Sentences with phrase «seat advantage»

It is a different scenario for minority administrations with a larger seat advantage over the official opposition.
The fourth yellow bar shows that after the 1925 general election, Arthur Meighen's Conservatives held a 17 - seat advantage in MPs over Mackenzie King's Liberals: 116 to 99.
The Grit seat advantage over the Progressives was 52, and, coincidentally, the King government did not face voters for another 47 months following their minority win.
It looks like a folded comfortable car seat and its legs can be lifted up and it turns into a tiny bed with a car seat advantages and is absolutely safe, besides it's portable.
Van Hollen's remarks came amid growing concern among party officials that the House Democrats are in danger of seeing their 39 - seat advantage erased this fall.
Republicans went from having a 14 - seat advantage following the 1991 elections to being at a 10 - seat disadvantage after the 2017 elections.
That means Republicans hold a seven - seat advantage heading into the 2018 cycle.
And if you combine the four of them, the GOP would probably be lucky to come out 2012 with the same seat advantage it has now.
November 14, 2012 • Sen. - elect Angus King of Maine, who cruised to victory last week running as an independent, said Wednesday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats, giving them in effect a 55 - 45 seat advantage next year.
Many observers predict Republicans will lose their narrow majority in the Senate, but most consider the GOP's 247 to 188 seat advantage in the House of Representatives safe.
Finally, in 1979, Joe Clark's Tories enjoyed a 22 - seat advantage over Pierre Trudeau and the Liberals, with 136 MPs to 114.
After the 1972 general election, Pierre Trudeau's Liberals held a mere two - seat advantage over Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives.
In the chart above, the vertical yellow bars show, in ascending order from left to right, the seat advantage held by each of Canada's minority governments over its official Opposition.
From 1992 to 2016, the Democratic and Republican parties both claimed small majorities, the largest being from 2012 to 2014 when Democrats had an eight - seat advantage.
Her unexpected decision could make it more difficult for hopeful Republicans to win back the majority in the chamber where Democrats currently hold a 53 - 47 seat advantage.
Between 2003 and 2017, Democrats held their largest majority following the 2017 elections when they held a 10 - seat advantage.
A poll by the Haaretz newspaper gave the ruling party a two - seat advantage over the opposition Labor Party, 25 seats to 23.
In 1990, Governor Mario Cuomo asked former vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro to recruit women to run in 14 districts across New York where Democrats believed a campaign on feminist issues could help the party gain a majority in a state Senate where Republicans held just a four - seat advantage.
Perriello's win means that Democrats will hold a 257 - to - 178 seat advantage over Republicans in the new Congress that will convene next month.
* In the 107th Congress, the 50 - 50 Senate was in Republican control from January to June 2001 and in Democratic control from June 2001 to November 2002, with a 1 - seat advantage.
With Republicans holding a 231to 202 seat advantage in the House (Rep. Bernie Sanders is an Independent; California's 48th district is currently vacant), the majority party has a very small margin for error if it hopes to pass the budget - cutting package.
That single - seat hedge could have proved crucial, as Brooklyn State Senator Simcha Felder — a nominal Democrat — has caucused with the Republicans since his election in 2012, and has announced his intention to do so again this session, granting the GOP a one - seat advantage.
In the House, the Democrats have a narrow six seat advantage.
With a GOP majority so fragile a well - timed sneeze could blow it apart (another defecting Democrat, Brooklyn State Senator Simcha Felder, gives the Republicans just a one - seat advantage), the IDC can provide the votes necessary for a quorum if somebody falls ill, leaves the chamber or gets arrested.
The party's sole foothold is the State Senate, where it has a one - seat advantage.
That said, the Yaris is one of the more accomodating superminis, and the GRMN only really takes away some of the rear - seat advantage that the Yaris offers over its Fiesta and Corsa rivals.
Maybe we should just use credit cards and not fly any more advantage member since year one with 10million miles — and not from credit cards — butt in a seat
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