Mitchell said the closeness of the outcome in last fall's Presidential election did not mean that Eisenhower Republicanism was a dead issue.

Ballots which mark every candidate the same ( whether yes or no ) have no effect on the outcome of the election.

While Bongo's major opponents rejected the outcome as fraudulent, international observers characterized the result as representative even if the election suffered from serious administrative problems.

In the election outcome the party retained 6 Dáil seats, making them the most likely partner for Fianna Fáil.

* May, Ernest R. The Making of the Monroe Doctrine ( 1975 ), argues it was issued to influence the outcome of the presidential election of 1824.

Stalin, Churchill, and Truman — as well as Attlee, who participated alongside Churchill while awaiting the outcome of the 1945 general election, and then replaced Churchill as Prime Minister after the Labour Party's victory over the Conservatives — gathered to decide how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany, which had agreed to unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier, on 8 May ( V-E Day ).

In 1996, when the first such election took place, the outcome was a surprise win for Benjamin Netanyahu after election polls predicted that Peres was the winner.

This motion rallied his supporters and affected the outcome of the parliamentary election held in April, with the ruling party becoming the majority.

Though the March 2010 election was largely peaceful, electoral observers noted " procedural errors " and technical problems, and the opposition did not recognize the results, claiming irregularities had affected the outcome.

Kaunda's UNIP party boycotted the parliamentary polls to protest the exclusion of its leader from the presidential race, alleging in addition that the outcome of the election had been predetermined due to a faulty voter registration exercise.

According to The American Political Science Association, over the past 2004 presidential election, the women's vote may have well decided the outcome of the race.

On the eve of the election the Democrats widely published a letter — allegedly over Garfield's signature — which favored Chinese immigration, in an attempt to affect the outcome of the election.

Unlike the previous election, where the outcome was a foregone conclusion, Democratic-Republicans campaigned heavily for Jefferson, and Federalists campaigned heavily for Adams.

Jefferson wrote in dismay at the outcome of the contingent election of 1825 to Congressional caucus nominee William H. Crawford, saying that he had hoped to congratulate Crawford but " events had not been what we had wished.

the play's strongly patriotic themes were credited by the Conservative Party for helping them secure a large percentage of the middle class votes, despite the fact Coward had conceived the project a full year before the election was held, and the playwright strenuously denied having any motivation to influence its outcome.

William himself says almost nothing about the election and Heraclius ' character or his subsequent patriarchate, probably reflecting his disappointment at the outcome.

Calhoun believed that the outcome of the 1824 presidential election, in which the House made Adams President despite the greater popularity of Andrew Jackson, demonstrated that control of the federal government was subject to manipulation by Adams and Henry Clay.

However, the election was disputed by the other candidate, Maximilian III of Austria, and opponents of Sigismund chose not to respect the election outcome, decreeing that Maximilian was the rightful monarch.

In 1990 religion and politics intersected to impact the outcome of the Eighth District election in South Richmond.

An explanation sometimes given for the choice of Thursday as polling day is that it was, in most towns, the traditional market day, although it has also been observed that the choice has practical advantages — with the outcome of the election being known by Friday, the new or continuing administration then has the weekend to organise itself in preparation for the " government shop opening for business " on Monday, the first day of the new week following the election.

The king and his ministers attempted to manipulate the outcome of a general election in 1830, through their July Ordinances.

In November 1398, an influential group of magnates and prelates met at Falkland Castle that included Albany, Rothesay, Archibald, earl of Douglas, Albany's son Murdoch, justiciar North of the Forth along with the bishops Walter of St Andrews and Gilbert of Aberdeen — the outcome of this meeting manifested itself at the council meeting held in January 1399 when the king was forced to surrender power to Rothesay for a period of three years.

The cycle repeatedly returns to those moments during early sexual development in which the outcome of the process is still unknown — in Barney's metaphoric universe, these moments represent a condition of pure potentiality.

This means that a party who is unsatisfied with the outcome of a trial may bring an appeal to contest that outcome.

This may be considered a desirable outcome in cases where the party to the lawsuit is an organization with a transient membership and political perspective.

Because contracts of insurance have many features in common with wagers, insurance contracts are often distinguished under law as agreements in which either party has an interest in the " bet-upon " outcome beyond the specific financial terms.

Some systems are even more likely to lead to a two-party outcome: for example, elections in Gibraltar use a partial block vote system in a single constituency, so the third most popular party is unlikely to win any seats.

Nikolay Nikolaychuk, a member of The United Russia party, has been the Mayor since 2007, replacing mayor Alexander Makarov, who was suspended from his post pending the outcome of criminal proceedings against him.

It prevents instances where a party dominant in one state may dishonestly inflate the votes for a candidate and thereby affect the election outcome.

Lord Chancellors generally did not sit judicially when the Government had a stake in the outcome ; during a debate in the Lords, Lord Irvine said, " I am unwilling to lay down any detailed rules because it is ever a question of judgment combined with a need to ensure that no party to an appeal could reasonably believe or suspect that the Lord Chancellor might, because of his other roles, have an interest in a specific outcome.

Despite the outcome of the congress, the following years saw the Mensheviks gathering considerable support among regular Social Democrats and effectively building up a parallel party organization.

The defense employed a three-pronged strategy: First, portraying the CPUSA as a conventional political party, which promoted socialism by peaceful means ; second, employing the " labor defense " tactic to attack the trial as a capitalist venture which could never provide a fair outcome to proletarian defendants ; and third, using the trial as an opportunity to publicize CPUSA policies.

If a party wins more local seats than its proportion of the total vote justifies, the size of the Landtag increases so that the total outcome is fully proportional to the votes, with other parties receiving additional list seats to achieve that.

Nearly every Member of Congress votes for his or her party leader, so the outcome of the election is usually known well in advance of the vote.

The outcome was the creation of a new party, the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance ( more commonly known as the Canadian Alliance ).

" The judiciary is not independent, and judges are liable to face political pressure ; in many instances, private party committees dictate the outcome of cases.

With Leopold I unwilling to fight on two fronts ; with a strong neutralist party in the Dutch Republic tying William's hands ; and with the Elector of Brandenburg stubbornly holding to his alliance with Louis XIV, there was no possible outcome but complete French victory.

This was the first time in which a non-traditional political party dominated the outcome of a Belgian election.

He stated that he took responsibility for the outcome of the recent general election, in which his party failed to gain new seats and failed to replace the outgoing government.

that he took responsibility for the outcome of the recent general election, in which his party failed to gain new seats and failed to replace the outgoing government.

" The constitution provides for an independent judiciary, but the courts are subjected to party and government policy guidance that influences the outcome of verdicts and sentences.

The outcome was that the parliamentary party voted confidence in Enda Kenny as leader.