Sentences with phrase «more votes for the candidate»

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The county, whose largest city is Wilkes - Barre and whose overall population is more than 320,000, voted for Trump in larger numbers than it did for any Republican presidential candidate since President Richard Nixon in 1972.

With just over four weeks until Londoners cast their votes, an exclusive Opinium survey for the Evening Standard says Labour candidate Khan still enjoys a sizable lead and is more trusted than Conservative Goldsmith on the majority of key issues.

In other words, over his two campaigns for president, more Americans will have actually physically voted for President Obama than for any other candidate in history.

I've only voted for independents and democrats, because the GOP never puts forth a candidate that meets more of my values.

candidate, more than 50 million voters, including, crucially, millions of evangelicals, voted for the dimwit.

If by chance a candidate arises that has more experience and talent at balancing budgets and cutting spending, I'll vote for him, but as there's not... GO MITT!!

While the people quoted within the article offer far more nuanced perspectives, the headline betrays a common but reductive sentiment — that people who vote for pro-choice candidates are voting for abortions.

So even though I think abortion is morally wrong in most cases, and support more legal restrictions around it, I often vote for pro-choice candidates when I think their policies will do the most to address the health and economic concerns that drive women to get abortions in the first place.

So they vote more for candidates who would put policies in place that hurt the needy and poor the most.

Clearly my bias is showing, and there's obviously a lot more nuance to both partiest, the main issue though is that parties can be hijacked and have been on both sides which leaves the large majority of moderates voting for the lesser of two evils and hoping that the candidate that they vote for will drop the pandering they did to the fringe and go moderate.

So despite the fact that I believe human life is inherently valuable even in its earliest form, I only feel a little guilty voting for pro-choice candidates because I'm often convinced they will do more to address the root causes of abortion — poverty, health care, education, etc..

I'm a Mormon myself and it's really encouraging to hear more people take the same stance you are taking — vote for or against a candidate based on their platform, their record, etc..

If Evangelicals are looking for more authentic personal testimonies regarding the faith of political candidates, what part of Romney's stated belief in Joseph Smith's revelation in the forests of Pennsylvania would sway the vote of an Evangelical who adheres to a uniquely inspired Bible?

More than 4 out of 10 evangelicals told Barna that they refuse to vote for either of the candidates.

More than 8 - in - 10 (82 percent) say they are voting for or leaning toward Republican candidates in their districts.

More than a quarter more said they'd vote for a viable third - party candidate (29More than a quarter more said they'd vote for a viable third - party candidate (29more said they'd vote for a viable third - party candidate (29 %).

Even more disagree (63 %) with the statement, «American Christians should vote for a candidate who has a reasonable chance of winning.»

Now, I'm not suggesting that it is somehow more Christ - like to vote for a candidate who supports universal healthcare and who will increase taxes for the wealthy.

More than half of black Protestants said they would be less likely to vote for a gay or lesbian candidate in 2007; that number declined to 29 percent in 2014 but increased to 34 percent in 2016.

This is not a radical suggestion; no matter how great the candidate, no vote can ever represent more than a sign of preference, for in a sinful world, there has never been and never will be a perfect candidate.

Approximately 1 in 5 adults said they'd be more likely to vote for an evangelical candidate, and 1 in 5 said they'd be less likely to vote for one.

More exit polling (especially in larger states) may help us see which set of self - identified evangelicals are voting for which candidate.

To make this clearer to our presidential candidates, we need to do more than vote and pray for them.

It's simple as this, Rick Santorum appeals to the less educated, extremely conservative and more bigot minded segment of rural America, which is largely dominated by Born again evangelicals, who as the article points out have a misguided view that that Mormons aren't Christian, and in their misguided bigotry seem to be voting against Romney based upon their religion rather than for a good candidate who can win the general election.

II'm an Independent who has generally voted more for Democratic candidates than Republican.

But there is some sentiment for allowing the voters to vote for more than 10 candidates.

The more candidates a voter has to consider, the less likely a voter is to make an informed decision about any of those candidates and the harder it is for the media to communicate information about the people who represent the voter to the voter so that the voter may make referendum style decisions to vote out a bum who is underperforming or acting contrary to the voter's wishes.

As a result, it is in people's interest to vote for a major party candidate even if they are more aligned with another candidate.

Especially, showing that a) the media did indeed «write her up» and b) that promoting a candidate like this actually makes more people vote for them, instead of rallying the supporters of the underdog, for instance.

On the contrary, if «your» candidate is losing in the polls you may consider your vote more important to omit and can even flirt with voting for someone despite not supporting him / her completely (let's call it a protest vote, see French presidential election in 2002, with a lot of people voting for small groups on the 1st round).

The prize for the most cash spent per vote goes to losing state Senate challenger Isaac Sasson — one of two candidates who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Queens Democratic Sen. Toby Stavisky, each dropping more than $ 100,000 of his own money on the race.

@user4012 about 2), the final election day is just the end of a lengthy electoral process; if voters are better educated and use that education all through the process a demagogue should be stopped earlier in the process (so, for a party supporter it would not be end as [My demagogue] vs [candidate from other party], because [My demagogue] would have been voted out in the primaries; in these primaries such a voter would have the option to vote for other candidates more ideologically acceptable).

What never ceases to amaze ME is the political «wisdom» that (1) black voters are more likely to vote for a gubernatorial candidate governor who will appoint a black Lt. Gov. and (2) women are more likely to vote for someone who appoints a female Lt.. The menfolk (including some in the press) must think that female and minority voters are simpletons.

Using status in this way is a pretty common campaigning technique in the UK, though what's become more popular here (at least in the Liberal Democrats) is changing your profile picture to a graphic that says you are backing / have voted for a particular candidate.

Second, the electoral college was set up to weed out «unacceptable» candidates not by dividing fringe voters in different states per se but by giving the electors the power to elect the candidate who lost the popular vote in the event that the more popular candidate turned out to be unacceptable for whatever reason.

«Candidate Ethnicity and Vote Choice in Britain» argues for a much more nuanced view, where anti-Muslim sentiment hurts Muslim candidates amongst whites, and helps Pakistani Muslims with their co-ethnics.

However, for every vote he has gained in the suburbs, the Tory mayoral candidate appears to have lost more in Inner London.

For example, I think Stuart's criticism is a more valid one of a system where the party has to hold a primary ballot, and where anybody at all can put in as a candidate, and anybody can choose to vote in it.

@spiceyokooko - withholding a vote from someone based on their age without any actual test of maturity seems a lot worse discrimination to me than granting someone an extra vote if they have more maturity than an average adult genius who tends to vote for taller, better looking candidates.

There can be many reasons for campaigning — that is, helping a candidate win an election by doing more than just voting for them.

The Democratic Party picked up seats last election without a Presidential candidate who had great coat tails — and against your Trump landslide (where 10.6 million more Americans voted against Trump than for him).

(3) voting for such other purpose is conducted independently of voting for a candidate for such Federal offices, in such a manner that an alien has the opportunity to vote for such other purpose, but not an opportunity to vote for a candidate for any one or more of such Federal offices.

It would also allow people to take more time when voting, rather than just voting for president then picking the down ballot candidates by whose last name they like the most.

We shouldn't be surprised then that campaign spending — which largely operates on turnout — has more effect for candidates whose voters require a little more persuasion to get out and vote, than those who will turnout regardless.

Note that the average citizen is not voting for candidates who favor more restrictive gun laws.

Each constituency candidate may, in writing, appoint 1 or more scrutineers to be present at the office of the Electoral Commission when the Commission is performing its duties in relation to special vote declarations for the district.

«The Staten Island voting base is more intelligent than some people give them credit for, and I believe Staten Islanders care about the issues that impact them most, and vote for the candidate they believe can deliver on those issues.»

«This generation relates to candidates more than political parties, and as a result, despite voting for Obama 2 - 1, they are less concerned with which party will win in 2010 and instead gravitate toward the candidate who speaks most clearly and directly to their interests and concerns,» said Rock the Vote President Heather Smith.

There are a hundred - thousand more votes for Democratic House candidates than there are for Republicans.

He will likely struggle in a presidential year, when more minority and younger voters are likely to turn out to vote for Democratic candidates.