Sentences with phrase «electoral votes translates»

This is exemplified in Table 2 where a distribution of 57, 37 and 6 per cent in a state with 10 electoral votes translates into 6, 4 and 1 votes respectively.

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Gerrymandering is all about drawing electoral boundaries such that the artifact of most electoral systems (that one citizen's vote doesn't translate directly into voting weight in parliament) can override the natural outcome of a vote.

Data from British Election Study panel surveys shows that the main problem UKIP has faced in translating its success from European Parliament elections to general elections has been retaining voters, whether because some UKIP voters only vote UKIP at European Parliament elections in protest and the return to their «normal» party for general elections or because the nature of the British electoral system incentivises voters to cast their vote for one of the existing main parties rather than a new entrant.

Given how the First Past The Post electoral system works, concentrated support can translate into huge gains in seats (the PCs came third in the popular vote — in fact, they almost came second — but a distant fifth by seat count, which is all that matters).

Although 40 per cent is regarded as the «election winning» mark, the weighting of the electoral system means today's poll would result in a hung parliament if translated into votes.

A cynic might argue that with an electoral system that translated slightly less than 40 % of the popular vote into a commanding majority in the Commons, the Liberals — in third place in the polls when they released their proposal — will rue having promised to replace first - past - the - vote elections.

It is also becoming evident, on the basis of votes cast, how skewed the electoral system is: for the Conservatives, 2m more votes than Labour translates into 48 more Tory seats, while Labour's similar 2m vote advantage over the Lib Dems means 200 more seats.