Sentences with phrase «number of voters»

One wonders, then, whether the relatively small number of voters who show up on election day share the general views of other district residents.

Also there was an increased number of voters in rural areas.

His problem, however, is that an equally large number of voters reject his ideas.

In some circumstances, such as when one party is totally dominant, it makes sense to tally the small number of voters from the minority party first, because it's quick.

A primary should attract a higher number of voters than a caucus would.

The signature requirement for new political party formation petitions was reduced from 2 percent of the total number of voters who voted in the most recent gubernatorial election to 0.25 percent of that group.

The same number of voters support the status quo — a fully appointed chamber.

He said a growing number of voters feel climate change is an existential threat.

Secondly, in a pure popular vote, the goal is to be... most popular with the greatest number of voters.

I have my doubts about the reliability of marginal seat polls since the average number of voters polled per constituency is only about 10.

Normally, each electoral district represent a certain number of voters.

Moreover, they risk ending up having a competitive advantage in an area — a market segment — that is popular with a declining number of voters.

It's certainly enough to inform a good number of voters.

It seems to me that the real estate industry and its many thousands of participants represent a powerful number of voters.

The «don't knows» were down to 25 % - and a larger number of voters were willing to give the coalition the benefit of the doubt.

Its high number of No voters has exposed deep divisions and raised questions about whether the party itself is sufficiently progressive and capable of responding to the hanging political landscape.

Whereas in marginal seats with two or three parties very close to each other, the behaviour of small numbers of voters could change the result and so every vote counts.

To ensure that each vote has roughly the same weight, each constituency should have roughly the same number of voters.

I would expect this issue to provoke growing numbers of voters to say, «I want reform, but not THIS reform».

Or, in many states, they do not meet petition requirements in which a certain number of voters must sign a petition for a third party or independent candidate to gain ballot access.

Espaillat supporters are correct when they say «it's a tough race to poll», with a significant number of voters who don't speak english, as well as more typical issues with reaching many voters.

Start at the tip of LI and draw the borders by number of voters.

A record number of voters registered on March 18, according to the release.

Several public - opinion polls have recently shown Gillibrand with less than a 50 percent approval rating and with a large number of voters saying they know little about her.

Are there a substantial number of voters who want these guys to twist in the wind for a while, but eventually, recognizing their overwhelming excellence, pre-steroids, will elect them?

In the court's majority opinion, Kagan described the two - part analysis utilized by the high court when plaintiffs allege racial gerrymandering as follows: «First, the plaintiff must prove that «race was the predominant factor motivating the legislature's decision to place a significant number of voters within or without a particular district.»

But polls show an increasing number of voters want the popular Cuomo to announce sooner rather than later — the flip side of surveys showing lame - duck Gov. Paterson and the Legislature with historically low approval ratings.

But on 5 May this year a record number of voters in England and Wales will be using a two — vote electoral system to choose the London Mayor and Police Commissioners across the country, many for the first time.

«That absolutely moves a significant number of voters from opposition to support,» said Greenberg.

But when NDP members decided by a narrow margin to show Thomas Mulcair the door, they ended up trading a leader who was considered prime ministerial by a significant number of voters for one who is not — or at least who may not be in time for next year's federal vote.

Georgy is considering not running because when large numbers of voters turn out folks with his views are turned out.

If Britain votes to remain in the EU, and attitudes towards the EU become sufficiently salient for sufficient number of voters to reconsider their party alignment, then the Conservatives (as the party supported by the with the largest number of leave voters according to the 2015 BES cross section survey) would be the biggest potential losers and UKIP the most likely beneficiaries.

These seats also have very low numbers of voters who tend to remain resistant to Ukip, including university graduates, ethnic minorities and people in professional and economically secure occupations.

Labour lost the support of huge numbers of voters who believed that Tony Blair was a liar and a war criminal.

One lesser problem might be with predicting the load if every precinct had an unknown number of voters coming.

Presidential elections hinge on a tiny number of voters in just a very few states.

The arbitrary thresholds your refer to are a problem, because they will have a distorting effect on the election result, especially if a large number of voters support minor parties, and therefore have their votes discarded when the final count is done.

Moore also alleged more votes were cast than the actual number of voters participating in the September 9, 2014 primary election.

We may assume that a relatively large number of voters will choose one of these three party lists and put it into the election box without changes, for example 42,000 choose party A, 32,000 choose party B and 11,000 choose party C.

It remains to be seen how much the GOP is willing to embrace Ball, who is viewed favorably and unfavorably by equal numbers of voters.

While numbers of voters may also be influenced by ongoing «Get Out The Vote» campaigns, Republican Deputy Commissioner of Elections Robin Sion said that is strictly a political function — something the Board of Elections does not participate in.

For minor parties, the law would be similar to the Delaware law, in which a group that persuades a reasonable number of voters to register into the party would be on the November ballot automatically, and would nominate by Read more»

Polls have shown Schneiderman's lead shrinking and that a substantial number of voters remain undecided in the race.

Once a page receives a good rating percentage from a pre-determined number of voters, it advances to the next step, the five - page feedback, and after that it's on to the final round, fifty pages offered up to the members for review.

The changes are a result of redistributions — a process the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) uses to ensure that each electorate has a relatively even number of voters.

Though the 2016 election has brought record - breaking numbers for televised debates and campaign rallies, a surprisingly low number of voters reported that they were closely following the primaries process through the beginning of February when this survey was conducted.

Even though large numbers of voters vaguely suspect that the failings of the political system itself led the country into its current crisis, most evidently expect the system to perform a course correction more or less automatically.

In each of these countries, large numbers of voters opted for the party perceived to be «untainted».

While all parties lost voters to the AfD, CDU and FDP lost substantially more than the SPD, Left Party and Greens together, with the largest number of voters leaving the CDU for the AfD.

Obama campaign officials say why they have put greater emphasis on door - to - door canvassing, although they also have made millions of calls, distributing phone numbers of voters by email to volunteers who agreed to make calls from their homes.