The Tory tactic of focusing all of their resources on defending their most vulnerable seats worked because Labour did not inspire the working
class vote with a real alternative.
Not exact matches
In 1996, Buffett created
Class B shares worth 1 / 30th of
Class A shares, but
with lesser
voting rights, to stop fee - hungry managers from creating «unit trusts» that sliced up
Class A shares for smaller investors seeking «Berkshire look - alikes.»
The
Class A shares sold in this offering will come
with limited
voting rights — one
vote per share.
That means that Zynga will no longer be a «controlled company»
with a dual
class stock structure in which Pincus wields 70 % of the
voting power.
Often by keeping control
with two
classes of stock:
voting shares for founders and original investors, and non-
voting for everyone else.
Furthermore, investors purchasing shares of our
Class A common stock in this offering will only own approximately % of our outstanding shares of
Class A and
Class B common stock (and have % of the combined
voting power of the outstanding shares of our
Class A and
Class B common stock), after the offering even though their aggregate investment will represent % of the total consideration received by us in connection
with all initial sales of shares of our capital stock outstanding as of September 30, 2010, after giving effect to the issuance of shares of our
Class A common stock in this offering and shares of our
Class A common stock to be sold by certain selling stockholders.
These holders of our
Class B common stock may have interests that differ from yours and may
vote in a way
with which you disagree and which may be adverse to your interests.
The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed ten years, except that
with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the
voting power of all
classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed five years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date subject to the provisions of our 2015 Plan.
«We strongly urge Snap to reconsider the proposed structure, and instead go to market
with a single -
class voting structure, which overall is associated
with stronger long - term performance and mechanism for accountability to owners,» said Kenneth A. Bartsch, the executive director for CII.
Limited
voting stock - Limited
voting stock is a
class of stock providing its holders
with smaller than proportionate
voting rights in comparison
with another
class of stock issued by the same firm.
MCCI
Class A and
Class B exchangeable shares offer substantially the same economic and
voting rights as the respective
classes of common shares of MCBC, as described in MCBC's annual proxy statement and Form 10 - K filings
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
We can not predict whether this structure, combined
with the concentrated control by Mr. Spiegel and Mr. Murphy, will result in a lower trading price or greater fluctuations in the trading price of our
Class A common stock as compared to the market price were we to sell
voting stock in this offering, or will result in adverse publicity or other adverse consequences.
The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed 10 years, except that
with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the
voting power of all
classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed 5 years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date.
The term of an incentive stock option may not exceed ten years, except that
with respect to any participant who owns more than 10 % of the
voting power of all
classes of our outstanding stock, the term must not exceed five years and the exercise price must equal at least 110 % of the fair market value on the grant date.
But those two went public
with shares
classes with unequal
voting rights, not voteless shares.
As a U.S. company, its pay
vote is advisory, not binding; moreover the company's share
class structure means that approval is effectively assured, with founders» Class B shares carrying ten times the voting power of ordinary Class A. Nonetheless, opposition has been bubbling up, with an amendment to the company's stock plan generating a 28 % against vote at the 2016
class structure means that approval is effectively assured,
with founders»
Class B shares carrying ten times the voting power of ordinary Class A. Nonetheless, opposition has been bubbling up, with an amendment to the company's stock plan generating a 28 % against vote at the 2016
Class B shares carrying ten times the
voting power of ordinary
Class A. Nonetheless, opposition has been bubbling up, with an amendment to the company's stock plan generating a 28 % against vote at the 2016
Class A. Nonetheless, opposition has been bubbling up,
with an amendment to the company's stock plan generating a 28 % against
vote at the 2016 AGM.
The final argument in favour of a dual -
class structure that we feel is worth mentioning will resonate more
with a retail investor and it is simply that investors don't
vote their shares in an «active» manner.
Founder Zuckerberg controls Facebook through
Class B shares that come
with 10
votes apiece.
Yvan Allaire has a great analysis of Dow Jones» overreaction to Snapchat's IPO and the dual
class stock phenomenon in general:» In July 2017, Dow Jones, goaded by the reaction to Snapchat having gone public
with a
class of shares without
voting rights, announced that, after extensive consultation, it had decided to henceforth eliminate companies -LSB-...]
Those
with the most chaotic lives are the least likely to
vote, but writers like Ross Douthat and Michael Brendan Dougherty have speculated that one of the reasons Trump's earliest
voting base was made up of working -
class whites was because of the slow social collapse that Charles Murray wrote about.
This means that if a Republican could come up
with a message to address the concerns of middle -
class voters, «amazingly enough, he'll win a lot more Hispanic
votes in the process.
I too have been reading since the beginning — who needs a story — you've got the man, you've got the happiness, and you've got the skills to make one hell of an empty stomach feel like the luckiest organ in the world — Besides, my husband, who was able to
vote when I was born, just happens to be my professor from college... And when people ask what grade I got in his
class, I become quiet and
with a slight whisper say «I got a B» — And that was only 1 of 3 B's I got in college... Our story is wonderful for him since he nabbed the young student... Doesn't sound so good for me, but I love him and sharing it regardless... Happy Anniversary Deb and Alex!!!
Chelsea is champion but the will buy De Griezman from Atletico de Madrid they have the best defence in the league, the best Midfield in the league
with De Griezman, hazard and Costa they will be came invecibles that what Mourinho want to take from Wenger and do not forget that Wenger will never beat Mourinho, we just need 3 world
class players just like Henry said, But Wenger have no ambitions to win the league, next year will be the same excuses why we fail again, Mourinho sold Mata even so he was
voted the best Chelsea player the previous two years, and Wenger want to keep ineffective players like Walcott, Wiltshere, Diaby, Flamini, Ryo.Sanogo.Welbeck, sad but that is our fate
with Wenger only problem for us the risk of loosing player like Alexis will be great if we do not win next year, we must to buy like Henry said, like Carzola is saying, we lost so many good players because they want to win and they are winning
with others clubs.why we do not give ouself a chance of winning the EPL?
Ozil is a
class player and it's not like we have them in abundance.Sign Mikki and Abua and play them up top
with Laca.Skill pace and desire in all of them.Ozil is at his best when he has technically astute players in front of him which is why he was
voted German National Team Player of The Year 5 times in 6 years.Giroud - No movement and pace and only dangerous when attacking balls in the box.Despite what is said his hold up play is awfull and goes to ground like he's been shot
with a Buffalo Gun at the slightest contact.Walcott - Pace but no brain.The stats tell a better picture of a player who was NEVER good or consistent to ever be considered anything other than average at best.Wellbeck - Good pace and effort but little to offer as a goalscorer.Back - up at best.This is what Ozil has had to work
with (I have photo shopped Sánchez from my life forever).
His anti-Wall Street message and vociferous defense of the middle
class has struck a chord
with the American people, especially among Millennials (85 % of people under 30
voted for Sanders in the New Hampshire Primary).
Mayborn swept the boards in the Mums» Choice Awards 2015 Feeding Equipment category
with UK mums
voting our very own tommee tippee top of the
class for all five products — baby bottles, breast pumps, weaning accessories, electric sterilisers and non-electric sterilisers.
I do not know who I would
vote for, now John has stepped down, Abbott carries a lot of baggage
with her, telling Blair about his kids going to private school while hers did as well, on the whole I suspect I would
vote Abbott, sadly it makes little difference, it does look as if David Miliband will win this one, he is new labour, the new Mp's are mainly new labour, it does look like the days of the working
class are over, perhaps one day we will get a party I some how doubt, it, so where does labour stand, we have the Conservative party big business, we have liberals not to sure, we have New labour big business Tory Tory and Liberals.
«It made me think that even though I always kept in touch every weekend
with the constituency, never ever let them down, I hadn't realised that it wasn't just the disillusioned and dispossessed that were ready to
vote for Brexit, it was quite a substantial chunk of the middle
class and we need to take that on board.»
In NAACP v. Harris, a
class - action, Blacks argued that over 57,000 Black voters were wrongfully purged from Florida's
voting lists and that Black communities were provided
with defective
voting mechanisms.
(Non-white working -
class people, the majority of whom
voted to remain in the EU, are either conveniently ignored or explicitly lumped in
with «the enemy».)
This approach presents a problem for the Labour leadership who have pursued a policy of «constructive ambiguity» in order to balance affluent middle
class remainers
with huge swathes of the electorate in its northern heartlands who
voted to come out.
«While Nan Hayworth has taken hundreds of thousands from the insurance industry and siding
with them in every
vote, Sean Maloney has shown he's willing to fight to clean up Washington and make government work again for the middle
class families in New York.»
As I wrote before the election, speaking
with Americans gave me the impression that voter turnout could put Trump in the White House; it seemed that an increase in white, working
class Republican
votes together
with a decrease in Democrat voters from parts of President Obama's support base could tip the result Trump's way.
The unfolding of events in the weeks leading up to the
vote on 10 December demonstrated two key points: firstly, the importance of the Labour left taking a clear campaigning stand against such anti-woman, anti-working
class and deeply unpopular policies; secondly, the crucial role played by a campaign led by women — the Save Lone Parent Benefit campaign — and orientated to linking up
with parliamentary and labour movement opposition.
After the UK's historic
vote to leave the European Union, Blue Labour concerns
with the politics of identity and its relation to virtue,
class and vocation have come to fore
with something of a vengeance.
This is not because Liverpool Walton is peppered
with enclaves of bankers and stockbrokers; it's because a substantial section of the working
class has always
voted for parties other than Labour and now that
vote is going to Ukip.
While all the major parties in this election — including Labour — are proposing to launch an unimagined level of attack on the working
class, the most favourable outcome remains a Labour government
with the highest possible
vote.
This is, of course, pure Labour spin,
with Blears, under orders, going for the white working
class vote.
The actual situation is more complex of course, because
votes are not determined by a single
class, but by a composite of many issues
with less than perfect correlation.
«There is no middle ground here — either you stand
with New York and your constituents and oppose any bill
with the possibility of SALT elimination in any form, or you cast a
vote that destroys New York's economy and harms the middle
class.»
With his Northern working -
class roots and charm, Ukip's new leader Paul Nuttall has been labeled a «major threat» to Labour's core
vote.
Although 3 of the 7 Ukip council seats in a havering were took from former Labour councillors, and 5 of those seats would be described as working
class areas, the other two were above middle
class areas where the average price of a house is 650,000 ′, If anything in havering Ukips
vote destroyed he 4,000 majorities of some Tory councillors resulting in them winning
with 350
votes
Aside from lowering the
voting age by a year, the bill would also require all pupils in the ninth grade or higher to receive at least eight full
class periods of civics education and mandate that every New York high school provide each student
with a voter registration form the year they turn 17.
Based on not - for - attribution conversations
with at least four members of the 2016
class of the Florida Senate, other Senators, and key staff and lobbyists close to Passidomo, Hutson, Galvano, and Simpson, it appears that Passidomo holds a one - or two -
vote lead over Hutson within the nine - member
class of Republicans.
«Every election, from
class president in fourth grade to assemblyman to Congress member, you name it, the one
with the most
votes wins.
Working -
class voters are most concerned
with immigration, and they are more likely than other groups to
vote for UKIP.
A 27 year old college freshmen who runs for office as a
class project and is forced onto the conservative column because the republican party won't let him, they'd rather kruger ran unapposed, and gets 27 % of the
vote says that 27 % of the voters are telling kruger they are unhappy
with him.
Winning swing
votes will be in vain if Labour has not also got its working -
class vote out and reconnected
with disillusioned liberal opinion, too.
Blue Labour's core ideas of hard work and reduced dependency sit well
with the working
class vote that Miliband desperately needs to appeal to.
More importantly, by entering the Democratic Party, Sanders broke
with the socialist principle of independent working -
class political action.1 He became the «sheepdog» herding progressives, who had the option of
voting for the Green ticket of Jill Stein and Ajamu Baraka in the general election, back into a party run by the billionaire
class he professes to oppose.2 Nevertheless, the broad liberal to radical American left is now discussing what socialism is and debating whether the Left should be inside or outside the Democratic Party — or both inside and outside.