That said, surveys of the electorate demonstrate that a large proportion is still undecided, particularly among Bayrou s supporters. So it is too early to say whether Bayrou can reach the second round.

This explains why populist governments clientelism and corruption do not erode their leaders core support among the electorate. Such practices are perceived as serving a moral us at the expense of the immoral or foreign them.

Seventy two per cent of the estimated electorate in Kasai Oriental had registered to vote.

20. It should also be noticed that the extreme rightist parties have seen their popularity among the electorate decline after the good showing they made in 1991 and 1993 by exploiting the subject of an invasion of economic refugees.

If this call to national duty is not enough, we would remind you of your own self interest. According to the latest NBC News Wall Street Journal poll, your support among us, the electorate, stands at just 12 .

It has also referred to a desire to avoid feared bandwagon or underdog effects on the electorate.

So, we've reached a truly remarkable situation, a grotesque mismatch between the American intelligentsia and the American electorate.

My Government, the product of a mandate of the people, represents more than 70 per cent of the Bolivian electorate.

Urge the Government and Parliament to ensure that the electoral law is clear, comprehensive and easy for the electorate to understand.

A key element of the last election, in 2001, was the participation of more than 70 per cent of the electorate.

After all, in a democratic system, the electorate in this case, the Member States must have the authority to choose its representatives.

The electorate for the elections to the provincial assemblies and to the Congress will be limited, as provided for in the Matignon Accords.

As of 8 April 2004, there were 18,094,555 voters, of which 8,349,770 were women, comprising 46.15 per cent of the electorate.

A fundamental right is violated if, due to poverty, vote buying by political parties denies the electorate from voting for the best candidates.

The restricted electorate system shall apply to communal elections if the municipalities are to be organized in a manner that is specific to New Caledonia.

Indeed, in economic and social affairs, the electorate grew steadily less Thatcherite during her years in office. Her missionary zeal fell on deaf ears.

The referendum process has to count with the support of 20 percent of the country's electorate, close to 4 million people, in order to be activated.

In fact, Hollande s victory was underpinned not by a leftward shift among the electorate, but by voters rejection of Nicolas Sarkozy. Indeed, the result represents a stunning and historic defeat during the Fifth Republic, three sitting presidents Charles de Gaulle, Mitterrand, and Jacques Chirac have been reelected after their first term in office.

It equally naturally affects the genuine character of the choice of the people as well as the free expression of the will of the people or the electorate .

It has become a truism of the Trump era that the political divisions that have polarised the US electorate have, on a micro scale, torn families apart.

During this period, the concept of citizenship shall form the basis of restrictions placed on the electorate for elections to the country s institutions and for the final referendum.

Pheu Thai s victory thus suggests that a previously marginalized electorate has been permanently awakened. A similar majority of the Thai electorate voted for Thaksin s parties and their pro poor populist platforms in January 2001, February 2005, April 2006, and December 2007, defying a military coup, a coup induced constitution, judicial interventions, and army coercion and repression.

Several factors distinguish members of this group from the rest of the Iranian electorate. They are more educated, more urbanized, and more internationally oriented than previous generations.

The presidential vote took place unenthusiastically in December 1995, as a large part of the electorate wanted Aristide to continue in office, which the Constitution did not authorize.

The electorate for elections to local assemblies in New Caledonia shall be restricted to persons who have been resident in the Territory for a certain period of time.

According to one Supreme Court judge, the court unfortunately did not have the strength or the courage to acknowledge what belongs to the electorate on the basis of election results .

Voter registration, however, made good progress in the district, with more than 1.2 million voters from an estimated electorate of 1.6 million having registered by 14 September.

But it was Netanyahu s support for draft legislation seeking to constitutionalize Israel s identity as the Jewish people s nation state to the detriment of Israel s Muslim, Christian, and Druze citizens that brought the situation to a head. The bill, which emphasizes Israel s Jewish identity above its democratic principles, has caused deep divisions not only among the electorate, but also within the government coalition.

There have been other times in France s history when entire segments of the electorate have ejected themselves from the game, without the rest of the players rushing over to beg them to get back on the field. Georges Clémenceau, Jean Jaurès, and Raymond Poincaré, at the outset of the twentieth century, did not pander to the nearly half of the electorate that, during the Dreyfus Affair, had exiled themselves from the republic.

As at 17 September, more than 11 million voters had registered, including 2.9 million in Kinshasa, out of an estimated electorate of 20 to 25 million.

(b) The broad participation of the electorate in the presidential elections held in June 2001, which expressed the true commitment of the Iranian people to the democratic process in the Islamic Republic of Iran

We have agreed to share this right with the other communities of the Territory, within the special restricted electorate as defined for the concluding polls in 1998 plus however many years it takes.

The budget is based on the premise that five polls will take place  a referendum, local elections, legislative elections and two rounds of presidential elections with an electorate of 28 million voters.

This creates a vicious circle. The concerns of the electorate are reflected in rapidly growing support for political parties that advocate increased protectionism, reductions in immigration, and greater national control over the marketplace.

The electoral numbers perhaps best explain the immigration equation s importance in today s presidential campaigns. In 2008, it is likely that Latinos will make up 9 to 10 of the electorate, the highest share ever.

Between the two rounds, the following simple idea sank in among the electorate The National Front can revamp its façade all it wants, but it has never been, is not, and can never be a normal party. For how long have France s moral and political authorities been telling us that stigmatization of the National Front doesn t work, that it strengthens the party instead of weakening it?

Thousands of Puerto Ricans lived and participated in presidential, congressional and municipal elections in the United States, where the Spanish speaking electorate as a whole played an ever greater role in domestic politics.

Thus, given that the majority of the electorate voted in favour of the constitution and only two governorates voted against it, the Board of Commissioners of the Electoral Commission decided that the draft constitution was adopted.

(a) Hundred houses per electorate programme Providing housing facilities with land and infrastructure on a settlement basis to low income and lower middle income families in the context of integrated housing development

Yes, Netanyahu was humbled by the electorate, but his loss of support was not a victory for the peace camp. The victors were an amorphous political center, focused on domestic issues, and the annexationist religious right.

The Executive Council would be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly (and through it, to the electorate) for advice it gives to the Governor and for all actions taken by or under the authority of any Minister.

New elections are not due until 2009. To be sure, a political crisis can bring the coalition down, but this can happen only if Poland s wandering electorate decides that the PiS has let it down.

In 1978 and 1983, far reaching constitutional reforms were enacted by broad consensus. These progressively restored democratic responsibilities to the electorate in choosing freely, secretly and directly all elected bodies and representatives of the State.

If the response of the electorate to these proposals is negative, one third of the members of the Congress may call for the organization of another referendum to be held during the second year following the first referendum.

In this sense, the elections ought to be a celebration of freedom of choice within the framework of a restored democratic order and a demonstration of the political maturity of the politicians and the electorate of Guinea Bissau.