Sentences with phrase «only vote for parties»

The majority of Scots like to think of themselves as left wing and will therefore only vote for parties that describe themselves as such.

Not exact matches

Already, sticking points in the plan have emerged, threatening the loss of votes for a party that holds only a narrow majority in the Senate.

With a slim majority in the Senate, the party chose to use «budget reconciliation» — a process that allows a bill to pass with only 50 votes (plus Vice President Mike Pence) but comes with restrictions that make it less than ideal for complex policymaking — to pass their plan.

Their main rights are to vote for directors — normally a one - party affair where your only option is to vote for the directors nominated by the board, or just vote for no one — and to sell their stock if they're unhappy.

For instance, George Washington University political scientist John Sides found that the white working - class voters who had first backed Barack Obama only to vote for Trump in 2016 were already moving toward the Republican Party before the campaign got underwFor instance, George Washington University political scientist John Sides found that the white working - class voters who had first backed Barack Obama only to vote for Trump in 2016 were already moving toward the Republican Party before the campaign got underwfor Trump in 2016 were already moving toward the Republican Party before the campaign got underway.

With only 30 candidates nominated in 87 constituencies, most viewers tuning in to the televised debate will not have the option of voting for an Alberta Party candidate on Election Day.

Having, in effect, only 2 parties to choose from, will leave a large part of the voters without a candidate they feel comfortable enough with to vote for.

You also have people who can register as a specfic party and run on a ticket to strengthen their careers and yet they only espouse one or two things that could count them into the party in the first place.There's also a huge issue of people really thinking that a vote for a 3rd party candidate is a waste, If the only way you feel your vote matters is by voting for one of 2 parties (even if you are unsatisfied with both) does it actually matter?

Only a self - destructive person would vote for someone who plans to remove the safety net, legislate against women, and whose party has done everything it could to suppress the vote.

I voted Green for Governor (the only third party candidate for Gov)!

Republicans use black representatives in their party for 1 reason only, to sway the Democratic vote.

In our recent poll of whether the Ultimate Blog Party should be for women only, the votes were quite split.

-LSB-...] our recent poll of whether the Ultimate Blog Party should be for women only, the votes were quite split.

One of those parties (Party for Freedom, currently polling as the largest party at 21 % of the vote), only has a single member (Geert WildParty for Freedom, currently polling as the largest party at 21 % of the vote), only has a single member (Geert Wildparty at 21 % of the vote), only has a single member (Geert Wilders).

I think you can avoid this with (i) a primary election day for all parties where voters have to choose which party to vote for OR (ii) a Labour - only primary election day where people who want to vote have to register first.

For example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it winFor example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it winfor the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it winfor the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it wins).

First, unless the party decides otherwise, no one not registered for a party may vote in national races, of which the presidential one is the only one in the US.

As far as I know, no party has allowed people registered for other parties to vote in their primaries, only people registered for no party.

Lazio on the Conservative ballot creates the awful choice for Conservatives of voting for Paladino to defeat Cuomo versus voting the Conservative line to give the party its needed 50,000 votes thereby helping Cuomo by taking away a vote from Paladino, the only candidate who can beat Cuomo.

«Anyone you vote for as mayor will take action on housing, will take action on policing, will take action on transport, but we are the only party proposing to do it in a way that actually incorporates the needs of everybody in the capital,» she says taking a seat in the top of floor of the WEP's studio, nursing a cup of tea as another April shower lacerates the windows.

Whilst it is true that most (but not all) Republican and Democratic primaries are open only to registered party supporters, the American party system is much weaker - with party affiliation only being a weak identifier for a much broader ideological spectrum, and you don't have to pay membership dues to vote - so in effect, the primaries are open for almost anyone to vote in.

In a parliamentary career of 29 years, I have only voted once against my party, over the Options for Change defence programme.

These people by definition only make enough to hover around the poverty line and like the first group discussed here can be expected to vote heavily, though not exclusively for the Democrat party.

The Conservative Party told anti-Europeans that a vote for Mr Cameron was the only way to ensure that Britain had a chance to reject EU membership.

But I guess that if forced to choose between those two and only those two (and the first - past - the - post system effectively does force people as far as elections are concerned), they will likely vote for candidates from the Democratic Party.

Unionist voting would undoubtedly help the Conservatives — the party only has one MP in Scotland right now, but this would put them in line for double figures.

According to our analysis of the 2002 election, a typical member of the labour force was only 4.7 percentage points more likely to vote for a center - right party if he was an insider than if he was an outsider (and this difference was not statistically signifi - cant).

All the major parties will campaign for a vote to stay in — there will only be a few defectors from the Tories.

Mandatory reselection replacing existing trigger ballots, sitting MPs currently forced to go up against challengers only if a local party votes for a contest, would threaten existing union - backed figures so Momentum's free - for - all enthusiasm isn't widely shared by the industrial brothers and sisters.

Holding only 84 seats in the parliament, the Socialists engineered a coalition with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a mainly ethnic Turkish minority party, which had 36 deputies, thus securing a total of 120 votes in the 240 - member parliament.

Before, it was still preferential, but if you voted above - the - line you could only vote for one party and the preferences would be distributed according to a list registered by the party before the election.

I've only heard of people «tactically voting» — whereby they don't vote for their first choice, but their nearest choice that contends with an incumbent or person / party they don't want — over the...

The Working Families Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking party leaders» thinking said.

So on whether if at future election and if APC my party would fly I would say yes, only an insane, short sighted and corrupt Nigerians would vote for PDP again in this country, never and God forbid.PDP is a dead party.

In Poland, where I live, the main libertarian party (which might be the only one for all I know) has been doing a really bad job winning votes so far.

A first - past - the - post election can have a spoiler effect, where people vote strategically for one of the larger parties because their actually preferred party has only a very small chance of winning.

«We are in the midst of Brexit negotiations so this election will provide a perfect opportunity for the 52 per cent to vote for Ukip, the only party wholeheartedly committed to a clean, quick and efficient Brexit.»

That figure drops to 11 % of people who also intend to vote for UKIP in the 2015 general election (or 14 % counting only people giving a party choice).

I hope so, because this is the only person in Labour with the right package of common sense, intellect, and boldness to make it a party worth voting for.

Only one percent voted for Cuomo on his Women's Equality Party line, despite sweetly - worded ads made by Cuomo's female family members.

Perhaps surprisingly, only 17 % of this group planned to vote for UKIP, suggesting that they are not quite the party of English Nationalism that Nigel Farage has suggested during the campaign.In Scotland, meanwhile, 56 % of those who considered themselves «strong Scottish Nationalists» planned to vote for the SNP, and just 19 % planned to vote Labour.

The 2015 general election saw a large vote in Essex for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), with its only MP, Douglas Carswell, retaining the seat of Clacton that he had won in a 2014 by - election, and other strong performances, notably in Thurrock and Castle Point.

Some 30 per cent did not vote at all in 2010, and only 12 per cent voted for other parties, approximately half of whom were Conservative supporters.

The group did not support Cameron's plans for English - only votes on English laws, but Bradshaw said the party leadership was not speaking «clearly or loudly enough» on devolving power to England, adding that the party had to be «clear we are fighting for England».

52 %, however, feel that UKIP feel the same.This doesn't necessarily mean that people will vote UKIP, however; only 13 % of those who held as strong a view about the EU as UKIP voted for the party.

Although the Agreement only refers very broadly to transferable tax allowances for married couples (Conservatives will vote for; Liberal Democrats will abstain), it's reasonable to presume that the restriction set out by the Party during the election will apply: namely, that the allowance is only transferable -

British Election Study data released today (collected between February and March 2014) shows that 17 % of people intend to vote for UKIP in the May European Parliament elections (23 % when counting only people giving a party choice, excluding «don't know» responses).

Hawkins said that candidates for public office in New York should run on only one line, rather than cluttering up the ballot with fake third parties and independent lines whose main function is patronage and vote - buying.

This forces MPs into difficult choices as either parliamentarians who want to defend and extend our democracy or party representatives made to vote for leaderships that see only Whitehall power.

The only explanation I can think of is that these two Muslims thought they were voting for the Bangladesh National Party although that's hardly redeeming them in my eyes!