Sentences with phrase «people voted against»

(Mr. Harper's insistence that «the people» must decide reflects his apparent wish to be President and not Prime Minister and tends to overlook that more people voted against his party than for it.)

The Dutch people voted against the, formerly know as, European bill of rights before but got it pushed true anyway by the former government.

«The issue is that the people voted against it twice.»

Let's take just one example to illustrate how our outdated electoral system can not cope with the reality of multi party politics: Simon Wright was elected as the MP for Norwich South with just 29 % of the vote despite the fact that twice as many people voted against him than in favour.

He continued: «In the end the same people voted against us as if we didn't do anything at all.

The Scottish people voted against austerity and trusted the SNP to do that.

But Wilson said that board members were told after the unsuccessful November referendum proposal for construction of a community center that many people voted against the measure because they did not agree that a fitness center should be included.

The last thing we need is another «born - again» Texan in office — look how many people voted AGAINST the last one that was there — that is why we ended up with Obama.

There is no recognition that maybe people voted against a regime that relentlessly and recklessly provoked the ill will of the U.S..

Unfortunatly, the party of ME (republicans) have a lot of people brainwashed to think of no one but themselves and even in that case they have the people voting against their best interests and their own families best interests, it is too bad we have such selfish people in the U.S.

As to your second point, US law can be changed if it's so immoral that enough people vote against it.

She's going to try to win by having people vote against our nominee.

She's wonderful in «Still Alice,» and it's hard to imagine that even people voting against her would much mind seeing her standing there with the Oscar.

Dr. Bynum added that the Morehouse campus» gay organization was overwhelmingly supportive of the ban, with only three of 27 people voting against it.

Not exact matches

«Wait and see what happens on election day because many people who weren't for independence will now go and vote against the police's response.

Exxon Mobil (xom) has stepped up efforts to persuade investors to vote against climate - related proposals at Wednesday's annual meeting with a campaign of calling, writing and lobbying shareholders in person.

They seem to have gotten turbocharged by a ruling in 2007 that permitted people — in practice, mainly hedge funds — to buy shares after a merger has been announced and for the express purpose of voting against it and then seeking an appraisal.

Liz Hutchins of Friends of the Earth, was among about 500 people demonstrating against the drilling proposal outside the Preston town hall while the vote was being taken.

Still, Khodorkovsky is urging people to «get off the couch» and vote next month, arguing against a boycott like that suggested by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

«I don't want a lot of people from another country coming to work here,» says Iris Monn, a young adult who works for the valley administration and voted against the mining project.

But on Tuesday, the PUCN seemed to go against its own data, voting 3 — 0 to create a new rate class that will push up electricity bills for people who have solar.

Unless you indicate otherwise, the persons named as proxies on the proxy card will vote your Shares: FOR the election of each of the nominees for director named in this proxy statement; FOR the ratification of E&Y as Walmart's independent accountants for fiscal 2014; FOR the non-binding advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the company's NEOs; FOR the approval of the Management Incentive Plan, as amended; and AGAINST each of the shareholder proposals appearing in this proxy statement.

The people who voted for the bill decided to sell out the public and vote against the public interest in their own interest and that of their backers.

The vote for change was 246 for and 123 against - the biggest majority in five years confirming that Yindjibarndi people have lost confidence in Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC).

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

Those advertisers then try to get us to do things — buy stuff, vote for people, vote against other people.

Some argue using a permission blockchain would help as it would only allow a few people to fully access the records, but the possibility of having a government official (or just the regular public) know how an individual vote goes against the premise of free and fair elections.

Selma is set in 1965, at a time when black people in Alabama were actively discriminated against by local officials when they attempted to register to vote.

Yeah, those good old days when people could convince themselves they were good christians by voting against interracial marriage.

It's that belief system that causes people to vote and protest against others that don't believe as they do.

I personally voted against it in NC recently, but I don't call people who did bigots.

politicians go against their supposed religious rules all the time; looking at how they voted on previous issues is the only way to tell what kind of person they are.

The people who vote to legalize and enforce discrimination against gay folks are bigots.

If the people really didn't like it they'd vote against it.

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

I am angry at Congress, more specifically any person in Congress who calls himself or herself a Christian and votes against policies and programs for the poor.

He knows that large numbers of people are against gambling and will come out to vote, and that referenda campaigns cost the industry effort and financial resources.

Fine dave, would you feel better if I said «Fvck you and your lazy ass selfish friends who are too lazy to get off your ass and vote, too lazy to bother to understand how the system is stacked against change, too dumb to understand it when it's explained to you, and too self - centered to realize or care that real people are affected by these things.»

I'm so tired of pastors want to tell their people don't vote, I don't believe in this, or that look who are we to judge anyman if he gay that's between him and his God, what about the thief, liar, cheater, should we stand against them to?

People of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, AmishPeople of color have voted and will continue to vote for Barak Obama... The only thing he has done for people of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amishpeople of color is be of color and be the elected POTUS... When Obama's eight years is at an end the person who runs against the next democrat will only have to campaign by stating repeatedly «I am a Republican»... Whatever doesn't go right in his administration will be blamed on Obama just as he blamed his failures on Bush... His signature health care program exempts Muslims, Scientologists, Amish etc..

It is against this background of public moral struggle that the people of Israel prepare to vote on July 23 for their next government, in an election that pits the conservative Likud Party of Menachem Begin and current Prime Minister Yitzak Shamir against the Labor Party headed by two - time loser Shimon Peres.

Let me ask you something Jeremy - I have had people tell me that because I am white, a Christian a veteran and a conservative that I am, a baby killer, a racist (because I didn't vote for Obama) and an anti poor elitist and a homophobe because I am against homosexuality, also that I am a potential serial killer because I believe in the second amendment.

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.

There's really no telling the motive due to the anonymity of the people that voted against the marriage.

BUT you will find a lot of Christians saying that they want to go against abortion and will vote for Romney against the Christian — JESUS TRUMPS ABORTION, THESE PEOPLE HAVE MONEY AS THEIR GOD!

The rationalization of southern baptists is truly mind boggling — the idea that each church is «autonomous» as justification for outright racism is pitiful in this day and age — if the Southern Baptist convention had come out strongly and adamantly against this kind of behavior, I'd have at least a measure of respect for them — but to shrug off a blatant act of discrimination as the «work of the devil» and ignore the deacon's cowardice in wanting to avoid «controversy» is laughable — if it weren't for people having the courage to fan the flames of controversy, women and african american would not have the right to vote today — more evidence of the ignorance of most bible thumpers, and Mississippi in particular

In order to get a large number of people whom they regard as undereducated, easily led sheep to vote against their own best interests, they push emotional buttons, invoking images of Jesus and helpless babies, to make voters think this is what they stand for and want to protect.

He's one of the many fools twisting Christianity to manipulate people who identify themselves as Christians to vote against their best interests.

Instead of listening to these overpaid middle - aged greedy people who are telling us to vote against our own interests and demographics.