Sentence examples for votes behind from inspiring English sources

Mrs. Clinton is more than 700,000 votes behind in the popular vote.

Even if you include Florida, she's more than 400,000 votes behind.

The Conservatives were only 2,413 votes behind Labour eight months ago.

Thirty or so votes behind that there was Deborah Andrews' Walking the Lights.

In the recent local elections, Ukip came second in Bitterne, fewer than 200 votes behind Labour.

"Iowa caught my attention," she said, referring to Mr. Santorum's finishing just eight votes behind the winner, Mitt Romney.

The party came second, 4.26 per cent (1,771 votes) behind the Liberal Democrats who retained the seat.

When preliminary results released on July 7th showed him to be a million votes behind, he made the fateful threat.

Two years ago, he came in second in that crowded Council race, only 343 votes behind Mr. Martinez.

He also came close to winning the Labour leadership in 1980, finishing just 10 votes behind Michael Foot.

WASHINGTON -- As efforts to comprehensively reform the nation's immigration system near the first of several likely Senate votes, behind-the-scenes political machinations are becomming increasingly dramatic.