Sentences with phrase «of general election votes»

Representatives from across the political spectrum have spoken out against plans which could delay the counting of general election votes until the following morning - rather than the dramatic all - night count.

If, after losing the primary, she runs in the fall as the nominee of the union - backed Working Families Party, Nixon could pull 5 - 10 per cent of the general election vote.

UKIP's share of general election vote intention, at 14 % last week, is much more muted than the 23 % they achieved in the Projected National Share of the vote (PNS) from the local elections.

Confounding things further, the psychology of voting in a by - election often comes down to sending the government or the national political parties a message of discontent — whereas the psychology of general election voting is about choosing a government.

Parties without a Commons seats have averaged a joint share of 24 % of the European vote since 1999, but only four per cent of the general election vote.

This gives them just five to six per cent of the general election vote, which is unlikely to be enough to secure a seat.

He noted both he and Casey were hurt by third - party challenges from a libertarian and independent candidate, who, collectively, won 9 percent of the general election vote.

Not exact matches

At last year's general election the party fell short of gaining the sort of Leave - voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.

The 2008 election showed just how powerful social media could be in driving votes, and President Barak Obama's 2008 campaign was, and is, widely viewed as the first general - election campaign to focus on social media as its primary mode of marketing (Howard Dean's bid for the 2004 Democratic nomination also used social media heavily.)

A general election on March 4 resulted in a hung parliament in which no one party or coalition of parties won enough of the vote to govern alone.

Any coalition formation could be delayed by regional elections coming up in Italy later this month, but the vote could be a test of support for parties such as Forza Italia that were sidelined in the general election.

Paper ballots are counted after the end of voting in the Italian general elections on March 4, 2018 in Naples, Italy.

The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at Real Matters» Annual General Meeting of common shareholders held today in Toronto, Ontario are set out below:

The Abacus study also asked those who voted in the 2015 Canadian General Election to rank a ballot that included the main political parties and generated data for 11 regions to estimate, with increased precision, the outcome of the Canadian election had it been run under different electoral Election to rank a ballot that included the main political parties and generated data for 11 regions to estimate, with increased precision, the outcome of the Canadian election had it been run under different electoral election had it been run under different electoral systems.

On the political level, we won a general election, only the eighth time in 40 elections that a governing party has increased both its seat count and its share of the popular vote.

The election was a landslide win for the PC Party, whom improved both their seat total in the legislature and their share of the popular vote from the 2004 general election.

This was in contrast to 16 seats and 29 percent of the vote in the 2004 general election.

It's funny, I was chatting with god the other night, you know about girls and money and basically life in general, and then from out of no where god was like, «Yo, Chuckles, I have a job for you, it's very important that you do it, I need you to go and vote this upcoming election and I need you to vote for Rick Perry, he seems a little crazy, but don't worry, he's all good in my book».

The Church of England has published a 50 - page document giving Christians advice on how to vote ahead of the general election.

Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.

In last fall's presidential election pro-life voters were faced with a difficult moral choice emblematic of the politics of abortion in general: Does moral principle demand a vote for a marginally pro-life candidate with a chance of winning, or does it demand a vote for a completely pro-life....

I refer to the recent Indian general election in which a large proportion of the electorate voted and which was remarkably free from corruption.

Due to a voter - approved initiative that has the two highest primary vote - getters appearing on the general election ballot regardless of party, some November races for major state offices are contests between a leftwing Democrat and a radical Democrat.

Data shows that 87.3 % of the electorate voted in the Scottish referendum compared with little more than 60 % in recent general elections.

She describes how Indian voters angered by the BJP's pro-rich economic policies and anti-Muslim violence voted it out of power in general elections in 2004.

Luckily for the Republicans, the majority of these evangelical voters think Obama is a Muslim so they would be forced to vote for Mitt in the general election.

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.

Highbury 44 and the rest of your fast shrinking delusionals, if you vote in General elections, I reckon the LIBDEMS WITH THEIR 7 % SUPPPORT will get your vote.

On August 14th, the Park Board of Commissioners voted to place a referendum question on the November 6 general election ballot asking voters to choose whether or not to support a $ 39 million bond issue.

4 May 2015: If you will be voting in the UK General Election on 7 May, check out the infant feeding policies of the different parties, and contact those that have still not answered.

Congress has used the italicized power to define the national presidential voting day as the same one for the general election of Senators & Representatives.

Hansard's most recent Audit of Political Engagement reveals that only 49 per cent of the population are certain to vote in the May General Election, only 30 per cent of the population feel a strong attachment to a political party and only 20 per cent feel that they have any influence over local decisions.

Just two - thirds of members now plan on voting Conservative at the next general election, down from 90 % when the Tories were in opposition.

(b) A United States citizen who is 17 years of age, is a resident in this State, and will be at least 18 years of age at the time of the next general election may vote in any intervening primary or special election that occurs before the next general election.

Cuomo had endorsed or offered to support two Republicans in 2012 who had voted in favor of the measure: Sen. Stephen Saland, who lost a three - way race, and Sen. Roy McDonald, who had retained the Independence Party line after losing his primary, but ultimately declined to compete in the general election.

Compliments of the Paladino campaign, in response to the criticism the Buffalo businessman received from the ladies of «The View» yesterday, particularly Joy Behar, who said if «all» Paladino's illegitimate children vote in the general election, he might have a shot at beating Andrew Cuomo:

If passed, it would allow 17 year olds who will be 18 on the day of the next general election to vote in both primaries and special elections:

Brand had argued that voting in general elections is a sign of tacit consent to the current system, which failed to represent the interests of the public.

The party's national executive committee meets today and is expected to vote down moves to change the leadership rules and discuss a review of the general election campaign.

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It is a distinct possibility that the outcome of this General Election is going to see very little relationship between votes and seats and produce a new government elected by a very small proportion of the electorate.

«I have a live and current understanding and experience of the changes in the party, both from the two leadership elections and the general election where I was out on the doorstep with all of these new members,» says McKeever, who missed out on the Commons by just 1159 votes.

The graphs below show how changes in the shares of council seats won by each party are strongly correlated with changes in general election vote intentions.

At the end of the day, it is the vote that counts whether inside the party, or when finally a general election comes.

He added that, there was the need for people of the region to see what the other side has gotten, so must desist from voting the NDC and vote the NPP in the coming general elections.

Second, we have assumed that within each local authority the variation in turnout between different demographic groups will be the same as that which pertained in last year's general election across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elelection across the country as a whole (as measured by the British Election Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general elElection Study, a major academic high quality survey of how people voted in last year's general electionelection).

The bill in question was proposed by Tory John Stevenson, and asked «that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum; and for connected purposes.»

But, polls show that at least 40 % of the British public, many of whom voted Labour in the last general election, agree with me.

Apparently, Goodhart's new division illuminates the surprise results of two 2016 votes, on both two sides of the Atlantic, but what about June 2017's General Election?

The Commons voted by 334 to 292 to accept a Lords amendment opting to delay the redrawing of the electoral map until the 2020 general election.