Sentences with phrase «votes in presidential years»

The Independence Party in the past two elections has meant about 4,900 votes in the First District — less than 2 percent of the vote in a presidential year.

Mr. Zeldin first opposed Mr. Bishop in 2008, when he received just 41 percent of the vote in a presidential year that saw Democrats take back the White House.

Having carried 49.99 percent of the vote in a presidential year, he has not only the name recognition, the most valuable of political commodities, but the means.

Not exact matches

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(CNN)- Bias against a Mormon presidential candidate hasn't budged in 45 years, with 18 % of Americans saying they would not vote for a well - qualified candidate who happened to be Mormon, according to a Gallup Poll released Thursday.

At least 20 other states in the U.S. allow 17 - year - olds to vote in primaries, but Ohio's election chief had interpreted Ohio's laws in a way that kept 17 - year - old's presidential votes from counting.

Even in a presidential year, only about fifty to sixty percent of eligible voters vote.

He lost during the last presidential voting year in a district that was gerrymandered for him and he has contributed nothing since then... get a real opponent and he will lose by a large margin.

Commercial advertisers have been experimenting with advertising in video games for a couple of years now, but Barack Obama has now given in - game ads the Presidential (campaign) Seal of Approval: he's been running get - out - the - vote ads in the XBox Live racing game Burnout Paradise for days now.

To put it another way, there were 351,971,792 votes cast (total) in the presidential elections in the years in question (2000, 2004, 2008)(2012 was too late to be included in the database).

Yet this once - contested territory has become solidly Republican in recent years — last voting for the Democratic presidential candidate in 1996.

Over the last 40 years or so, only a little over half of the voting age population participated in presidential elections.

He will likely struggle in a presidential year, when more minority and younger voters are likely to turn out to vote for Democratic candidates.

Tobin, who ran for California Secretary of State in 2010 — garnering more than 214,000 votes as the Libertarian nominee — had served as Ralph Nader's national ballot access coordinator during the 2008 presidential campaign, a year when the feisty consumer activist, seeking the brass ring for the final time, appeared on the ballot in 45 states and the District of Columbia.

He finished fewer than a thousand votes (less than 1 percentage point) behind Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter in the 25th District in 2014, but doesn't look poised for victory this year unless Donald Trump's presidential candidacy floats all GOP boats.

Black women voters voted in large numbers for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, for former President Barack Obama in 2012 and for now - Alabama Sen. Doug Jones last year.

The impact of the referendum could be significant because voting in years without a presidential or governor's race is low, hovering around the 20 percent mark.

Venezuelans vote in Presidential Elections in which Nicolas Maduro is seeking another six years in office.

Compare that, for example, to Ukraine (3.8 % votes in 2014 parliamentary elections and 1.5 % in same year presidential election) or Poland (no representation in Parliament).

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.

Addressing a gathering in the Hausa language, Dr Bawumia, who said he was expecting overwhelming votes from the Muslim community and settlements (Zongos) in this year's presidential and parliamentary polls, said: «We [NPP] will also bring back the allowance to Arabic tutors.

Not one poll has shown Gillespie ahead in the race, one year after Clinton won Virginia by 6 percentage points — a closer - than - expected margin in a state with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators and that's voted for the Democratic nominee in three straight presidential contests.

The constituency, which was previously under the West Akim district, has over the years voted massively for the governing National Democratic Congress NDC in both parliamentary and presidential elections.

For those involved in politics, this is a very busy year, not just because this is a presidential election year, but also because there is a presidential primary vote April 19.

The vote test for a party to remain ballot - qualified is 2 %, but in presidential years, the only office that counts is the U.S. House race, and the Country Party did not poll as much as 2 % for that office.

A Texas woman was sentenced to five years in prison this week following her conviction for illegally voting in the 2016 presidential election.

This will be the 2nd time this year that the three - time Presidential candidate will tour the region — a region for which the NPP has set an agenda of capturing at least 3 seats in parliament and 30 % of the popular vote.

Central African Republic votes in a presidential election on Wednesday aimed at restoring democratic rule in a divided country gripped by years...

Obiang, who seized power in a military coup in 1979 and was re-elected again in April with 93.7 percent of the vote, promoted the 47 - year - old second vice-president by a presidential decree read on state television.

In two short years, another presidential election is around the corner, and more Democrats will likely come out to vote.

Addressing media personnel after the exercise, the NPP flagbearer expressed his satisfaction with the «simple» process, adding that «I have one vote in the bank for myself» in this year's presidential election.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat whose presidential dreams were not realized this year, will join the board of All About The Vote — a nonprofit aimed at educating voters on ever - changing requirements in states instituting voter identification laws.

(c) False information in registering or voting; penalties Whoever knowingly or willfully gives false information as to his name, address or period of residence in the voting district for the purpose of establishing his eligibility to register or vote, or conspires with another individual for the purpose of encouraging his false registration to vote or illegal voting, or pays or offers to pay or accepts payment either for registration to vote or for voting shall be fined not more than $ 10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both: Provided, however, That this provision shall be applicable only to general, special, or primary elections held solely or in part for the purpose of selecting or electing any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, presidential elector, Member of the United States Senate, Member of the United States House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, or Resident Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

As the fight for minority votes escalates, Clinton's campaign has released a new TV ad in Nevada featuring a touching moment between the Democratic presidential candidate and the 10 - year - old daughter of undocumented immigrants.

The RNC voted nearly unanimously Friday to condense the 2016 presidential nominating calendar, and they took steps toward moving the date of the next Republican National Convention from late August to June, the earliest either party has held their convention in nearly 70 years.

His administration will also work to ameliorate the BOE's cybersecurity and invest $ 500,000 a year to ensure that when New Yorkers vote, they can «trust their vote will be counted» — a measure he says is necessary in light of Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.

While opposition forces, led by labor unions, have already begun to spend sizeable sums of money to encourage a «no» vote, it is unclear how rising populist sentiments indicated in last year's presidential election — especially through the campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump — may factor in.

Voter turnout is higher in presidential years and while New York is expected to go to Obama, the voting history within the district suggests otherwise.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his $ 82.2 billion executive budget for New York City on Tuesday with a presentation focused on savings extracted from city agencies, and a few new programs intended to address problems that arose over the past year, from snarled snowplows in Queens to voting woes in the presidential primary last week.

Ed Cox, chairman of the New York Republican Party, said the unusual dynamics that extended his party's primary process this year could be a good thing for late - voting states where GOP presidential candidates have rarely campaigned in the past.

Farenthold's margin — 775 votes — and the overwhelmingly Hispanic nature of the 27th district make it a very tough hold for him in a presidential year.

So every four years I end up lamenting that my vote does not matter in the nomination phase of the presidential contest.

The incumbent received 54 percent of the vote in the last presidential election year.

He cast the sole Democratic vote against the state's gay marriage law in 2011 and last year invited Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz to The Bronx, yet still enjoys support from the Bronx Democratic County Committee.

He says that traditionally, more Democrats that Republicans come out to vote in presidential election years in New York, though he concedes the GOP has some distinct advantages.

Cuomo also proposed voting reforms to what is regarded as one of the most antiquated voting systems in the country after last year's disastrous presidential primary.

NY Gov. Cuomo grants 3,500 paroled felons the right to vote; Washington, D.C., may allow 16 - year - olds to vote in the 2020 presidential election.

Democrats who run down - ballot in presidential election years tend to receive more votes from the coattails of the presidential candidate.

Reacting in large part to Russian efforts to hack the presidential election last year, a growing number of states are upgrading electoral databases and voting machines, and even adding cybersecurity experts to their election teams.

Presidential Candidate of the Convention Peoples» Party (CPP), Ivor Kobina Greenstreet has advised Ghanaians against voting for the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the upcoming general elections saying the record of the two parties over the last 16 years does not warrant such a voting.