Sentence examples for vote a reflection from inspiring English sources

While Mr. Schröder's Social Democrats slightly increased their percentage of the vote over 1997, winning some 37.5percenttheireir coalition partners, the Greens, lost badly, getting less than 9percentt of their vote, a reflection of the battle the alternative party is having keeping its supporters now that it is in the federal government.

The 227-to-188 vote to open travel to Cuba was not as decisive as a similar vote last year, a reflection of anger over the Castro government's recent crackdown on political dissidents.

I believe that how we vote is a reflection of our moral values.

But most analysts did not see the vote as a reflection of a major conservative shift among voters as much as a sign of disenchantment with what they saw as stale ideas and a desire for renewal.

For Shlomo Avineri, a longtime Labor member and former director of the Foreign Ministry, the vote is a reflection of the general radicalization of the Israeli mood in the last year as the suicide bombings have taken their toll and hardened Israeli attitudes toward the Palestinians and Mr. Arafat.

As pointed out, it is particularly concerning when decisions not to vote are a reflection of disenchantment, indifference or a lack of capabilities (Chan and Clayton, 2006).

One cannot discount the possibility however that Brazil might become more of a progressive player at some point in future: in the first round of the country's recent presidential election Green Party candidate Marina Silva garnered a whopping 19% of the vote, a clear reflection of rising environmental consciousness.

"The vote today is a reflection of the public's strong support for the military," Mr. Lewis said.

Ms. Widmer-Schlumpf acknowledged that the vote was "undeniably a reflection of the fears and uncertainties that exist among the population — concerns that Islamic fundamentalist ideas could lead to the establishment of parallel societies".

Harder to measure, however, is whether the vote was also a reflection of mounting resentment over America's role as the world's sole superpower, and the Bush administration's suggestions that it would walk away from the Kyoto treaty on global warming and eventually replace the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty.

He also wrote "90 votes -- few center," a reflection of how many votes on any given issue were predetermined in the Senate.