Sentences with phrase «most votes among»

The Aggies have the 19th best odds of winning the National Championship, however, they are currently unranked to start the season (although they received the second most votes among unranked teams).

Not only did Sequoia receive the most votes among 10 VC firms for consistently having access to the best deals, but subscribers also ranked it highest for closing the best deals and adding the most value to the tech startups it backs.

Not exact matches

The George W. Bush appointee isn't merely an outspoken critic of affirmative action today — he was among the most hostile questioners in Fisher and a virtual lock to vote against Texas» admissions policy — but also was part of a conservative alumni group at Princeton that was sharply critical of such policies 40 years ago, when Sotomayor was attending classes there.

Stripping out lawyers, who have a disproportionately nasty habit of becoming politicians, the three most tax - dodging professions account for about half the votes among Greek MPs.

I noticed that there are a plenty of gold bugs among regular readers as gold gathered the most votes.

In recent decades, white evangelicals — and yes, that's a statistically identifiable voting bloc and I'm using it as such in this article — have been among the most consistent supporters of the Republican Party.

Among white Protestants and Catholics, however, traditionalists were by far the most Republican in both presidential and congressional voting.

Among the most prevalent issues up for discussion during the vote is the reinstatement of players punished for certain failed drug tests at the start of the 2014 season, according to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports.

Rice gets my (non-existent) vote, but Wing has been among the most important players on the nation's best team.

The annual Gingerbread House Contest is one of the most popular events at Christmas by Candlelight, and visitors can vote for their favorites among dozens of hand - crafted entries.

There is evidence of an interactive effect in the case of the Conservative / Liberal equation: it seems that among poll watchers, and only among them, the propensity to vote Conservative rather than Liberal was related to the gap between the two parties in the most recent poll.

A remake of one of the most iconic Christmas videos of all time might appeal as a means to show a human side and connect with a core demographic — you have to be over 40, ie among those who actually bother to vote, to remember Bob Geldof's musical response to famine in Ethiopia.

It was lowest among those who thought the Lib Dems should have formed a coalition with Labour or stayed in opposition (35 %), voted in protest against the bigger parties (46 %), and to stop the party they most dislike from winning (31 %).

We know from states that have already implemented early voting that communities like mine, with a larger percentage of low income individuals, are among those most impacted by early voting.

Among Republicans, the members most likely to agree with Heastie were Janet Duprey (who voted with him 94.7 percent of the time), Tom McKevitt (94.5 percent) and Andrew Raia (93.5 percent).

Among the lawmakers who were present for a majority of the year's votes on bills that ultimately passed both houses, Cuomo came down the same way with Assembly Democrats Bill Magee, Peter Abbate, Michael Benedetto and Felix Ortiz the most frequently.

After a barrage of bad press over his position on Trident and his flip - flop over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy for armed terrorists, you'd expect Jeremy Corbyn's stock to be sinking fast, even among the most starry eyed of the «Jez - we - can» supporters who voted him in as leader of the Labour party in September.

«Despite Cuomo's wide, early lead over Nixon, among Democrats most enthusiastic about voting, she already attracts the support of close to what Zephyr Teachout got,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Katko, R - Camillus, was among 17 Republicans who voted against the fiscal 2016 budget, which was offered as two separate resolutions under a complicated parliamentary maneuver in which the one with the most votes passed.

Among all racial groups surveyed, Hispanics remain the most undecided group, with 28 percent unsure whom they will vote for — more than any individual candidate, though Quinn comes closest with 25 percent of Hispanics surveyed.

The second most popular reason to vote for independence among «Yes» voters was the NHS, reflecting claims in the later stage of the independence camapign that continued union would mean the end of a publicly owned NHS.

Healey is the second most popular MP in the PLP according to the shadow cabinet vote, so I'd argue he's likely to attract votes from across the party, including among trade union and left MPs.

She also announced that the aged and pregnant women among the most vulnerable in the society will be given priority on voting day.

The personnel votes and union changes drew the most condemnation among the town board members and from the audience, some of whom carried signs that said, «Vote no to the patronage amendment.»

Most annoying to me are those Nevele Now signs springing up at intersections among pleas to vote for Peter, Paul or Mary.

In the most recent, a Marist poll released last week, Spitzer led Stringer 48 - 36 among likely voters, and he held impressive leads among African - American and Hispanic voters, crucial voting blocs in the Democratic primary.

Among the external players, the most powerful are the counties of Queens and the Bronx, who collectively control a large block of votes in the Council — 14 members are from Queens, another eight are from the Bronx — and have strong organizations with the ability to help move forward, or hinder, a local politician's career.

Saland is among the four Republicans who last year voted to make New York the most populous state yet to embrace marriage equality.

the first half (rounded if necessary to the next whole number) are assigned seats to be filled from the list with the most votes; other seats are distributed among all the lists present in the final round that took more than 5 % of votes cast (including the majority list) which is called proportional to the strongest average.

YouGov analysed the voting intentions of individuals with the 130 most common first names among the 46,000 people it's polled in the past two months.

Yet Obama fared better among the most affluent voters — 52 percent of those making more than $ 200,000 voted for him — than he did among those making between $ 50,000 and $ 200,000.

Although members of the NIFA board declined to talk publicly Wednesday, sources say sentiment is strong among the six directors to vote to take over Nassau County's finances when they meet again on Thursday, with Conservative George Marlin and chairman Ronald Stack the most concerned about the county's budget being out of balance.

While spending on the NHS and the state pension is among the most popular (and the over-65s are the most likely age group to vote), few will object to the abolition of housing benefit for the under - 25s (the least likely age group to vote).

She was the Democrat who voted most infrequently with Mr. Silver and also missed over 150 votes, eighth most among her colleagues, (which she attributed to an injury).

«Our right to vote is among our most sacred,» he said, adding that the bill asks for the same residency requirements as a «recreational fishing license.»

Faso and Stefanik were among 12 Republicans, most from New York, New Jersey and California — all high - tax, high - expenditure states — to vote against the bill, which House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wisc., said would produce «more jobs, fairer taxes, and bigger paychecks.»

Corbyn's popularity among the under - 35s is of little use here - even if Labour got a significant young vote in most of these seats, with Corbynmania in full flow, it still wouldn't come close to outweighing older voters.

Steve Greenberg, with Siena College's Research Institute, says among the «most conservative republicans», the vote on same sex marriage was a big issue.

Among the most interesting developments Tuesday was that Carl P. Paladino maintained his seat by a narrow margin of 107 out of nearly 3,000 votes cast, with 18 - year - old Austin Harig taking 48 percent of the vote.

«Our right to vote is among our most sacred,» he told the Post, adding that the bill asks for the same residency requirements as a «recreational fishing license.»

Senator Ruth Hassell - Thompson, once counted among those who would vote against the bill, gave one of the most compelling orations — speaking about the conflicting influences of her elder brother who was gay and fled the country to Europe, and her sister, who is a prominent minister here in America.

The reports provide the names and party identification for everyone who has requested an absentee ballot that day in those four states, which are among those that have most aggressively embraced early voting.

Beloin - Saavedra was among the top vote - getters on the ballot in her most recent re-election, and is popular with parents and much of the school faculty.

Mr. Zeldin was one of five New York Republicans to vote against the tax bill, and among the most vocal.

[1] Among the changes most likely are a reduction of the voting age from 21 to 18, a more proportional electoral system, reforms to the oversight of elections and an invitation for Lebanese voters from abroad to register in the embassies, although there is no clear promise of them being able to vote from abroad.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. John Katko ranks among the most independent Republicans in Congress, breaking with the GOP majority on 19 percent of contested votes in his first year in Congress, House voting records show.

At the last election, YouGov's eve of vote poll — which successfully predicted Labour and Tory vote share to within 1 % — identified the Tories as the most popular party among working class voters: 32 % of the social demographic C2DE backed the Tories, 31 % Labour and 26 % Lib Dem.

While this year's inventors were already talking about possible collaborations among the group, 2015 - 16 ambassadors Juan Gilbert, whose inventions include a universally designed voting technology; Lisa DeLuca, who is IBM's most prolific female inventor; and Michael Smith, who is director of the Intel Academic Program for Data Science and the Internet of Things, said the friendships and networks begun during the program will endure.

You can still try a top knot, which could easily be voted Most Popular among easy hairstyles for school.

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