Sentences with phrase «where voters number»

Not exact matches

As they enthusiastically did in 2008 and 2012, black voters should turn out in massive numbers this November in states where their votes can determine the margin of victory for the Democratic nominee — Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

While the exact rules vary from state to state, essentially a voter is voting for a set of electors chosen by the party, and the most votes for a given party / candidate selects that set of electors, so where there is winner takes all, the set of electors is equal to the total number of electors for that state

For the Republicans, voters back the plan to provide sweeping tax cuts and credits to small businesses and a 46 percent approval rating of the chamber where they hold a narrow 32 - 29 majority — an unusually high number given the Legislature's historically awful reputation with New Yorkers.

Remain will be expecting solid victories in Westminster, Ealing and Oxford, where high numbers of graduates and younger voters can surely be relied upon to back staying in the EU.

That is where I believe problems might originate: even if canvassers are not paid by the number of voters signed up (though maybe they might), those that turn in a decent tally of new voters are insuring they will continue to be paid to canvass, perhaps get paid a bonus... etc..

Traditionally strong tactical voters because of the sheer number of seats where their candidate couldn't win, the «yellow surge» means more Lib Dems may now believe their candidate has a chance after all.

That's where the poll numbers count, and right now those numbers show that Cuomo's brand of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism isn't sitting well with rank - and - file Republican voters.

Actually, the numbers are a little bit better for The President in the suburbs of New York, including Westchester, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll, where 37 % of suburbian voters approve of Trump while 60 % disapprove.

Pollster Larry Harris says that disparity is not unusual, because it generally reflects where the most number of registered voters live in the area that was surveyed.

At 14.5 percent of the enrolled list of voters it's larger than the likely number of voters for the special election, but it's a good place to begin and it's where things start to look better for Republicans.

The number of legislative races where an incumbent is returned to office without a challenger also dulls voter interest in state and local elections.

Another way to produce a big change in Congress is a «one - party collapse,» where a huge number of voters from one of the parties simply sit out the election.

IPAC also accepted a working definition for «over-voting» as follows; «Over voting would be deemed to have occurred where the number of ballots in the ballot box exceed the number of verified voters.»

Of the 100 seats for which final voter registration numbers have been collated, 82 have seen a rise in registered voters since the 2015 election - but more than half the increase is in just 20 seats where numbers have risen by at least three per cent.

Despite his low poll numbers, GOP Challenger Rob Astorino continues an active campaign; he met with voters on Long Island and released a jobs program in Binghamton, where he attacked the governor's record.

So, by my reckoning there will probably be around 15 re-selection battles where a sitting Labour MP faces up against another sitting Labour MP on the provisional boundaries, though remember that these are subject to change (and it only takes a small adjustment by the boundary commission to shift the number of voters from an old seat above or below 40 %).

Sue Lerner, with Common Cause, says currently most contributions for campaigns for statewide offices, as well as the Senate and Assembly, come from a limited number of zip codes, many from the area right around the Capitol, where major lobbying and other interest groups have their offices, as well as the Upper East and West Sides of Manhattan, and Wall Street, and «not from the actual voters».

Despite his low poll numbers, GOP Challenger Astorino continues an active campaign, meeting with voters on Long Island and releasing a jobs program in Binghamton, where he attacked the governor's record.

Likely Reid is just trying to be provocative in picking this particular number, however it does beg the question: If Citizens United has brought us a world where it is a few rich men - and not us voters - that decide our government, then who are the top 15 most (monetarily) influential people?

In an election where the central issue is the stalled economic recovery — as evidenced by the disappointing unemployment numbers for June released Friday — the Obama camp will reportedly avoid mingling with the Haves in the Hamptons to duck the risk of alienating Have - not voters.

The Vice Chancellor of University of Calabar, Prof Epoke had while justifying the declaration of the election as inconclusive, stated that the number of registered voters in the areas where elections did not hold was bigger than the gap between the leading candidate and the runner - up.

For instance, at Agu Oka / Aroma Junction, Unit 9 in Awka South, where the number of registered voters was put at 1,052, only 115 valid votes were recorded.

Despite his low poll numbers, GOP Challenger Astorino continues an active camping, he was to meet with voters on Long Island, and released a jobs program in Binghamton, where he attacked the governor's record.

Judging from numbers inside the Siena primary poll, both candidates must move toward middle ground, where the vast majority of voters will cast their ballots.

Cuomo also announced the opening of a job training center in Buffalo, where he interpreted the low poll numbers as not about him, but about voter discontent with Albany in general and the on going corruption scandals.

There are also signs that President Obama's attempts to re-create the coalition that helped elect him in 2008 have come up short — particularly with young voters whose numbers in preliminary exit polling are well short of where they stood two years ago.

This is a small improvement on our current system of first past the post, since it allows voters to rank candidates and reduces the need to vote tactically, but it does not address the crucial unfairness at the heart of our democracy which is that a party's share of seats in parliament does reflect the number of votes it receives across the country - a situation which leads to millions of wasted votes and a shameful system of «safe seats» where a donkey could be elected so long as they were wearing the right coloured rosette.

That appraisal resonates in Georgia, where black voters turned out in large numbers several years ago to help pass a constitutional amendment confirming state authority to grant charters, but played a crucial role in the November defeat of the constitutional amendment for an Opportunity School District.

Consider those numbers alongside a sub-40 % voter turn - out and you arguably have an election profile where most people are only motivated to vote for those they know.