Sentences with phrase «reduce vote splitting»

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is about to vote on a farm bill that will reduce eligibility for food stamps, a move that has caused a partisan split, with most Democratic lawmakers opposing the legislation.

The aim of this is to reduce the effect of split votes and maximizing their chance of removing the incumbent representative.

With the Liberal Democrats reduced to a rump of supporters who are less antagonistic towards the Tories, the right - of - centre vote is looking more split.