Sentences with phrase «in a landslide by»

The Conservative Party, along with a range of right - leaning groups such as the Rifle And Pistol Association and abortion opponents, opposed the convention referendum, which was soundly rejected in a landslide by voters.
Cuomo had backed his former Motor Vehicles commissioner Barbara Fiala for the seat, which was ultimately won in a landslide by Republican Fred Akshar.
The full victory speech given by the Labour leader after he was re-elected in a landslide by members.

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In the battle of the presidential campaign slogans, one side won by an Electoral College landslide.
We think a lot about Nixon's downfall in the wake of Watergate, but few recall he won the job by commanding electoral landslides (and even beat John F. Kennedy in the popular vote back in 1960).
Shares of Twitter were tanking in premarket trading on Thursday after forward guidance missed expectations by a landslide and quarterly revenue was far below estimates.
With so much to do, a slip in productivity can quickly turn into a landslide of unfinished projects that are left by the wayside.
Priebus, then the chairman of the RNC, told had Trump that he could drop out of the race or lose in the biggest electoral landslide in US history, according to a new memoir written by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
Macron's enthusiastic persona and his image as a «winner» — having been elected with a 66 percent majority, followed by a landslide victory in parliamentary elections giving him full constitutional powers — has charmed and impressed Donald Trump.
Heng Swee Keat, Singapore's education minister and former central bank managing director, was named the nation's next Finance minister after a landslide election victory in September by the ruling People's Action Party and prime minister Lee Hsien Loong.
It is now almost two years since the BJP, led by Narendra Modi, won a landslide victory in India's parliamentary elections.
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There are concerns torrential rain in the Philippines, caused by Typhoon Hagupit could now trigger landslides.
Television and movies were pretty liberal in the 1970s and 1980s too, but that didn't stop Reagan from winning two landslides and winning the youngest cohort by 22 % in 1984.
A widespread fear and distrust of Muslims among Gujarat's middleclass Hindus helped the BJP win the state elections held in December 2002 by a landslide.
Obama won't even have to campaign and will win by one of the biggest landslides in American history.
The second Mitt Romney says he believes Jesus appeared in America, not only will he lose by a landslide.
If one looks back from the perspective of the 1984 Reagan landslide, it is evident that the defeat of radicalism in 1972 has now been joined in history by the additional defeat of traditional liberalism in 1984.
He's the best footballer in the Eredivisie by a landslide.
MIN takes the head - to - head in a landslide, then NOP beats OKC by their individual season series.
This weekend, the Nittany lions head to THEE Ohio State University to take on the Buckeyes in a big - 10 brouhaha that is currently the most heavily bet game of the weekend by a landslide.
But in a 1999 voting of the Football Player of the Century, Pele finished first by a landslide over Diego Maradona, capturing 17 out of 26 first place votes.
Walt Disney World... By a landslide, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida is Have Baby Will Travel readers» # 1 destination!
Bohemian / Hippie Mama and Beach Mama came in First and Second by a landslide with Portlandia Mama a close Third!
In July 63 people were killed by landslides and floods in the central province of HunaIn July 63 people were killed by landslides and floods in the central province of Hunain the central province of Hunan.
Nuttall was elected Ukip leader in a landslide victory yesterday, and immediately vowed to «replace the Labour party and make Ukip the voice of patriotic Britain» by targeting working class voters.
In fact, as weakened as Sarkozy is, a solid socialist candidate should have won the election by a landslide.
Beyond a few places where obviously the card reader was by - passed as evidenced in the kind of figures shown as indicated in our reports of the 2015 elections, if we examine critically the credible margin of election results, figures from recent elections and the more recent ones in Kogi and Bayelsa, from those declared, showing a reasonable and realistic reflection of voter turn - out, which are credible, dignified figures, we can say hopefully today that the era of invidious moon - slide and landslide bogus election results are fast becoming a thing of the past in this country.
(That race was eventually won by former MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, who lost the general election in a landslide to the winner of the Democratic primary, current NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio).
The forces of reaction were in retreat, and he won the second term in 2001 by an even bigger landslide.
A separate poll conducted by Lord Ashcroft found the Lib Dem's economic spokesperson Danny Alexander is also set to lose his previously safe Inverness seat in a 29 - point landslide to the SNP.
By then I had accepted the prevailing wisdom that the Conservatives would win a landslide victory, providing them with a three - figure majority in the Commons.
Smith, on the other hand, lost by more than 50 percentage points in a landslide.
He explored a run for governor in 2010, but has attracted a legion of new critics and drawn a crowd of challengers in his upstate New York district — after twice winning reelection by landslide margins.
The lawsuit was filed by the owner of a property demolished following a landslide in January.
Walsh won the Independence Party primary by a landslide, and he wasn't even on the ballot — he did it with write - in votes.
Incumbent state Senator Toby Stavisky has been reelected to state Senate in Queens by a landslide.
In fact, Hikind's district was one of the few districts in all of New York City that Cuomo, who beat Paladino by a landslide, actually losIn fact, Hikind's district was one of the few districts in all of New York City that Cuomo, who beat Paladino by a landslide, actually losin all of New York City that Cuomo, who beat Paladino by a landslide, actually lost.
An astonishing surge in membership after defeat for the Yes campaign in last year's independence referendum was followed by an SNP landslide in May's general election, when the party won 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies.
The «No» campaign could win by a landslide in the Scottish independence referendum next month, with a new poll giving it a 22 % lead
Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw, on his way to a second term in office, is calling his win by more than 21 - thousand votes a landslide compared to other county - wide races.
According to the Financial Times: «his views — higher taxes, mass nationalisation, more welfare, more borrowing — are seen as toxic by New Labour veterans, who prophesy a repeat of Michael Foot's disastrous leadership in the early 1980s that led to a landslide 1983 election victory for Margaret Thatcher».
The Mondale - Ferraro campaign lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan, who won re-election by carrying every state except Mondale's home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia.
That it was not enthusiasm for New Labour which produced the landslide in seats is further confirmed by the turnout — overall the smallest since 1935 with nine out of ten of the lowest turnouts in safe Labour seats.
This leads to a concept of vote efficiency, which suggests that winning districts by a landslide is a waste of energy in obtaining which could be better used in tight contests.
Labour also remain the largest party in the Welsh Assembly — losing just a single seat - and are on course to win back London by a landslide.
Its Wednesday article, which was bylined «Telegraph Comment Desk», read: «A lot of people, both in the Labour Party and outside it, think [Corbyn's leadership] would be dreadful for Labour, the sort of political disaster the party last suffered in 1983 when Michael Foot's Left - wing views saw the party lose by a landslide to Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives.
Sadiq Khan was called as the winner of London's race by several news outlets hours before the landslide result was confirmed in the early hours of Saturday.
Green says that Cuomo will win re-election with, at best, 52 percent of the vote, a bare majority that would represent a humiliation to the governor, who is known to want to win by at least the landslide 64 percent margin won by his father, Mario Cuomo, in his first bid for re-election in 1986.
In 2010, despite Cuomo winning by a landslide, Senate Republicans regained it.
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