Sentences with phrase «vote in the general»

Sugar said: «If [politicians] lie, which results in massive decisions like leaving the European Union, or gaining votes in a general election, then this should be a criminal offence as it would be in a public company if I lied to my shareholders.»

Beyond closer economic and political ties within the island chains, China also gains influence at the U.N., as the islands account for 14 votes in the General Assembly.

The school of today is a far cry from the original days as the Faculty of Business, which was created by a narrow margin of just one vote in a General Faculty Council decision in May of 1967.

Santorum did not get the most votes in a general election — he got the most votes in some states from his own party, especially in formats where the fringe tends to dominate.

Highbury 44 and the rest of your fast shrinking delusionals, if you vote in General elections, I reckon the LIBDEMS WITH THEIR 7 % SUPPPORT will get your vote.

Compliments of the Paladino campaign, in response to the criticism the Buffalo businessman received from the ladies of «The View» yesterday, particularly Joy Behar, who said if «all» Paladino's illegitimate children vote in the general election, he might have a shot at beating Andrew Cuomo:

Brand had argued that voting in general elections is a sign of tacit consent to the current system, which failed to represent the interests of the public.

These delegates cast their votes in the general election for president and almost always vote the way their state voted.

Of course a recall law where 50 % of the electorate (I presume you mean those partaking in a referendum and not those entitled to vote absolutely) can dissolve Parliament would be a severe challenge to FPTP, as right now no majority party can dream of attaining 50 % of the vote in a general election.

If you live in a safe seat, then chances are that your vote in the general election won't matter.

Between 1832 and 1885 many had more than one vote in general elections.

While Biaggi voted in the general election's of 2016, 2014 and 2012, she did not vote in any of the Democratic primaries, often the where the real race takes place in New York since voter registration in the city is so overwhelmingly Democratic.

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.

For federal elections, data - driven campaigns get two data points on voting behavior every two years: whether someone voted in a primary (and which one) and whether they voted in the general election.

Do votes in local elections actually reflect votes in general elections?

A political party is granted automatic ballot status — the right to field a candidate in any race in the state without circulating petitions — if its gubernatorial candidate wins more than 50,000 votes in a general election.

A recent striking example of this is Labour's poor showing in the 2017 local elections that was followed by a large increase in the popular vote in the general election, just over a month later.

For example, one Lithuanian citizen was confused that she couldn't vote in the general election, even though she could in local and European elections.

Most telephone pollsters ask how certain people would be likely to vote in a general election on a scale from one to 10, where one is certain not to vote and 10 is absolutely certain to vote.

He said that in future, all of Labour's members should get a vote in general secretary elections, rather than just those on the party's ruling national executive committee.

He typically wins around 55 to 60 % of the vote in his general elections, though this could wind up the year that Brooklyn elects a Republican.

* Must be registered with the Westchester County Board of Elections to vote in general elections; OR * Must be registered with the School District's Board of Registration, or have voted in a Scarsdale school election within the last four years.

In short, under Tony Blair's time as leader, Labour's right wing economics and neo-conservative international agenda lost Labour four million votes in general elections, despite economic growth at the time.

Having lost by a relatively narrow 800 votes in the General Election in June 2010, Heathcoat - Amory announced to the local party members and media that he would not be contesting the next general election.

Jeremy Corbyn has confounded his critics and increased Labour's share of the vote in the General Election.

This model starts from the premise that winning a general election in Britain means gaining most seats in the House of Commons, not the most votes in a general election.

As such, he's no threat to the eight Democrats in the June 26 primary, but he could cost somebody votes in the general.

Plaintiff again states that in order to fully participate in this year's general elections, she must find and deposit with the 1st Defendant an amount of GHC2, 800,000.00 of which fees and or deposit of fees would be confiscated to the State should Plaintiff failed to secure at least 25 % of the presidential votes and 12.5 % votes in each constituency parliamentary votes in the general elections.

Polls indicate their share of the vote in a general election would barely creep into double figures, wiping out virtually all of their MPs.

But labor leaders have advised Cuomo to not take the WFP's ballot line in September anyway after the Sept. 13 party primary — a move that could hamper the WFP's ability to garner votes in the general election and maintain its ballot status.

One key finding from YouGov's surveys is that many people give different answers when asked how they intend to vote this week compared with how they would vote in a general election.

We have adopted a different approach from the way we ask people how they would vote in a general election.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D - N.Y.) engaged in a nasty, lone radio debate in her Democratic primary against upstart Reshma Saujani on Tuesday morning, in which the two traded barbs — but managed to up the ante after the event, as the incumbent literally fled from reporters and the challenger said she might not vote in the general election if she loses.

It was, to some degree, and the Liberal Democrats, who had the most pro-reform manifesto commitment, got 23 % of the vote in the general election.

Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron arrives to cast his vote in the General Election at a polling station at Stonecross Manor Hotel in Kendal, Cumbria

Mr Watkins lost the seat by just 103 votes in the general election.

President John Dramani Mahama has encouraged young supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Volta Region to register in the upcoming limited voter registration to enable them vote in the general elections on November 7.

There are no limits on your vote in the general based on the primary.

A win by Wu would stick Cuomo with a running mate he doesn't want or like — a conundrum that occurred to his father and Al Del Bello back in 1982 — and also leave him unable to combine votes in the general election from the WFP and Independence Party lines (unless he can get Hochul off them and Wu on).

He received 21 percent of the vote in the general election, just barely more than London received.

So I conducted an informal survey to find out how many of them intended to vote in the General Election next May.

Russell Brand has said that the Green party seem «nice», but he has not registered to vote in the general election.

To get 16 and 17 year olds voting in general elections!

In 2010 only 44 % of 18 - 24 year olds voted in the General Election, and political minds are constantly trying to figure out a way to engage this age group.

I intend not to vote in the General Election next week in the UK.

When members of the public in the Lib Dem / Tory battlegrounds were asked how they would vote in a general election, just 20 % named the Lib Dems.

The election for District 4 advanced to a runoff election on December 17, 2016, because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the general election.

The applicants, who frowned at the 188,000 signatures which were submitted to INEC, noted that while 111,534 voted in the general election in Kogi West, the total number of registered voters in Kogi West was 360,098.

Dadey lost the Republican primary but stayed on the Conservative and Independence lines and drew more than 13,000 votes in the general election.

When people say how they would vote in a general election tomorrow, are they imagining a an election with Michael Howard as the alternate Prime Minister, or David Cameron or David Davis?