Sentences with phrase «senator electoral vote»

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And take their two senators and 24 congressmen with them, as well as their 38 electoral college votes.

In 2008, Barack Obama won a single electoral vote in the state's Second District against Senator John McCain, though he lost it in 2012 in his more closely fought re-election race against Mitt Romney.

At this point it is tempting to write: «It's hard to imagine a case where politics trumped science more decisively than in the case of Yucca Mountain, where 20 years of research were traded for five electoral votes and the support of a powerful senator,» which seems basically correct, but taken out of context it could be viewed as a criticism of President Obama, which it is not.

So there are a lot of provisions related to voting on a federal level, e.g. the electoral college is described in article II (interestingly, clause 2 says: «Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors -LSB-...]») and the 17th amendment prescribes the direct election of senators in each state -LRB-» -LSB-...] two Senators from each State, elected by the people -LSB-...]&senators in each state -LRB-» -LSB-...] two Senators from each State, elected by the people -LSB-...]&Senators from each State, elected by the people -LSB-...]»).