Sentences with phrase «voting patterns as»

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The minutes, published almost two weeks after the decision, have as a result lost some of their previous power to drive sentiment though the voting pattern will always be of interest.

Liberal Boomers, who seldom if ever seriously criticize the legions of conservative - demonizers in your midst, for this post I will mostly join Mr. Druckenmiller in accusing you outright, that is, I will act as if this was your premeditated plan motivated by selfish interest, and not a pattern of political self - delusion that you fell into, given the drip - drip - drip of Democrat talking points over the years, given your gleeful listening to those who dismissed conservatives as hateful dunces, so that you ceased to even consider the NUMBERS conservatives kept pointing to, and just kept on doggedly voting D.

While this might not have been entirely down to his role as captain and heartbeat of a wonderful Netherlands side — he was coming into the tournament off the back of a league title with Barcelona — the significance of the World Cup to the award can be seen in the voting patterns rather than the result.

Thirdly, there are substantial patterns of geographical variation in electoral support, as the regional distribution of votes reveals

Or, once again, as Peter Oborne indicated when writing on the subject, perhaps the Muslim vote isn't as securely for Labour as historic voting patterns have indicated.

I would also count Heidi Heitkamp, Joe Donnelly, and Claire McCaskill as examples of Democrats with heterodox views or at least voting patterns.

I know of no firm metrics (other than voting patterns, which are flawed as participation rates are so low 38 % - 62 % typically for national elections), though there is a plethora of writing on the effectiveness of government.

The pattern of the results across divisions suggests that relative to last year new UKIP votes have come as much from Labour as from the Tories.

This forecast assumes a «normal» pattern for the Liberal Democrat vote, which of course may well not be the case (the alternative of giving the Lib Dems the same incumbency effect as found for the other two main parties has them returning to around their 2010 vote share, which at this stage of the game seems unlikely).

Regardless of the actual voting patterns in this case, any voting system in which individual members are all elected from a single geographical region, as is used in the Australian House of Representatives can easily have the party with most seats (and perhaps an overall majority / plurality) not be the party which received most votes.

«While we know that migrant voters do not form a voting bloc, voting patterns suggest that migrant voters are likely to prefer parties that they view as positive about race equality and immigration issues.»

Aregbesola noted that the continued celebration of June 12 as Democracy Day became a sine qua non in the political history of Nigeria as it was the only day Nigerians, in their heterogeneity voted for Chief Moshood Abiola in a pattern that defied ethnicity, religion, ideology and locality.

REVELATION (voting pattern) It came out from the survey that, majority of respondents have a lot of affection for the president as compared to his political opponents.

Theresa May boobs with «cleavage» patterned Aztec print dress as she faces first round of Tory leader voting

In a widely circulated article released over the weekend, Dr. Atuguba cites what he calls the voting pattern of justices who sat on the Supreme Court panel that decided the 2012 Election Petition in favour of President John Mahama as evidence of how Ghanaian Justices have historically allowed their personal politics to decide matters of law in their courts.

The ICM poll for the Guardian also included a voting intention question with Brown as Labour leader, which showed the now normal pattern of the Conservatives doing better against Labour with Brown instead of Blair.

Moreover, such an outcome is in the national interest too: these voters are disadvantaged if one party believes they could be taken for granted, and the others that they are out - of - reach, so the convergence of majority and minority voting patterns over time should be seen as a positive indicator of integration.

Miles served as district manager for CB9 for 22 years until Tuesday night when the board voted to remove her from the position, citing «a longstanding pattern of misconduct» and «unprofessional behavior,» it said in a letter of removal.

State Republican Party chairman Ed Cox slammed the Siena poll as flawed for oversampling New York City voters and under - sampling upstate voters compared to historic Election Day voting patterns, thus inflating Cuomo's popularity.

And Congress, through its voting patterns during the 1860s and 1870s, expressed a similar opposition to racial classifications, as the constitutional scholar Michael McConnell has demonstrated.

Nevertheless, I'm not certain that Campbell's use of community service as a measure of civic participation is a good predictor for voting patterns and other forms of adult civic engagement.

(5) investigate allegations, made in writing and under oath or affirmation, that citizens of the United States are unlawfully being accorded or denied the right to vote, or to have their votes properly counted, in any election of presidential electors, Members of the United States Senate, or of the House of Representatives, as a result of any patterns or practice of fraud or discrimination in the conduct of such election; and

Based on the level of anger I heard expressed this morning at the hearing, I don't see much chance of immediate change in rural attitudes (nor in voting patterns, as rural voters continue to express their displeasure with the Liberal government).

In «Bowling Alone,» (Simon & Schuster, 2000), Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam researched statistics on membership in parent - teacher organizations, fraternal associations, religious groups and unions, as well as surveys of voting patterns, philanthropic contributions and time spent visiting neighbors and reading, to support his thesis.

Part III then sets out a framework for analyzing the difference in voting patterns based on the extent to which a judge votes in accordance with her policy preferences and the extent to which the justices of a multi-member court can be characterized as cooperative.

But Kagan and Breyer are by political science measures not nearly as far to the left as Ginsburg in their voting patterns.

Search for a neighborhood, and you'll see tabs with data covering such topics as the number of households with children, presidential voting patterns, and even the weather.