Sentences with phrase «substantial number of votes»

If it can't get a substantial number of votes in the first round of counting, ballots from eliminated nominees will be redistributed and we suspect most will go to other less polarizing films.

As for UKIP, while it only won one seat, it gained a substantial number of votes.

UKIP won a substantial number of votes at this election, increasing its vote share by 30.5 %, but only won a single seat.

The lawmakers include a few contenders in high - profile races who have missed a substantial number of votes this month.

«The double - vote problem certainly could cost all of the cross-endorsing minor parties a substantial number of votes.»

Obviously, a substantial number of our votes are crossover votes from other parties.

Another small party receiving a substantial number of votes was the Free Democratic Party (FDP), which garnered 10.7 %.

Not exact matches

As The Nation pointed out after the election, «One out of every four Trump voters voted with the Supreme Court in mind, and it's a safe bet that a very substantial number of those see the Supreme Court through the lens of abortion politics... If you can rally voters around abortion, few other issues matter.»

These are the pitchers who should have picked up a substantial number of MVP votes.

The ace political number cruncher Robert (now Lord) Hayward tells me: «Unless something substantial changes in the remaining days of the Euro referendum campaign, the balance of probability is that the nation will vote to leave.»

The 45 % who voted Yes to Scottish independence — as well as substantial numbers of the 55 % who voted No — are eager for further powers to be devolved and for the timetable to be met.

The one really interesting thing in the next general election will be seeing if the Lib Dems will drop a substantial number of seats if their vote share collapses, or whether their MPs really are dug in firmly enough to survive.

Paul: My conclusion that «here must have been a significant number of voters who cast just one vote for John Healey» is based on the premise (admittedly my own supposition) that «There are likely to have been a substantial number of trade union and left MPs who will have voted for both Dennis Skinner and Steve Rotherham».

There are likely to have been a substantial number of trade union and left MPs who will have voted for both Dennis Skinner and Steve Rotherham — almost certainly a clear majority of each of their votes.

There were 75 abstentions, which is not that many - it looks to me as if the number of Conservatives voting against is quite substantial.

NY 21 has added a substantial number of Democrats, but quite a few more Republicans, who will still likely vote for Bill Owens, because Roaming Hands Doheny has started to self - destruct in public.

«I'm convinced that the example of the Cameron Government and the similar commitments to fixing the public finances given by [Liberal leader] Tony Abbott have led Australians living in London to vote for the Liberals in substantial numbers.»

Earlier this year, this vote, long - expected, was mooted to mark substantial number of Conservative MPs voting against the Government.

Actually hacking into voting machines is difficult, he said, due the substantial number and variety of voting technology used in different states.