Sentences with phrase «than in past elections»

And there does seem to be some correlation between parts of the state where the convention vote received the most attention and places where Democrats performed better than in past elections.

Even if these numbers were included, total spending by labor is not significantly higher than in past elections.

Their vote share, and popular vote size, was less impressive than in past elections, but the Tories best effort in this 20 year period was 36 %.

NPR recently reported that Time Warner - owned CNN made roughly $ 100 million more in ad revenues this year than in past election years, as CNN could reportedly approach $ 1 billion in profit this year for the first time in the network's history.

Not exact matches

Facebook, which has consistently reported stronger - than - expected earnings over the past two years, has faced public outcry over its role in Russia's alleged influence over the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

The SHRM survey from June reports HR professionals have seen less political conversation in the workplace as compared with past elections, surmising that it's in part because the presidential race is even more polarizing than usual.

Cambridge Analytica, which rose to prominence through its work with Mr. Trump's 2016 election campaign, has found itself confronting a deepening crisis since reports this past weekend in The New York Times and The Observer of London that the firm had harvested the data from more than 50 million Facebook profiles in its bid to develop techniques for predicting the behavior of individual American voters.

He's said in the past that the company is in better shape this year than it was in the 2016 U.S. presidential election when Facebook said to be used by Moscow to sow discord among Americans.

Catholic News Agency: Former Vatican diplomat predicts Catholic swing toward GOP Jim Nicholson, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, thinks that the Catholic vote remains an important force in modern politics and that more Catholics than in the past will vote for Romney and the Republican Party in the upcoming election.

Elections in the age of low - intensity conflict are generally managed more efficiently than in the past when ballot boxes were stuffed and opposition candidates killed, bribed, or exiled.

Not only do such actions represent a radical departure from past times in America, when government refused to legitimate ethnic - group rights and claims, but they also encourage a polarization rather than unification of our diverse population — a trend that can result only in the eventual creation of de jure ethnic and racial geographic enclaves and political parties, with the appointment and election of individuals mandated along racial, religious and ethnic lines.

In the past several elections, especially in Ohio, Republicans have won the ground game, building a vast and constantly growing network of potential voters identified less by their formal party affiliation than their church membership or magazine subscriptionIn the past several elections, especially in Ohio, Republicans have won the ground game, building a vast and constantly growing network of potential voters identified less by their formal party affiliation than their church membership or magazine subscriptionin Ohio, Republicans have won the ground game, building a vast and constantly growing network of potential voters identified less by their formal party affiliation than their church membership or magazine subscriptions.

In the past few election cycles, Democratic consultants have generally taken a percentage of television ad buys rather than a flat fee, creating an obvious conflict of interest when it comes to determining how a campaign should spend its money.

Notwithstanding last May's SNP election victory, most polls over the past two years have indicated that more people would vote against independence than would vote in favour of it.

There has been more constitutional reform over this period than really ever in history, both in the Lords and in the introduction of different forms of voting than First Past the Post in the European elections and local elections in some places and so on.

And the gap has been less than 80 in nine of the past 16 general elections.

The first set of seats are won in a traditional first - past - the - post election in local areas, where the candidate with more votes than anybody else wins.

«Over the past five years, the city has provided the Board of Elections with more than $ 77 million to make the transition to the new machines, and that doesn't include the $ 85 million in federal funds used to purchase the new machines.»

This is something backbenchers have been pushing for over the past year — and there are more than 100 of them by one count — so not only would a Bill help the party on the doorstep when it comes to the European elections in 2014, but it will also cheer up MPs.

A number of methods of tactical or strategic voting exist that can be used in STV elections, but much less so than with First Past the Post.

The overall point remains, though - Labour have been much better at winning elections recently than they were in the past, despite their declining overall vote share.

Consider that Farley's margins of victory in the past nine two - year election cycles have been less than 20,000 only once.

Cambridge Analytica, which rose to prominence through its work with Mr. Trump's 2016 election campaign, has found itself confronting a deepening crisis since reports this past weekend in The New York Times and The Observer of London that the firm had harvested the data from more than 50 million Facebook profiles in its bid to develop techniques for predicting the behavior of individual American voters.

In part due to fights over charter schools, unions have spent significantly more helping Democrats than Republicans in the past couple of Senate elections, the largest partisan battleground in the state, but as recently as 2012, the reverse was truIn part due to fights over charter schools, unions have spent significantly more helping Democrats than Republicans in the past couple of Senate elections, the largest partisan battleground in the state, but as recently as 2012, the reverse was truin the past couple of Senate elections, the largest partisan battleground in the state, but as recently as 2012, the reverse was truin the state, but as recently as 2012, the reverse was true.

Warren later pointed to Democratic gains across the country and in Massachusetts itself this past Election Day, and higher - than - expected Democratic turnout as proof of that unity.

I would like to see European political parties start campaigning for the next European elections much earlier than in the past.

After losing his war with the Senate Republicans in the past elections, they would like nothing more than to watch the mayor «die» (politically speaking).

But he did raise less over the past six months than Republican general election candidate Paul Massey, Jr., a real estate executive who reported raising $ 1.63 million over the past six months, in addition to his own money he lent the campaign.

And, with Republican donors more excited about the party's prospects than they have been in the past several elections, there should be enough cash to go around.

The past two elections illustrate this: in 2005, Tony Blair turned less than three percentage points into a Commons majority of more than 50, while five years later David Cameron fell nearly 20 seats short of a majority despite a seven - point vote lead.

The Independence Party in the past two elections has meant about 4,900 votes in the First District — less than 2 percent of the vote in a presidential year.

Hawkins» unsuccessful political past hasn't bogged him down — he ran for mayor of Syracuse in 2005 and has run for office in local, city and state government more than 20 times without winning a single election.

State Assemblyman David Weprin (D - Little Neck) swept past Democratic challenger Bob Friedrich in Tuesday's primary, garnering more than 68 percent of the vote with 91 of 102 precincts counted by early Wednesday morning, according to unofficial election results.

Dismissing calls by the APC that the election should be declared inconclusive, Senator Mark said his major concern is on how to ensure that Idomaland is better than it was in the past, adding that strength is in unity.

The Fabians» report said that examining Labour's general election performance over the past 40 years showed that its share of the vote was eight percentage points lower than its poll rating in the second year of the preceding parliament.

In past elections, including the 2013 general election for mayor, the largely well - off neighborhood typically votes for the Republican candidate in greater numbers than much of New York CitIn past elections, including the 2013 general election for mayor, the largely well - off neighborhood typically votes for the Republican candidate in greater numbers than much of New York Citin greater numbers than much of New York City.

Look at the number of those who have not collected is about 750,000 next to Lagos so now if you look at the number of people who have collected who really voted in the past elections you will see that the number of those who have not collected is still more than that of those who voted.

The swing district has changed parties in the past four elections, more than any other district nationwide.

He said unlike in the past, Nigerians had yet to know who to vote for less than a year to the next election, even if they had to dump Buhari.

It was reminiscent of past by - elections when seemingly impregnable Labour fortresses crumble - such as Bermondsey in 1983, Greenwich in 1987, Brent East in 2003 and Glasgow seats more than once.

Such a contest could roil the city's ethnic and racial politics more than any election in the past quarter - century — but not the way most people expect.

There were also signs that Ukip was doing remarkably well in London and the home counties, confirming Farage's claim that he could inflict unpredictable damage to the main parties across England, so leaving them less than a year to win the electorate back before a first - past - the - post general election.

Financial contributions in this year's Buffalo School Board election soared past the amount given in previous district races, with donors putting more than $ 156,000 into the six contests.And that figure doesn't represent the full extent of resources put into the races, since some candidates have neglected to file their final financial reports and others failed to report ca...

For the past few months, voting intention support for minor parties has averaged 14 %, far more than in any General Election in British history.

Dramas from elections past - like the way Michael Foot was nearly sacked as Leader half way through the 1983 campaign, like Kinnock and Hattersley endlessly contradicting each other over Labour's tax plans in 1987, like Kinnock «s «take to the hills» defence policy against a potential Soviet invasion, like the tax bombshell, like Maggie Thatcher's «I want the doctor I want, on the day I want» rant in 1987, like John Major unleashing the soap box in 1992, like Neil Hamilton and Martin Bell slugging it out on Knutsford Heath in 1997, like the Prescott punch of 2001 - seem more vivid than the more measured and choreographed procession of 2010.

Only four parties have been able to secure more than 5 % of the seats in each of the past four elections: the Labour Party (Lab), the Conservative Party (Con), Plaid Cymru (PC), and the Liberal Democrats (Lib Dems).

While FPTP continued to operate to Labour's advantage in the 2015 election, the analysis above suggests that the effect was significantly weaker than in the past, mainly because the party lost its dominant position in Scotland.

Only three parties have been able to secure more than 5 % of the seats in each of the past four elections: the Scottish Labour Party (Lab), the Scottish National Party (SNP), and the Conservative Party (Con).

They'll also talk about which party will control the state senate after the elections and whether state government is functioning better or worse than in the past.

A cynic might argue that with an electoral system that translated slightly less than 40 % of the popular vote into a commanding majority in the Commons, the Liberals — in third place in the polls when they released their proposal — will rue having promised to replace first - past - the - vote elections.