Sentences with phrase «vote for those parties which»

Former Prime Minister and spy chief Khin Nyunt coyly told reporters he had voted for the party which serves the interests of civilians and reflects the will of the majority.

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.

Vote for the party which promises to implement it.

A vote for the Liberal Democrats, on the other hand, is a vote for a party which — wherever we're in power — does it's best to spread the burden of austerity fairly, investing in jobs and help for hard - pressed families.

But what the public do not want, is to vote for a party which does nothing else but bang on about immigration and Europe.

Before apportioning list seats, all list votes for parties which failed to reach the minimum threshold are discarded.

Just as in Scotland, where they voted for a party which espouses policies not so different from those advocated by Jeremy, the sort of «electoral credibility» which bubble - inhabitants believe in is worthless.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United Stparty — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United StParty, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United StParty in the United States.

Though it is important not to overstate the situation, the level of support for the main German right - wing populist party reflects a significant protest vote, which could have an influence on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's approach as she looks past her election victory.

Though it is important not to overstate the situation — realistically, the AfD party is unlikely to have a significant influence over policy in Germany in the short term — the level of support for the German right - wing party reflects a significant protest vote, which could have an influence on Chancellor Merkel's approach as she looks past her election victory.

These include holding open Cabinet meetings at least once a month, which will be broadcasted on the Internet; giving Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) a greater role by reforming the Legislative committee system and allowing government MLAs to vote freely (as opposed to voting according to the Party's preferences); restricting the tenure of a premier to two (four - year) terms; holding a Citizen's Assembly on electoral reform to examine alternative models for electing MLAs; instituting a system by which citizens can recall elected officials; and instituting elections for all government boards and commissions.

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt, a wealthy New Yorker, broke with the Republican «establishment» which he criticized for being in the pocket of big business, and formed the «Bull Moose» Party (which split the vote and paved the way for an otherwise unelectable Woodrow Wilson).

By the time W finished his second term, I had graduated from college, come to terms with the fact that the criminalization of abortion is highly unlikely no matter the party in power, expanded my definition of «pro-life» to include Iraqi children and prisoners of war, and experienced first - hand some of the major problems with America's healthcare system, which along with poverty and education issues, contributes to the troubling abortion rate in the U.S. I remained pro-life idealistically, but for the first time, voted for a pro-choice president, hoping that the reforms I wanted to see in the healthcare, the economy, immigration, education, and for the socioeconomically disadvantaged would function pragmatically to reduce abortions.

Clearly my bias is showing, and there's obviously a lot more nuance to both partiest, the main issue though is that parties can be hijacked and have been on both sides which leaves the large majority of moderates voting for the lesser of two evils and hoping that the candidate that they vote for will drop the pandering they did to the fringe and go moderate.

If the party rejects the true believers, they risk driving them into a new party which will, at least for the next election, leave the Democrats as the largest party with other votes split.

I'm a libertarian, which means I tend to vote Republican almost entirely on the basis that I really just don't trust the government to do almost anything right and always tax the hell out of us so they and their friends can get rich, which is what the Dems love to do, but the Republican party is making it harder and harder for me to continue voting for them with asinine statements like this.

Elisabetta Gardini, from the European People's Party (EPP) said: «Today «s vote is in line with the spirit of the international standards on marketing and mothers «milk substitutes developed by the World Health Organization, which aim to ensure that there is no form of advertising or promotional material for substitute products of mother «s milk.

What campaign stunt would you pull?I'd be leader of my very own Total Party and screen my very own reality TV show, The Dirty Dozen, in which viewers vote for the D - list celebs they want to see in my cabinet.

In an examination of 121 elections of which 30 were conducted under plurality rules («winner take all»), 7 had significant numbers of votes for a third party.

That total is nearly 60,000 votes higher than the previous record of 183,672 set by Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2010 (Gillibrand, who was running to fill the remaining two years in the term of her predecessor, Hillary Clinton, received 182,624 on the WFP line that year), and approximately 80,000 over the party's highest 2008 statewide total, which was 159,613 for President Obama.

California has an open primary system, which means that generally speaking, voters are not restricted by party as to for whom they can vote.

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared «Operation 50 — 50» in the Eastern Region, which is to split the votes with it opponent, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and President Mahama's visit is to boost the morale of the regional executives of his party, as they prepare for this year's electParty (NPP), and President Mahama's visit is to boost the morale of the regional executives of his party, as they prepare for this year's electparty, as they prepare for this year's elections.

The app should have a special interface for party surrogates and superdelegates, by which they can vote each day as to which of the available talking points are better.

I think you can avoid this with (i) a primary election day for all parties where voters have to choose which party to vote for OR (ii) a Labour - only primary election day where people who want to vote have to register first.

For example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it winFor example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it winfor the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it winfor the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it wins).

First, unless the party decides otherwise, no one not registered for a party may vote in national races, of which the presidential one is the only one in the US.

«At the top of the Conservative party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now been interpreted as the pretext for a drastic cutting of ties with Europe, which would have dire economic results - and as an excuse for the most toxic rhetoric on immigration we have seen from any government in living memory,» the statement reads.

While many supporters blamed their national executives and government appointees for not doing enough to retain power, some blamed former President Rawlings for his seemingly apathetic attitude towards the party's campaign which they say persuaded his numerous fans from voting.

The party also did a lot of GOTV work for Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk in the 46th Senate District, bringing in more than 4,910 votes on her behalf, 2,412 of which came from Ulster County, where Tkaczyk performed the strongest.

He also alluded to running as an independent in a tweet linking to a USA Today poll which found 68 % of his supporters would vote for him if he left the Republican party.

But in exchange for getting the popular Democratic gubernatorial candidate on its line — thus ensuring it would well surpass the required 50,000 - vote mark to live another four years (the party ended up moving to Row D)-- the WFP had to agree to Cuomo's «New NY Agenda,» which included a slew of agenda items — the property tax cap, no new taxes to close the budget deficit etc. — that the left had opposed.

The parties which stood for parliament in 2008 collectively lost roughly 13 million votes.

Last night's vote on judicial review was a final shameful moment for a party which has given up on its convictions

Holding only 84 seats in the parliament, the Socialists engineered a coalition with the Movement for Rights and Freedoms, a mainly ethnic Turkish minority party, which had 36 deputies, thus securing a total of 120 votes in the 240 - member parliament.

Bashing Muslims may win some votes for the Freedom Party in the Netherlands, but not for the Jobbik Party in Hungary; the latter prefers to target the Jews and Roma which in turn causes outrage in Holland.

When MPs were asked which issues they think will be very important in helping people decide which party to vote for a fifth (22 %) cited «crime, justice and policing», but this paled in comparison to the 87 % who said «managing the economy» and 78 % who predicted «asylum and immigration».

Expenditure is «controlled» if it is spending on election activities which «can reasonably be regarded as intended to influence voters to vote for or against political parties or categories of candidates including those parties and categories of candidates who support or do not support particular policies or issues».

The referendum campaign greatly increased support for independence, which is highly correlated with SNP voting in the General Election, as well as further dividing the Scottish party system, which was already split by attitudes towards independence.

Alternatively, a vote for Corbyn could hasten mass deselection, which is troublesome in terms of attracting the electorate and maintaining the institutions of the Labour Party.

The Fidesz parliamentary bloc, which enacted constitutional changes without including or consulting any opposition party, slashed the size of the parliament in half, redrew all of the individual constituencies unilaterally, changed the two - round system to a single first - past - the - post election for individual constituencies, and altered the way votes were aggregated.

This is because the Tories have been promoting primaries for a good while, and not as far as I can see on the basis of any other argument except that they think it would be good to engage more of the public in party political democracy and because it makes them look more welcoming as a party which might garner votes in the long run.

In Poland, where I live, the main libertarian party (which might be the only one for all I know) has been doing a really bad job winning votes so far.

«But equally it is perfectly acceptable for Conservative MPs to vote for this amendment, which is in line with the party's policy.