Sentences with phrase «vote split because»

Lots of people will be writing about past examples today — 1982 in Micham and Morden (Lab vote split because of SDP defection, and the government got a surge of support during campaign because of the Falklands); 1961 Bristol South East (Tory gain only because the candidate with the most votes — Tony Benn — was disqualified for being a peer), 1960 Brighouse and Spenborough (ultra marginal to begin with).

The evangelical vote split because none of the options were good in this group of GOP candidates.

Not exact matches

Price is on the list and Daniels is not because we had people gripe about having multiple players at the same position and having them split positional votes as a result.

Of course, this is music to Democrats» ears, because if Trump runs as a third party candidate he will split the Republican votes, just as Ross Perot did in 1992, paving the way for another Clinton victory.

Another reason I don't like them is because they're all likely to amass 15 wins or so due to the fact they're on the Cubs, which will lead to them splitting votes if one can't separate himself from the other two.

The reason why no Film B option won is because the Film - B voters don't agree about the location, so the additional question about the location split the B - vote.

If Cuomo wins because Lazio and the Conservative Party splits the vote against Cuomo, Paladino voters will blame Lazio and the Conservative party.

A US senator can not guarantee that the vice president won't be able to vote by staying away from the chamber, because there is no way to guarantee that another senator or senators might also refrain from voting, resulting in a 49 - 49 tie (or indeed any smaller number of votes, evenly split), whereupon the vice president would be able to vote.

The challenge for Labour is that most splitting occurs between ideologically adjacent parties, and because less partisan Labour voters are more likely than Conservatives to split their vote.

Vote splitting most easily occurs in plurality voting because the ballots don't gather any information about the secondary preferences of the voters.

(Obviously, this couldn't happen under a one - vote system, because then the party would split its votes and hand the election to its opponents.)

«Because splitting the vote between the Monroe County Republican Party and the Monroe County Conservative Party will assure the reelection of Congresswoman Louise Slaughter.

There are fifty - six places rather than fifty states because the District of Columbia is not a state but has three electors and Maine and Nebraska split off the votes for their five congressional districts.

Trump is winning because the voters in your demographic are splitting their votes among non-Trump candidates.

Because of this year's presidential race and the Legislature's failure to come to an agreement on recombining the congressional and state votes after a 2012 judicial decision split them, Tuesday will be the third opportunity for some voters to cast primary votes this year.

Wright, who is considering a candidacy for the Harlem congressional seat now held by Charles Rangel, threw his support to Heastie which was a major boost to The Bronx representative's chances because black and Latino legislators would not have to split votes between two black candidates.

For example the BNP candidate was elected to represent a Burnley ward with only just over 30 % of the votes because of a three - way split among the three main parties.

That district went to the Democrats two years ago, but only because outgoing senator Marc Panepinto managed to sneak in with 32 percent of the vote after three Republicans split the balance.

Rivera will emerge as the main opponent but everyone has a right to stay in if they so choose... they should be prepared for the scorn that awaits however if Espada ends up winning because they split the vote.

Because the two biggest guilds, representing the two biggest voting blocs in the Academy, are split.

It could turn into something because of the way the votes might split.

Adrian Brody's Oscar a year later at least makes some sense to me, because I think there is little doubt that Nicholson and Daniel Day - Lewis split the vote — Day - Lewis for his fire - breathing Bill the Butcher in «Gangs of New York» and Nicholson for his dull, retired widow in «About Schmidt.»

These invidious divisions happen partly because of the psychology of judging: deliberately or subconsciously, panels tend to operate a version of the political «ticket splitting» that leads many US citizens to vote simultaneously for opposing parties at different levels of government.

Conventional wisdom among awards - watchers holds that La La Land, Moonlight, and Manchester are the three toughest competitors this year, with relatively sunny La La Land ahead by a length or two, if only because the other two split the tear - jerker vote.

Here's why she'll still win: Viola Davis and Amy Adams split votes because they're nominated for the same movie (Doubt).

But the sailing isn't as smooth this time around, the AP notes, because of intra-party splits: The wave of Tea Party congressmen voted into office in November 2010 largely oppose sweeping federal laws, which makes it more difficult for Republicans to unite around a course of action.

True, there is a split along party lines in the US, but the question to be asked is whether the split is based on green ideology or whether green ideology is what splits the political vote (do you support AGW meme because you are a Democrat, or are you a Democrat because you support the AGW meme?).

Bringing a vote to the floor, one patent lobbyist said, would likely have split the Democratic caucus, especially because many rely on trial lawyers for substantial campaign donations.