Sentences with phrase «split vote»

Similar things happen in politics when two parties appeal to the same kind of voters, splitting their votes between them and allowing a third party unpopular with the majority to win the election.

He insisted, however, he wasn't in the race to simply split votes with his hated rival.

Then you shouldn't have split your vote by supporting 3rd party candidates.

If you didn't split your vote, maybe you'd be calling the shots here but she lost and with the recent pay to play revelations who isn't glad she lost?

Instead he wants a return to the electoral college, which split votes into three equally - weighted blocks from members, MPs and unions.

Otherwise, the candidates are splitting the vote based on gender and race.

There will always be two parties the way our system is constructed, and they will almost always split the vote around 50/50.

I'm going to cheat a bit and split my vote between two excellent dark comedies that premiered this year, both of which had their own spin on what constitutes dark comedy.

Grisanti weathered challenges in 2012 from multiple candidates — including a Conservative Party candidate who was backed by mainline Democrats — who split the vote in Grisanti's favor.

The presence in the November election of Neil DiCarlo on the Conservative line split the vote on the right for Saland, and provided Gipson with a narrow path to victory.

«However, with Amodeo splitting the votes of those opposed to Grisanti, the incumbent appears to be in a commanding position,» Greenberg continued.

Gipson won election to his first term in the Senate when a vote in favor of legalizing gay marriage by former Republican state Sen. Steve Saland led to Republicans and Conservatives splitting their votes between Saland, R - Poughkeepsie, and Conservative candidate Neil DiCarlo, of Putnam County.

When the Orland Park Police Department Awards Committee split its vote for the 2012 Officer of the Year, the department decided to bend the rules: It recognized two officers for their outstanding work instead of one this year.

Both proposals share common ground in remaking the library's board of directors, which failed to force Galante to take a temporary leave of absence in a 9 - 9 split vote earlier this month.

If Cuomo wins because Lazio and the Conservative Party splits the vote against Cuomo, Paladino voters will blame Lazio and the Conservative party.

«Because splitting the vote between the Monroe County Republican Party and the Monroe County Conservative Party will assure the reelection of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.

These recent failures may encourage Republicans to avoid splitting the vote by uniting with conservatives and nominating Stefanik.

The following lists are as presented and adjusted for ties — the list is 10, no more, no less, unless the person stacked multiple titles in the «10» spot and split the votes accordingly.

If he runs as an Independent or an Alberta Party candidate, even if he doesn't win, he could just split the vote enough in the riding to let a Progressive Conservative squeak in.

But last night coup plotters were adamant only one will be allowed to take on Mr Corbyn if he is on the ballot paper - to avoid splitting the vote against him.

Doheny doesn't yet have competition for the GOP nod, since the man he defeated in the primary last year, Doug Hoffman, (the Tea Party darling of the 2009 special election, who forced former Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava out of the race and then split the vote with her, costing the Republicans a seat they'd held for more than a century), hasn't yet decided whether to run.

Former Obama Administration advisor Clyde Williams, like Wright a Harlem resident, finished with more than 10 percent of the vote, worrying Wright supporters that Williams» presence in the race split the vote in the black community.

On the right, the Republican candidate, Alderman Ron Polacco (R - Ward 6) will likely split the vote with fellow Republican Richard Cahill Jr. who came in a distant third in the GOP primary but still holds the Conservative Party line.

Brooklyn District 40 (Flatbush and Prospect Lefferts Gardens): Mathieu Eugene won an underwhelming victory over Brian Cunningham and Pia Raymond, who split the vote, allowing Eugene to squeak through.

Resolutions were passed in a 3 - 2 split vote at Tuesday's town board meeting to appoint directors and deputy directors for the general services, public safety, parks and recreation, environmental waste management, information technology and maritime services departments.

If one of the other supporting actors from Les Miserables had made it in, like Eddie Redmayne or Samantha Barks that could signal a Les Miserables win (it could still win if Argo and Silver Linings split the vote).

Republican members of Indiana's Congressional Delegation split their votes on the latest budget deal which funds the government for the next two years, lifts the...

In 1986 he stood unsuccessfully for election as deputy chief whip, failing because of the antipathy of Scottish Labour MPs who resented his views on devolution, but in 1987 he won the election with a three - way split vote over Peter Snape and Andrew Bennett.

Instead we've got these people splitting the vote and letting Corbyn in via the back door.

As British Columbians should know rather well, the biggest determinant in the outcome of many Canadian elections is which side of the political spectrum splits its vote.

Romney's strategy is to sit on his 20 % while the other GOP contenders split the vote and destroy each other.

A plurality of self - identified white evangelicals voted for Trump (40 %), while the majority split their votes between Ted Cruz (34 %), Marco Rubio (11 %), and John Kasich (10 %).

The 23 - year - old said research showed the youth split their votes «pretty evenly» between the Greens, Labor and Liberal, and he urged fellow parliamentarians to support the bill.

Lotta candidates, two players from the same team splitting votes, et cetera.

More than anything, both county's Democrats feared splitting the vote, so they withdrew their support for Lavender.

I can think of several races in which a three - way contest split the votes on the right and benefitted the Democrat — Scozzafava - Hoffman - Owens?

With no option to specify preferences, voting for the actual Libertarian party would split the vote making it even less likely that someone who represents their position would be elected.

As a black man running against three white women, CM Jackson could capitalize on a possible split vote below 125th Street and win by capturing the black and Latino turnout.

With a thick field of 11 contenders, candidates could split votes narrowly, Zykofsky argued, and should not be able to reap the entire crop of delegates.

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The lessons of the SDP splitting the vote in the 80s still ring in more sensible ears.

While Astorino has not yet formally announced his candidacy, he has made a number of clear indications that he is highly likely to run — regardless of the fact that Paladino, the 2010 GOP / Conservative gubernatorial candidate, has threatened to challenge him on the Conservative Party, effectively splitting votes on the right and making a long - shot change of ousting the popular and well - funded incumbent governor all the more difficult.

Saland ended up losing the election, thanks to the presence on the ballot of a Conservative candidate, Neil DiCarlo, with whom the now - former senator split the vote on the right.

That's good news for Owens, since his best shot at victory in the GOP - dominated district is in a three - way race where the right splits its vote.

The democrats should be rejoicing as they watch tea party and republcians split votes.