Sentences with phrase «electorate voted against»

The outcome of the subsequent referendum in 1979, in which 80 % of the Welsh electorate voted against devolution, was, in his own description, «traumatic» for Prys - Davies.

On Thursday 71 % of the electorate voted against Labour.

This impression is supported by the fact that around half of the French electorate voted against the established political parties.

Not exact matches

A large percentage of the electorate will vote for or against Obama for reasons other than how effective he has been.

Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

In all of this, we must NOT forget the 38 percent of the electorate who decided to vote against this proposal in the teeth of this emotive onslaught, especially those who changed their minds (21 percent).

The result is that half of the Catholic electorate felt it was being judged as voting «against the Church,» even though such voters weren't actually dissenting from Catholic teaching.

Oh well if I have the right to chose as a member of the electorate I will vote against the EU Constitution / Lisbon Treaty.

The government's majority may have been slashed from 84 to 21, but enough Liberal Democrats broke a pledge with the electorate to vote against any increase in tuition fees.

She also asserted that Democrats should go after GOP districts in which Congress members spoke out against Trump and won re-election anyway, and which Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton won, claiming that there is an «enlightened electorate» voting in those areas.

There's no evidence on Thursday that the electorate «voted for» some kind of electoral reform, neither is there any evidence that they voted against it.

The Union - supporting Conservatives were on the winning side when Scotland's electorate voted 55 % to 45 % against independence.

The publication, which was in connection with a report that the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Domeabra - Obom had called on electorates in the constituency to vote against President John Dramani Mahama in the forthcoming General elections for neglecting them, but to vote for her as Member of Parliament (MP), were not borne out of facts.

Is it not ironic, if not baffling, that I will impress on electorates to vote for me and vote against President Mahama in a constituency that has kept faith with the NDC since 2004 when it was created?

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

If he receives the Democratic nomination, 71 % of the electorate would vote for him when up against Republican Rick Lazio.

Giuliani won the 1993 election against incumbent Mayor David Dinkens by a margin of 53,367 votes, with 49.25 % of the electorate to the incumbent's 46.42 % share.

«The last five years» intellectual sterility has left Labour floundering before an electorate that wanted to vote against the Tories but did not feel they were being offered a workable alternative.»

[18] However, she managed to hold off a strong Liberal Democrat challenge from Sal Brinton; despite a 12 % swing against her, Ward held the seat with a majority of 1,148 votes, approximately 2.3 % of the electorate.

Fayose appealed to Ekiti electorate to register in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration so that they can have the opportunity to vote against the APC in 2018.

Corbyn will of course allow the Labour Peers - all Appointed - to Vote Against Brexit the policy which has an overwhelming Democratic Cross Party Support of the Electorate.

Against his potential Republican opponents, Cuomo leads each of them by more than two to one, and nearly half of the statewide electorate reports they definitely plan to vote for the incumbent Cuomo in 2018.

He urged African electorates to vote on issues as against favours and nepotism, noting that elections are essential ingredients in multi party democracies and that is why 16 countries in Africa are going to the polls this year.

Fox also says that opponents are also increasingly sophisticated in their attacks, understanding that elected officials are unlikely to vote against the wishes of an angry electorate.