Sentence examples for Popular balloting from inspiring English sources

In Trump's case, this ability has allowed him to insist, and possibly believe, that Hillary Clinton did not win the popular balloting in the recent election, even though, in the undistorted world, her lead is not far from three million votes.

Indeed, Bush led the nationwide popular balloting by 3.5 million votes, capturing 51% to Kerry's 48%.

Although Gore's loss did mark the third time a candidate won the popular vote and lost in the electoral college, the article failed to mention that in 1824, Andrew Jackson won a plurality both in the electoral college and in the popular balloting, but the House of Representatives voted John Quincy Adams the winner.

Democrats actually won the popular ballot for the House by 1.4 million votes.

Emmen voters agreed last June that becoming Swiss would be decided by popular ballot.

Prime Minister George A. Papandreou of Greece said he would put a new European debt deal to a popular ballot.

Lawmakers in Maine signed gay marriage into law only to see it overturned by a popular ballot in November.

Legislating through popular ballot initiatives has been shown to be a blunt instrument in many states, most famously California.

Most other states don't have the power to change voting rules by popular ballot, meaning that legislatures will, in effect, have to vote to disempower themselves.

That was the popular ballot initiative that mandated more generous cages for veal, egg-laying hens, and pregnant pigs by 2015.

The decision to proceed to popular ballots among Greek and Turkish Cypriots averted a total breakdown in Mr. Annan's efforts to reunite the island.