Votes
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votes
by party for the three recent election cycles (2014, 2016, and 2018), Democratic Senate candidates outpolled Republican candidates by roughly 120 million to 100 million.
Democrats win more votes, but Republicans win more seats.
Once there, however, rather than trying to change conditions for the poor, they adopt the values of the elite while manipulating the symbols of identity politics – a tactic that still attracts
votes.
With wide support in the north, as well as
votes
from the Yoruba southwest and several states in the middle of the country, Buhari was able to carry the day.
Votes
for Jonathan came largely from his home South-South region and from the neighboring Igbo ethnic group in the southeast.
Unlike the American President, who may seek
votes
to support his policies even from the opposing party in Congress, a German Chancellor promises not to govern by seeking the
votes
of opposition party members.
People seeking the country’s highest office should know how to balance the political imperative of winning
votes
with a sense of responsibility for the feasibility of – and reasoning behind – their policy promises.
And even with Euroskepticism on the rise, the pro-European candidate, Macron, received more
votes
than any other.
They reflect the fact that a significant portion of American society, which currently
votes
mainly Republican, rejects or is simply unaware of basic scientific evidence regarding climate change, biological evolution, human health, and other fields.
Not only is the minimum wage widely circumvented; some politicians have capitalized on fears of the current influx of refugees to win votes, claiming that openness to foreigners will only make inequality worse.
In France, Jean-Marie Le Pen’s party has been substantially weakened, but in the Netherlands, the anti–Islam party led by Geert Wilders won 17% of the votes, and in Austria, Denmark, Hungary, Slovakia, and even in the UK the far right did better than expected.
They, in turn, would secure the
votes
for the federal government to assume and repay the states’ defaulted debts.
Those
votes
may have been merely symbolic, given Obama’s veto power; nonetheless, the striking fact remains that the Republicans never bothered to try to formulate an alternative in the event that one of their own would one day become president.
In other words, many people’s
votes
were driven by risk aversion, fear, and intimidation, rather than hope, passion, or deep emotional attachment to a common identity.
American presidents are elected by an Electoral College in which each state
votes
in proportion to the number of members it has in Congress.
A big increase in lobbying expenditures helps to persuade legislators to switch their
votes.
A politician must ensure that unemployed workers have new opportunities, or risk losing their
votes.
According to all evidence, half of his
votes
came from the left.
As long as no politicians or parties offer programs that compete for
votes
in Germany and in Greece, in Finland and in France, and across the European continent, future crises are inevitable.
Macron is campaigning for
votes
from all parts of society.
Whatever the outcome, whoever wins, the key decisions that must be taken appear likely to be either postponed once again or -- worse yet -- taken hastily by inexperienced politicians huddled in insecure and unprincipled coalitions, governments that our
votes
can neither influence nor control.
The number of
votes
cast yesterday for UKIP candidates still points to a hard fight by the government to keep Britain in Europe.
The US would gain much by putting its foreign-policy initiatives to the test of Security Council
votes.
A simple majority of the IMF’s Executive Board would recommend it to the Board of Governors, where a resolution separating the reforms into two parts would require 85% of the
votes.
In 2010, the reform package passed with more than 95% of the
votes.
This opens the possibility that the US’s voting power could temporarily fall below the 15% threshold needed to veto decisions that require the support of 85% of IMF members’
votes.
Just as important, however, was President Barack Obama’s reaction to the Colorado and Washington
votes
– both states that he won easily in his re-election bid.
Historically, the US has been able to conclude trade agreements only when a coalition of actors that would benefit from better export opportunities secured more
votes
than those who were vulnerable to import competition.
So how will the Iranian people weigh their
votes?
Turnout averages 60-65% in presidential elections, implying that around 29 million
votes
are likely to be cast.
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