Sentences with phrase «who voted cast»

Fifty - five percent of women who voted cast ballots for Obama, and those women made up 29 percent of the electorate.

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That strategy worked so well that Franken's 2014 Republican opponent tried to win votes by casting Franken as a guy who was «basically invisible» in Washington.

Some voters in Jefferson County ended up crossing party lines to cast their ballots for who they thought was the best candidate in each of the races — defying the practice of party line voting in an election that showed a deep red - blue political divide.

She said it's likely that there were Democratic voters who cast a ballot for her but who also voted for Trump.

More than two million people, or 90 percent of those who cast a ballot, voted «Yes» to Catalonia breaking away from Spain.

The Company's Corporate Governance Guidelines require any director in an uncontested election who fails to receive over 50 % of the votes cast «for» his or her election to tender his or her resignation to the board within five days of the election.

Small - business owners around the country are casting their ballots as the race to the 2014 Midterm Election finish line comes to an end — and how Main Street votes could determine not just who will go to Washington, but also the outcome of key initiatives that affect all of our bottom lines.

Shareholders who have already cast their votes in the $ 24.4 billion buyout have lined up against the Dell deal, sources said.

Mariah Jones, a 29 - year - old resident of the District who studies political science at George Washington University, said she thought Obama should have waited until after the final votes were cast in the primary contests to endorse — though she thought endorsements from top Democratic leaders were predictable.

When Sen. John McCain (R - AZ) cast his now - famous thumbs - down vote on GOP health care efforts in late July, pessimism weighed even more, and in August, it was hard to find anyone in the professional investment community who thought a tax bill was even close to a sure thing.

L. (Sept. 1, 2014), http://us.practicallaw.com/4-578-4485 [http://perma.cc/8XRK-A4YL](«It appears that ISS negative vote recommendations based on the perceived lack of board responsiveness to shareholder concerns (as evidenced by the failure to implement a successful shareholder proposal) was the leading factor associated with directors who failed to receive a majority of votes cast in an uncontested election in 2014.»)

The company has already collected nearly 9 million HT from more than a hundred thousand users who have cast millions of votes for dozens of cryptocurrencies.

For GOP lawmakers who support a straightforward increase in the debt limit, pairing it with Harvey money makes the unpopular vote easier to cast.

A deputies» union on Thursday announced that 85 percent of its members who voted — 534 out of 628 — cast ballots expressing «no confidence» in the sheriff's leadership.

You must be perfect to pass so much judgement on others you don't know, shame we have ignorant people like you who are allowed to cast their vote.

@Howard — As a republic, which is a version of representative democracy, it means we do not have a true or direct democracy where each law would be voted on by each citizen, but an elected representative for larger groups of people that gets to cast the vote, which may or may not at times represent the will of the voters who elected the representative.

Those who cast their vote solely on the basis of what they hear in church are not acting as Americans, but as sheep.

For those of us who find it impossible to cast a vote for either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump on November 8, this poem by Artur Miedzyrzecki, written during Poland's Solidarity revolution, has a certain resonance:

«I have many friends and loved ones who made the decision to cast a mournful vote for the GOP nominee,» said Denny Burk, professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's Boyce College.

All those who voted for Romney must be cast rated.

Besides, we don't cast the deciding vote on who is in or out.

What would a vote look like were it cast by someone who is joyful and wholehearted in their participation?

Pity Justice Kennedy, who cast the decisive vote eight years ago to permit «the most repulsive human conduct,» and now gazes upon the gruesome consequences.

There are many Americans who think that God gave us freedom of religion strictly for the benefit of those with the right religion, and they would love to cast a vote for theocratic government.

While Jesus» name won't appear on the ballot this fall, I imagine that every time I care for the poor, attempt to live more simply, turn the other cheek, and love my enemies, I'm casting a vote for Jesus, who will one day return to rule His Kingdom in person.

No Christian in good faith can cast a vote for a non-Christian who blasephemes the Christian faith by claiming Mormons are Christians and will become GODS.

CNN wants all to believe that all democrats are like them, when in reality, there are many well read conservative Christians who abide in His truth in the party... years before these folks were able to cast a vote.

Reduced to essentials, Shaw's contention is that Hecker and those of his «Americanist» cast of mind did represent an assimilationist current in U.S. Catholic thought — a tendency to bend over backwards to «fit into» American culture — that eventually made possible Ted Kennedy, Barbara Mikulski, Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden: cradle - Catholic politicians who support public policies that flatly contradict basic moral truths taught by the Church on the basis of reason and revelation, justify their votes in the name of «democracy» and «pluralism,» and are supported by a lot of fellow - Catholics in doing so.

By offering such an assortment of craft burger options, fresh salads, all - beef hot dogs, hand - dipped shakes and other menu items, Burger 21's creations appeal to all audiences and ages, particularly females who often cast the «veto vote» when selecting a restaurant.

Fans then had to help cast the vote by retweeting who they thought was most worthy of the award, and the Costa Rican international thought he'd help the process along by voting for himself.

Four million votes More than four million votes were cast by 320,000 users (a 30 % increase on last year), and the resulting dream team features five members of the Barça side that conquered Europe last season, plus another who has joined since.

Have your say on who scored the finest strike for Liverpool during February by casting a vote in our Goal of the Month poll now.

The SFA, in an unprecedented unilateral decision by its «urgency committee», has dismissed the arbitrators chosen by the Serbian Players Union and appointed officials with links to the biggest clubs, Red Star and Partizan Belgrade, as the chamber's chairman and vice-chairman, who typically will have the casting vote in disputes.

They saw racial politics, as Iola McGowan, a member of the old anti-Washington park board, was jeered by fellow blacks when she cast a vote favoring Kelly, who has placed white males in almost all the important posts in the park district bureaucracy.

The Headmaster, who had personally read testimonies and interviewed students about the bullying, did not put a stop to it when someone offered a cash incentive on the school website for people to cast their vote in order to bump up numbers for the coach so that he could get the award.

Lautz accused parks board members of maneuvering behind his back and lashed out at Park District Assistant Supt. Ken Kutska, who also sits on the Wheaton Plan Commission, for casting the lone Plan Commission vote against his development.

The bill was approved 56 - 2, with the dissenting votes cast by Democratic Sens. Liz Krueger and Brad Hoylman, who had wanted planks such as a ban on confidential settlements involving taxpayer funds to be stronger and have more protections for survivors.

John has lost 20.82 % of individuals who casted their votes for him in 2012 and Nana has gain only 3.5 % of new voters from 2012.

Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder, who vacated the 145th in January to take his current job, routinely voted against Silver for speaker — often casting the lone «no» vote — and regularly criticized him publicly, particularly on his perceived lack of support for UB 2020.

Flanagan in the op / ed also criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo for emphasizing liberal - friendly issues such as allowing those on parole to cast votes, writing «I no longer recognize the person who occupies this office.»

When the Democrats cut a deal to bring Espada back into their conference they very carefully crafted it so none of their members would have to cast a formal vote in favor of the turncoat senator, who was being investigated at the time for various infractions (one of those probes came to fruition today; others are yet unresolved).

The woman will only get the votes of those naive enough to think they can change the system, and those who are sexist enough to cast their vote based on sex instead of issues.

For all of those voters who already cast ballots through absentee or early voting, the new candidate will get all their votes.

You do not know how many more votes would have been cast, and who they would have gone to, in states like California and New York, if people had known that their votes would count in the end result.

Although the odds remain against Smith, he will be hoping that an enthusiastic campaign over the next month will do enough to persuade Corbyn backers, including among the third tranche who can take part — the 70,000 union affiliates — to either switch their vote or not cast it at all.

Stewart - Cousins is an electoral herself and will cast her vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton, who handily won New York in November.

Guelleh, who ran on the UMP party ticket, secured 87 percent of the votes cast in Friday's elections, according to provisional results announced by the country's interior minister.

After the recount of roughly 5,100 voting machines and so - called «emergency» paper ballots used by those who could for whatever reason not cast their vote in the usual way, de Blasio's tally stands at 40.88, which is up from 40.33 percent via the unofficial results on primary night.

I spoke with individuals who had not voted since casting ballots for Ronald Reagan (in 1980 or 1984) but who were resolved to turn out to the ballot boxes for Trump.

The only vote wasted is the one not cast, or the one cast for who you believe will win instead of who you want.