Word: referendum
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...referendum failed by a vote of 64 percent to 36 percent (a margin many Swiss found surprisingly thin...
...second referendum was held in 2001. It failed by a vote of 77 percent to 23 percent...
...Both parties watch New Jersey's (as well as Virginia's) off-year gubernatorial elections closely for signs of national trends. In 1993, for example, Democrats lost both states; the next year, Republicans took control of Congress. "Pundits outside the state will see this election as a referendum on the President regardless of what Garden State voters actually think," says pollster Murray. "And perception is reality in this case. The President's people understand that." Which is why, despite the fact that Corzine was one of Hillary Clinton's strongest supporters in the primaries, Obama last week went to Holmdel...
...thereafter your case becomes disturbing, and while the president's unwise comments turned a local episode into a national referendum, it's the local issue that troubles me. Like you, I live in Cambridge, commonly known as the "People's Republic of Cambridge" for its left-leaning political correctness. Our congressional district has not sent a Republican to Washington since 1955. Not surprisingly, the officers who came to your door—a rainbow of black, Hispanic, and white—were led by a man hand-picked to provide training on the avoidance of bias in policing. To accuse...
After Khatami on July 20 demanded that a referendum be held on whether Iranians accept the outcome of the election, Khamenei must have been sorely tempted to order the Revolutionary Guards to round up the opposition, including Khatami. Khatami's speech was a direct swipe at the legitimacy of his rule. Even the opposition was surprised that mild-mannered Khatami dared go this far. The question now, in all the turmoil, is who will be next to come out in favor of a recount...