But other party leaders remembered that Harrison had received many votes in 1836, although not enough to win.
VOA: special.2009.01.22
The delegates agreed that a man must win two-thirds of the convention's votes to be the party's candidate.
VOA: special.2009.04.16
The expression may be used to describe a politician's last campaign, his final attempt to win the cheers and votes of the people.
VOA: special.2010.04.11
When the delegates voted the next morning, Blaine did not have enough votes to win the nomination.
VOA: special.2010.03.04
Fremont could not expect to win any votes in the slave states of the South.
VOA: special.2009.05.07
He would have to win the votes of the big states, including Pennsylvania.
VOA: special.2009.05.07
But they did not win many votes in the election.
VOA: special.2010.07.01
Candidates needed two-thirds of the votes to win the nomination.
VOA: special.2009.05.07
No man received enough votes to win the nomination.
VOA: special.2010.05.27
So he could expect to win some votes there.
VOA: special.2009.05.07
But no man got enough votes to win.
VOA: special.2009.04.16
With the votes split this way, no single party would win a majority of seats in parliament.
VOA: standard.2010.05.05
The Conservatives won the most votes in last week's election and won the most seats in parliament, but they did not win an overall majority.
VOA: standard.2010.05.10
In Arkansas, centrist Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln failed to win a majority of votes in the primary against a left-leaning challenger, and is headed to a June run-off for her party's nomination.
VOA: standard.2010.05.19
The term "reconciliation" refers to a process President Obama and Democrats are likely to use to win upcoming votes in the Senate with a simple 51 vote majority, rather than a 60 vote margin, to avoid Republican roadblocks.
VOA: standard.2010.03.10
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