Sentence examples for based on ballots from inspiring English sources

Mr Maude criticised unions for holding strikes based on ballots with low turnout, claiming that one persuaded just 20% of its eligible members to vote.

In contrast, it is down by about 9 percent in the other 40 states, based on ballots counted so far.

The final poll conducted by Google Consumer Surveys had Mr. Obama ahead in the national popular vote by 2.3 percentage points – very close to his actual margin, which was 2.6 percentage points based on ballots counted through Saturday morning.

While the Oscar and Emmy nominations are based on ballots from hundreds, sometimes thousands of artists, the Tony nominations are determined by a group of 30 — though, due to recusals this year, the number is down to 27 — who are known for remaining mum about their views and preferences.

Unsurprisingly, the government has attacked the strikes as "irresponsible" and pointed out that they were based on ballots conducted years ago that saw low turnouts from union members – basically saying that they were whipped up by a cabal of ultra-left trade union blowhards with no real democratic mandate.

It shows how President Obama and Mitt Romney performed on Election Day relative to the FiveThirtyEight forecasts in each state, based on the ballots counted so far.

Based on the ballots counted so far, more people voted than in 2008 in Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Colorado, Iowa, Florida and Virginia, while turnout in New Hampshire was essentially unchanged from 2008.

Based on published ballots and polling by The New York Times, it seems highly unlikely that the new candidates most prominently linked to drug use will be inducted.

Mr. Obama did win the state, but his margin is 1.9 percentage points based on the ballots in so far, slightly less than his margin of victory nationally, and he may have benefited there from the auto bailout, a one-off event.

In the projected share of the national vote based on Thursday ballot, Corbyn's Labour are slightly ahead of the Conservatives.

Marsy's Law is based on a ballot measure that California voters approved in 2008.