Springfield, Ill., require would - be leaders to agree to serve as principals for a set number of years.

Now West Chester may be joining a growing number of districts around the country in eliminating class rank in its high schools — a high - stakes strategy that educators hold could help some of their students get into the nation's elite colleges, since those schools often overlook candidates who aren't in the rarefied percentiles.

With our services currently active the US, UK, Canada, Malaysia, Australia, and other countries as well, we have reached out to a large number of candidates across the globe in a short while and have made sure that they get the perfect scores along with appreciation from their professor without making much effort.