Sentences with phrase «vote splitting»
"Vote splitting" refers to a situation where two or more similar candidates or political parties compete for votes from the same group of people, resulting in neither candidate getting enough votes to win. This can benefit a third candidate or party that may have fewer similarities, as they can gain more votes and potentially win the election. Full definition
This climate — where voters, parties, and candidates were constantly forced to ponder the dangers of vote splitting and spoiler candidates — produced some early advocates of ranked choice voting.
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A state with 10 electoral votes splits 53 % - 47 %.
Labour won both seats - with increased majorities - as the UKIP vote split between Labour and the Tories.
With votes split 50 % / 49 % simple mathematics tells us that Christians voted for both sides.
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).
A weakened Liberal presence in Edmonton is a positive for the NDP, who will now no longer have the luxury of a conservative vote split between the PCs and Wildrose.
The Senate vote split on partisan lines (49 - 49), which meant that Vice President Mike Pence was needed to cast the deciding vote to confirm his nomination.
«They think the Ukip vote splits the Tory vote.
Kenney has said only a merger can prevent vote splitting in the 2019 election and another election win by Notley.
[1] Pairwise - counting Condorcet methods minimize vote splitting effects.
Many Conservative MPs plan to vote tactically to try to stop Bercow, while, if the Labour vote splits between the two candidates, a rival such as Tory grandee Sir George Young could be boosted.
Independents voted a split ticket much more than major party millionaires, and when it comes to investing and the economy, independents also split their allegiances.
Lewis last year refused a request from environmentalists asking him to drop out of the race to reduce vote splitting.
Only a sharp vote split between Liberal Harvey Locke and Green Chris Turner ensured a Conservative win.
Kenney says vote splitting leveraged Premier Rachel Notley's NDP to majority government in the 2015 election, and only a united conservative party can prevent a repeat in 2019.
Providing sufficient evidence to both WRP and PC base that detest the other side right now... that they have to live with differences, to get together under one tent if they don't want to risk giving NDP Calgary again via vote splitting.
Uniting Anyway: One local candidate is taking it upon himself to find an alternative to the current progressive vote split.
MeadowlaRk Lemon says: «So stop fragmenting winnable seats and develop a strategic approach to end vote splitting.»
I think you're right about vote splitting but Why is it the Liberals fragmenting the vote?
Runoff voting methods are less vulnerable to vote splitting compared to plurality voting.
Vote splitting most easily occurs in plurality voting because the ballots don't gather any information about the secondary preferences of the voters.
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The resulting vote split the government and an early general election was called, which was won by SMER.
Again that Lib Dem vote split all over.
In 2013, the Times Union reported that the commissioners in a closed - door vote split 9 to 5 to approve Tagliafierro, amid concerns from some commissioners about her independence from the Cuomo administration.
Later on, the 1993 general election saw the New Zealand Labour Party's vote split by The Alliance, which has been attributed to the vagaries of the first past the post electoral system.
The opposition vote split almost evenly between the SDP — Liberal Alliance and Labour.
BEST DIRECTOR: Complex vote splitting is likely here.
However, with neither «The Reader» nor «Frost / Nixon» enjoying a particular advantage over the other, I'm guessing the luvvie votes split, and Beaufoy adds yet another trophy to his collection.
Some would argue that it should have also been nominated for Best Picture, although it may have seen some heavy vote splits from the very similarly themed Million Dollar Baby, which deals with the same issues of one's right to end their life when they no longer have anything to live for.
The House Subcommittee on Labor - Management Relations passed the «family and medical leave act,» which is identical to a bill vetoed by President Bush last year, on a 16 - to - 7 vote split largely along party lines.
And... with vote splitting (Adams, Leo), newcomers (Steinfeld, Kunis), or relative unknown from an Australian movie (Weaver)... I wonder if she could just sneak out a win, as well — if she's nommed at Oscars.
The lack of conservative vote split that the New Democrats, Liberals and Alberta Party had hoped to capitalize on may have vanished the moment Ms. Smith crossed the floor.
Trump won because of vote splitting of others running in the Repub primay and is polling very badly which means some who would normally support the R running are not doing so this time.
MP Richards adds that vote splitting between the two Conservative parties was the reason for last year's results; by uniting the parties we will once again see a Conservative majority in Alberta.
IMHO, there tends to be little electoral overlap between the provincial and federal levels, at least in this province, and in fact the vote splits between right, left and centre are quite different with one unified Conservative party (more aligned with Wildrose than with Alberta PC), and a not - quite - as - moribund Liberal party in play.
«Look at the cold hard math from the last Provincial election; a vote split, 27.8 % Progressive Conservative vote, 24.2 % vote for the Wildrose Party, 42 % NDP government.
As the outcome of the March election shows, the fight is evident as the vote split the country in half.
Liberal candidate Susan Wright placed fourth with 1,519 votes, leading many of Mr. Clark's supporters to lament the vote split among the two centrist opposition parties (Ms. Wright, aka Susan on the Soapbox, is supporting the NDP in the 2015 election).
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.
Simple plurality voting has very little in its favor in any election with more than two candidates, but the top disadvantage is vote splitting.
Very similar to (but probably more ridiculous than) vote splitting is the spoiler effect.
There are many voting systems that are quite resistant to strategic voting, vote splitting, etc..
The result of all this is that FPTP bodies tend towards dual party systems after a while; the similar candidates fight it out in primaries so that in the real election, there's only two major choices and the effect of vote splitting is minimized.
With the vote split, Gipson was able to secure a victory.
Runoff voting is less vulnerable to vote splitting, yet vote splitting can occur in any round of runoff voting.
But it was not enough to overtake Ms. Cancel, a longtime resident of the area who has been active in tenant issues, who won 39 percent to 34 percent, with the rest of the vote split among other candidates.