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