Sentences with phrase «popular vote as»

I don't disagree with the broad sentiment Peter, although a government with 51 % of the seats from only 24 % of the popular vote as we have bow strains FPTP to breaking point.

One example where this was particularly obvious was the 2016 Presidential election, where one candidate won one large state by such a massive margin, and lost many smaller states by slivers of margins, that one single state by itself caused the electoral college result to differ from the popular vote (the state was California - if add up the remaining 49 states and DC, the other candidate comfortably won the popular vote as well as the electoral college).

Not exact matches

Spain's Banco Popular announced on Wednesday after the European close that its board had unanimously proposed Emilio Saracho as chairman and agreed to hold an extraordinary meeting in February in order for its shareholders to vote on the proposal.

As he celebrated his victory of Toronto's recent mayoral election, a triumphant Rob Ford reiterated the catchphrases that gave him a decisive 47 % of the popular vote.

The Cruz algorithm was then applied to what the campaign calls an «enhanced voter file,» which can contain as many as 50,000 data points gathered from voting records, popular websites and consumer information such as magazine subscriptions, car ownership and preferences for food and clothing.

Her work experience ranges from customer management at Organic Valley, a popular organic dairy co-op, to helping Obama get re-elected in 2012 as a Vote Deputy Director at Organizing for America.

Seeing as H1 2017 already has seen 5.65 million Chinese travellers lavishing 290 million baht ($ 8.75 million) 6, this aim seems well achievable, particularly as Thailand is not only one of the most popular vacation spots for Chinese in general, but was also voted the # 1 holiday destination for Chinese this National Day Golden Week by Ctrip.

Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote) and then it's a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation.

That could mean a majority government could be achieved with as little as 34 % of the popular vote.

Kenney may have been less popular than his main rival Brian Jean overall, but as former MP Patrick Brown's own victory in the last Ontario Tory campaign demonstrated, the capacity to bring one's supporters inside a party tent matters more to the outcome of a leadership vote than one's standing in the outside world.

U.S. popular media echoed the European right by trying to frighten Greeks and their sympathizers into believing that the vote is whether or not to remain part of Europe — as if Britain does not have its own currency while remaining part of the European Union.

Popular Wood Buffalo mayor Melissa Blake, who is seeking re-election in this year's municipal vote, would be seen as a star candidate for any party and could easily fill a top cabinet position if elected into government.

In the 2008 election, however, the Party had lost its only seat, and saw its share of the popular vote fall from 9 percent in 2004 to 7 (in the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance Party).

The federal NDP, which picked up three new seats in B.C. in 2011, is using this as a training ground for the 2015 federal vote, both to fine - tune ideas and techniques and to sway popular opinion in the key region.

Clark, named the country's least popular premier last week, can't seem to connect with women (female voters are twice as likely to vote NDP in May, according to polls).

I thought the GOP had recognized by now that they will have to move such things to the forefront if they are to survive as a party that will ever hold the center or elect a president on the popular vote.

The «power of words» jumped up a few places on the chart and peaked as the fourth most - popular topic (behind voting, marriage, and forgiveness) following the release of the Access Hollywood clip portraying Trump's crude remarks on women last month.

So also — although it may be hard to remember the pre-Lewinsky era — Bill Clinton positioned himself as a cultural moderate (abortion would be «safe, legal, and rare») and was elected twice with a minority of the popular vote.

And the orange cakes — well, those got the popular vote, as no one could resist the zesty flavour next to the creamy textures and dark cacao layers.

Stop insulting Arsenal fans, Howe belong were he is now fighting for relegation you want Arsenal fighting for relegation????? Stop this nonsense rarely I find Arsenal fans who want Howe as Wenger replacement and please stop using the word «most popular» if you want to find out the most popular Wenger replacement just write the article about it and we'll vote between Howe, Simeone, Low, and others.

The rapper Eminem, whose «Lose Yourself» was recently voted as the most popular running song in a Runner's World poll, claims he ran 17 miles a day on the treadmill to beat an addiction to alcohol and painkillers, stating that his «addict's brain» led him to get carried away with running.

Sky Sports» users voted for Tottenham duo Dele Alli and Eric Dier as the most popular choices in midfield with 97 per cent of respondents supporting the inclusion of Alli.

His exploits in Liverpool red — whether as a graceful winger, deadly frontman or deep - lying midfield general — made «Digger» one of the most popular players in LFC history and in 2013 he was ranked number a number seven by supporters in LFC's 100 Players Who Shook The Kop vote.

Sky Sports users voted Manchester United's Chris Smalling as their number one choice in defence with Chelsea's Gary Cahill the second most popular central defender.

However, comparing his performance in the 2012 election where he stood on the NPP ticket, it showed that Akufo Addo may not be as popular as his apparatchiks would make the country believ; he only added 188,630 additional votes.

The instant runoff system is considered a very good voting system when choosing between multiple options because it avoids the spoiler effect (e.g. two similar options stealing each other votes so a 3rd candidate who is actually less popular than them wins), doesn't discourage votes for options perceived as underdogs and leads to a compromise most people can agree to.

The EDBC must also ensure, as far as practicable, that the redistribution is fair to prospective candidates and groups of candidates, so that if candidates of a particular group attract more than 50 per cent of the popular vote, including preferences, they will be elected in sufficient numbers to enable a government to be formed (Constitution Act 1934 (SA) section 83 (1)-RRB-.

South Korean MPs are often quoted as saying that they voted for impeachment under the pressure of popular demand, though opposition parties tend to cast this pressure in a positive light.

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Elections is investigating claims initially made by President Donald Trump first made as a candidate that votes were cast illegally, which he later attributed to his loss in the popular vote tally.

The voting threshold necessary to prompt the exit process was never actually decided at all as such prior to the referendum, but assumptions were made by politicians and journalists about what would be politically acceptable to an emergent notion of popular sovereignty.

On the same day his sale of the Buffalo Sabres to Pennsylvania oil and gas magnate Terry Pegula becomes official, Paychex founder erstwhile gubernatorial hopeful Tom Golisano is announcing his intention to try to do away with the Electoral College as part of the National Popular Vote campaign.

The solution is tantamount to a ghost ballot, as the lost ballot would be awarded to the candidate receiving the largest percentage of the state's popular vote.

It is key to note that not all candidates who run for office will receive electoral votes, as they will need to meet a popular vote threshold specific to each state.

We know there is a problem because the popular vote never matches up to seat distribution as well as we'd like.

In theory, it would better match the popular vote... but given the limited number of electors, you'd could still have huge discrepancies from the actual popular vote given demographics (as small populations states still have an advantage over high population states).

More interestingly, as the article's title suggests, the sensitivity of the result to the national popular vote changes dramatically in the two methods, and in 2016, not in Clinton's favor (though 538 is wise enough, as usual, to note that this is specific to 2016 and you can't and shouldn't draw generic parallels to 2020 etc..)

Voter fraud has been a popular theme among Republicans this year, from Trump to state Republican leaders who cite fraud as a reason to make it more difficult to vote.

If, I as suggested earlier on this thread, they get 39 % of the popular vote it is quite possible that Tory + UKIP+BNP in England will top 50 %.

If the result is tight, or if the popular vote gives a different winner to the tally of seats, as much will depend on fixing a narrative in the early stages as straightforward math.

Six years after receiving the most popular votes in any senatorial election in U.S. history, the five - term Democrat has seen sliding favorability ratings as liberals in the Golden State hammer her for not being tough enough standing up to President Donald Trump.

True, it lost overall control of Glasgow, along with North Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire, and trailed the Conservatives as well as the SNP in the Scotland - wide popular vote.

The most effective vote winning policies are ones which are popular on their own, but which also tell a bigger story about the party's values and are consistent with their other policies - opposing the Iraq war and top - up fees were both popular policies, but also clearly signalled to disillusioned Labour voters that the Lib Dems shared their values as a centre - left party of peace and public services.

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As Farron pointed out to me, the party has never done well when the British people get to vote on Europe: «Even in 2009,» (when the party was twice as popular as it is today) «we only won in four of out of the 63 seats we then held at Westminster in the Euros.&raquAs Farron pointed out to me, the party has never done well when the British people get to vote on Europe: «Even in 2009,» (when the party was twice as popular as it is today) «we only won in four of out of the 63 seats we then held at Westminster in the Euros.&raquas popular as it is today) «we only won in four of out of the 63 seats we then held at Westminster in the Euros.&raquas it is today) «we only won in four of out of the 63 seats we then held at Westminster in the Euros.»

For instance, Brown takes aim at Tony Blair who argued that he personally won three elections when factors such as popular discontent with the Major administration and artificial inflation of vote share via the first - past - the - post system may greater explain Labour's landslide victory in 1997 (pp. 67 - 72).

A: New Labour achieved 16 % of the popular vote under the almost as dreadful PR system having enjoyed a huge majority under the old system for ten years.

In the early 19th century, most states did not hold popular elections for presidential electors and the legislature just chose them directly; as time went on, more and more states changed to doing popular vote for them, but as recently as 1876, the Colorado legislature appointed its electors rather than hold an election because it was newly admitted and didn't have the time to do so.

Clegg has indicated that he would not forge a coalition with Labour should it come third in the popular vote — as it is currently placed in opinion polls.

Republican frontrunner Christopher Jacobs is popular, having won more than two - thirds of the countywide vote in his 2014 re-election as Erie County comptroller.

As the Tories have little popularity (the second lowest popular share of the vote for any government) it has been necessary for this project that there is a pretence that this not a return to austerity, after the boost to consumption that helped the Tories get re-elected.