Sentence examples for a heavy vote from inspiring English sources

While both parties maintain they hope for a heavy vote from African-Americans, Democrats say history shows that would be to their benefit.

There is a heavy vote in support of the government's announced hundred-day campaign to ferret out the foreigners who lack the right papers.

The wording of the Trident motion will not be finalised until Saturday and it remains unclear whether delegates to the Perth conference will vote to abolish it, but party leaders are bracing themselves for a heavy vote against Trident's renewal.

The Scottish Labour motion had been publicly backed by Pat Rafferty, the Scottish regional organiser for Unite, which helped ensure a heavy vote in support from the trade union bloc in the party.

We regard a heavy vote as particularly important in the close Senate races in New York, where we have endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton over Rick Lazio, and in New Jersey, where our choice, Bob Franks, has moved ahead of Jon Corzine in the final polls.

What happened yesterday was that there was a return to the pattern that existed before 2000, and apparently a very heavy vote of people returning from work".

A heavy black vote helped Mr. Robb, but fell short of the overwhelming majorities of more than 90percentt he recorded six years ago when he defeated Lt. Col. Oliver L. North.

In 1966, he ran for governor of Maryland, against a Democrat who made open appeals to racist sentiment, and he won with a heavy crossover vote and strong support from the black community.

The Sheikh said he knew that, despite the heavy vote for Hamas, the majority of Palestinians tell pollsters that they favor an end to the occupation and a two-state solution.

After a day of heavy voting, the guild said its members had rejected the package by a vote of 277 to 265 — meaning 542 of the guild's 670 members had voted.

Why now and why in a heavy black voting area?" Thirty-seven percent of Durham County's registered voters are black, according to CNN.  .