Sentences with phrase «cent of the vote does»

Shouting from the sidelines with five per cent of the vote doesn't seem like a particularly constructive way of advocating their cause.»

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And this just in: 52 per cent of British Columbians don't vote, but do answer calls from pollsters.

It is known that people tend to overestimate the share of immigrants (for instance Ipsos 2014 report shows that British respondents think that 31 per cent of population consists of foreign - born respondents, where the figure is closer to 13 per cent according to 2011 Census); here we also show that people's estimations of levels of immigration do not correspond to actual change in their local areas, it is the perception that seems to be linked with anti-immigration vote.

In terms of straight projected seats, Labour could even get a majority with just 34 per cent of the vote if the Liberal Democrats do really well.

This can be done by way of a relative majority (more than 50 per cent of votes cast), an absolute majority (more than 50 per cent of eligible voters) or some form of a super-majority (60 per cent or two - thirds majority of voters).

A recent YouGov survey showed that 48 per cent of those who voted Lib Dem were less inclined to do so again as a direct result of the rise in VAT.

Some 30 per cent did not vote at all in 2010, and only 12 per cent voted for other parties, approximately half of whom were Conservative supporters.

Asked by the host whether he implied Ghanaians did not vote based on contents of manifestos, he responded: «I can assure you that about 98 per cent of Ghanaians who will be voting... how many of them can read and write?»

However, before we consign the party to history, it's worth recounting that it did achieve a national vote share in 2010 of around a fifth higher than the Clegg era poll average of 18 per cent.

Taking the latest Populus poll (fieldwork conducted 17th - 19th April) as an example — and as I say, this is by no means limited to Populus, everyone does it — of the 2,048 respondents only 61 per cent said that they were absolutely certain to vote.

But it did so with a share of the UK vote, at 43.2 per cent, which does not remotely qualify as record - breaking.

If the NPL vote was substantial — say six to eight per cent — it could have the effect of reinstating the current coalition or even produce a majority Conservative government, unless UKIP manages to do on the right what I have suggested a NPL might do on the left.

It doesn't change the fact that the vast majority — we expect over 90 per cent of Labour MPs — will vote in favour.

Sixty - three per cent of the electorate either did not vote or voted against Brexit.

The poll for the Times found that 66 per cent of Labour members believe that Corbyn is doing «well» — even higher than the 59 per cent who voted for Corbyn in September, with many of those who voted for Andy Burnham now getting behind the leader.

The Lib Dems are set to do fairly well, registering 17 per cent of support in the constituency vote and 19 per cent in the regional list vote.

While 81 per cent of the people who voted for Corbyn say they are «very» or «fairly» left - wing, a mere 15 per cent of potential Labour voters, and just 25 per cent of «weak» Labour supporters do so.

The British people are clear that this is an important vote, yet they do not feel they are getting the information they need to make a decision — nearly half (48 per cent) of voters say they do not have the information needed to make a choice.

While 97 per cent of those who voted Remain said they would still do so again, only 86 per cent of those who voted Leave said they would again, suggesting some may be suffering «Bregret».

The YouGov survey for the Times found that 64 per cent of members would vote for Corbyn in another leadership ballot, indicating that any moves to ditch him as leader any time soon do not stand a chance.

So far the DUP have five seats and a 33.64 per cent of the vote share with the Ulster Unionist Party getting 3 so far and Sinn Fein doing the same.

«How can a president say that he will only attend to the needs of those who gave him 97 per cent vote and neglect others who didn't vote for him?

They found that most of those who did not vote (57 per cent) took that course of action deliberately because they did not trust politicians to keep their promises.

It didn't: it won 29 per cent of the vote.

With the former Ukip leader's party getting just 2 per cent of the vote in the election, we don't even need to say how pointless he seems, shouting from the sidelines.

So what will I do when I finally vote in the referendum on May 5th where on the one hand we have the incumbent First Past the Post System which we know at a national level to be unrepresentative and unfair as it returns governments with overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons even though they only have forty per cent of the vote or less, or AV which is not a representative system but more complicated with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspicion of.

A third of people who backed Labour (32 per cent) agree with this statement, as do 87 per cent of those who voted Tory and 56 per cent of those who backed the Liberal Democrats.

Only one in four people (26 per cent) who voted Liberal Democrat in May agree that the party should now pull out of the Coalition, as do 27 per cent of those who backed the Tories.

In doing so, he gained nearly 70 per cent of the votes among Americans under the age of 25.

It doesn't require a majority of all owners to pass it, just the majority of a 25 - per - cent quorum, and the bylaw can be voted in by proxy if the owners and investors so choose.

But the law society doesn't have to conduct such a referendum unless it hasn't implemented the resolution within 12 months of a general meeting on the issue and it receives a petition signed by at least five per cent of the members asking for a vote.

In Ontario in 2007, 34.5 per cent of lawyers voted in the bencher election; in 2011, 37 per cent (15,592 lawyers) did so.

«What the NDP would like to do is move to a card - only system so, if a union is capable of getting more than 50 per cent of the employees from the bargaining unit to sign cards, there would be an automatic certification without a vote,» says Michael Howcroft, partner with Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP in Vancouver.

Odinga did not contest the repeat vote on Oct. 26, saying it would be unfair because the election commission had failed to implement reforms and Kenyatta won with 98 per cent of the vote.

I have two issues with that — being allowed to vote in the first place and why only 80 per cent of the criminals voted — it's not like they have anything better to do.

In an interview, Juanéda acknowledged that the close Montreal vote result indicates division among members on the question of CREA membership but notes that 61 per cent of members did not vote.