Sentences with phrase «most votes despite»

To make things more complicated, what happens if Moore wins most votes despite being withdrawn or GOP - disassociated (as he's still on the ballot)?

Not exact matches

The «Yes» vote on allowing gay couples to tie the knot won in all six Australian states, despite the most senior figure of the country's Anglican Church warning such a move would have «irreparable consequences» effects.

Despite candidate pleas to morality and values voting, Latino's are for the most part, breaking away to vote with candidates who favor some type of immigration reform that will protect those who are not legal citizens.

The coalition of black churches in urban communities can no longer be counted on for block Democratic votes, and despite the president's pleas, he may find that his most loyal constituency will not be able to bring significant wins to the Democratic column come Tuesday.

Despite their economic anxieties — but perhaps reluctantly — most of these people voted for Remain.

«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.

Because Labour could, potentially, win if the previously Labour but now non-voters can be persuaded to start turning out and voting Labour again, but only if the non-voting support base is fairly large, and without that sort of analysis over larger areas it's hard to judge — it's definitely partially true in my ward, Labour had disappeared electorally years ago, but won the seat in 2012, despite most other parties getting similar votes to normal (and our support mostly going to an Independent we were tacitly backing).

Bluntly, your hope is that an issue that matters to you and to many educated middle - class people (but not to most Labour voters, who may well regard the idea in the same way as many Conservatives, as a way to give unfair influence to Liberal Democrats), electoral reform, is important enough to form an electoral alliance over, despite the fact this would leave many party members unable to vote (and who would get to stand in say Durham or Redcar anyway?).

Despite the fact that the state has voted for Republicans in every presidential election from 1980 until 2008 the governorship (until 2012), legislature (until 2010), as well as most statewide offices, it remains in Democratic control.

«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.

Had some Republicans not voted for their candidate, the centrist Democrat — for whom most Republicans cast their second preferences — would have made it to the second round and beat the left - wing Progressive, who went on to win despite coming second in the first round.

The I.D.C. announced they were forming a ruling coalition with the Senate's Republican conference in December of 2012, an arrangement that gave I.D.C. members more power and financial resources, and gave the G.O.P. the votes needed to retain control of the chamber, which they've held for most of the past 50 years, despite Democrats» overwhelming registration advantage statewide.

«Big business» and «the elite» were most likely to be picked as winners despite business broadly opposing Brexit and the vote being interpreted by many as a kick against an EU supporting elite.

Most Republican leaders in Alabama say they plan to vote for Moore on Tuesday, despite the sexual misconduct allegations against the former judge that have prompted others around the country to say he should never be allowed to join the U.S. Senate.

However, he was narrowly defeated by the Conservatives under the leadership of Winston Churchill, despite winning the most votes of any political party in any general election in British political history until the Conservative Party's fourth consecutive victory in 1992.

Finally, despite a hung parliament being the most likely outcome and a fairer reflection of the fragmented distribution of votes, the two main parties are still on course to win 90 % of British seats from a combined share of just two - thirds of the vote.

Republicans leaders, both on a national and local level, said they will stand by Katko and support his re-election despite his break with the party on one of the most important votes of his career.

We are cheerful despite the fact I am certain most voters will vote to Leave.

Despite the international shale oil boom extracting natural gas with hydrofracking technologies, which most electric utilities, including the local ones, supply to customers as a major part of their power supply, the shift away from petroleum dependency has made remarkable progress in recent years through strategic incentives like the one which prompted this vote in Olive.

Despite this Cameron is still the most popular candidate amongst members who see themselves as «clear blue water» Tories, and they would still vote for him rather than Fox or Davis.

However, despite winning the popular vote, the Labour Party was defeated by the Conservative Party who had won the most seats.

Despite months of protest, tens of thousands of letters and e-mails and passionate testimony by parents and educators, the New York State Board of Regents voted on Nov. 16 to implement a series of «cost containment» proposals that affect some of the most vulnerable students.

Despite this, the Labour Party continues to fight a very negative campaign based on frightening some of the most vulnerable people in our constituency into voting for them.

Despite the national focus on this district, Mr. Behan said he thought residents would continue their tradition of voting for people they respect and who they believe will help their families the most.

Yesterday, Miss Sturgeon also echoed former party leader Alex Salmond, now bidding to return to Westminster as an MP, by insisting that the SNP would vote down a minority Conservative Government, despite the long - standing tradition that the party with the most MPs should have an opportunity to form a Government.

Despite this, 43 countries will sign a declaration urging the UN to adopt a 1.5 °C target, and the V20 — the 20 countries most vulnerable to climate change — are expected to vote as a bloc, urging stronger global aims.

Last year, Congress passed the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» on a strong bipartisan vote despite the lackluster outcomes of most of the nation's charter schools.

For example, last year, Congress passed the «Empowering Parents Through Quality Charter Schools Act» on a strong bipartisan vote despite the lackluster outcomes of most of the nation's charter schools.

Despite feminism and women's right to vote, in most cases it is clear that women are very rarely acclaimed as one of the «Great Artists».