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He knows that the French are feeling defensive and angry, and he wants to use those feelings to win support – including by attracting
votes
from the far-right National Front’s Marine Le Pen.
Although this stance cost the Social Democrats many votes, it was hardly enough to offset their main electoral advantage: the unseemly control over key public goods that the party has accumulated during its long incumbency.
Also significant, we are told, is the agreement to make decisions by simple majority, with countries’
votes
to be roughly in proportion to their contributions.
Support for France’s two main traditional parties, Les Républicains on the right (which won 21.6% of
votes
cast in the first round) and the Socialist Party (down to a mere 9.5%), has fallen to levels unseen in the history of the French Fifth Republic.
How can a party with about 32.3% of the
votes
in the first round win in such a landslide in the second round?
The low turnout (less than 50%) for the first round means that two candidates at most can make it to the second round, where the candidate with the highest number of
votes
will win.
It also requires specifying a common date for ratification (through simultaneous referenda or parliamentary votes) for all countries that have not yet done so, including France and the Netherlands.
If Ukrainians do give these politicians-bearing-gifts their votes, they may continue to receive gifts at the next election, but meanwhile the rulers will keep ruining the country and crippling our souls.
Right wing white politicians, predisposed against taxes and redistribution, use the race issue to secure the
votes
of poor whites, who otherwise might vote differently on purely economic grounds.
When shareholders balked, Chubais sought to neutralize his opponents, unilaterally changing the agreement with the Bank of New York to control the
votes
of most holders of American Depository Rights (ADRs).
On Facebook, people are not cattle; they can comment and like things, and their
votes
are counted.
It is fairly clear that Vladimir Putin will be re-elected to the presidency in March; the
votes
will be counted properly, even though some may argue that the slate of candidates is unduly restricted.
The trouble with current premier Momcilo Bulatovic is that his party gained fewer
votes
in Montenegro's elections than Djukanovic's party.
Perhaps it fears that its popularity will further decline, and would prefer to go into elections while it still has the advantages of counting the votes, controlling state television, and establishing electoral districts.
But those “no”
votes
have obscured the fact that 18 of the EU’s 27 member states have ratified the treaty.
Luxembourg’s voters, for example, approved it by a 56.5% majority immediately after the Dutch and French no
votes.
Many commentators claim that Americans Elect will simply take
votes
from the incumbents but have no lasting impact.
Indeed, though party officials had been in place for some time, they waited until the
votes
were cast before putting their cards on the table, and even then did so behind closed doors.
Moreover, the city refused to give its
votes
to a president who exploited its disaster for political gain.
With the defeat of Lugar, and the simultaneous exit of the last Republican moderates, like Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine, who were prepared to put national interests ahead of partisanship, the Senate is unlikely to produce the 60
votes
needed to ratify further US-Russia arms-control treaties, should they be negotiated.
She assumed that the popular support she had when she announced the election would translate into actual
votes.
Those standards are protected by the Clean Air Act, and Trump lacks the
votes
in Congress – by a wide margin – to change that legislation.
The demise of military dictatorships and the spread of democratic regimes throughout Latin America (except for Cuba) means that even severe economic, class, ethnic, and other tensions now more often manifest themselves politically, in struggles for
votes
and influence.
Malaysia’s political parties use anti-Shia animus to spread fear, helping to attract
votes
and consolidate power.
Indeed, the one prime minister who did press for an agreement, Manmohan Singh, was met with strong domestic resistance, including from a coalition ally, making it impossible to gain enough
votes
to adopt the required constitutional amendment.
Today, having engaged in toxic debates and played politics with the lives of the world’s most vulnerable people to win votes, they share the blame again.
Balance was achieved partly by a system of weighting of
votes
in the Council of Ministers, where most decisions are taken.
Following Obama’s re-election, in 2012, Republican leaders commissioned a study that showed that the party’s nominee will have to win more Latino
votes
than ever to win the White House.
Thus, a prime minister who gained massive support from voters only two and a half years ago, won mid-term elections, survived two confidence
votes
in Parliament, and still enjoys high approval ratings is constantly under pressure.
The central weakness of democratic systems also contributes to the problem: The quest for
votes
favors the extension of social benefits and discourages unpopular measures that would put the economy on a more sustainable footing.
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