Sentences with phrase «from voting in the general elections»

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The election was a landslide win for the PC Party, whom improved both their seat total in the legislature and their share of the popular vote from the 2004 general election.

Mr. Anders had until yesterday succeeded in the past in besting high - profile challenges from former MLA Jocelyn Burgener, future premier Alison Redford and future MLA Donna Kennedy - Glans in nomination votes and defeated future Calgary mayor Dave Bronconnier and former Liberal MLA Frank Bruseker in general elections.

It's funny, I was chatting with god the other night, you know about girls and money and basically life in general, and then from out of no where god was like, «Yo, Chuckles, I have a job for you, it's very important that you do it, I need you to go and vote this upcoming election and I need you to vote for Rick Perry, he seems a little crazy, but don't worry, he's all good in my book».

Santorum did not get the most votes in a general election — he got the most votes in some states from his own party, especially in formats where the fringe tends to dominate.

I refer to the recent Indian general election in which a large proportion of the electorate voted and which was remarkably free from corruption.

Just two - thirds of members now plan on voting Conservative at the next general election, down from 90 % when the Tories were in opposition.

Compliments of the Paladino campaign, in response to the criticism the Buffalo businessman received from the ladies of «The View» yesterday, particularly Joy Behar, who said if «all» Paladino's illegitimate children vote in the general election, he might have a shot at beating Andrew Cuomo:

«I have a live and current understanding and experience of the changes in the party, both from the two leadership elections and the general election where I was out on the doorstep with all of these new members,» says McKeever, who missed out on the Commons by just 1159 votes.

Rosena Allin - Khan, a junior doctor and local councillor, romped to victory with 17,894 votes - increasing Labour's majority in Tooting from 2,842 in last year's general election to 6,357.

He added that, there was the need for people of the region to see what the other side has gotten, so must desist from voting the NDC and vote the NPP in the coming general elections.

Since the Supreme Court has now prevented itself from acknowledging the question of whether Barack H. Obama is or is not an Article II «natural born citizen» based on the Kenyan / British citizenship of Barack Obama's father at the time of his birth (irrespective of whether Barack Obama is deemed a «citizen» born in Hawaii or otherwise) as a prerequisite to qualifying to serve as President of the United States under the Constitution — the Court having done so at least three times and counting, first before the Nov 4 general election and twice before the Dec 15 vote of the College of Electors — it would seem appropriate, if not necessary, for all Executive Branch departments and agencies to secure advance formal advice from the United States Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel as to how to respond to expected inquiries from federal employees who are pledged to «support and defend the Constitution of the United States» as to whether they are governed by laws, regulations, orders and directives issued under Mr. Obama during such periods that said employees, by the weight of existing legal authority and prior to a decision by the Supreme Court, believe in good faith that Mr. Obama is not an Article II «natural born citizen».

Which parties are likely to lose out from a higher conversion of UKIP votes in the 2014 European Parliament elections to the 2015 Westminster general election?

The Green party may not emerge from the general election with more representation in parliament but it is on course to win its highest - ever vote — and it will be Labour and the Liberal Democrats who feel its impact the most.

Under first - past - the - post, they have fared less strongly in general elections, typically recording around one per cent of the UK - wide vote (although a slightly higher average in the seats they contest); in 2010, the Greens won 0.96 per cent of the vote (1.81 per cent in the seats where they put up a candidate), and returned an MP to the House of Commons for the first time, as Caroline Lucas wrested Brighton Pavilion from Labour.

UKIP's share of general election vote intention, at 14 % last week, is much more muted than the 23 % they achieved in the Projected National Share of the vote (PNS) from the local elections.

To receive backing from such a highly respected campaigner, who has been so prominent in the battle against fracking and broader issues of climate change, is a real boom to the party as we look to translate the «Green surge» into votes at the general election in May.

Those people who intend to vote UKIP in 2015 are mainly drawn from supporters of the major parties in the last Westminster general election in 2010.

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.

At this age and time, the NDP insists «our voters register is not only compromised but also outmoded when there has been a global switch from this anachronism to electronic voting machines (EVMs) with the only requirement of a single definitive voter identity», citing India which has since 1998 been switching to electronic voters machine and perfected it in its 2014 general elections with what they described as «highly unprecedented efficiency.»

Most telephone pollsters ask how certain people would be likely to vote in a general election on a scale from one to 10, where one is certain not to vote and 10 is absolutely certain to vote.

In the 2017 snap general election, the Liberal Democrats had an overall vote share of 7.4 %, down 0.5 % from 2015.

A report from think tank British Future has suggested that the «ethnic minority vote» cost the Conservatives a parliamentary majority in the last general election.

Republicans in upstate New York have previously suffered from third - party candidates taking votes from them in the general election.

The general election results underlined a number of long term trends in voting patterns reflecting the reconfiguration of British politics away from a two - party system.

Cuomo won 54 percent of the vote in the 2014 general election — without a challenger from the left.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

If as predicted this becomes the first general election in which people vote in much larger numbers for the Scottish National Party (SNP), it will accelerate a major movement away from Scotland's prominence in Westminster.

This model starts from the premise that winning a general election in Britain means gaining most seats in the House of Commons, not the most votes in a general election.

A new poll by the Committee on Standards in Public Life has revealed that four in ten people are so disillusioned from politics that they might not vote at the next general election and that under 30's are particularly disenchanted.

Also, local elections have features absent from general elections - people aren't voting for a popular local MP or a «strong and stable» national government, there are credible independent candidates floating about in certain areas, and major parties may not field candidates in certain wards.

Firstly, in Conservative - vs - Labour marginals the Conservative vote is largely unchanged from the general election, but the Liberal Democrat vote has dropped to the benefit of Labour, this means on a uniform swing Labour would gain about 28 seats from the Conservatives (though these would be seats that the Conservatives gained at the last election, so in practice the Tories would be helped by the incumbency bonus of the new MPs).

One key finding from YouGov's surveys is that many people give different answers when asked how they intend to vote this week compared with how they would vote in a general election.

We have adopted a different approach from the way we ask people how they would vote in a general election.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) engaged in a nasty, lone radio debate in her Democratic primary against upstart Reshma Saujani on Tuesday morning, in which the two traded barbs — but managed to up the ante after the event, as the incumbent literally fled from reporters and the challenger said she might not vote in the general election if she loses.

While our colleagues in Scotland have gone from one poor election result to the next, faced with a similar situation in 1997 the Welsh Conservatives have made significant progress, bouncing back to increase our share of the vote at each general election since and increasing our representation, taking 8 seats this year - two more than than in John Major's surprise election victory in 1992.

79 - year - old Margaret McKeown, from Cambuslang near Glasgow, had come to pay her respects despite voting for the SNP in the general election.

In general elections, EU citizens are not entitled to vote — with the exception of citizens of Ireland, and those from the Commonwealth countries of Cyprus and Malta.

In Spain's recent general election, which was marked by a victory for the conservative People's Party, Spain's young Green party (EQUO) doubled its vote from the previous election.

That Polacco also has the much - coveted Independence and Conservative party lines is a plus, but in the general election, votes from those lines may only account for rounding error.

Wisconsin state director of Obama for America in the general election; during the primaries Kanninen took leave from his position as chief of staff to Sen. Robert Jauch (D - Poplar) to work on the campaign in WI, OH (early vote lead) and NC (deputy political director and GOTV political director).

Then, the single candidate with the most votes from each political party will be that party's nominee in the general election.

Its core support comes from a mix of financially insecure working - class men, who were traditionally loyal to Labour but who feel they have been «left behind» in modern Britain as mainstream parties chased the middle - class vote, and strategic Conservative sympathisers, who are keen to express hostility to the European Union but much less loyal to UKIP in general elections.

The final round of my general election focus groups comes from three Labour seats in Wales: Cardiff South & Penarth, Alyn & Deeside, and Newport West, with participants who voted Labour or UKIP in 2015.

A win by Wu would stick Cuomo with a running mate he doesn't want or like — a conundrum that occurred to his father and Al Del Bello back in 1982 — and also leave him unable to combine votes in the general election from the WFP and Independence Party lines (unless he can get Hochul off them and Wu on).

«It should be noted that Labour's increased support in this poll predominantly comes from individuals who did not vote in the 2015 general election but are expected to vote this time around.»

[1] According to evidence from the New Zealand 2011 General Election [2], every 1,000 fan increase on a political candidate's Facebook page yielded a 1.4 percentage point increase in the share of vote.

This week there was a question from UKIP's one MP, Douglas Carswell, a lonely figure in the Commons these days and an indication of how UKIP's high hopes of a breakthrough at the general election were dashed, despite Nigel Farage's party winning nearly four million votes.

The EC in a statement said «all registered voters who wish to transfer their votes from the polling station in the constituency where they registered to a different constituency where they wish to vote in the 2016 general elections, are required to visit the District Office of the Electoral Commission in the constituency WHERE THEY ARE NOW RESIDENT, to complete the vote transfer application form to be processed for the transfer.»

(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

All registered voters who wish to transfer their votes from the polling station in the Constituency where they registered to a different Constituency where they wish to vote in the 2016 general elections, are required to visit the District Office of the Electoral Commission in the Constituency where they are now resident to complete the vote transfer application form to be processed for the transfer.