Sentences with phrase «popular vote does»

That he lost the popular vote does not change this.

That said, Turow found «there are a lot of unknowns for this generation: we grew up in the recession, we've got a trillion dollars in student loan debt, we don't trust our government (the first political event I can remember is the Lewinsky scandal, and then the Gore versus Bush election, when the popular vote did not get the presidency).»

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Since the popular vote for the Conservatives in 2011 was less than that, Mossop doesn't think Harper will pay any great political price for approving the pipeline.

One of the governance principles is that «Shareholders should be entitled to voting rights in proportion to their economic interest...» In other words, the Group does not favour multi-voting share structures that characterize over 80 companies on the TSX and that have been popular in Canadian IPOs over the last few years (see comments on Aritzia's IPO here).

«Walmart does not pay employees enough», «Walmart is anti-union», «Walmart sells poor quality goods from China», «Walmart is for unattractive people who live in flyover and voted for Trump» are some popular responses (the last one para-phrased a bit by me, but nevertheless one that reflects a prevailing sentiment).

Did you know that Pinterest is now voted the third most popular social networking site behind Facebook and Twitter?

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.

But I also follow the ups and downs of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign, which since 2004, when the Presbyterian Church USA voted to divest from companies doing business with Israel, has become popular among some Christian groups.

Sure, he's definitely got some popular vote because of the angle he's approaching some things and the no - nonsense way he does it, but I just don't think he can't get any further being so cranky.

Do you really think that companies are run by popular vote?

You said, «Very good points, but do you not think there's some flaw there when you can win through the electoral college and yet not the overall popular vote?

Very good points, but do you not think there's some flaw there when you can win through the electoral college and yet not the overall popular vote?

Damian is right, the electoral college doesn't make much sense anymore after being able to tally votes a lot easier, plus, what does it mean when a president wins the electoral college but not the popular vote?

Contra John Yoo, Romney will likely surpass McCain total popular vote when all the ballots are counted and do so by more than a million votes.

Ireland's recent decision to approve same - sex marriage, by popular referendum, has left the country's Catholic reputation in ruins.Of course, this shift didn't come about overnight — secularization has been in the works for some time — but the vote reinforces the feeling of a dramatic break with Ireland's Catholic heritage, and a step into an uncertain future.

Liberal opposition political forces say the charter, which passed last month after being put to a popular vote, undermines religious freedoms and does not guarantee equal rights for Copts, despite an article in the constitution that says Muslims, Christians and Jews have a right to practice their religions freely.

And there's a majority of people out there, since Hillary won the popular vote, that don't buy his act.

I don't know what they expected to happen — Verstappen is not only massively popular, but the same pass won the FIA's «Action of the Year» award, which was also a public vote.

SI.com's Sam Amick did a quick survey of front office types on the most popular prospect behind Davis, and Beal actually tied Robinson with six votes, with Michael Kidd - Gilchrist falling behind.

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.

We don't use the popular vote to elect the President, so what's your point and why even bring it up?

But it does not necessarily follow that the Greens could not do this - they are often a generally popular party among those who do not vote for them.

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.

You do remember he lost the popular vote, right?

Their party lost the popular vote by nearly three million votes, and are doing increasingly poorly with minorities.

Immediately after the referendum I argued that «While, given its royal prerogative, it is not altogether clear whether the government would have to take note of a parliamentary vote [on Brexit], it stands to reason that since the unconventional route of a popular referendum did not produce sufficient grounds to act on, the government has at least a moral duty to listen to the opinion of the body to which it is after all accountable.»

But the DRC has rules and procedures, and one of them is that candidates who don't pre-interview don't get voted on at the straw poll — no matter who they are or how popular they might be.

Likewise, one of the defects of a popular vote system (corrected by the Electoral College) is that rural votes don't get a lot of attention for the same reason.

And does anybody believe that a president of the European Commission elected by a popular vote will be able to bridge differences between creditor and debtor states within the EU?

In both cases, many votes are wasted and there are massive distortions between the make - up of the parliament and the popular vote so the added complexity does not solve any of the problems you set out to address.

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.»

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.

In 2005, Michael Howard's policies of being tough on immigration were extremely popular, but didn't help the Tories win votes.

Unless there are additional rules I don't know about, you could lose the popular vote by literally 100 % and end up as president if you could somehow convince the electors to vote for you «faithlessly».

To say, «all the people you are allowed to vote for are subject to popular vote» is a tautology, but doesn't answer the question, «who is really in charge?»

Also, you raise a good point re: Russia; I didn't make it clear enough in the question but IMHO elections of a tzar don't count - by «elections» I meant popular elections (e.g. majority of population is eligible to vote), not «10 boyars electing someone».

Hundreds of those who did vote in Malliotakis» race, but not for her, cast write - ins, including several for local Democrat Justin Brannan, who is now running for City Council, certain write - ins for presidential candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton, and even gag votes for deceased individuals, such as Elvis Presley, or fictional characters from popular culture, such as Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones.

If the bill does manage to pass, it would be the biggest victory for the National Popular Vote movement to date, not only because New York, with its 29 electoral votes, would represent the largest signatory of the compact so far, but also because of the publicity it would lend to a movement that still flies largely under the radar.

No OMRLP candidate has managed to get the required 5 % of the popular vote needed to retain their deposit, but this does not stop people standing.

Does not include popular vote totals from Iowa, Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, Washington, Wyoming, or non-binding primaries

what do you call Bush «winning» in 2000 when Gore won the popular vote?

If Mainers approve gay marriage this time around, the state would be the first to do so by a popular vote.

He said January: «The Conservatives will win the popular vote, but Labour could scrape through as the largest party provided they don't suffer too many loses to the SNP.»

Given that Senators are elected by popular vote, does this mean that gerrymandering has no direct effect on the election of US Senators?

The figures do not correlate with national voting intentions, where the «No» campaign is more popular.

how is it democratic that Donald Trump is leading the executive branch while he lost the popular vote (in which case it means that he does not have the support from majority)?

mvy, you make a great argument on how the constitution does not specify how electors are awarded, but you fail to mention that the constitution clearly states that only the House of Representatives member is elected by popular vote.

He did not gain a majority of the popular vote but he won broadly enough that he had a decisive mandate in the electoral college.

Another theory is that people do it not merely because of the chance of changing the outcome of an election, but because it's an act of civic duty, although economist Steve Landsburg, in his popular book «The Armchair Economist», counters «But that ignores the fact that voting takes time away from other more productive acts of civic duty.

@Josua Except in the legal sense, which is the only meaningful in a State of Law (think of Pres. of the USA who did lost the popular vote but were elected).