Sentences with phrase «largest weighted vote»

Onondaga County is tied with Queens for the sixth - largest weighted vote among the state's 62 counties.

New York County is the largest in the state and, therefore, carries the largest weighted vote at New York State Democratic Party conventions.

The New York County Democratic Committee is the largest county party in the state and has the advantage of having the largest weighted vote at state Democratic Party conventions.

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Also, thanks to Carl Paladino's 2010 run, where the bulk of his support came from his native Western New York, the Erie County GOP now enjoys the largest share of the weighted vote — 11.4 percent.

The endorsement gives Molinaro the backing of virtually all of the chairmen from the counties with the largest share of the weighted vote ahead of the Republican state convention in May.

In fact, Nassau County GOP Chairman Joe Mondello, who nominated Maragos and controls the largest share of the weighted convention vote, just threw his support to Berntsen.

The party accounts for one of the larger shares of the yet - unpledged weighted convention vote — 2.88 percent.

If the electoral districts are large enough (possibly nationwide), a party does get a weight in parliament roughly equivalent to the number of votes they received in the election.

Manhattan is the big prize of the weighted vote contest, as it accounts for the largest share — 10.03 percent.

Hills also accused Long of «railroading» the endorsement process by the executive committee at the expense of rank - and - file Conservatives who might not share the chairman's enthusiasm for Lazio, adding: «Nobody should anticipate the outcome of the votes at either party's convention; many of the largest - weighted Conservative counties are squarely behind Steve Levy.»

Green groups have held weight for quite some time now, of course, and to a large minority of conscientious voters their pronouncements about the government's behaviour have been a cause to vote, or not vote, as the case may be.

Queensbury at - Large Supervisor Doug Beaty asked if a weighted vote at the committee level could alleviate concerns.

In total, the at - large representatives, plus the Queensbury Supervisor, total 42 percent of the weighted vote.

Molinaro also has the backing, at least in the straw poll last week, from Erie County Chairman Nick Langworthy, another large county with a heavy share of weighted votes.

Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is inching toward what appears to be a large share of the weighted vote for the Republican nomination for governor, with Erie County Chairman Nick Langworthy formally endorsing his campaign.

Langworthy, along with Suffolk County's John LaValle, control large portions of the weighted vote for the preferred party candidate at the state convention to be held in May.

The county party is a hot commodity among would - be candidate because it controls the largest share — just over 10 percent — of the weighted convention vote.

The Erie County Conservative Party, which has the largest share of the weighted vote, is leaning toward, Corwin, too — at least that's what Chairman Ralph Lorigo told me.

Hoping to avoid a repeat of the NY - 23 nightmare (at least it was from a GOP perspective), Erie County Conservative Chairman Ralph Lorigo, who controls the largest share of the weighted vote in the district, told me that he's inclined to support Corwin, too, but needs to wait and see what his committee members say when they meet tonight.

More important, Langworthy said, is that those chairs represent about 75 percent of the weighted vote statewide because they are from the largest counties with the highest Republican voter turnout.

The scientifically weighted poll found a similarly large majority in favour of changing the current voting system.

A yes vote will mean the decision being bumped to the European Council where a vote weighted in favour of the larger EU members would take place.

A yes vote would shift the plans up the chain of decision making in Brussels to the European Council where a qualified majority among the 27 member governments would be required in a vote weighted in favour of the largest nations.

The idea that the drive for large audiences makes the mass media «democratic» thus suffers from the initial weakness that its political analogue is a voting system weighted by income!