Sentences with phrase «popular vote runs»

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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).

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

A direct election by popular vote would be one, but would require a run - off mechanism.

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.

From the thirteen candidates in the running, even the five most popular candidates only receive between 5 % and 18 % of votes; thus, falling far behind the 40 % required for a win in the first round.

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.

At the European election in June the Conservatives beat Labour in the popular vote in Wales for the first time in living memory, and if the findings of this poll were replicated at the general election, it looks like being a close run thing again at the general election.

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.

While Astorino has not yet formally announced his candidacy, he has made a number of clear indications that he is highly likely to run — regardless of the fact that Paladino, the 2010 GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate, has threatened to challenge him on the Conservative Party, effectively splitting votes on the right and making a long - shot change of ousting the popular and well - funded incumbent governor all the more difficult.

E.g., in 2016 elections, while candidates from 4 parties ran for President; the two «main» parties» candidates combined got 96 % of popular vote and 100 % of electors.

CITY HALL — During her eight - year reign as City Council Speaker, Christine Quinn has been accused of running the group with an iron fist — doling out cash to supporters while stripping the same from dissenters, and holding back broadly popular bills from coming up for a vote.

The only opposition candidate left was the popular and unconventional ex-foreign minister, Raffi Hovanessian, who despite running a surprisingly effective campaign on the Heritage Party's ticket, only garnered 37 % of the popular vote compared to Sargsyan's 59 %.

If the judge again rules in the parent union's favor at a hearing later this month, parents who signed the trigger petition will vote Oct. 18 on one of two local nonprofit charter operators that submitted bids to take over Desert Trails in the fall of 2013: the Lewis Center for Educational Research, which runs a popular charter school with a focus on science and project - based learning, and LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, which partners with a university and has a focus on classic literature.

Your vote applies to both categories, since the Popular Vote winner is the one with most votes and the artists who run for PIPA Online are the five with most vovote applies to both categories, since the Popular Vote winner is the one with most votes and the artists who run for PIPA Online are the five with most voVote winner is the one with most votes and the artists who run for PIPA Online are the five with most votes.

They also are the only artists who run for the other prize of R$ 20,000 — PIPA Popular Vote Exhibition in which the winner is elected by the visitors of the exhibition.

The four artists are running for PIPA (a R$ 100,000 prize) and PIPA Popular Vote Exhibition (a R$ 20,000 prize).

During the run of the John Moores Painting Prize exhibition, visitors will be invited to vote for their favourite painting to win the popular Visitors» Choice Award, sponsored by Rathbones.

It's also hard to see how an «awful candidate» won the popular vote by almost 3 million votes when running against three other parties.