Sentence examples for a decisive ballot from inspiring English sources

A decisive ballot triumph will force anti-gay marriage enthusiasts to find another parade to rain on or, if we're lucky, become ironic and retro, like hipsters who pretend to like bluegrass.

She made a decisive decision.

It would be happier still if he were to lose.Frank Hsieh, a former prime minister who wants better relations with China, won the nomination after a decisive victory in a ballot on May 6th among members of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

It may also fragment an opposition whose present unity may struggle to survive a decisive defeat at the ballot box.

In a national election laden with historical significance, Barack Hussein Obama captured a decisive majority in the 2008 balloting to become the 44th president of the United States; he was scheduled to be sworn into office on Jan . 20 , 2009

Also on Monday, the Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon" won a decisive first-round victory in the critics' balloting.

Many people of faith are pacifists, and that's a decisive factor in how they cast their ballots, though this concern is infrequently characterized in religious terms.

In Oregon, with 87% of the ballot counted, support for Measure 91 had a decisive lead with 54.8% of votes.

Conservative ideologues have hatched a ballot measure which they see as landing a decisive blow against the progressive movement: the Orwellian "Paycheck Protection" initiative, more accurately known as "Paycheck Deception".

Another was to require a supermajority of votes on the first ballot, which could conceivably prevent Trump from scoring a decisive victory.

Systematic electoral fraud including vote-rigging in a third of all constituencies, stuffed ballot boxes and election officials changing results had a decisive impact on the outcome of the Kenyan elections, an investigation by The Independent can reveal.