Sentences with phrase «votes during the presidential election»

The Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO) has claimed that some aides of former President Goodluck Jonathan approached the body with $ 3 million so as to canvass for their votes during the presidential election but that they rejected it.

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During a surreal exchange, anchor David Muir grilled Trump over his continued spreading of the falsehood that millions of illegal ballots were cast in the 2016 election, which Trump had previously said was the reason for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton beating him in the popular vote by 3 million ballots.

The data leak is just the most recent example of abuse on the site, following reports of Russian meddling during the 2016 U.S. presidential election and controversial Brexit vote in the UK.

[53] Recent examples illustrate how advertising tools on social media have been exploited to spread disinformation during the 2016 U.S. presidential elections and the Brexit referendum: «Russian Twitter Trolls Meddled in the Brexit Vote.

The hashtag #DeleteFacebook is trending since the news broke out that data of 50 million users were harvested by the data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica during 2016 US presidential elections in a bid to manipulate votes.

Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.

Everything I ever needed to know about voting and evangelicals came from watching exit polls during the presidential election of 2004.

From the dinner table to carpool lines to the voting booth, children engaged with their parents about the candidates and the campaign more than they might have during previous presidential elections.

Gregg Phillips, whom Trump has promoted as an authority on voter fraud, was registered to vote in multiple states during the 2016 presidential election, according to the AP.

Recent stark examples of the absurdity in a «winner - takes - all» system occurred in Florida and New Mexico during the 2000 presidential election when candidate George W. Bush won both states by a fraction of a percentage point, but gained the total number of each state's electoral votes.

He does not like Igbo people, he feels they did not vote for him and if you check the local government area the market is located, you will find out that All Progressives Congress, APC, lost there during the governorship and presidential elections, so the demolition did not come as a surprise to us.»

Niger's incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou speaks to journalists after voting during the country's presidential and legislative elections in Niamey, Niger, February 21, 2016.

On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.

Mr. Dzakpasu explained that, the amount they fixed was done in accordance with the law, and as such, the monies will be deposited in the Consolidated Fund if the presidential and parliamentary candidates fail to garner 25 % and 12.5 % votes respectively, during the December general elections.

In the past seven months since our inauguration on May 29, 2015, my administration has focused on laying the right foundation for the CHANGE you voted for during our historic presidential election.

Madam Elorm Akwambea Mensah had 5,726 votes as a new entrant during the 2016 parliamentary and presidential election as against New Patriotic Party's Kofi Okyere Agyekum who won with 11,274

The Democratic duo, who serve as co-chairs of the Council's Progressive Caucus, note Rice was living in a swing state (Pennsylvania) during the crucial 2000 presidential election and failed to vote for then - VP Al Gore.

A top official at the New York City Board of Elections has been suspended after widespread complaints of voting problems in Brooklyn during Tuesday's presidential primaries.

The NPP gunning 78 % as against unsatisfactory votes of about 25 % by the NDC during the last elections in the Presidential slots.

States like New York that have a propensity to solidly vote for one party usually don't get much attention during the election season: New York has voted Democrat in the last seven presidential elections.

The incumbent representative, moderate Republican Chris Gibson, is retiring, and Democrats are exceptionally eager to take back the district, which tends to vote Democratic during presidential elections, although it is rural enough that it can swing red in midterms or close legislative races.

During the 2016 presidential election, President Trump got almost 65 percent of the vote there.

Perceptive Pixel's technology is best known for the role it played in helping cable news network CNN create its «Magic Wall,» a dynamic, on - air graphical representation of voting results during the network's coverage of the 2008 presidential election.

And nearly 100 million U.S. citizens who were eligible to vote didn't exercise that right during the 2008 presidential election.

LYNN — Residents in two Ward 4 precincts will cast votes at KIPP Academy during the November presidential election.

Because Dr. Kogan almost certainly used Kosinski's publicly available white paper to at least partially come up with the data - harvesting and processing techniques that Cambridge Analytica used to assault democracy during the Brexit vote, the 2016 Republican primary campaign of Ted Cruz, and The 2016 US presidential election.

In a first for the global cryptocurrency movement, Sierra Leone has tested out voting on the blockchain during last week's presidential election, and the milestone has implications for the rest of the world.

He continued, sometimes spasmodically tapping the table for emphasis, «During the second round of voting [during the presidential election], it was possible that it was going to be a choice between the extreme left or the extreme During the second round of voting [during the presidential election], it was possible that it was going to be a choice between the extreme left or the extreme during the presidential election], it was possible that it was going to be a choice between the extreme left or the extreme right.