Sentences with phrase «voters numbers»
Voters number candidates in order of preference and all those passing a defined threshold - calculated by dividing the number of valid votes by the number of seats plus one - are elected.
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With ever decreasing voter numbers, it is surely imperative that the parties appeal to a younger generation by encouraging youth activism and participation, thereby ensuring their future success.
Gibraltar and the Isles of Scilly are due in soon, but their small voter numbers won't shed much light on the national picture.
Australia uses the Alternative Vote, where voters number candidates in order of preference.
Proposed changes to the electoral register are likely to see voter numbers fall significantly.
As Democratic state Sen. Kwame Raoul and Republican attorney Erika Harold square off in the first wide - open contest for the Illinois attorney general's office in more than a decade, they offer voters a number of contrasts.
In a Mayoral campaign season in which person was stressed over party, Greens continue to pull in votes many times our registered voter numbers.
Black voters number around 2 percent, with even fewer Latinos (who, for reference, make up 17 percent of the US population).
My main interest in this venture, as I explained early on, was to guage every - day Realtor interest in their own communal politics / political structures; the vote result was entirely incidental (I figured on a 50/50 split, no matter the raw voter numbers), but it did give rise to some very spirited debate, which I heartily enjoyed, as did others, you included, I must assume.
Whereas it's been fairly stable in England and Wales, there's not a single Scottish constituency that's seen a drop in voter numbers.