Sentences with phrase «vote for one's party»

There currently are only 16 incumbent senators (five Democratic and 11 Republican) who are holding seats in states that did not vote for their party in the last presidential election.

One third of his voters from 2010 now say they would not vote for the party in an election tomorrow.

After the first round of voting for the party's endorsement, those two had a significant lead.

Voters will usually only vote for those parties which they assume to have a realistic chance to get into the parliament.

They have that majority because lots of people voted for those parties.

Most people don't care much about politics but they do know that they wont vote for a party at war with itself.

But in our focus groups, few said they had voted for the party with any enthusiasm.

Voters vote for a party list, but if no party list gets to 50 % those winning over 10 % go to the second round.

The candidates whose names are crossed out do not receive a vote, however the new blank spaces still count as votes for the party on the ballot paper you chose.

Most (80 per cent) also agree that that they would be more likely to vote for a party whose platforms promotes home affordability.

In this voting system, voters vote for the party, not a candidate.

They are unlikely to be quickly or easily be tempted to vote for the party for the foreseeable future.

Is it possible that a voter chooses not to vote for a party because he / she only rejects, say, 60 % of a party's policies?

By base voters, I mean people who always vote for their party's candidate.

One way round this is AV +, in which there is a «top - up» - an extra group of MPs whose election is based on regional votes for parties.

One in four Labour voters are less likely to vote for the party following the referendum campaign, a leaked internal survey shows.

At the end of the day, there will be a government that calls the shots, while you may consistently vote for parties that do not make it in the government.

PR means voting for a party machine rather than a local individual.

The open list system is designed to give voters a choice between voting for a party and individuals.

Above all, citizens could vote for a party closest to their views.

42 % of those say they would not vote for the party today.

Many voters used to be put off from voting for his party by the «wasted vote» argument.

Or put another way, people don't usually vote for a party that will have no influence in policy.

At the same time, he has to hold on to those who did vote for the party in 2010.

Vote for the party which promises to implement it.

Political pundits say that people vote for the party, the party leader and the local candidate in that order of priority.

None and the opinion of those who didn't vote for the party won't even be sought.

AV +, advocates a «top - up» - an extra group of MPs whose election is based on regional votes for parties, he explained.

Hung parliaments are increasingly likely under FPTP given that an increasing proportion of people vote for parties other than the historically big two.

If voting for a party other than Labour was a hard decision for many, it was also a revelation — even a liberation.»

Scottish Tory leader says voting for party has «become countercultural for many people in Britain»

Peter Oldham QC and Julian Milford act for Labour Party in High Court challenge to NEC decision on eligibility to vote for party leader.

Paradoxically, that should worry Labour's leader, for the party is haemorrhaging support among people who voted for the party in May but currently back air strikes.

«[The elite] know that Muslims will never vote for a party with Christian roots, so with the huge volume of Muslims, the conservative parties will be crowded out of power.

A NP ballot for a party allows a vote for the presidential nominee, but does not allow votes for party leadership positions.

There are those who believe it's time to do away county committee votes for party nominees for state level seats, perhaps by shifting to the New York City system, which requires non-partisan special elections to fill vacancies.

He told host of Abusua Nkomo Kwame Adinkra, the Vice Presidential Candidate is currently being hailed by his party for peddling all manner of falsehood to win votes for the party but warned that such a conduct could haunt him in the pursuit of his political career.

At the same time, Labour won just eight seats (of 139) in the South East and South West of England regions despite 1.3 million people casting votes for the party in this area.

One thing on the figures versus voting intentions — people may well vote for a party of which they disapprove (I suspect many Labour voters at the last election for example) as the lesser evil or whatever.

He opined, «we have all the ammunition that we can unleash in the 2016 campaign to win more votes for our party.

On doorsteps, disenchanted Labour voters are vehement they will never vote for the party again.

He might be able to make a new Conservative Party out of the failures of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta and he might be able to get the folks who don't want to vote Wildrosie to vote for his party candidates at the next provincial election.

If somebody votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like; everybody will have an argument but nobody feels aggrieved by it.

The majority of Scots like to think of themselves as left wing and will therefore only vote for parties that describe themselves as such.

Taking the definition as» (Wasted votes for party A - Wasted votes for B) / total votes» generalises to multi-party elections:

«The people of Scotland voted for a party that wanted to have a referendum on independence.

42 % of UKIP supporters say they will definitely vote for their party which is a big enough figure to worry the Conservatives and make a mockery of those who hope that UKIP support will return closer to the 3.5 % they picked up in 2010 by the time of the next election.