two-party vote
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vote
noun
uk/vəʊt/us/voʊt/
the act of showing your choice or opinion in an election or meeting by writing an X on an official piece of paper or putting your ...
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(Definition ofvotefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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His mandate was strong from the start, as he won in 1932 with some 57.4 percent of thetwo-partyvote.
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I measure an incumbent's vote share in terms of the percentage of thetwo-partyvoteshare that he or she won.
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I measure partisan composition in each state by using thetwo-partyvoteshare of presidential candidates belonging to the incumbent party.
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The dependent variable is the incumbent party's share of thetwo-partyvote.
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Dependent variable in each model is the change in the districttwo-partyvotefor the challenger from the previous election.
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National tides are measured as the change in the nationaltwo-partyvotefor the challenger's party.
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We operationalize the normal vote variable as the average share of thetwo-partyvotereceived by the incumbent party in the immediately prior gubernatorial, senatorial and presidential elections.
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They hope that the collapse of thetwo-partyvoteand the rise of a third force in politics is a temporary phenomenon.
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Labor lost five percent of itstwo-partyvotefrom 1993, and tallied its lowest primary vote since 1934 (an additional eight percent coming from preferences).
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Key retained her seat at the 2010 election with a 54.8 percenttwo-partyvote, despite suffering a 10.4 percent two-party swing.
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Pengilly recovered 5.8 percent of thetwo-partyvoteat the 2010 election.
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Key increased hertwo-partyvoteto 66.1 percent, a two-party swing of 12.4 percent, at the 2006 election.
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The primary vote was counted on seats contested, while thetwo-partyvotewas estimated for all seats.
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Rau easily won the seat with a 35.9 percent primary and 65.9 percenttwo-partyvote.
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Labor has never tallied less than 60 percent of thetwo-partyvote.
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He increased histwo-partyvoteto 60 percent at the 2014 election.
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At the 2010 election he retained his seat with 58.5 percent of thetwo-partyvote.
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Labor won decisively on thetwo-partyvote, taking 54 percent of the vote.
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Labor's primary vote was at 53 percent, but gave no figures for other parties or candidates, or atwo-partyvote.
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Labor'stwo-partyvoteis lower than their primary vote, as the primary vote was counted on seats contested, while the two-party vote was estimated for all seats.
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