Sentence examples for the first preference of from inspiring English sources

"That's one reason why the first preference of any officer or director, present or former, is to go directly to the insurance policy, which provides for payment of defense costs," he said.

If no candidate does, then the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and the second preference of all those who voted for that candidate are reallocated.

Hence this tie for the overall 3rd rank was resolved by examining the second preference of the participants.

A poll by YouGov for The Times found Corbyn was the first preference for 43% of party supporters – way ahead of bookies' favourite Andy Burnham on 26%.

The second preferences of those candidates are then counted, and added to the totals of the top two.

None of these inquiries favoured a system where the second preferences of the least popular candidates have the most influence.

Perhaps, given that it is an alternative vote poll, she has had her eye on the second preferences of supporters of other candidates.

David Miliband stayed ahead, narrowly, until the fourth round of counting, which redistributed the second preferences of people whose initial choice was Ed Balls.

Under AV, if no candidate wins more than 50% of voters' first preferences, the least popular candidate is eliminated and the second preferences of those who voted for him are distributed.

Old-school lefties hated the prospect that Labour candidates might have to depend for their election on the second preferences of Lib Dem voters, even if that would produce more Labour MPs.

The chairman of the national executive committee, Jim Kennedy, will draw the audience's attention to a big screen where the results of the alternative vote poll will be shown, round-by-round, so that members can see who received the most and least first preferences, and how the second preferences of voters accumulated to provide a winner of the contest.