Sentences with phrase «election tracking poll»

Not exact matches

In Gallup's tracking poll of Americans» outlook on the economy, there was a massive post-election swing in confidence and optimism between Republicans and Democrats, with the former reporting much more confidence than they had before the election and the latter becoming much less optimistic.

Since the 2016 election, Facebook has paid unusual attention to the reputations of Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg, conducting polls to track how they are viewed by the public, said Tavis McGinn, who was recruited to the company last April and headed the executive reputation efforts through September 2017.

The PollyVote combined forecast, averaging across forecast types, appears to have a good track record for US presidential elections, and their analysis suggests that citizen forecasts and prediction markets typically outperform the polls in the US.

In this blogpost, I briefly explore the British polling experience and highlight the various explanations that have been provided for the UK's poor track record in predicting election outcomes.

Ratings for Ming Campbell however remain atrocious — the YouGov tracking data showed him slumping after the local elections and YouGov's monthly poll found only 6 % of people thought that he would make the best Prime Minister (though that said, like the Dunfermline by - election during their leadership crisis, the Bromley & Chistlehurst by - election shows it doesn't necessarily stop them winning votes).

Polls suggest Nicola Sturgeon's party are on track to win a second majority term at Holyrood in the Scottish elections in seven months.

Both Weiner, who is running for mayor, and Spitzer, running for comptroller, receive strong support on the streets of Harlem, despite their admitted sexual misconduct, which tracks the findings of a new Quinnipiac University poll that support among African - American voters is helping to push both men to the top of the election heap.

The 2017 election rewrote the rules, and though the opinion polls did well in tracking the Corbyn rise and the stagnant Tory vote, the experts largely missed the increasing popularity of Corbyn though by the time Paul Mason wrote in the FT on June 3rd that «the UK is not a left wing country, but it is a fair one that has had enough of austerity» — he captured something of the shifts taking place, and the shifts are not all to Labour.

Forget opinion polls, mathematical models have a proven track record of predicting election results — and for 2008 they have a firm favourite

Challenge students to track what polls are saying about the election.

Students track the ever - changing polls during the weeks leading up to Election Day.

With the results of most recent election in B.C. and the recent spotty track record of polls in various Canadian elections, I have found these recent tribulations fascinating as I distinctly remember a few years ago... [more]

Since the 2016 election, Facebook has paid unusual attention to the reputations of Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Sandberg, conducting polls to track how they are viewed by the public, said Tavis McGinn, who was recruited to the company last April and headed the executive reputation efforts through September 2017.

Two of the former campaign officials said their tools were not useful, though Parscale, during a Google forum a month after the election, said the firm became involved in daily tracking polls and helped inform the campaign's decisions on where to spend its resources.

Clinton has a modest 54 - 41 percent edge among early voters in an average of the three most recent tracking poll waves, while Trump leads by a 50 - 39 percent margin among those looking to vote on Election Day; those who anticipate voting early are more evenly split.