Sentences with phrase «if exit poll»

And if that exit poll is right, it has failed.»

Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Neil, Mr Ashdown said: «If this exit poll is right Andrew, I will publicly eat my hat on your programme.»

Peter Kellner, the former President of pollsters YouGov said that if the exit poll was wrong, as suggested by results from Newcastle and Sunderland, the Tories could still have a majority of 80 - 100.

If exit poll right... Minority Tory government..

If exit poll is correct it sets up a big SNP Scotland v Tory England stand - off... which could result (hopefully) in full federalism...

Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown vowed to «eat his hat» and former Labour «spin doctor» Alastair Campbell promised to «eat his kilt» if the exit poll, which predicted huge losses for their respective parties, was right.

Mr Ashdown had said he would «publicly eat his hat» if exit poll suggestions the party would lose dozens of seats were true.

If that exit poll is true, it is still the case.

If that exit poll is accurate it's important to note that it's not about the Tories taking seats off Labour.

It IS naive to expect a reverse in the direction of foreign policy, particularly since, if exit polls can be believed, Obama's win depended more on his stance on the economy.

Liberal Democrat veteran Paddy Ashdown swiftly came to regret his promise of eating his hat if the exit polls proved right.

Not exact matches

The NBC News Exit Poll asked Pennsylvania voters if either campaign had contacted them personally to remind them about voting about coming out to vote.

This could be a huge problem for the Tories - if the Tories are underperforming in Wales and are losing ground, then they start to fall short of even their awful exit poll position.

Nuneaton - the iconic seat of the Tories» surprise 2015 victory, if Labour is getting near its exit poll performance it will come close here.

So Labour will march on, knowing that the next time we all see an exit poll it will probably be a grisly, icy, tragic moment of blue - lightning clarity, all the while thinking «well, if he's going to fail, Jeremy must be allowed to fail on his own terms.

For a variety of reasons (including the impact of high levels of undecided voters in a specific poll), the actual result of an election contest may vary from the figures suggested by an opinion poll, even if the poll is carried out relatively close to election day, or on election day itself as in the case of exit polls, but the likelihood of such variation is not something that can be factored into this model.

The Wikipedia page in the question is based on exit polls, so a proper answer should include them if relevant.

If polls can not meet the challenge, they will be under more public scrutiny and pressure to shut down, and let exit polls take their place.