Sentences with phrase «garner the votes of»

What struck me was the extent to which Trump was able to garner the votes of America's (mostly white) dispossessed - a lot in the Rust Belt.

Not exact matches

Speaker John Boehner (R - Ohio) and the rest of the Republican leadership have been unable to settle on a demand that could garner 217 Republican votes to pass the House (normally it's 218, but there are a few vacancies).

Ackman brought a proxy contest, winning an overwhelming majority of the vote and garnering a majority of the board seats.

Yet they could attract enough voters to make things difficult for either Trump or Clinton, where according to at least one recent poll, the Democrat and Republican tie at 35 %, with Johnson garnering 13 % of the vote.

Only 21 % of the people surveyed by Ipsos MORI in nine EU countries wanted to leave the EU... Even where protest parties are gaining momentum, it appears unlikely that they will garner sufficient votes to muster a majority.»

A proposal from an individual investor with 60 shares to «reform executive compensation policy with social responsibility» garnered less than 7 percent of the vote.

It also plans to introduce a majority voting policy in 2012, which would require directors to offer their resignations to the board if they fail to garner a majority of «for» votes in annual shareholder elections.

Another small party receiving a substantial number of votes was the Free Democratic Party (FDP), which garnered 10.7 %.

The fact that every first world country has some form of social welfare implemented isn't stupid, it's brilliant; it's a sure fire way to garner votes from those that will always vote for whoever promises them more benefits.

Boehner, Catholic by faith and Republican by party, was able to garner enough votes in the House for the passage of HR 1, the House budget proposal that has drawn the ire of many religious leaders.

One who will expeditiously migrate to whatever doctrine, policy and tactic is most likely to garner the favor of a vote for those who can offer one.

Now if he can convince a few Christians that he is «of their faith», he will used seize the opportunity to garner votes.

Someone should ask Mitt if he will be the benevolent mormon dictator that his people are waiting for, this is a well know fact within the mormon church, that should garner him lots of votes!

Schlafly, again nearly single - handedly, managed to stop the feminist - backed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution dead in its tracks in 1982 — a startling feat, given that the ERA had the backing of nearly the entire political and intellectual establishment, Republicans included, and had garnered ratification votes during the 1970s from thirty - five of the necessary thirty - eight states.

Still, even in Florida, Trump only garnered 19 percent of votes from those who chose their candidate based on «shared values.»

Current president, Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the victor in Tuesday's ballot, garnering 54 per cent of the votes.

Politicians are notorious, particularly in the country, for giving people what they want in order to garner votes regardless of the long term effects (say it with me: 16 trillion dollars) The mere fact that a political decision is made may suffice for proponents but you and I both know that political victory doesn't equal moral certainty

Sugarlands Distilling Co., Gatlinburg, Tenn., and its Tickle's Dynamite Cinnamon Moonshine brand were named Beverage Industry's January Readers» Choice Product of the Month winner in the online poll, garnering 58 percent of the votes.

Amazingly, the picture I shared on Instagram of these cupcakes to encourage my followers to vote for that contest garnered 735 + likes... Like, whoa.

We didn't consider any other position groups besides quarterback at pick 12 but Vander Esch was high on our list then, garnering 4 % of the fan vote for that pick.

The winning kit garnered a total of 472 votes, beating off competition from the retro hoops (Option 3 - 370 votes) and tartan hoops (Option 5 - 272 votes)

DUNDEE TOWNSHIP — To garner support for a referendum issue that would juggle the Dundee Township Park District's tax funds, the district's Board of Commissioners on Wednesday night voted to send another informational mailing to residents.

And they garnered 57 % of the 2015 UKIP vote.

Prior to his withdrawal, Lazio was garnering 16 percent of the suburban vote.

On his part The Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamale South Constituency has pledged to garner 70,000 votes to back the second term bid of President John Mahama.

(Cuomo received 62 percent of the vote; his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, garnered 65 percent in his 1986 re-election campaign).

Endorsement or not, Turner said he will pursue a «Pataki strategy» in the fall against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, hoping to produce a strong showing in the suburban counties and garner at least 35 percent of the vote in New York City.

Anthony Weiner in 2010 and lost, though he did garner about 40 percent of the vote.

Republican congressional candidate George Phillips, whose effort to oust veteran Democratic incumbent Rep. Maurice Hinchey has garnered national attention of late, told me without hesitation during a CapTon interview last night that he will definitely be voting for Carl Paladino on Nov. 2.

Subsequently, votes would be distributed to candidates on a proportional basis: candidates would receive a fraction of the electoral votes of each state, equivalent to the percentage of the popular vote they garnered during the election.

The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has revealed plans of garnering 1.5 million votes in the region in the 2020 general elections.

Cahill garnered a little more than 41 percent of the vote, which many Republicans considered a success against the then - popular incumbent, who was a prodigious fundraiser and favorite among labor unions.

Tasini managed to garner 17 percent of the vote against Clinton in the primary, during which she largely ignored him and completely outspent him.

«Wendy already has a leg up on them by being the nominee of the Conservative Party and because she garnered nearly 48 % of the vote at the March 16th Republican State Convention.»

This is because the Tories have been promoting primaries for a good while, and not as far as I can see on the basis of any other argument except that they think it would be good to engage more of the public in party political democracy and because it makes them look more welcoming as a party which might garner votes in the long run.

Gounardes Challenged Golden back in 2012 and garnered 42 % of the vote to Golden's 57 %, losing by slightly more than 10,000 votes.

Skartados won that election in 2012, and has held the seat ever since, garnering 80 percent of the vote in the most recent election (2016).

Gubernatorial hopeful Zephyr Teachout made Albany corruption a primary campaign issue and garnered 34 percent of the vote, the highest of any primary challenge to a sitting governor since primaries were instituted in 1970.

-- garnered 15 percent of the vote, while David Dinkins had nine percent of the vote.

But brief mention of ethics and voting reform garnered only tepid applause from the state's most powerful men and women, gathered to hear Gov. Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address on Wednesday.

A runoff election is still up in the air and is set for Oct. 1st after a recount where Bill will need to garner 40 % of the vote to avoid a runoff.

Tobin, who ran for California Secretary of State in 2010 — garnering more than 214,000 votes as the Libertarian nominee — had served as Ralph Nader's national ballot access coordinator during the 2008 presidential campaign, a year when the feisty consumer activist, seeking the brass ring for the final time, appeared on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

The actress and education advocate from Manhattan garnered 28 percent of votes from those polled, with 22 percent abstaining.

The musician has received a lot of backlash and criticisms from Ghanaians after she came out to endorse President John Mahama together with a group calling itself «Celebrities for Mahama» with the aim of garnering votes for the president in the 2016 election.

His bid to seek re-election in 2016 hit a snag when he could only garner 44.4 % of valid votes cast as against Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s 53.8 %.

Also on hand were state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long and state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, both of whom backed Turner, a businessman who garnered about 40 percent of the vote in his failed effort to unseat Weiner.

«Many people thought it wouldn't be that close, but it was,» said Jackson, who noted that he garnered more votes than Espaillat in parts of the Senate district that did not overlap with the 72nd Assembly District, which Espaillat previously represented as an Assemblymember.

Tabone garnered 41.5 percent of votes, according to NY1, in his failed bid to succeed Carrozza, who announced earlier this year that she would not run for re-election to the seat she has held since 1996.

Ben Walsh, an independent who ran without the backing of any major political party, clinched the election after garnering about 54 percent of the vote.

De Blasio was announced the winner by local newscasts before 9:30 p.m., after early poll results showed him garnering over 61 percent of the vote with more than half of precincts reporting.