Sentences with phrase «recent general election»

For proof, one only has to consider the events that followed the most recent general election.

Meanwhile, before this week Bloomberg had already opened a nearly twenty - point lead over Spitzer in recent general election polls.

The party also polled weakly in the Dublin West (5.2 %) and Longford - Westmeath (6.7 %) by - election contests, a trend made more sobering by the fact that both of these figured amongst Labour's strongest constituencies in terms of support levels at recent general election contests, including the 2011 election.

A fundamental weakness of Labour's recent general election campaign was the failure to offer voters hope of a return to prosperity.

Labour stood candidates against «Conservative» Speakers at three relatively recent general elections: both election of 1974 and again in 1987.

The check was again mentioned in the party's most recent general election manifesto, which stated «we will build on the success of the phonics screening test.

Academic studies suggest around 10 % of voters say they voted tactically in recent General Elections.

(If we look at the 1987 case study — we see Labour won 6.5 % of the vote in the 1987 General Election and won 12 seats, but it is also worth noting that they did not contest nine constituencies in that election, whereas their 7 % national vote is being distributed across all forty constituencies in this analysis, as with the most recent general elections in which Labour has contested all constituencies.

Data shows that 87.3 % of the electorate voted in the Scottish referendum compared with little more than 60 % in recent general elections.

Some 3 million were missing from registers at the recent General Election, which is around twice the number that were missing in 1997.

As I predicted on this blog in January and contrary to many commentators» expectations, the referendum engaged more voters than recent general elections.

Since the recent general election, there has been a noticeable upswing in the number of Conservatives fretting about inequality, material hardship and issues with the current economic system.

State law defines an established political party as any party whose candidate for a statewide office received at least 2 percent of the total votes cast that office in either of the two most recent general elections.

This petition must contain signatures equaling at least 2 percent of the total number of votes cast for United States Representative in the most recent general election.

SB 350 amended this requirement, providing that a candidate for statewide office must to win at least 2.5 percent of the total votes cast for that office in either of the two most recent general elections in order the party to retain recognition.

Labour seat level estimates in most of the poll analyses I have carried out in the years leading up to the recent general election were quite stark, highlighting the fact that our PR - STV electoral system is proportional but only to a limited extent.

In Spain's recent general election, which was marked by a victory for the conservative People's Party, Spain's young Green party (EQUO) doubled its vote from the previous election.

Tactical voting will unquestionably leave its mark on Thursday, just as it has in all recent general elections.

The Akwa Ibom state Liaison office in Abuja has been locked down by protesters over the alleged failure of Governor Godswill Akpabio to fulfill his promise to pay each staff N50, 000 for travelling home to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the recent general elections.

In light of the result of the recent General Election, and the subsequent coalition agreement between my party and the Liberal Democrats, the issue of electoral reform has been propelled to the political centre - stage.

The post-election wave of the British Election Study (BES) Internet panel allows us to take a closer look at possible causes of the polling miss during the recent General Election.

In the two most recent general elections, seeking a consensus package on party funding reform was listed in the manifestos of the (then) three largest parties.

At the most recent general election in 2017, Labour won 7 seats in Scotland — improving on its performance two years previously — with 27.1 % of the vote, and was the third - largest party behind the SNP and the Conservatives.

Imagine that members of the 8th National Assembly had announced during the recent general election campaigns exactly how they were going to tear up section 308 of the 1999 Constitution (which protects the president, vice president, governors and their deputies against civil and criminal proceedings while they are in office) to grant their leaders immunity from prosecution for corruption and money laundering.

Political parties whose principal candidate received less than 5 percent of the total votes cast for all candidates for Michigan Secretary of State at the most recent general election are considered non-major parties and can not nominate their candidates by primary election.

He said the recent general election saw Ed Miliband's «Hampstead geek» lose to Cameron's «Eton posh boy who has forgotten the price of milk».

It was time for the party to hold a thorough debate on policy following its «second - worst defeat since 1931» at the recent general election, he said.

The recent General Election brings much continuity in government.

It perhaps sowed the seeds which led to Phil Woolas» unforgivable leaflet in the recent general election.

The two MPs have been appointed their new role in Theresa May's ongoing reshuffle following the recent general election.

The most recent general election was held in November 2016 for districts 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9.

With the recent general election passing, it is interesting to see what developments have been supported by what parties and what impact these developments will have.