Sentences with phrase «which split votes»

In 1912, Theodore Roosevelt, a wealthy New Yorker, broke with the Republican «establishment» which he criticized for being in the pocket of big business, and formed the «Bull Moose» Party (which split the vote and paved the way for an otherwise unelectable Woodrow Wilson).

Not exact matches

Remember that if President Trump is elected, Vice President Mike Pence will have a tie - breaking vote in the Senate, which will likely be nearly evenly split between Democrats and Republicans.

Surprising to some, the lower tally on the vote to split roles comes after a year in which investors were rankled over the $ 6.2 billion London Whale trading loss, which resulted in Dimon being summoned to testify before Congress.

«I believe that we shouldn't split the vote and ultimately, it's our country that's at stake,» she told the audience, which gave her a standing ovation.

There would need to be a whole fierce debate first which would turn the whole community into a metaphorical state of civil war, then a vote, then miners have to agree, then there might be a coin - split, price would probably dive, and so on.

Having lived in Ottawa for a number of years and a federal public service employee for neatly 30 years, I like the Wildrose but maybe lack the necessary experience which might cause the voters to split the vote, hence a minority goverment.

Right now, he and Santorum are pretty much splitting the non-Romney vote, which is great news for Romney.

The vote was almost evenly split among Protestants in non-mainline churches, which Barna says is a result skewed by the fact that more than 90 percent of blacks voted for Gore.

If the party rejects the true believers, they risk driving them into a new party which will, at least for the next election, leave the Democrats as the largest party with other votes split.

A voter - exit poll conducted by The New York Times and CBS showed that white «born - again» Protestants voted 61 percent for Reagan and 34 percent for Carter, a split which closely parallels that of other sectors of society.

Another reason I don't like them is because they're all likely to amass 15 wins or so due to the fact they're on the Cubs, which will lead to them splitting votes if one can't separate himself from the other two.

Regarding which area should Chelsea focus on strengthening this winter, the votes were quite evenly split between wing - backs and forwards.

Leicester City have captured all the headlines this season and look set to clinch the Premier League title but have three players nominated, which could see votes for them split.

I can think of several races in which a three - way contest split the votes on the right and benefitted the Democrat — Scozzafava - Hoffman - Owens?

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared «Operation 50 — 50» in the Eastern Region, which is to split the votes with it opponent, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and President Mahama's visit is to boost the morale of the regional executives of his party, as they prepare for this year's elections.

Forecasting that the Ukip vote, which stood at 4,154 in 2015, would split between Labour and the Tories, Gill adjusted her strategy, and was aided by the momentum of the national campaigns.

Green Party leaders split somewhat from their minor party colleagues, saying they would like to see an end to so - called fusion voting (which, by the way, the governor has so far NOT proposed), insisting that third parties should end their habit of cross-endorsing major party candidates in order to maintain their autonomy and remain ideologically pure.

For example, suppose that voters are evenly split between two political parties, but the nine equal population single member districts are drawn so that the favored party wins by just 5 percentage points in eight districts, while the disfavored party wins by 40 percentage points in another district, you've converted a 50 - 50 division of the population vote into 8 seats for the favored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error in its favor in the eight districts it wins and a 0.1 seat rounding error against it in the one district it loses), and 1 seat for the disfavored party (which gets a 0.45 seat rounding error against it in the eight district it loses but only a 0.1 seat rounding error in its favor in the one district it wins).

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

The referendum campaign greatly increased support for independence, which is highly correlated with SNP voting in the General Election, as well as further dividing the Scottish party system, which was already split by attitudes towards independence.

There is a strong sense of complacency — about Ukip being a gift which splits the Tory vote, or being able to coast to power on 35 % of the vote.

The vote was among dozens of votes this year in which Stefanik split from the House Republican Conference.

Of 237 roll call votes in which four or more Republican House members voted against the majority of Republican members, Stefanik joined in splitting with the party 63 times, according to a Post-Star analysis of her 2016 voting record.

Farage last night described Vote Leave, which is backed by several Conservative ministers, as the choice of the Westminster establishment, but insisted the split between the two groups would not affect the final result.

The UKIP vote, which many had assumed would return to the Conservative party, ended up being split between the Conservative and Labour parties, adding to the mayhem of election night.

The resulting vote split the government and an early general election was called, which was won by SMER.

The commission met on April 12, 2012 to vote in favor of a compromise map, which contained two Senate district splits and 68 House splits.

The Vote Green Syracuse committee, which splits its funds between Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and three Common Council candidates, got about $ 1,600 in contributions between Oct. 3 and Oct. 23.

Some of these Independent candidates are former representatives of existing political parties: for example, the ex-Labour MP Tony Clarke is standing in his old seat of Northampton South (which should helpfully split the Left wing vote in the seat being defended by Conservative MP Brian Binley), whilst John Stevens, who is challenging John Bercow in Buckingham, is an ultra-europhile former Tory MEP who set up the Pro-Euro Conservative Party before joining the Liberal Democrats.

At these local elections, the Conservatives benefitted from this restructuring of UKIP supporters, gaining Basildon, bringing Dudley to an even split with Labour and almost decimating Labour's leads in North - East Lincolnshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth — all of which were heavily Leave - voting areas.

People who obviously changed their voting habits to elect a Democratic majority (male voters split 50/50 last night, a third of Evangelicals voted for Democrats) were taking a chance on a party in which Hillary is now the standard bearer.

Of 237 roll call votes in which four or more Republican House members voted against the majority of Republican members, Rep. Elise Stefanik joined in splitting with the party 63 times, according to a Post-Star analysis of her 2016 voting record.

«After 60 per cent votes for sure fire election losers, IRA - supporting Shadow Chancellors and Scottish Labour unnecessarily splitting the party on issues over which it has no responsibility, we have a Shadow Minister telling «Stop the War» — a madcap coalition of trots, Islamists and anti-west fury chimps — that Labour will consult them on how it will vote on Syria.

The polling, all in Lib Dem - held seats, was done 10 days before last week's key parliamentary vote to increase university tuition fees to up to # 9,000 a year, which saw the party's MPs split three ways and the coalition's Commons majority slashed by three quarters.

Republican members of Indiana's Congressional Delegation split their votes on the latest budget deal which funds the government for the next two years, lifts the...

Republican members of Indiana's Congressional Delegation split their votes on the latest budget deal which funds the government for the next two years, lifts the debt ceiling as well as increases spending on defense and domestic programs.

With several small parties competing for this identical agenda that UKIP has belatedly adopted, UKIP is facing being vote - split itself, which seems like karma to me.

«In a perfect world, you have more sort of negative types of news, more negative sentiment out of Washington and Republicans in a Trump White House — which makes them even more unpopular — coupled with both Donovan and Grimm on the November ballot... splitting into each other's votes and a strong Democratic opponent, one that's very well - funded,» he said.

Successive surveys have shown that Labour loyalties - not just voting behaviour but emotional identification with the party - declined steeply between 1979 and 1983, when the party had its protracted row about nuclear disarmament and the split which led to the formation of the Social Democratic Party.

If he's forced to split conservative votes with a minor party candidate, a scenario in which Democrat Steve Meyer is competitive is feasible.

Wright, who is considering a candidacy for the Harlem congressional seat now held by Charles Rangel, threw his support to Heastie which was a major boost to The Bronx representative's chances because black and Latino legislators would not have to split votes between two black candidates.

You're still hung up on the Hillary loss which was your own doing, should never have split your vote.

We must examine all the seats that are up next May and decide which seats, our intervention, will allow UKIP candidates to split the tory vote.

Having gotten the WFP's ballot line, which otherwise would have gone to Ms. Teachout, Mr. Cuomo ensured that he would not have to fear a split in the balloting during the general election among Democrats, although disillusionment among the party's left wing accounted for his getting 9 percent less of the vote than in 2010.

White House political Director Patrick Gaspard has been active in expressing concerns that in a low - turnout special election, which is set for May 22, former Rep. Ed Case and state Senate president Colleen Hanabusa could split the Democratic vote enough to allow Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou (R) to win.

Later on, the 1993 general election saw the New Zealand Labour Party's vote split by The Alliance, which has been attributed to the vagaries of the first past the post electoral system.

The last step in approving a city - county merger would be the public referendum, which would involve a split vote.

- The UKIP vote came almost exclusively from the working class traditional Labour parts of the constituency (which did mostly vote leave but not emphatically so) and I suspect their ~ 5,000 votes last time split roughly 3,000 Labour, 2,000 Tory.

The split was described by one observers as moderates versus progressives, a dynamic which some fear will split the caucus; our source tells us Braynon was the deciding vote.

The FT says that, as well as the long - awaited Chilcot report on 6 July addressing the last Labour government's conduct in the run - up to the Iraq War, Tory MPs believe Mr Cameron could call an early vote on Trident — an issue on which the Conservatives are united whereas Labour is split.