Sentences with phrase «instead of a majority of voters»

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In fact only a quarter of voters defecting from the Conservatives now say they will vote UKIP instead — though that is little comfort to Conservative MPs sitting on tiny majorities.

However, instead of simply taking the populist stance that polticial parties are part of the problem, we need to recognise the important role they play in connecting the vast majority of voters to our political system.

-- A solid majority of voters surveyed — 62 percent — said they agreed with Cuomo's proposal to make public school teachers eligible for tenure after five years, instead of the current three - year requirement.

Because the overwhelming majority of primary voters are not interested in choosing a minor party's primary ballot, and instead choose one of the major party primary ballots, the effect is that minor parties can never place nominees on the ballot for state legislature.

Districts are now shaped by a legislative panel controlled by the majority conferences in the Assembly and Senate — a practice derided by good - government groups as allowing elected officials to pick their voters instead of the other way around.

The lying politician or the majority of the voters who vote for the lying politician instead of the honest one.