Sentences with phrase «votes of its runners»

Still, having a second round of the top two plus any other candidate with say 90 % of the vote of the runner up, if no one receives a majority and making a third round consist of only the top two candidates in the second round, isn't necessarily a bad rule if it is a close race between ideologically similar runners up.

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Republicans in South Carolina also were voting on Saturday in the state - by - state contest to pick nominees for the Nov. 8 election, with opinion polls showing front - runner Donald Trump trying to solidify his spot at the top of the pack and rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio fighting for a second - place finish.

The ad, a picture of the Republican front - runner and the text «Vote Trump,» is nestled to the right of one video with ISIS flags and another claiming to come from a pro-ISIS media firm.

So I'll ascribe my skepticism about Three Billboards not to mood but to math: I don't see it getting a ton of runner - up votes, so it's going to need a huge number of first - place votes to take the prize.

Carrying 40 % of the vote on the first - ballot, it is understandable why the three would endorse the front - runner in terms of both personal political calculation and party unity.

When BBC Radio 4 announced its Man of the Year award in 1981, voted for by listeners, Gerald Priestland was the runner - up, coming in just after the Pope...

(CNN)- Despite Jon Huntsman's attempts to speak up during the first few Republican primary debates, the results from a recent straw poll of GOP activists in Florida spell bad news for his campaign: Like the beleaguered former front - runner Michele Bachmann, Huntsman received 2 % of the vote.

After five days of voting by the public through social media, the winning «Brocktail» from Glasgow and two runners - up from Berlin and Moscow were selected.

Printouts of those unflattering reports went up on the wall of Tomlinson's condominium during his senior season, when he again gained more yards than any other Division I - A runner (2,158) and then finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting.

After placing runner - up in the 2016 awards, Laura Muir has this time gone one better with 36.2 % of the votes at the end of a year which included a series of PBs and a European indoor 1500m and 3000m double.

Bilic played 13 games in the 95/96 season and 41 in the 96/97 season which also saw him voted a runner - up, to Julian Dicks for Hammer of the year.

He was named runner - up in the Club's Player of the Season vote and, this season, Gana has made the second - highest number of tackles in the Premier League with 85.

The perception of being the front runner comes in particularly useful when trying to secure the votes of MPs and MEPs, who are likely to vote on the basis of what will help their career.

In South Carolina, Gingrich was able to build on his strong debate performances, «earned media», i.e. news coverage playing up alternatives to the front - runner, and the self - reinforcing momentum generated as more and more people came to see him as the most credible challenger to rally a plurality of the non-Romney vote around him.

The poll of 500 people conducted by Survation, found that Labour would regain the seat with 35 % of the vote, with Ukip close runners up on 30 %.

U.S. Representative Jared Polis, presumed by many to be the front runner for the Democratic nomination, was second with 33 percent of the vote, and former state treasurer Cary Kennedy placed first with 50 percent.

While there may be concerns for a party committed to proportional representation about forming a government with the runner - up on votes, especially if the Lib Dems themselves win many more seats but fewer votes than UKIP, the constraints of parliamentary arithmetic will be a more powerful force.

Rudy Giuliani is still the front - runner in the polls, but that whole abortion rights / gay friendly / get - nuzzled - by - Donald Trump - while - wearing - a-dress thing is likely to put a solid cap on the number of primary votes he'll get.

He came in third with 10.2 percent of the vote, nipping at the heels of second runner up Anne Swern, who earned just 11.5 percent.

In East Harlem, front - runner Robert Rodriguez, former chairman of Community Board 11, won the state assembly seat vacated by Powell with 36 percent of the vote.

Meanwhile, the official results from five of the eight local councils, Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, emerged as the front runner having scored 81,929 votes.

Our values are strong in New York and for him to come here looking for votes and coming for money is at the highest levels of hypocrisy,» Diaz said during a press conference of Latino lawmakers from the Bronx in support of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front - runner.

Since it required a two - thirds vote of delegates to its state convention, the California Labor Federation's backing of de León was a self - conscious protest against Feinstein's habitually centrist instincts, and a sign of a strong leftward breeze in Golden State politics (the CLF also endorsed gubernatorial front - runner, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, who has carved out a strong progressive profile in his latest campaign).

The former PDP Chieftain polled 771 votes, making him to emerge as the first runner's up of the primary

Congressman Carolyn Maloney and Public Advocate Letitia James today hit Vermont senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders for his past votes on gun control bills — and touted Democratic front - runner and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's record on the issue as superior.

The labor - backed political party voted tonight to «join the campaign to draft» Ms. Warren, a Democratic senator and darling of the progressive movement, to enter the 2016 race in which many assume former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be the Democratic front - runner — if she decides to run.

Leanne Wood has been elected leader of Plaid Cymru with 3,326 votes compared to runner - up Elin Jones's 2,494.

According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 17 % of registered Democrats in Gotham say they would vote for Weiner if their party's mayoral primary were held today, with 19 % supporting City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who had been the longtime front - runner in the race.

The runner - up was Costello, with 22 percent of the vote, the AP reported.

But half of GOP voters are undecided between the two Republican front - runners, while 13 percent said they wouldn't vote for either.

Labour took 60 per cent of the vote and UKIP rose to second, but the Lib Dems fell from runner - up to sixth place.

Heading into the New York primary, Republican front - runner Donald Trump will need to win almost 70 percent of the remaining bound delegates in order to reach 1,237 votes.

He was first runner - up to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo who had 47.96 per cent of the votes cast.

When an ABC News Poll asked 1028 Americans earlier this year which movie should win the 2003 Academy Awards, 42 % named the eventual winner, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, compared to only 16 % who voted for the runner - up, Seabiscuit.

This year's runner up was OkCupid with 22 percent of the vote followed by Craigslist with 21 percent of the vote.

A full list of the other awards follows, with the winner designated by an asterisk and the first and second runners up listed with the number of votes each received.

Complete list of winners and runners - up from the National Society of Film Critics, with vote break - downs for the top three films in each category (via IndieWire) BEST PICTURE * 1.

And when his 1958 masterpiece «Vertigo» — that eerie romantic chiller starring James Stewart as a detective afraid of heights and Kim Novak as the beautiful mystery woman for whom he falls — was recently voted the best movie of all time, finally beating out runner - up «Citizen Kane» in the Sight and Sound film poll, it was a recognition that was probably as much for Hitchcock's entire oeuvre.

Kyle Budwell takes principal honors as a convincing guy, the sort who'd vote for Bernie Sanders, and who represents the views of people who are not convinced that the Republican front - runner can be «amazing.»

The Ferrari F355 was the runner - up with 20 per cent, while the most recent of the models listed, the Ferrari 488 GTB rounded off the top three with 9 per cent of the vote.

As one of 50 voting members of the North American Car and Truck of the Year panel — all are full - time automotive journalists — I can assure you that it hasn't been easy to whittle down our Long List of every eligible vehicle to come up with a Short List, from which we'll pick three candidates in each category: one winner and two runners - up.

The 2014 Bark for Your Park runner - up cities for each category include: • Hattiesburg, a town in Mississippi with a population of about 45,989, was the runner - up in the large city category with a total of 34,592 votes, and won $ 25,000.

The Iowa town, with a population of about 9,874, received the most votes — a total of 133,545 votes — out of the 15 finalists in PetSafe's fourth - annual Bark for Your Park contest, which launched in May to award one U.S. community $ 100,000 and four runner - up communities $ 25,000 each to build a local dog park.

• Port Chester, a town in New York with a population of about 28,967, was the runner - up in the medium city category with a total of 67,503 votes, and won $ 25,000.

Championed by The Humane Society of the United States and other advocacy organizations, backed by Californians, and supported by overwhelmingly bi-partisan votes in the Legislature, the seven bills signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown this session add to California's track record as a front - runner in initiating path - breaking animal protection legislation.

We've pooled all of the games together and the TSA staff have cast their votes, collectively choosing our Game of the Year as well as runners - up.

Environmental groups noted that the last time such a bill failed in the Senate, by one vote, Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican front runner in the presidential race, did not cast a vote.

Let's start our top vote - getting honorable mentions, runner - ups, and finally, of course, our overall winner!

I second the vote about the runner — it is a great way to have both wood and some cushy - ness:) I'm not sure of the proper term for it, but I call them runner bars.