Sentences with phrase «to determine the outcome of the election»

When wealth determines the outcome of elections, elected officials will do the bidding of the wealthy.

This means he has the ability to determine the outcome of the election of directors at our annual meetings and to determine the outcome of many significant corporate transactions....

The 2015 budget will still determine the outcome of the election, but not the way the Harper government wanted it to.

However, security concerns may not determine the outcome of the elections, says Adonri.

The full extent of the possible effects of agenda control was first noted by a colourful 18th Century French mathematician, the Marquis de Condorcet who in his famous paradox noted that in a situation with a tie between three options a voter can determine the outcome of an election by voting insincerely on one of their preferences.

If a campaign could persuade thousands of voters in those 50 ridings to vote strategically, countering the perverse nature of our electoral system, it could determine the outcome of the election.

My research has looked in detail attitudes to public policy issues, the prospects for each party, perceptions of political leaders, and the state of play in the marginal seats that determine the outcome of elections.

It follows a week of controversy over Michael Ashcroft's targeted funding for campaigns in the swing seats likely to determine the outcome of the election.

They are paid $ 174,000 annually and are called upon to settle tax disputes, mediate battles over development projects and, at times, determine the outcome of elections.

What I will not accept is for any outside interest or outsider to determine the outcome of the election,» Mark added.

So as the public interest in the race starts to climb, lawyers may find themselves asked (in particular by friends and family who fall into that middle - of - the - political - spectrum undecided group that determines the outcome of every election) to shed some light on the issues of the day.