Sentences with phrase «popular voting against»

Wait for 2018 and see how popular voting against Rump will be.

A 23 per cent yes vote in a popular vote against the background of pretty much unanimous establishment resistance is a major achievement.

Missouri returned Eagleton to the Senate in 1974; he won 60 % of the popular vote against Thomas B. Curtis, who had been his opponent in 1968.

Not exact matches

The Editor - in - Chief of the New Crusading Guide, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako Jnr, has shot down claims of vote - buying against President John Mahama, who was captured in an amateur video, giving a young trader money, during a campaign tour in one of Accra's popular suburbs; Sabon Zongo, near Abossey Okai.

The change corresponds with Clinton's drop in the national popular - vote lead: from a 5.7 - percentage - point lead in our estimate on Oct. 28 to a 2.9 - point lead now — so a swing of about 3 points against her.

This can provide some insulation against the will of the majority, because the representative can vote contrary to the popular will.

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.

This fear of an NRA backlash might, at least in part, explain why Republican senators continue to vote against gun control legislation that's popular with their own conservative constituents.

In 1996, Kerry faced a difficult re-election fight against Governor William Weld, a popular Republican incumbent who had been re-elected in 1994 with 71 % of the vote.

Another example would be when elected officials vote against the party line for the sake of publicly standing when a bill is unpopular (conversely, popular) in their constituency, all while knowing that the majority is comfortable enough that a few dissenting voices (or a few more votes) won't matter.

Many Democrats believe that Cuomo, who is widely disliked in high - level party circles, could be beaten in the 2018 primary by a more popular vote - getter than Zephyr Teachout, the little - known and virtually unfunded leftist Fordham law professor who received a remarkable 34 percent against the governor in 2014.

Labour would have great difficulty in justifying voting against the BC plans and it would reflect badly with their popular support.

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

Mike Homfray, look at the Tories, they were against the state pension free education, the left introduced it, they conceded, moved on in45 they voted against he NHS, labour won the 1950 election, for the Tories to win in1951 ′ they conceded and moved on, in 1967 they were against labour a Keynesiasm, yet labour were popular, despite a few people telling Ted Heath be more right wing he conceded and moved on

Some 40 Labour MPs are still thought to be planning to vote against it: they believe the AV system would end up favouring the least unpopular candidates, rather than the most popular - and fear that could lose Labour seats.

Unlike Massey, Dietl and Faulkner, Malliotakis» candidacy will come with a voting record — including votes against policies popular citywide, like gay marriage or minimum wage hikes.

We are fighting against the Alternative Vote hard; we have excellent candidates in the local elections, a superb mayoral candidate in popular local councillor Ross Grant, and a brilliant parliamentary candidate shortlist.

Her votes against major sections of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 state budgets — omnibus bills that combined popular legislation with controversial policy and basic funding measures — may provide further ammunition for the opposition, according to Sherrill.

The tension culminated in Rhee's being nominated for Teacher of the Year, competing in a vote against a popular veteran whom Rhee thought incompetent.

They are hugely popular with parents and up to now Labour have fought tooth and nail against them including voting against them and what they said today has changed absolutely nothing.»

Every week they were matched up against each other with the fans voting for who they wanted to see grace the cover of the anniversary edition of the popular series.

There will be two different variations of Crowd Play, one where the player has to pick whichever choice gets the most votes (in the case of a tie, the player will act as the tie - breaker), and one where the player can still make the final call themselves, potentially upsetting the masses if they decide to go against the popular choice.

You may be familiar with the popular Brooklyn Takedown competitions that pit amateur cooks against one another in an attempt to win audience votes and street cred.

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.

Recall that Trump recently claimed, with no evidence, that he would have won the popular vote but for two million fraudulent votes supposedly cast against him.

In the race to win the popular votes over the next few weeks, we should guard against exploiting the nationalist concerns (or nationalist pride), by repatriation rhetoric of post-Brexit powers, which could cause a genuine issue for the cohesion of our legal system.