Sentences with phrase «popular vote for»

Only 24 states and the District of Columbia bind their electors to their state's popular voting majority, meaning electors from the remaining states are free to switch their votes to reflect the outcome of the national popular vote for president, should the Electoral College vote prove out of step with the popular vote.

However, it is possible to effectively institute a national popular vote for president without getting rid of the Electoral College, and without a Constitutional amendment, via the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.

In the former case, a particular law will have been passed by the legislature and then it is put to a popular vote for affirmation / overturning, and in the latter case a new law is proposed by the people (generally through a petitioning process) and then voted on by the populace.

He had won the popular vote for President, after all.

As former Vice President, the Democratic candidate who won the popular vote for President in 2000, winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, and the subject of the Academy Award winning 2006 documentary An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore is probably the most recognizable global spokesperson on climate change.

Jamie's two dark - underbelly - of - suburbia videos led the popular vote for the show, which included photographs, masks, wall - mounted and freestanding ceramic sculptures, drawings, and books — enough art to fill galleries on two floors.

They've been getting the popular vote for a couple of cycles.

The popular vote for main nationalist party in each of them was as below: Austria -...

He was the winner of the popular vote for President three times — in 1884, 1888, and 1892 — and was the only Democrat elected to the Presidency in the era of Republican political domination that lasted from 1860 to 1912.

A survey of 800 New York voters conducted on December 22 - 23, 2008 showed 79 % overall support for a national popular vote for President.

While I can not change history to repeal the 17th, I can remain an advocate against popular vote for the president.

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.

Responding to the Party's call, they were the decisive factor in the massive popular vote for keeping the new Europe intact.

Republicans have lost the popular vote in five of the last six Presidential elections, and lost the popular vote for Confess, although they have the House because the districts are rigged.

The Republicans lost the popular vote for the House of Representatives by over 1.3 million votes.

In 2013, it lost the popular vote for the first time to the opposition.

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.

Activists who oppose popular voting for state judges say the Massey case illustrates the problems with an elected judiciary.

Not exact matches

For the last 14 years, fans have voted Dale Earnhardt Jr. the most popular driver in Nascar.

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.

During a surreal exchange, anchor David Muir grilled Trump over his continued spreading of the falsehood that millions of illegal ballots were cast in the 2016 election, which Trump had previously said was the reason for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton beating him in the popular vote by 3 million ballots.

But the 1.8 million people who have downloaded the most popular Donald Trump app, called «Trump Dump,» probably aren't going to vote for him: The app is a game where the prize for winning is getting to drop a deuce on the The Donald.

But they have remained too complacent for too long, and now it's doubtful whether even last week's 3 % drop in sterling can turn the popular mood around in the nine days before the vote.

That has intensified every time an establishment figure criticizes those intending to vote for Brexit, whether it be Jean - Claude Juncker, the pantomime villain who heads the European Commission, or Barack Obama (who is genuinely popular and, for the most part, admired in Britain).

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.

[91] After her win in the April 22, 2008 Pennsylvania Democratic primary and a calculation of popular votes that excluded caucuses and included the controversial Michigan and Florida Democratic primaries, Corzine reaffirmed his support for her.

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.

This represented a decrease of 13 seats for the PCs from the previous election in 2001, although the Party edged up slightly in the popular vote.

Politically, the deal remains most popular with Canadians who voted for Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in the 2015 election, and least popular with those who supported Thomas Mulcair and the New Democrats.

Below are the total seat counts and popular vote tallies, by party, for the 2001 Provincial General Election.

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.

ATHENS, Greece (AP)-- Greece's parliament has approved plans to lower the voting age by a year to 17 and adopt a proportional representation system, after years of economic austerity have hammered popular support for traditionally dominant political...

Despite holding the large majority elected MLAs, the popular vote showed Albertans were closely divided between Alison Redford «s Tories who finished with 44 % compared to an impressive 34 % showing for Danielle Smith's Wildrose Party.

«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).

The election was a landslide win for the PC Party, whom improved both their seat total in the legislature and their share of the popular vote from the 2004 general election.

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.

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.

Below are each party's total seat counts and popular vote tallies for the 2004 Alberta general election.

Numbers can't be established for a «national popular vote» (even one based on a fiction) under a state - by - state system like ours unless all the states have their act together.

«For the first time tonight, same - sex marriage has been passed by popular vote in Maine and Maryland,» said Robert P. Jones, a Washington - based pollster who specializes in questions about politics and religion.

The only reason the popular vote was close is that voters from the intellectual states — alabama, mississippi, arkansas, kansas, nebraska, oklahome, texas — turned out in droves for their candidate (anybody but Obama).

For example, the fundamentalist / terrorist Islamic group Hamas received 65 % of the popular vote in «Palestine.»

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.

The popular vote was 31,710,470 for Richard Nixon to 30,898,055 for Hubert Humphrey.

He won a somewhat larger share of the popular vote than had Buchanan, Huckabee, or Santorum — though he still finished a distant second for the nomination.

The populace must certainly believe so, for it is no exaggeration to say that many a gubernatorial election in Georgia has been carried by means of votes gained at barbecues, and no campaign for Governor is complete without a series of such popular feasts.

Now with being voted «Best Restaurant» for 11 years in a row from readers of Inland Empire Magazine and the «Diner's Choice Award for 2018» from Open Table diners, the hill - top Pinnacle Restaurant at Falkner Winery announces that they will once again be offering their very popular Mother's Day Champagne Brunch instead of their normal menu.

Now with being voted «Best Restaurant» for 8 years in a row from readers of Inland Empire Magazine and the «Diner's Choice Award for 2014» from Open Table diners, the hill - top Pinnacle Restaurant at Falkner Winery announces that they will once again be offering their very popular Easter Champagne Brunch instead of their normal menu.

Each week, two entrants will advance to the final round, one based on popular vote and one Jagermeister - chosen wildcard, aptly named for Roach's gym in Los Angeles.