If the UK Greens win
more seats in the House of Commons this year, or even make deals with a future minority government for policy concessions, the media spotlight will shine on them like never before.
While in many ways it may be satisfying for campaigners to achieve gigantic majorities in their home areas, once a party has achieved first place in a constituency under FPTP those extra votes do nothing to help secure
more seats in the House of Commons.
Not exact matches
The Republican frontrunner
in the race to fill
House Speaker Paul Ryan's
seat in Wisconsin's 1st District raised
more than $ 250,000 during the first week of his campaign.
By the end of 2017,
more than 1,200 people filed to run as Democrats for
seats in either the
House or Senate, according to The Post.
In 2012, the first election under those new maps, Republicans won a 33 - seat majority in the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponent
In 2012, the first election under those new maps, Republicans won a 33 -
seat majority
in the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponent
in the U.S.
House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million
more votes than their Republican opponents.
House Republicans lost five
seats, making passage
in January a
more difficult proposition than pushing through legislation
in the lame - duck session.
There are, we know, a number of interesting races going on across the province this election cycle, but one of the
more compelling ones is the contest for the
seat in Rimbey - Rocky Mountain
House - Sundr...
one of the
more notorious western towns
in America's collective imagination, claimed by its second year schools for one thousand children, three theaters, and a two - thousand -
seat opera
house where Italian operas were favored.»
As a former fly - by - the -
seat - of - my - pants cook, after Chase was born I fully embraced meal planning once I realized it was basically the only way I could ensure healthy, nutritious evening meals would be
more common than frozen pizza and cereal for dinner
in our
house.
Since retiring, both Bradley (who, last November, was a losing candidate
in the race for a
seat in the Utah
House of Representatives) and Donaldson (who lost Seattle's mayoral race
in 2009) have become aspiring politicians, of all things, willing subjects of even
more intense public scrutiny.
Longside Lower: Slightly
more expensive
seats housed in the lower tier of the Q - railing Stand and DPD Stand offering
seats close to the touchline.
There's also a real irony that at a time when attendances at the Emirates have been steadily dwindling —
in large part due to the old familiar failings and the lack of competitiveness — Arsenal are attempting to gain extra revenue by installing
more of the most expensive
seats in the
house.
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I remember LOVING the playdoh and paints / sparkly glue days... and hating the sleeps, naps, and car
seat struggles... but just barely... I was lucky enough to have a pretty fun mom group, and I swear I saw most of these other moms
more than my own husband, it's as if I was scared to be alone with two toddlers
in the
house..
One might argue that the Democrats (
in both
houses) have
more to lose, with several of their members who are running for Congress perhaps enjoying the insurance policy that two primaries brings — the option to run for their current
seats if a bid for higher office doesn't work out.
A
more dramatic twist: Double the size of the
House - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets represented
House - every district now elects two
seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes
in the
house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets represented
house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes
in the
house - this way the losing side gets represented
house - this way the losing side gets represented too.
«What the country needs
more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of
seats in the General Election, it is clear that only the Conservative & Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority
in the
House of Commons.
In Louth and Horncastle, for example, the retiring father of the House Sir Peter Tapsell is leaving behind an intimidating majority of over 14,000 - more than enough to outweigh the fact the seat is the fifth most promising in terms of Ukip appea
In Louth and Horncastle, for example, the retiring father of the
House Sir Peter Tapsell is leaving behind an intimidating majority of over 14,000 -
more than enough to outweigh the fact the
seat is the fifth most promising
in terms of Ukip appea
in terms of Ukip appeal.
Not that I'm looking ahead to Democratic gains
in the Fall, since we're defending far too many marginal
seats picked up
in the wave of 2008, but I do see a
more typical incumbent - party loss
in the range of 20 - 30
seats in the
House and a handful
in the Senate.
Cameron won't be able to claim plausibly to have «won the election» if the combined centre - left parties have an overall majority
in the
house of commons, or even
more seats combined than the Tories and Ulster Unionists.
David Cameron tells The
House magazine he wants to use the boundary review to select
more women candidates
in key
seats
There's a chance
more GOP challengers join Ward, including Reps. David SchweikertDavid SchweikertRepublican candidate favored in Arizona special House election Ryan leaves legacy of tax cuts and deficits Paul Ryan's successor must embrace the House Freedom Caucus MORE and Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Arizona GOP tinkers with election rules with an eye on McCain's seat Some doubt McCarthy or Scalise will ever lead House GOP MORE, or state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, a Trump ally who served as his campaign's operating offi
more GOP challengers join Ward, including Reps. David SchweikertDavid SchweikertRepublican candidate favored
in Arizona special
House election Ryan leaves legacy of tax cuts and deficits Paul Ryan's successor must embrace the
House Freedom Caucus
MORE and Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Arizona GOP tinkers with election rules with an eye on McCain's seat Some doubt McCarthy or Scalise will ever lead House GOP MORE, or state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, a Trump ally who served as his campaign's operating offi
MORE and Paul GosarPaul Anthony GosarOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Arizona GOP tinkers with election rules with an eye on McCain's
seat Some doubt McCarthy or Scalise will ever lead
House GOP
MORE, or state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, a Trump ally who served as his campaign's operating offi
MORE, or state Treasurer Jeff DeWit, a Trump ally who served as his campaign's operating officer.
And don't count him out permanently, he says,
more than hinting interest
in the
House seat of Rep. Louise M. Slaughter, D - Fairport.
Pay not attention to Fact Free Phil who won't admit Dems won two
more seats in the Senate and picked up seven
seats in the
House.
State GOP Chairman Ed Cox, who spent a lot of time after the November elections crowing about how the GOP has gained
more House seats in New York (6) than any other state
in the nation, just released the following statement
in response to former Rep. Chris Lee's resignation yesterday:
For example, Democrats
in Michigan won
more than 54 percent of the vote
in state
House elections yet ended up with only 51 of the 110
seats.
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In 2011, Democrats lost more seats in the state house to term limits than Republicans or Independent
In 2011, Democrats lost
more seats in the state house to term limits than Republicans or Independent
in the state
house to term limits than Republicans or Independents.
Progressives have even made inroads
in less hospitable territory: On Tuesday
in Nebraska, community organizer Kara Eastman beat a
more moderate former congressman to win a Democratic primary for a
House seat, and
in western Pennsylvania, two Socialist candidates won Democratic primaries for legislative
seats.
This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support
in the
House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the
seats); and stuffing the
House of Lords with many
more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.
Democrats are focusing on
more suburban districts, where they believe changing demographics are moving
seats into the Democratic column,
in their effort to regain the majority
in the
House.
The Daily News reported this morning Gov. Andrew Cuomo will become
more involved
in flipping Republican - held
seats in the
House of Representatives.
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Minority governments are interesting because they compel the governing party (which is usually the party with a plurality of
seats in the
House of Commons) to find common ground with one or
more opposition parties.
A number of speakers challenged the continuing anachronism of having 26
seats reserved for bishops
in the
House of Lords, while others pointed out the contrast between the recent
House of Commons vote against legalising assisted dying and the overwhelming public support
in favour suggested that a
more representative Parliament would also be a
more progressive one.
The region was just as, if perhaps even
more, important for the Liberal Democrats, who won 11
seats in Scotland
in both 2005 and 2010, or 20.8 % of the total number of Scottish
seats in the
House of Commons.
After weeks of polling putting it neck - and - neck with Labour, the incumbents have secured 331
seats in the
House of Commons — a comfortable majority and many
more than Labour's 232
seats.
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Republicans, who are defending many
more competitive
seats in the
House this year, are trying to keep pressure on Democratic recruits
in districts that Democrats have been hoping to pick off during a presidential year.
That means that the parties whose
seat shares exceed their vote shares (the Conservatives, Labour, the SNP, the DUP, and — fractionally — Sinn Féin and the SDLP) collectively hold 24 per cent of the
seats in the
House of Commons
more than they would if they were represented
in exact proportion to their votes — that is, about 156
seats more.
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There are currently no women serving
in statewide office
in Pennsylvania, or
in Senate or
House seats, but Edwards would be breaking barriers too: He is Afro - Latino and running
in a district that has only ever,
in the
more than 200 years it has existed, been represented by white men.
House Speaker Paul Ryan said the results aren't an indication of things to come — even though the 18th Congressional District
seat had been a safe one for Republicans for
more than a decade and Trump carried the district by 20 percentage points
in 2016.
But the same survey shows
more than half of Republican voters
in the South Florida
House district remain undecided with about one month to go before the special primary to replace Rep. Jose Felix Diaz, who resigned his
seat effective Sept. 26 to run
in Senate District 40.
If built, the Family Community Life Center — a mixed - use project that has been
in the planning stages for
more than 25 years — would include an Olympic - size indoor swimming pool, a 25 -
seat theater and media center, 24 - hour day care facilities, an indoor walking track, gymnasium, fitness center, classroom space, and 132 affordable apartment units intended as «workforce
housing» for the area.
This disparity is tied to the Democrats» inefficient distribution of their votes — primarily resulting from the Democratic vote being naturally
more concentrated, and
in some cases (such as
in North Carolina, where Democrats won four of 13
seats while winning the statewide popular vote
in House races) due to gerrymandered maps.
A trump run would also ensure a clear GOP victory
in the Senate as well as 4 - 5 pick ups
in the assembly and possibly two
more House Congressional
seats that otherwise wouldn't have a real shot.....
A new sense of urgency seems to have sent
in over the last several years as the state is set to lose two
more House seats after it failed to grow at a faster rate than the rest of the nation.
The shindig is just over three weeks before the midterm elections
in which observers now agree the Democrats are very much
in danger of losing control of the
House — even though that would require the GOP to flip
more than three dozen
seats around the country.