Sentences with phrase «who split the vote»

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there will always be a split - vote in assessment of who or what is «loving».

With no option to specify preferences, voting for the actual Libertarian party would split the vote making it even less likely that someone who represents their position would be elected.

(Also in the running were former NYC Councilman / current Taxi and Limousine Commissioner David Yassky, who was the only white candidate in the race and drew fire by moving into the district to take advantage of the split black vote; former Sen. Carl Andrews, and Owens» son, Chris).

The votes of those who did bother to vote for the opposition were split, and, therefore, irrelevant.

Chapman notes a split vote among many conservative Southern Democrats in the 1970s and 1980s who supported local and statewide conservative Democrats while simultaneously voting for Republican presidential candidates.

One — there is a sizeable chunk of the Labour vote who are brand loyalists, in the event of a split they would keep on voting for Labour, regardless of whether the left has split away or the right has split away.

Republicans and Democrats are split almost evenly in the Senate, but eight Democrats who call themselves the Independent Democratic Conference have made themselves the key voting bloc by choosing, when it suits them, to vote with the Republicans.

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.

Many have suggested that Williams, who garnered nearly 11 percent of the vote, served to split black voters and ultimately hurt Wright's chances of toppling Espaillat.

But it was not enough to overtake Ms. Cancel, a longtime resident of the area who has been active in tenant issues, who won 39 percent to 34 percent, with the rest of the vote split among other candidates.

Labour is split over the decision by some MPs who will not vote for Mr Corbyn to nominate the left - winger in order to broaden the choice for Labour's 260,000 members and registered supporters.

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.

But since then Senators who cast their votes for gay marriage have been ousted from office, many some faced challenges from more conservative candidates that split the vote and enabled a Democrat to win.

Breaking down 2010 Liberal Democrat voters by how much attention they pay to politics though shows a fascinating split: 2010 Lib Dem voters who paid a lot of attention to politics were more likely to switch to Labour; people who voted Lib Dem in 2010 but who paid little attention to politics were more likely to split to the Conservatives.

«After the voting, both candidates had 19 votes, making it a split, so the electoral officer decided that the house should take a breather for an hour and return to vote for the second time, but this declaration of the votes by the electoral officer did not go down well with the youth who had gathered at the back of the church building.»

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.

If you didn't split your vote, maybe you'd be calling the shots here but she lost and with the recent pay to play revelations who isn't glad she lost?

They want to be a force of change that backs candidates who share their beliefs - not a third party that could split votes and benefit Democratic candidates.

«If he continues to refuse to denounce those calling for a split, members will think he is simply trying to scaremonger them to vote for him by his talking up of threats from a minority of MPs supporting his campaign who are plotting to split our party in Tory newspapers, while at the same time refusing to denounce them.

There is just as much chance of the New Party, who are working off the same platform as UKIP, but are better funded, taking votes off UKIP and splitting the small party vote.

Civil rights advocates last week testified during a LATFOR hearing that the lines unfairly divided communities of color in central Nassau County as well as in Brentwood - Islip in Suffolk County, splitting minority voters — who tend to vote for Democrats — among districts now represented by white Republican incumbents.

Were there to be a split an anti-Corbyn splinter party would also pick up support from respondents who aren't currently voting Labour, giving them similar levels of support: about 13 % -14 %.

The request came in response to a controversial vote last week by the Republicans, who hold a narrow, 32 - 30, majority, to prohibit Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy from casting a tie - breaking vote to pick a new majority leader if the Democrats win any special elections during the next two years, thereby producing a 31 - 31 split.

Doheny doesn't yet have competition for the GOP nod, since the man he defeated in the primary last year, Doug Hoffman, (the Tea Party darling of the 2009 special election, who forced former Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava out of the race and then split the vote with her, costing the Republicans a seat they'd held for more than a century), hasn't yet decided whether to run.

Supporters of Ms Formby, who also include Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell and other senior members of the Labour frontbench, fear Mr Lansman could split the left - wing vote and allow a more moderate candidate to win.

Later, after Nixon and Mozes split and she and Marinoni began dating, Nixon became devoted to the fight for LGBTQ rights in New York, co-founding an organization to oust state legislators who had voted against gay marriage.

It is unusual that the politician who split off from the original party ends up getting more votes than the party.

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.

«Splitting the vote of those who want to look afresh at our relationship with Europe is not helpful,» he said.

Monarchists are slightly more likely to be Leave voters, with those who cast a ballot in 2016 splitting 56 % / 44 % in favour of Brexit, while those oppose Britain having a Royal family voted 65 % / 35 % in favour of Remain.

(CNN)- Republican Doug Hoffman, who split the conservative vote in last year's special election for New York's 23rd congressional district handing the seat to a Democrat, has dropped out of this November's general election for the same seat.

With the Liberal Democrats reduced to a rump of supporters who are less antagonistic towards the Tories, the right - of - centre vote is looking more split.

On the right, the Republican candidate, Alderman Ron Polacco (R - Ward 6) will likely split the vote with fellow Republican Richard Cahill Jr. who came in a distant third in the GOP primary but still holds the Conservative Party line.

If all of that isn't enough, there is a Green Party candidate, Howie Hawkins, who will certainly split the progressive vote.

The split vote sent the issue to State Supreme Court, where Andrew Zweben, a politically active attorney who serves as unofficial house counsel to Kingston's Democratic Committee, argued against Brown's right to appear on the Republican Party Line.

«The vast majority of voters understand there are different candidates running for different offices, and there probably will be a lot of ticket splitting this year,» he said, referring to those who vote for a presidential candidate from one party and down - ballot candidates from another.

Huey's current second - place showing in a district where registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by almost two - to - one can largely be attributed to a split Democratic vote between Hahn, Bowen, and Democratic activist Marcy Winograd, who garnered 9.5 percent of the vote.

I asked Morgan if he feared he, Rangel and two other African - American challengers would split the African - American vote and better position new entrant Adriano Espaillat, a state senator who is Dominican - American, to win with support from district's Hispanic majority.

The 506,438 votes cast were split into full members, # 25 «registered supporters» and affiliates who got a vote through their union.

If people who care about little things like ethics and integrity split their vote and Schneiderman gets all the» who cares how he wins» votes — he wins.

King, who after several long days and nights of campaigning said he was exhausted, brushed aside any idea that the winner of the race may not be strong enough to withstand a future challenge, with the possibility of fewer opponents to split the vote.

The senator has said he will take his fight for the nomination to the Republican convention floor and gain the votes of state committee members who will split with their party chairs.

In YouGov's final poll of the year only 24 % of people who said they'd voted Lib Dem in 2010 said they'd support the party tomorrow, with 25 % saying they'd vote Labour and 25 % saying don't know (the remainder split between voting Tory, Green, other parties or not voting at all).

This not only favours parties such as UKIP and for that matter the dreaded Greens who would get nowhere under FTTP but prevents people splitting their ticket as it is an all or nothing vote.

Biden's visit comes two days after Republican Dede Scozzafava withdrew from the race - a seeming blow to Owens who had benefited from Sozzafava and conservative third - party candidate Dough Hoffman splitting the opposition vote.

Apart from the Liberal Democrats (FDP), who unanimously support import, all the other factions (SPD, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen, CDU / CSU, and PDS) are split into «pro» and «anti» groups, making the overall vote impossible to call.

Why Game of Thrones will dominate the Emmys until it ends SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones Michael Kelly, House of Cards Kit Harington, Game of Thrones Ben Mendelsohn, Bloodline Jon Voight, Ray Donovan Who will win: Kit Harington, Game of Thrones If there isn't any vote splitting — a huge possibility now with the plurality system — between the Westeros dudes, look for Harington to win his first Emmy on his first nomination.

If there is a potential spoiler in the event that Natalie Portman and Emma Stone split the vote, it will surely be Annette Bening, whose career in Hollywood spans thirty years and who shows no signs of slowing down as an actress.

I think that voting has been split, and there are about 800 new Academy voters this year, who are young.

For those who want to split their picture / director votes, Jenkins and Lonergan both have a shot here.