Sentences with phrase «percent voting against it»

But while 49 percent voted against a candidate in 2012, 55 percent are voting against one in 2016.

With all 17 Lake County precincts reporting, 62 percent of the voters there cast ballots in favor of the bond issue, and 38 percent voted against.

In Adams County, 63 percent voted against lifting the ban.

Not exact matches

The common currency was 0.6 percent lower against the U.S. dollar at 12:30 p.m. London time Monday as traders worried over an independence vote in Spain.

Earlier on Tuesday, CNBC reported that BlackRock Inc., which has a stake in Dell of more than 3 percent, was likely to vote against the buyout.

The open - ended program will not start until next year and central bankers were divided on the new 2 percent inflation target, with two of the central bank's nine policymakers voting against the move.

Fifty - two percent of shareholders voted against Disney's compensation plan for Iger and other executive

Fifty - two percent of shareholders voted against Disney's compensation plan for Iger and other executives, the company said at its annual shareholder meeting in Houston.

The deal requires approval by Pou Sheng's independent shareholders, who own 37.2 percent in total, and could be vetoed if one - tenth of these investors votes against.

* INMARSAT: Investors in Inmarsat voted against the British satellite firm's remuneration report as they made clear their unhappiness at executive rewards for a year in which the company's shares fell 35 percent.

Last year, more than 20 percent of investors voted against WPP's compensation, resulting in it being listed in a new public register set up by the Investment Association.

More than 88 percent of shares voted at the meeting, excluding the 20 percent stake held by Berkshire, voted against the deal.

At its annual meeting Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 55 percent of the bank's shareholders voted against the pay packages that have been granted to Citigroup's top executives, including Pandit's $ 15 million for last year and $ 10 million retention pay.

Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

In all of this, we must NOT forget the 38 percent of the electorate who decided to vote against this proposal in the teeth of this emotive onslaught, especially those who changed their minds (21 percent).

(Overall: 30 percent supported Trump and would vote for him, 45 percent said they would vote for Trump because they did not want Clinton to win, 10 percent would be voting against Trump for Clinton and only 6 percent said they would vote Clinton because they backed her.

They remember that African - Americans gave Republican President Dwight Eisenhower nearly 40 percent of their votes but abandoned the GOP en masse after Goldwater became one of the few Republicans in Congress to vote against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

When saying Merry Christmas has become a bad thing, when we can no longer have the peoples vote counted and respected by judges and elected officials, when health care for aids and other associated dieses is covered, when kids in school have to be subjected to demonstrations of gay bedroom life when the mayor of NY will no longer without reason and against the law rent churches public buildings, when teen pregnancies up 45 percent will be paid for by us the people of the US with all the cost completely covered.

Demonstrating how thoroughly progressive thought — as defined by Abramson — has shattered classical liberalism in Canada's medical ranks, 79 percent of the Canadian Medical Association doctors recently voted against conscience protections for physicians opposed to participation in euthanasia.

With 99 percent of the precincts reporting, 1,300 Wheeling voters approved the referendum to save the Chevy Chase clubhouse versus 900 people who voted against it, according to Tom Busby, superintendent of finance for the Park District.

With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, 2,305 Wheeling voters approved the referendum proposal to save the Chevy Chase clubhouse versus 1,435 people who voted against it, said Karop Bavougian, director of parks and recreation for the Park District.

He told me he has nothing against Wilson, but questioned whether the former hudge fund manager and newcomer to GOP politics would be able to make sufficient inroads among the party rank - and - file to get 25 percent of the weighted convention vote.

Barack Obama's capture of 71 percent of the Latino vote was widely attributed to harsh rhetoric against illegal immigrants during the Republican primaries, including Mitt Romney's promise to make them self - deport.

Endorsement or not, Turner said he will pursue a «Pataki strategy» in the fall against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, hoping to produce a strong showing in the suburban counties and garner at least 35 percent of the vote in New York City.

Using this card, he voted against Reagan 40 percent of the time.

Cahill garnered a little more than 41 percent of the vote, which many Republicans considered a success against the then - popular incumbent, who was a prodigious fundraiser and favorite among labor unions.

Tasini managed to garner 17 percent of the vote against Clinton in the primary, during which she largely ignored him and completely outspent him.

The businessman earned about 40 percent of the vote running against Weiner last year.

She just carried the Big Apple, winning 79 percent of the vote against its hometown boy Donald Trump.

He needs 15 percent of the delegate vote to force an August primary for governor against fellow Democrat Ned Lamont.

Teachout won 34 percent of the vote in her 2014 primary challenge against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014.

Gillibrand won a six - year term in 2012 against Wendy Long, taking 72.2 percent of the vote — a record margin for a statewide candidate.

Gillibrand won a six - year term in 2012 against Wendy Long, winning 72.2 percent of the vote — a record margin for a statewide candidate.

The poll found Lipinski has a lead against a generic Republican, 51 percent to 20 percent, in this district, which voted for Obama by a 14 - point margin in 2012.

If Nixon wins more than 40 percent of the vote in the primary or forces Cuomo into a tough fight against his GOP opponent in the general, it will be a clear sign that New York politics has changed — and those who can't adapt their worldview should start looking for a new profession.

Mr. Williams, a former Democratic National Committee official, only won about 10 percent of the vote against Mr.

Zephyr Teachout, a political unknown just a month or two ago, outperformed expectations to garner 35 percent of the vote in Tuesday's primary against Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Serino had the smallest margin, barely passing 52 percent of the vote against then - incumbent Democrat Terry Gipson, with whom she'll have a rematch in November.

Issoufou, an ally of the West in its fight against Islamist insurgents in West Africa, won the first round comfortably last month with 48 percent of votes but failed to clinch the outright majority required to avoid a second round.

Akufo - Addo polled 5,716,026 of votes representing 53.85 percent against his fiercest rival and incumbent President, John Dramani Mahama's 4,731,277 votes.

Dutchess County Democrat Terry Gipson was one of only four state senators to vote against letting Ulster County reinstate its additional 1 percent sales tax.

A Siena College poll last month showed 57 percent of likely voters would vote against holding a convention.

Because Matheson was unable to secure 60 percent of the vote, he was forced into a June 22 primary against Wright.

De Blasio is also being challenged in the Democratic primary by Queens State Senator Tony Avella and former Brooklyn City Councilman Sal Albanese, who previously ran against de Blasio in 2013 and failed to get one percent of the votes.

Teachout ran against Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary four years ago and surprised many political observers by earning 30 percent of the vote.

On average, turnout levels were almost four percent higher in the constituencies that supported the referendum proposal (64.37 %) than it was in the constituencies that voted against this (60.48 %).

Republican Bob Turner, who drew forty percent of the vote in November against Weiner, is another contender, should the election go forward.

Ten - termer Cahill took 60 percent of the vote last time against Modena county Legislator Kevin Roberts, but that was before Shelley Silver went to jail.

It would be helpful to Schumer, politically speaking, if he wins very big this year — although I'm not sure how he will be able to break his historic 2004 re-election record of 70 percent of the vote (against then - GOP Assemblyman Howard Mills).

If you divide up the Tejada and Lasher votes based on how Jackson and Alcantara did against each other in the six Assembly districts included in the 31st Senate District, Jackson wins a rematch by more than 2,000 votes (54.3 percent to 45.7 percent).