Sentences with phrase «last time an election»

It suggested Labour could pick up 51 % of the vote, a positive swing of 5.35 % compared to the last time elections were fought in 2014.

In 1992, the last time an election was certain to be called within months, the parties took to the stage within days of the New Year.

Not exact matches

At the time of his termination, Comey had been leading a federal investigation into whether the president's campaign advisors had colluded with Moscow in order to influence last year's election.

Gallup polling on favorable or unfavorable views of both major parties has found neither party has had more support than opposition since at least the 2012 election, the last time that more people approved of the Democratic Party (51 percent) than disapproved of it (43 percent).

In the last election, business leaders chose Stephen Harper over Michael Ignatieff by a margin of three - to - one, according to a Compas poll at the time.

Last Thursday, moreover, both The Washington Post and The New York Times reported that Flynn had spoken with Russia's ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, about the US economic sanctions on Russia before Trump was sworn in — including at least one call on the day President Barack Obama imposed new penalties on Russia for its election - related meddling.

Deutsche Bank shares dropped more than 3 percent on Thursday morning after reporting lower - than - expected revenue for its first quarter at a time when banking stocks have seen sharp gains after centrist Emmanuel Macron emerged as the winner in the first round of French presidential elections last week.

Last week, Cal Henderson, the co-founder and CTO at Slack, cast his vote in a U.S. election for the first time.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was offered $ 60 million by Congress from Defense Department funds last year to fight Russian election interference efforts — but after Tillerson waited for seven months trying to decide whether he wanted to spend it or not, the offer was withdrawn, and none of the money was used, according to The New York Times.

Flaherty, 64, served as Harper's only finance minister from the time the Conservatives won office in January 2006 until last month, when he stepped down, saying he would not run in the 2015 election and wanted more time with his family.

Major averages hit the pause button for the first time since last month's presidential election, but the Trump rally quickly resumed Thursday morning.

We are continuing the changes to CGI that were announced last year, that we said at the time would happen regardless of the outcome of the election.»

Cherny says that the company has roughly five times as many accounts as it had prior to the election; assets under management have gone from $ 30 million this time last year to $ 180 million.

Duterte, who won just under 40 % of the vote in a five - way presidential election last May, remains popular in the Philippines, despite his at - times bellicose behavior and his bloody crackdown on drugs, which has claimed thousands of lives.

The last time a Liberal government entered an election in the middle of a monetary policy tightening cycle was in 2006; that year, the Conservatives defeated them.

«Part of the reasons active measures have worked in the US election is because the commander - in - chief has used Russian active measures at times against his opponents,» Watts said, pointing to Manafort and Trump's citations of fake - news stories pushed out by Russian - linked entities last year.

According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

A 510 - page filing with the Federal Election Commission, reported on by the Washington Post last night, lists Los Angeles - based Wings of Time, LLC as donating the money on Jan. 4, 2017.

He emphasized that it's the firm's strong technical capabilities that allow clients trade through turbulent times like Brexit and the US presidential election last year.

Also, if a majority of the Board is comprised of persons other than (i) persons for whose election proxies were solicited by the Board; or (ii) persons who were appointed by the Board to fill vacancies caused by death or resignation or to fill newly - created directorships («Board Change»), unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to such Board Change, then participants immediately prior to the Board Change who cease to be employees or non-employee directors within six months after such Board Change for any reason other than death or permanent disability generally have their (i) options and stock appreciation rights become immediately exercisable and to the extent not canceled or cashed out, generally have at least six months to exercise such awards; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and generally shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter before the time the participant ceased to be an employee.

While it may feel like a lifetime or two since the last federal election, when Trudeau was promising a very different kind of democratic reform, 19 months isn't a long time to get Canada's electoral system protected from 2019 - style threats to its fairness and integrity.

Just last week, the Globe and Mail reported that the Government is planning a bare - bones budget in early February, saving major policy announcements for the 2015 budget, just in time for the 2015 election.

The election represented the tenth consecutive Progressive Conservative government in Alberta; the last time another party held power was in 1971, when the Social Credit Party was in government.

Before The Bell - Wall Street sprinted into the latest week hoping to extend the powerful rally in place since the November election, an upsurge that intensified mightily last week, when the major large - cap indexes all surged to all - time highs in a buying frenzy unleashed by expectations that the President - elect and his incoming Administration would push hard for a massive infrastructure spending program, reduced regulations, and popular tax cuts.

Meanwhile, the Trudeau government will add four times as much debt as it promised in the last election.

Prime Minister Najib Razak was the best thing going for the ruling coalition in Malaysia's last elections, but he's a hindrance this time because of financial scandals and government policies blamed for a rising cost of living.

At the same time, however, I think the NDP did get some support from (small c) conservative voters in the last election, who really wanted the PCs out but couldn't bring themselves to vote Wildrose.

I mean I voted for Dr. Turner in the last buy - election and so my decision this time around was not a lemming rush over a cliff with all the other previously Tory voters to embrace communism in the shape of the NDP.

In the last few days, the Mexican peso has hit all - time lows against the U.S. dollar as Trump appeared to gain momentum in election polls.

Last May, she wrote of Muscat: «It's only a matter of time before that corrupt bastard begins quoting Francis of Assisi's famous prayer at us again as he did in the last general electLast May, she wrote of Muscat: «It's only a matter of time before that corrupt bastard begins quoting Francis of Assisi's famous prayer at us again as he did in the last general electlast general election.

This represented a significant improvement from the last election in 2004, where the Party (led at the time by Premier Ralph Klein) won 62 seats and 47 percent of the vote.

The Democrats will lose control of the Senate in January because of heavy losses in midterm elections last month and will go deeper into a House minority than at any time since 1928.

At the end of last week, EUR / USD reached 1.1000 for the first time since November 9th last year — the day of the US presidential election.

surely you know the last time there were fair elections in egypt or tunisia was somewhere between 30 - 40 years ago.

Last election, for the first time in my life I did not vote.

The outcome of last November's election was a long time in the making.

Here is the often thoughtful Thomas Friedman of the New York Times on the eve of last November's elections: «Let Karl [Rove] know that you think this is a critical election, because you know as a citizen that if the Bush team can behave with the level of deadly incompetence it has exhibited in Iraq — and then get away with it by holding on to the House and the Senate — it means our country has become a banana republic.

Here is the often thoughtful Thomas Friedman of the New York Times on the eve of last November's elections: «Let Karl [Rove] know that you think this is a critical election, because you know as a citizen that if the Bush team can behave with the level of deadly incompetence it has exhibited in Iraq — and then get away with it by holding on to the House...

His Trump ties: Last month, Floyd wrote for Fox News about his decision to meet with Trump, though at the time he said he had no intention of endorsing him — or any candidate — in this election.

The last time a guy from Texas said that God told him to run for President, we had kind of a bumpy ride as a country when he won the election with support from Christians...

When asked how many times they ate out last week, how frequently they have sex, and whether or not they voted in the last election, most people report what they usually do, what they would like to do or what they think someone like them ought to do.

People are still so up - in - arms over the religion tossing that stank up this last election, that they are wanting creationist to just stop talking... but at the same time, I don't think anyone REALLY thinks science knows the EXACT age of the Universe or the planet.

I believe this country is Election Weary in ways I have never seen in all my life, and I've been around since Kennedy was President; which was the last time that religion played such a role in the presidential campaign.

The last time I made chai was the day after the election.

But after his district was redrawn prior to the last election, he found that Oberlin, Ohio, a one - time abolitionist stronghold, had been added to his district.

Last week I wrote The Time for Change is Now: A Call to Action Part 1 and promised that I would follow up with Part 2 with stories of my family and friends who have inspired me with their volunteer efforts to help Barack Obama win this election.

Last night's ten o'clock news discussed how the votes of women might be decisive in the election in ten days» time.

I made calls yesterday to «first time voters» (either new voters, people who moved to CO or folks who hadn't voted in the last presidential election).

Gillibrand is looking to win the election for the first time after she was appointed to the Senate by Governor Paterson early last year.

The Post noted an interesting point in an article that also has a lot of details about election - eve operations — because of the time required to set up a significant turnout effort, the Republicans haven't had time to roll one out in congressional districts that have suddenly become vulnerable in the last few weeks.