Sentences with phrase «says vote splitting»

Kenney says vote splitting leveraged Premier Rachel Notley's NDP to majority government in the 2015 election, and only a united conservative party can prevent a repeat in 2019.

Not exact matches

MeadowlaRk Lemon says: «So stop fragmenting winnable seats and develop a strategic approach to end vote splitting.»

Kenney has said only a merger can prevent vote splitting in the 2019 election and another election win by Notley.

The vote was almost evenly split among Protestants in non-mainline churches, which Barna says is a result skewed by the fact that more than 90 percent of blacks voted for Gore.

Anyway, the split during the vote was by party, and all MPs with a «muslim heritage» (Razzy Hammadi, Ibrahim Aboubacar, Malek Boutih, Kader Arif, Chaynesse Khirouni, Pouria Amirshahi, Kheira Bouziane, Boinali Said) did vote in favor of gay marriage, even the one from Mayotte Boinali Said (over-seas department with a Muslim majority).

Green Party leaders split somewhat from their minor party colleagues, saying they would like to see an end to so - called fusion voting (which, by the way, the governor has so far NOT proposed), insisting that third parties should end their habit of cross-endorsing major party candidates in order to maintain their autonomy and remain ideologically pure.

That is, let's say that there was a constitutional amendment in place that, instead of abolishing the electoral college, required that the votes be split in each state (somewhat like ME and NE but simpler.)

The remainder of the vote was split among three other candidates: Mohamed Daoud Chehem, also a USN coalition candidate, and independents Mohamed Ali Moussa, Hassan Idriss and Abdurahman Djama, Omar said.

«We're outraged that these white men... split up our vote,» said Democratic District Leader Elmer Blackburne.

Kato split with his House Republican colleagues and voted against the GOP budget, saying it would be particularly bad for New York families.

«It splits its ticket like no other town I've ever seen,» he said, noting that in 2016, Amherst cast its presidential vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton while turning to Republican Michael H. Ranzenhofer for state Senate.

But when the two sides split into caucuses, Democrats said they would not vote for the bill without Republican support, legislators said.

Hanna, a three - term Republican from Oneida County, said he will split with the GOP on the defunding legislation, scheduled for a vote at about noon Friday.

The prime minister said: «If Scotland votes yes, the UK will split, and we will go our separate ways forever.

Ursula Rozum, the Syracuse - area Green Party candidate running in the NY - 25 against Democrat Dan Maffei and GOP Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, says she is donating $ 4,250 in campaign contributions she received from a wealthy Florida couple she believes is trying to split the vote in the race.

But other voices say the Tories need to build bridges with the eurosceptic party or risk splitting the right - wing vote and letting Labour in.

«In a perfect world, you have more sort of negative types of news, more negative sentiment out of Washington and Republicans in a Trump White House — which makes them even more unpopular — coupled with both Donovan and Grimm on the November ballot... splitting into each other's votes and a strong Democratic opponent, one that's very well - funded,» he said.

«Splitting the vote of those who want to look afresh at our relationship with Europe is not helpful,» he said.

New York's Junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she will support what she calls an imperfect deal while New York's Senior statesman Chuck Schumer is splitting with democrats and will vote against the agreement.

In a stark warning of potentially damaging splits in the Tory / Lib Dem coalition, Bob Russell said: «I can't see myself at the moment voting for the budget.»

The Working Families Party, though, has pledged not to split the vote and has said it would take Ms. Nixon's name off the ballot if necessary.

«The vast majority of voters understand there are different candidates running for different offices, and there probably will be a lot of ticket splitting this year,» he said, referring to those who vote for a presidential candidate from one party and down - ballot candidates from another.

• James Forsyth at Coffee House says that Cameron would consider backing a «No» vote in certain circumstances, and that there could be a Conservative party split when the renegotation talks are over.

Former attorney general says ruling on prisoner voting by European court of human rights offers way out from split

King, who after several long days and nights of campaigning said he was exhausted, brushed aside any idea that the winner of the race may not be strong enough to withstand a future challenge, with the possibility of fewer opponents to split the vote.

The senator has said he will take his fight for the nomination to the Republican convention floor and gain the votes of state committee members who will split with their party chairs.

In YouGov's final poll of the year only 24 % of people who said they'd voted Lib Dem in 2010 said they'd support the party tomorrow, with 25 % saying they'd vote Labour and 25 % saying don't know (the remainder split between voting Tory, Green, other parties or not voting at all).

One former Tony Blair adviser said the decision signalled «the end of the Labour party», with fears that the membership will simply vote the hard - left leader back in and cause a terminal split in the Labour party.

The FT says that, as well as the long - awaited Chilcot report on 6 July addressing the last Labour government's conduct in the run - up to the Iraq War, Tory MPs believe Mr Cameron could call an early vote on Trident — an issue on which the Conservatives are united whereas Labour is split.

«To say that we will split the vote is to say only black people vote for black people.

Men are evenly split, with 45 percent saying they'd vote for Schneiderman and 45 percent opting for Cahill.

He said the parties reached an understanding on two groups of people who could vote, splitting the teachers from paraprofessionals.

This is still a live issue today with «say on pay,» voting rules on directors, shareholder proposals, splitting the role of CEO and Chairman, etc..

Bringing a vote to the floor, one patent lobbyist said, would likely have split the Democratic caucus, especially because many rely on trial lawyers for substantial campaign donations.