Sentences with phrase «votes than the winners»

Ever Oasis and Prey put up a good fight here, at each earning only 20 % fewer votes than the winners, but apparently in this category, 2017 was all about the sports - themed games.

Not exact matches

Parent company Frito - Lay developed and released all three and named Cheesy Garlic Bread the winner in May 2013, after more than 1 million consumers voted via Facebook, Twitter or text.

OTTAWA — Nine million votes were wasted in the 2015 election under Canada's winner - take - all electoral system — that's more than the populations of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the Atlantic provinces combined, according to a new electoral reform primer outlining why the principle of proportionality must underpin the government's promise to bring in voting reform by the next federal election.

Representing more than a quarter of the electorate and voting with the winner of the popular vote in every presidential election since at least 1972, Roman Catholics are quintessential swing voters.

Hosts Nina Radetich, Dayna Roselli and Robin Leach led the awards ceremony and industry notables announced the winners in each category as determined by more than 13,000 votes cast by the public.

Sixty - four million votes were cast and nearly 37 million American viewers and more than 200 million viewers worldwide turned in to crown Hicks the Season 5 winner of AMERICAN IDOL, making it one of the most - watched TV events of the last decade.

That's more than any other runner - up managed until 1994, when France Football expanded the voting panel; that's more than most winners over the same period.

He is old yes... But you do nt go from joint top scorer and and Golden Ball winner (voted best player) at a WC to being passed it in less than 12 months without a serious injury.

Vote now to pick the winner of more than $ 1,200 in prizes.

Meet the winners — the gear and gadgets that parents say exceeded their expectations in more than two dozen categories, as vote...

Even so, some systems (such as winner - take - all) are more heavily impacted by tactical voting than others (such as instant - runoff).

The formal definition is that if you know how everyone else is going to vote, there are circumstances where you switch your vote away from your sincere preference list and the winner will be someone higher up your preference list than it would be if you voted your sincere preferences.

The winner needs one vote more than 50 percent, and at least a quarter of the vote in 24 of Kenya's 47 counties.

How is ensuring the winning candidate is the one with a majority of votes less democratic than a system where the winner is the candidate with the largest minority of votes?

According to them, by nullifying elections in 18 out of 31 local government areas, Section 179 (2)(b) of the Nigerian Constitution, which required that a candidate vying for the office of the Governor would be declared winner if he has not less than one quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two - thirds of the local government areas, has been breached.

Then, the winner of Alianza primaries (Pablo Longueira, who had himself less than 30 % votes compared to Bachelet) withdrew on 17 July.

@Bobson approval voting is a way to elect single members rather than bodies and can not guarantee a Condorcet Winner.

A 51 - 49 % split would have the winner win by 250 votes, which is more than the 239 known cases of fraud.

PR is better than STV for the latter but still, the last seat decided could easily have almost as many votes for the winner as against.

Also, range voting satisfies the participation criterion, i.e. casting a sincere vote can never result in a worse election winner (from your point of view) than if you had simply abstained from voting.

This means that if there are more than two candidates running, a third party candidate can «spoil» the vote for the viable candidate most similar in ideology to him by splitting the vote of people who share their ideology, making the winner the candidate whose ideology actually has less support in the electorate than an alternative.

I think it is probably less of a vote winner than opposition to the Iraq war and top - up fees in 2005, or even the penny on income tax for education in 1997/2001.

@supercat This is mostly a matter of semantics, I think, but rather than saying that only the votes for the winner matter, I think I would present it as, «Voters effectively get vote on every candidate separately.»

That something is a vote - winner is not necessarily a good reason to do it Maybe so but deal with the political reality for a minute and I maintain that the chances of getting widespread support for the LD proposals are far greater than a call to increase benefits by # 17b.

Well, based on the assumption that a vote is cast in anticipation that the recipient of the vote is going to win, it seems to me that a vote cast for David Cameron or whoever is the leader of the Labour Party at the time of the election is far more likely to see a winner than any vote for the Liberal Democrats will do.

Third parties can rarely elect more than 2 or 3 people even with 10 % of the votes and the winner often wins with less than 50 % of the votes.

De Blasio was announced the winner by local newscasts before 9:30 p.m., after early poll results showed him garnering over 61 percent of the vote with more than half of precincts reporting.

The system provides approximately proportional representation, enables votes to be cast for individual candidates rather than for parties, and — compared to first - past - the - post voting — reduces «wasted» votes (votes on sure losers or sure winners) by transferring them to other candidates.

In the 7 December 2008 presidential race, in the first round he received more votes than John Atta Mills, the eventual winner.

... oh, also, since you mentioned Condorcet: approval voting is more likely to elect the true Condorcet winner than any «real» Condorcet method.

However, electoral laws demand that the winner gain more than 50 % of the vote, which none of the eight original contestants managed to achieve.

Although at the end of last night 14th district City Council candidate Fernando Cabrera had 90 more votes than the incumbent, Maria Baez, Cabrera is not officially the Democratic primary winner.

New York's Republican primary rules allocate three delegates to the winner of each of 27 districts if he takes more than 50 percent of the vote.

But Tuesday night ended with liberal Kara Eastman, a social worker, proclaimed the winner by more than 1,000 votes.

As a historical example, in 1854 it took 9 weeks and over 130 votes before a new Speaker was elected - prompting a change in rules to make winning easier (The winner only has to receive the most votes regardless of the number of ballots cast rather than an absolute majority of > 50 % of the congressional seats).

In that race, Democratic challenger Tom Perriello was certified the winner over incumbent Republican Rep. Virgil Goode, but the margin - less than 800 votes - was close enough for Goode to request a recount under state law.

Third, if minor parties are worried about how winner - take - all, single - member - district elections encourage voters to vote for lesser evils rather than their first choice, we want to work with them for a real solution to that problem: a system of proportional representation,» LaVenia said.

The winner of the presidential race must get more than 50 per cent of the votes as well as one - quarter or more votes in at least 24 of Kenya's 47 counties, according to officials.

A winner of the presidential elections must secure at least more than 50 per cent of the total votes cast to avoid a run - off.

Wrong winners Under FPTP there can be cases in which a party can have the most votes but end up winning fewer seats than one or more of its rivals.

(CNN)-- County results certified Tuesday show «American Idol» star Clay Aiken as the winner of a Democratic congressional primary in North Carolina by fewer than 400 votes, one day after his chief opponent died suddenly.

After votes are counted, candidates with more than 50 % of the vote are declared winners.

It demolishes the First Past The Post (Winner Takes All) system and shows some of the deficiencies in PR systems other than Single Transferable Vote (STV) because they reduce or eliminate the link between representatives and their constituents.

Voters rank their choices and the winner is the first to get more than 50 % of the vote.

First, the results demonstrate the extent of political diversity in the UK today — the willingness to support parties other than Conservative and Labour, even when under winner takes all voting rewards are slim.

Under winner take all elections, voters have the incentive to vote for a lesser evil rather than their most favored candidate because they are afraid it would help the candidate the like the least.

AP declared Avella the winner with a 568 - vote lead and more than 95 percent of precincts reporting.

White was declared the official winner for Council District 28 with 1,940 votes, four more than Nunes, -LSB-...]

The Republican primary will hand out three delegates per district (plus 14 more for the statewide winner), but the math is more complicated: A candidate who pulls in more than 50 percent of the vote in a given district will take all three; if the winner gets less than a majority, one delegate will go to the column of the second - place finisher, as long as that candidate receives at least 20 percent of that district's vote.

If an election winner gains fewer votes than the loser, the system is flawed.