Sentences with phrase «general elections the voting system»

In the last four general elections the voting system has delivered significant bias against the Conservative party.

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The Abacus study also asked those who voted in the 2015 Canadian General Election to rank a ballot that included the main political parties and generated data for 11 regions to estimate, with increased precision, the outcome of the Canadian election had it been run under different electoral Election to rank a ballot that included the main political parties and generated data for 11 regions to estimate, with increased precision, the outcome of the Canadian election had it been run under different electoral election had it been run under different electoral systems.

Under the current system, such candidates don't even make it to the general election, even though a majority who will vote in the election would prefer them to one or the other candidate.

Brand had argued that voting in general elections is a sign of tacit consent to the current system, which failed to represent the interests of the public.

This preferential voting system had been recommended by the Labour party's Plant commission for use in general elections.

The referendum campaign greatly increased support for independence, which is highly correlated with SNP voting in the General Election, as well as further dividing the Scottish party system, which was already split by attitudes towards independence.

In Nebraska's nonpartisan state legislature employs a top - two primary system in which the top two vote - getters in the primary face off in the general election.

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.

First preference votes need to be filtered through the system of the United Kingdom's general election constituencies.

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.

In a Westminster parliamentary system, the defeat of an appropriation bill in a parliamentary vote generally necessitates either the resignation of a government or the calling of a general election.

Last year's referendum on whether the UK should adopt the alternative voting system for general elections cost the taxpayer # 75 million, according to a report out today.

When it comes to a General Election, regardless of the electoral system, go out and vote.

The European elections are held under a proportional voting system which gives smaller parties a better chance of winning seats than in general elections.

Tony Blair has sparked a major political row by effectively ruling out a referendum on changing Britain's voting system before the next general election.

Due to the unique top - two jungle primary system in California, voters will vote on all candidates to determine who will be on the ballot in the general election.

Perhaps unfairly, Westminster's first?past - the - post voting system still makes it very hard for new parties to break through at general elections.

On 1 March 2014, at a special conference the party reformed internal Labour election procedures, including replacing the electoral college system for selecting new leaders with a «one member, one vote» system following the recommendation of a review by former general - secretary Ray Collins.

Today, however, such a system is not commonly practiced and most parliamentary system parties» rules provide for a leadership election in which the general membership of the party is permitted to vote at some point in the process (either directly for the new leader or for delegates who then elect the new leader in a convention), though in many cases the party's legislators are allowed to exercise a disproportionate influence in the final vote.

«We now have the chance to vote for a change from the current system under which only 1.6 % of the electorate decide the outcome of general elections.»

Under California's «top two» primary system, there is a single primary among all candidates (with an option of indicating a candidate's party preference), and the two candidates getting the highest number of votes go on to run in the general election.

Britain's «first past the post» voting system could be scrapped if Labour wins the general election, under plans which have been outlined by Gordon Brown.

This time — with the important caveat set out below — the more people who vote Liberal Democrat on 6 May, the greater the chance that this will be Britain's last general election under a first - past - the - post electoral system which is wholly unsuited to the political needs of a grown - up 21st - century democracy.

In California's top - two primary system, all candidates — regardless of party affiliation — will compete in the same primary on June 5 and the top two vote - getters will advance to the general election.

Unless the result is even more dramatic than the polls suggest, AV + is likely to be the voting system for the general election that follows 2010.

Later on, the 1993 general election saw the New Zealand Labour Party's vote split by The Alliance, which has been attributed to the vagaries of the first past the post electoral system.

He rejected the suggestion that the Conservatives, who fought the general election in favour of first - past - the - post, were betraying voters by allowing a possible move to a new system of voting.

As the system stands at the moment, the people have no real possibility of (at a national level) commenting at on the Coalition that very few people really voted for until the next general election.

As in the UK general election in May, the vote / seat ratios of all parties were distorted in varying measure by the plurality vote system.

Britain's first - past - the - post (FPTP) electoral system (in) famously results in marginal and safe seats where many votes are considered «wasted» — but the 2017 General Election has shown just what random results that can throw up.

The race pitted two Democrats against each other because of Washington's Top Two primary system, where the top two vote - getters in the September primary advance to the general election, regardless of party.

UKIP tend to fall out of the news a lot between elections, I expect that they will hold or improve their vote slightly on last time in the European Elections and in the General Election, especially in a campaign where they have a number of elected representatives and where the list system works in theielections, I expect that they will hold or improve their vote slightly on last time in the European Elections and in the General Election, especially in a campaign where they have a number of elected representatives and where the list system works in theiElections and in the General Election, especially in a campaign where they have a number of elected representatives and where the list system works in their favour.

All other states (except Washington and California) use single - party primaries followed by a general election between party candidates, each conducted by either a plurality voting system or runoff voting, to elect Senators, Representatives, and statewide officials.

Even with narrowing polls, it is as well to remember that this general election, like all others, will be decided in the marginals; calculations based on broad swings in the national vote - share have inbuilt inaccuracy in a first - past - the - post system.