Sentence examples for sure votes from inspiring English sources

Mayor: "What?" Mayor's wife: "Eighteen sure votes".

The four Democratic appointees — Ginsburg, Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan — seem like sure votes to uphold the law.

The four Democratic appointees — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan — seem like sure votes to uphold the law.

Consequently, when, as seems likely, Al Franken is declared the winner in Minnesota, the Democrats will in fact have 60 sure votes to block any filibuster attempt by the Republicans.

(Some of this cynical alacrity was echoed in the grimy 1984 action comedy "Ghostbusters": in "The Taking of Pelham," the mayor, played by Lee Wallace, is reminded that paying off the gang's demands will lead to one undeniable benefit -- "18 sure votes" from the hostages on the train. The moment is reprised in "Ghostbusters" with Bill Murray's conspiratorial seduction of city politicians).

Politicians count sure votes at their own peril, but families like the Hurleys seem to account for a solid core of Mr. Huckabee's support here in the final weeks before the first balloting to select a Republican nominee in the 2008 presidential election.

One sure vote to overturn: Thomas.

Clarence Thomas is a sure vote to invalidate the law.

Cutting subsidies, on the other hand, is a sure vote-loser.Second, the poor are not necessarily a homogenous group.

The board's job is to oversee elections, count absentee ballots and make sure voting machines are working right.

"Today's decision invalidating one of its core provisions upsets decades of well-established practices that help make sure voting is fair, especially in places where voting discrimination has been historically prevalent".