Sentence examples for hands on election from inspiring English sources

With fewer seats changing hands on election day, this tends to shift the focus of politics away from the general election itself, and on to the primaries in which the parties select their candidates.

Then I will row hard enough to do the work of four people if you choose to sit on your hands on election day.

People who sign up for Change Politics are also able to "endorse" candidates, view which individuals and organizations have done the same and then build a "personalized voter guide" to keep on hand for election day.

On one election day at the height of the Troubles, he shook hands with both Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley.

On the one hand, the election on January 9th was something to make them proud and other Arabs envious.

She also accused the Nationalists of buying votes by handing out money on election day and by steering contracts to influential business people.

Half the electorate will sit on its hands come election day, a record abstention rate, every poll suggests.

As his poll numbers plunge, there are fears that independent and even some Republican voters will turn against the party, or at least stay at home on election day, potentially handing Democrats a crucial advantage.

The party said it would pay people $330 for handing out how-to-vote cards on election day, and offered them a $200 bonus if candidates in individual seats received more than 10% of the vote.

On election day, the Democrats increased the number of state capitols in their hands by four.

Vendors who have been sitting on their hands because of election uncertainty are not yet making the decision to sell up," said Wells.