Sentences with phrase «sympathy vote»

The phrase "sympathy vote" means that someone receives support or votes from others because people feel sorry for them or want to show kindness and understanding towards their difficult situation. Full definition
Many are wondering if the controversial politician ordered to have his badly damaged Prado Land Cruiser V8 at the election grounds to win sympathy votes in the crucial regional election.
The controversial Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Daniel Bugri Naabu failed to retain his position, not even after drawing sympathy votes from his storming the election grounds in a wheelchair as well as towing his mangled accident car to the Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium in Tamale where the delegates conference was held.
The other Guillermo (Babel's Arriaga) might pick up a few sympathy votes to mark the end of his collaboration with Alejandro González Iñáritu, but his fragmentation of narrative (and late - breaking would - be connections tying it all together) invite some people to pick their favorite and least - favorite stories; hardly the way to win an award.
The only times I feel personal life factors into the race is when a contender's bad behavior becomes public (as happened to Eddie Murphy and Russell Crowe's A Beautiful Mind bid) or they grab sympathy votes (such as Elizabeth Taylor's first win or Heath Ledger's one).
Argo will win the Oscar because it's cooler, zippier and more, well, fun, and Ben Affleck's absence from the Best Director line - up will gain the movie as a whole major sympathy votes.
We are fatigued on understanding how and why Samuel Mills could open his mouth so wide to give people evidence that he is NOT from KEEA and is just trying to use his late brother's name to win sympathy votes.
He still could have gone out with a bang... for the sympathy vote and the wow factor.
Berry was voted into the Pro Bowl for the fourth time in his career last week, but for those out there that see the Pro Bowl as a popularity contest or a name - recognition game (which it is, sometimes), I know we both think it's pretty important to point out that Berry's performance this season definitely makes him deserving of the honor — it's no sympathy vote based on his story.
Chris Paul (Clippers vie for the 2 seed with Blake Griffin back and he gets the sympathy vote for having never won an MVP)
Dowd gave the sympathy vote and tried to make a game out of it on morethan one occasion, not knowing that all it takes is a 30 yard wonder strike to turn things and thats what happened.
He is just blaming the NDC for sympathy votes» he stressed.
According to deputy Communications Minister, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, there has been no clear definitive denial of the story by the NPP, which is rather blaming the NDC «just for sympathy votes».
This shows that he and Quinn have talked it all over and are both in agreement and playing a cutesy game to show that he really pulls her strings, and wants her to get the sympathy vote in the next election.
The smart money is on «Argo» continuing its sweep, with the added bonus that Affleck gets a sympathy vote.
The film was either out of the running becasue of Ben Affleck's failure to land a best director nomination, or it started as a sympathy vote that carried it to the win — depending on who you ask.
That might have earned her some sympathy votes, but this was neither the movie nor the performance to push her into the winner's circle.
If this conversation bothers you we can all head over to the Oscar Talk thread and ask for the hundredth time whether Olivia Williams has a shot at best supporting actress or whether people think Annette Bening will get the sympathy vote.
The lovable actress shows some surprising range throughout the movie, particularly during one obligatory scene that panders to the audience's sympathy vote.
Rourke will get the sympathy vote.
He's up against two guys he's lost to before (Jeff Daniels and Kyle Chandler) but the voting process change, which is less submission based than before, could give Hamm the «I can't believe he hasn't won» sympathy vote.
Among the overlooked are Ryan Gosling (Blue Valentine), Paul Giamatti (a Golden Globe winner for Barney's Version), Mark Wahlberg (The Fighter, for which he gets a consolation producer nomination), Robert Duvall (Get Low) and Michael Douglas (Solitary Man), who didn't after all get a sympathy vote for battling cancer.
If you have 4 or 5 late payments, it's not as easy to win the sympathy vote.
This would naturally cause a sympathy vote for the new father; Michelle Kaufmann
This would naturally cause a sympathy vote for the new father; Michelle Kaufmann countered the move by requesting a delay in the debate so that Chad would be sleep deprived for a week, negating the cute baby advantage.
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