Thus in four close U. S. elections ( 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000 ), the candidate with the most popular votes still lost the election.

Thus during his lifetime, Shoghi Effendi prepared for the election of the Universal House of Justice, by establishing a strong administrative structure at the local and national levels.

Thus, empirical observations of the frequency of spoiled elections do not provide a good measure of how prone to spoiling the voting method is, since the observations omit the relevant information about potential candidates ( e. g., Hillary Clinton ) who did not run because they did not want to spoil the election.

Thus, the two other leading candidates, Lucius Manlius Torquatus and Lucius Aurelius Cotta, were elected in a second election and were to enter office on January 1, 65 BC.

Thus, appointing Murphy would almost certainly cost the ALP a Senate seat at the next half-Senate election.

Thus one writer alleges that Johnson's campaign manager, future Texas governor John B. Connally, was connected with 202 ballots in Precinct 13 in Jim Wells County that had curiously been cast in alphabetical order and just at the close of polling, with all of the people whose names appeared on the ballots being dead on election day.

Thus, for the regional Basque parliamentary election, 2005 the so-far marginal EHAK party announced that they were ready to bring the programs of Batasuna to the Basque regional parliament.

Thus, each vote can still influences the outcome of the election even if the voters favorite is not elected.

Thus, from the time of Augustus, the election of pontifices ended and membership into the sacred college was deemed a sign of imperial favour.

Thus, Chamberlain had to make the best of a hopeless situation, writing fatalistically that ' I consider the Unionist cause is hopeless at the next election, and we shall certainly lose the majority of the Liberal Unionists once and for all.

Thus, after this point in time, election to magisterial office resulted in automatic Senate membership.

Thus, cumulative voting, when permitted, is a right to accumulate or stack votes but not a guarantee that this stacking will meet or override other election criteria such as a majority vote or majority present.

Thus, following the 1990 election, COPE officially merged with the Civic NDP, changing its name from the Committee of Progressive Electors to the Coalition of Progressive Electors.

Thus a system of indirect election arose for the Third Estate which became confirmed and subsequently continued to be used.

Thus, the era of the " fourth generation " is officially regarded to have begun in 2003, and is likely to last until 2012, when the next election for the party leadership is due.

" Thus the election proceeded as planned on October 7.

Thus, in the inaugural issue of The American Review, Collins praised Benito Mussolini for creating an ethical state which protected workers and small businesses and also wrote favorably of the election of Adolf Hitler to Chancellor of Germany whose new program, Collins believed, heralded the end of the Communist threat.

Thus, the issue was still fresh in voters ' minds when he recommended the Lieutenant Governor call a snap election in 1990, and it was partially responsible for his party's defeat.

Thus, the Congress is one of the few democratically elected legislatures in the world that is completely renewed at each election.

Thus, current Senators ( who were elected in the general election of July 2, 2006 ) will serve during the 60th and 61st Legislatures of the Chamber of Deputies.

Thus, after winning the nomination of the Democratic party Curley went on to win the general election despite the actual number of voters.

Thus, no one was surprised when Zyuganov placed a distant second behind Vladimir Putin in the March 2000 presidential election.

Thus in subsequent election years, the broadcast networks began increasingly limited their coverage, arguing that those interested can watch the proceedings on a cable news network such as CNN, MSNBC, or the Fox News Channel.

Thus in 1896 the provincial Liberals improved their showing in the national election.

Thus, when hyperthyroidism is confirmed, or when blood results are inconclusive, thyroid antibodies should be measured ( almost all patients with Graves ' hyperthyroidism have detectable TSHR-Ab levels ).

Thus, although Charles VI, in a rare moment of sanity, confirmed his brother as regent in 1402, Orléans ' misrule allowed Burgundy to regain control of France as regent in 1404, shortly before his death.

Thus, for example, he confirmed the rights of the nobles and the city of Cologne, who had turned against their ruler, and even extended these rights.

Thus, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria refused to recognise any other Patriarch as long as Abune Tewophilos ' death had not been confirmed.

Thus Imam Tahawi clarifies some Sufis mistaken belief that the Awliya could become greater than Prophets and confirmed the majority of Sunni Muslims ' belief that the Awliya can perform miracles.

Thus, he claims in his memoirs that the USSR had become " a raw material appendage to Bulgaria ," something obliquely confirmed by Gorbachev when he wrote in his memoirs that " Bulgaria was a country which had lived beyond its means for a long time.

Thus the island came not only under the administration of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania but also the responsibility of the Federal Office for Nature Conservation ( Bundesamt für Naturschutz ), which confirmed its designation as a nature reserve, a core area of the Southeast-Rügen Biosphere Reserve.

Thus the history of the Jaredites confirmed the fears of Jared and his brother that a monarchy would lead to evil.

Thus, in turn for the Order's service, Grand Master Hermann von Salza wanted to have its rights documented beforehand, by a deal with Konrad that was to be confirmed by the Holy Roman Emperor and the Roman Curia.

Thus was Spilsbury's theory confirmed.

Thus prices of Golden Age comics are for editions in " fine " condition because editions in better condition for such old comics are either extremely rare or have never been confirmed to exist.

Thus it confirmed that colonial legislation ( provided it had been passed in the proper manner ) was to have full effect within the colony, limited only to the extent that it was not in contradiction with (" repugnant to ") any Act of Parliament that contained powers which extended beyond the boundaries of the United Kingdom to include that colony.

Thus, Snow and Brown merely confirmed empirically what was already widely believed by geographers.

Thus rapid information transmission can occur once contact has been confirmed between two civilizations.

Thus far, no planetary object has been confirmed ; while periodic radial pulsations caused by intrinsic stellar variability could explain the observed variations.

Thus Aikenhead ’ s sentence was confirmed.

Thus far, however, the only confirmed direct association between a SNP and a clinical condition is that of the SNP, Ala457Pro, and orthostatic intolerance.