But the fact was again brought vividly home to the Reform party that mere success at the polls had availed them little.
The courageous among them faced the polls in the spirit of a forlorn hope.
Gangs of ruffians were stationed at the polls to intimidate those who ventured near to record their votes in favour of anti-Government candidates.
Of course, he can't hope to see you actually convicted of this thing, but he does evidently think he can have you bound over to trial at the next term of court, and beat you at the polls in the mean time.
Presently the time came when batches of convicts were brought from the prisons to do repeating, and overawe the polls in many precincts.
These frauds at the polls went on, not only in every State but even in such newly-organized Territories as New Mexico.
Squads were detailed for duty near polls and wagon.
White men went to the pollssoon after not knowing what to expect, and found everything quiet.
We are not going to the polls unless we have a straight, clean white ticket.
The instant polls opened they were marched up and voted.
We had a trying time," one citizen relates, "when negroes gained possession of the polls and officered us.
I know for a fact," Captain Pinckney assured me, "that at Adam's Run negroes came to the polls bringing halters for mules which they expected to carry home.
He called the foreman behind the stacks, and asked: "Well, Monday, what are you people going to do at the polls tomorrow?
And how their old masters would return from the polls next day with heads hung down, and the young ex-masters would return mad, and saying, "This country is obliged to go to the devil!
I went to the pollsand there was very few white folks there.
They put up notices, 'No niggers to come out to the polls tomorrow.
At last there seemed no more to vote, and the polls were declared closed.
Gentlemen," said Elmer Dow, "the polls are again declared open.
But had there been a mistake in the calculations of the Liberal organization, had the polls disclosed a larger number of Conservatives, disaster would have followed the nomination of three Liberal candidates.
In the latter he must poll just over one-half before he is safe from defeat; in a seven-member constituency if he polls one-eighth he will escape this fate.
This possible inversion of the true opinion of the electorate may perhaps be more clearly understood from another example taken from the same election,--the results of the polls in the county divisions of Warwickshire.
Thus, in a single-member constituency a candidate has no need to poll all the votes; it is evident that if he polls more than a half he must be elected.
Victory at the polls depends not so much upon the services which a statesman, however eminent, may have rendered to his country, as upon the ability of the party to maintain its majority in the particular constituency for which he stands.
If they can't get a majority at the polls they won't pay any attention to the polls or the laws.
The polls were opened by a commissioned officer about half an hour of sundown, and the electors soon deposited their votes with no fuss or talk as is usual on such occasions, more weighty matters being on hand.
Later this society acquired some underground influence in other States, especially in Ohio, and did its share in bringing about the victories at the polls in the autumn of 1862, when the Democrats captured the Indiana legislature.
In 1851, a battle was fought at the polls between the two Southern ideas--the old one which upheld separate state independence, and the new one which virtually acknowledged Southern nationality.
Very often the way we don't go to the polls in America is to our credit.
The injunction of secrecy was immediately broken, and before the polls were to be opened for the balloting Virginia was held by the military forces of the Confederacy, so that the vote was a farce.
Critics point out that the economy is doing well outside of EMU, and public opinion polls show a majority of Britons are opposed to the euro.
Mr. Martin supports the democratic party at the pollsand is now serving efficiently as clerk of the school board.
Mr. Atwood endorses the principles of the democratic party and supports its measures at the polls and in 1916 was its candidate for county superintendent.
Mr. Taylor supports the democratic party at the polls but he has never held office, with the exception of serving on the school board.
Mr. Fall supported the democratic party at the polls and manifested the interest of a good citizen in public affairs.
Mr. Harbert supports the republican party at the polls and for twenty years has served as school director, his continuance in the office indicating his ability and trustworthiness.
In his political views Mr. Aldrich is a stalwart republican, always supporting the party at the polls yet never seeking office as a reward for party fealty.
Mr. Kibler supports the democratic party at the polls but has never been an active party worker, for his entire time has been taken up with the management of his farming interests.
Mr. Fitzgerald supports the republican party at the polls and for years has been a member of the school board, in which connection he has been instrumental in securing gratifying progress in the educational system of his locality.
Mr. McCown supports the democratic party at the polls but has not taken an active part in public affairs although he has taken the interest of a good citizen in matters of government.
The family are communicants of the Catholic church of Walla Walla, and Mr. Martin supports the republican party at the polls but has never been ambitious to hold office.
Nor, as us ladies saw it, the polls ain’t all there is to election day.
Anybody that runs against him is beat before the polls open.
There it was, with its doors open and the new voting machine setting in the hall,--they’d took the polls out of the barber shop and the livery stable sole because the voting machine got in the way of trade.
On the same day the premier promised to introduce by February a large measure of franchise reform so framed as to protect racial minorities from being overwhelmed at the polls by majorities of other races.
These allotments were slightly modified at the polls by the victory of some Social Democratic candidates not susceptible of strict racial classification.
They know where the polls is, and they know how to vote--blast the Australian ballot system!
He had eagerly joined it, for the reason that he had been a Republican in Italy, and he had drawn with him to the polls his second cousin, Leo Vesschi, and the five other Italians with whom he lived.
But little calculation was needed to show that at the November polls four doubtful States would decide the Presidential contest.
The polls is open, and overlooked by Town-marshal Pease.
If everybody present and desirin' to vote has done so," said Scattergood, "I move you thempolls be closed.
A Government which vindicates the sale of human beings need not hesitate to purchase votes, whether at the polls or in Congress.
At one of the polls in Carrascal, where Cæsar had a majority, the tile bearing the house-number had been changed by night.
In the polls at Villamiel the tellers had fled with the blank ballots, and the Conservative boss arranged the outcome of the election from his house.
If, however, there is reason to believe that a nominee is not as devoted to their interests as the nominee of an opposing party, the latter is sure to receive at the polls whatever support railroad influence can give him.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "polls" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
