Sentences with phrase «vote for the party for»

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At last year's general election the party fell short of gaining the sort of Leave - voting Labour seats they needed for a majority.

In a personal defeat for Berlusconi, the far - right League surpassed his Forza Italia (FI) party in Sunday's elections, winning about 17 percent of the vote to 14 percent for FI.

Italy's parliament is convening for a vote on Friday that could pave the way for negotiations between rival parties to form a coalition government.

Any coalition formation could be delayed by regional elections coming up in Italy later this month, but the vote could be a test of support for parties such as Forza Italia that were sidelined in the general election.

A regional election in Sicily over the weekend could lift the party of former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, as the country gears up for a national vote next year.

Italian shares on its FTSE MIB index closed up over 1.5 percent, as traders awaited for clarity on which parties are going to form the next government following the inconclusive vote over the weekend.

According to the latest polls Esquerra will get the biggest share of the vote in the region, 20.5 per cent, narrowly leading Junts per Catalunya, the new name for the party led by Puigdemont, on 19.3 per cent.

Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, and Mississippi all hold either primaries or caucuses to vote on presidential nominees for each political party.

Another reason floated for the polling discrepancy: Michigan's status as an open primary, in which registered Democrats and Republicans can vote in the other party's primary.

Now a political independent, Bloomberg considered making a third - party run for president this year before opting against a campaign, expressing worry he would siphon away votes from Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and inadvertently help elect Trump.

Like the Affordable Care Act, it was passed on a purely party - line vote, via a truly ugly process, with little time for legislators to figure out what's in it.

Italian stocks fell at the start of this morning's trading, after populist parties won almost half the vote in Italy's Sunday elections, and early results suggested the country is heading for a hung parliament due to no party or coalition of parties meeting the 40 % threshold for stable governance.

The current scandal may be the country's worst yet, with Prime Minister Najib Razak facing increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing last month to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

They had to vote for either the Party of Lincoln, which had abandoned African Americans in Reconstruction's demise, or the Democratic Party, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party SParty of Lincoln, which had abandoned African Americans in Reconstruction's demise, or the Democratic Party, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party SParty, which was the party of white supremacy in the one - party Sparty of white supremacy in the one - party Sparty South.

By converting «wasted» presidential votes into «none of the above» or support for third - party candidates in Oklahoma, Arizona and other deep red states in the South — the Confederacy, essentially — black voters would exert pressure on party leaders to not take black voters and their issues for granted.

As a senator, Sessions criticized the Justice Department in 2009 for dismissing three defendants from a voting rights lawsuit against the New Black Panther Party after allegations of voter intimidation outside a Philadelphia polling place.

The Democratic and Republican parties are vying for the Latino vote nationwide following President Obama's landslide victory among Hispanic voters in the 2012 election.

Already, sticking points in the plan have emerged, threatening the loss of votes for a party that holds only a narrow majority in the Senate.

A measure designed to provide financial incentives for companies to hire new employees looks set to pass the Senate, after five Republicans, including newly elected Senator Scott Brown, crossed party lines and voted with the Democrats.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

You are likely loyal to your employees who care a lot about their agency's image, and who are sensitive to accusations it's doing the bidding of a political party, especially if they vote for the other party.

Earlier this year the parliamentary Liberal Party was so concerned about Mr Abbott's poor judgment that 31 members voted for an empty chair to replace him in a spill motion.

Tea Party Republicans, for example, might worry that a straight up and down vote on trade might give the president too much influence over economic policy.

He hopes to capitalize on sentiment within the Republican Party that it must reach out to Latinos who voted heavily for Obama after tough comments on illegal immigration by Republicans.

She said she would cross party lines and vote for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton instead.

Although members of The People's Vote are quick to point out that they're asking for a different kind of vote, pro-Brexit leaders in the Conservative party, which controls the government, say the public doesn't want to vote on Brexit agVote are quick to point out that they're asking for a different kind of vote, pro-Brexit leaders in the Conservative party, which controls the government, say the public doesn't want to vote on Brexit agvote, pro-Brexit leaders in the Conservative party, which controls the government, say the public doesn't want to vote on Brexit agvote on Brexit again.

Results when respondents are asked if they would vote for cooperating parties are very similar (37 % yes).

Greece's parliament voted to approve a new bailout for the country after lawmakers bickered through the night, leaving Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras confronting a widening rebellion within his leftist party.

Its members do not vote but they offer substantial donations for political and social causes linked to Modi's Hindu nationalist party and its affiliates, collectively termed the Sangh Parivar.

Those efforts would come as Prime Minister Najib faces increasing political pressure — including large protests in August calling for his ouster and opposition parties filing this week to hold a parliamentary no - confidence vote; it isn't clear when the vote would be held.

Merkel was weakened after a September election as voters angry with her decision in 2015 to open Germany's borders to more than a million asylum seekers punished her conservatives by voting for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) far - right party.

«I think it's just a disaster for the Republican Party, because it means you need 60 votes on most pieces of legislation and you're not going to get it.»

This yielded electoral systems that seek to prevent extremist parties from coming to power, including mechanisms to raise electoral thresholds for parliamentary accession and multiple rounds of voting.

Update: May's Conservative party came up a few votes shy for a needed majority, making the prospects for a «soft Brexit» all the more likely.

In party - line votes on Tuesday, Brady's tax committee voted down eight Democratic amendments that would have preserved or expanded tax breaks for the middle class, nullified the tax legislation if it increased the deficit in future years and maintained taxes on foreign profits of U.S. corporations.

Despite widespread, bipartisan support for those protections, the Republican - dominated FCC voted along party lines in December to eliminate them.

Though Bersani and Monti have said all parties must work together, anti-Europe, anti-euro and anti-austerity parties headed by Berlusconi and Grillo have received 50 percent of the public vote, sending a clear signal to politicians that there is no mood for more austerity dictated by Brussels.

His marks on the economy are particularly strong — half of those who voted for the rival Conservative Party, whose core political message is economic competency, give Trudeau a passing grade on the subject.

Following an election campaign that featured immigration as a hot topic, the vote was seen as test of strength for far - right parties, such as Fratelli d'Italia and Lega, that have campaigned on an anti-immigration stance.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- A Senate committee voted along party lines Wednesday to advance President Donald Trump's picks for key posts at the Environmental Protection Agency over the objections of Democrats who pointed to the nominees» past work for corporate clients they would now regulate.

Its score of 25.5 percent in the lower house was just ahead of the 25.4 percent for Bersani's Democratic Party, which ran in a coalition with the leftist SEL party and it won almost 8.7 million votes overall, more than any other single pParty, which ran in a coalition with the leftist SEL party and it won almost 8.7 million votes overall, more than any other single pparty and it won almost 8.7 million votes overall, more than any other single partyparty.

More than half of respondents to our survey said that if they were disappointed in a leader or party's ethics, they would vote for another party — even if that party didn't otherwise reflect their own values.

Hoping to emulate her father's huge upset in the 2002 presidential elections, in which he progressed to the second round of voting before losing to Jacques Chirac, Le Pen started campaigning for the 2012 presidential elections almost as soon as she became party leader in 2011.

For example, our friend and Shadow Government colleague Mike Green, one of the most respected Asia hands in either party, signed the recent letter in Shadow Government indicating he would vote for ClintFor example, our friend and Shadow Government colleague Mike Green, one of the most respected Asia hands in either party, signed the recent letter in Shadow Government indicating he would vote for Clintfor Clinton.

The three older parties competing for our votes quibble over carbon: tax it (Liberals) or cap it (Tories, sort of) or both (the NDP).

I have consistently voted for the NDP all my life and will continue to do so, but it seems clear to me that, ultimately, Harper has ensured that he and the Conservative Party will retain a stranglehold on power for a very long time indeed.

They believe, perhaps rightly, that Canadians - Conservative, Liberal, or NDP - will never vote for a political party that would run a deficit and incur rising debt.

The state Senate on Wednesday passed the second of two House bills defining residency for voting, HB 1264, in 14 - 10 party line vote.

Having won the leadership with the help of social and religious conservatives, how much does he have to curry favour with a voter segment with no other party to vote for?