Sentences with phrase «most election polls»

Most election polls take the political pulse of a state or nation by reaching out to citizens about their voting plans.

In most elections the polls converge the nearer one gets to polling dcay.

Not exact matches

Opinion polls show independent centrist Macron is set to beat National Front candidate Le Pen in Sunday's second round of voting, in what is seen to be France's most important election in decades.

Edison is the behind exit polling for all U.S. presidential elections including the most recent Donald Trump - Hillary Clinton face off.

That's because there is no official exit poll, because most exit polls are based on «swing» factors from previous elections, and there is no useable precedent.

In the tight three - way race of this year's federal election, the focus has shifted from the reliability of any single research firm to the wisdom of the collective pollster mind, with news outlets arguing over who can aggregate the polls in the most reliable fashion.

This week for Trader Poll, we want to know what you think France needs the most in light of its presidential election.

Tom is the vice president of strategy marketing for Edison Research, a company that has conducted exiting polling for some of the most controversial U.S. presidential elections in recent history.

On today's episode, I talk to Tom Webster, Vice President of Strategy and Marketing for Edison Research, the organization behind exit polling for national elections in the U.S.. For more than two decades, Tom has conducted political polling for some of the most contentious elections in U.S. history, as well as market research for some of the top companies across the nation.

Italian elections are due to take place during the first half of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their calls for a referendum on Italy's membership of the eurozone.

Public opinion polling during the summer of 2008 placed the Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual dead heat, leading most to speculate at the time that if an election were held there would be a third minority government.

The Strategic Counsel poll referenced earlier, for example, found that 15 percent of voters ranked the environment as the most important issue, up from three percent in the last election.

A poll of polls says Labour will win the most seats at the election, but the analysis by Sky claims it won't be enough to gain a majority.

As an issue, football isn't going to be crucial to the coming election: most polls suggest that the electorate are more exercised by such trifling matters as the health service and the state of the economy.

Whatever Corbyn decides to do in this Parliament, it would be a mistake to judge him in the manner of a conventional politician — a politician to whom poll ratings and elections matter most.

United States presidential polls usually adjust their results to match the demographics of the most recent presidential election.

But, still, most of the quality election forecasters did also measure in some considerations of this trend towards less poll reliability, and were urging caution regarding overconfidence in the indicated spread (as Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight did here on election morning).

Most of the polling for the 2016 US presidential election have been favourable to Hillary Clinton.

Most Liberal Democrat activists want the party to support Labour rather than the Conservatives in government after the next general election, a poll has found.

The voter register is the most important tool for making election outcomes credible, it is like a credible and reliable scientific research which relies on the «sample frame»; it is the touchstone that gives assurance to the fact that the ballot, as expressed in an election, arose from the physical presence of eligible voters at the polling unit who delegated part of their sovereignty temporarily to elected officials.

Voters in Uganda went to the polls this morning (Feb. 18) to vote for the country's next president in what is considered to be the most competitive election since the advent of multiparty democracy a decade ago.

But while the voting process itself has been described as fair by most international observers, the political campaign and the actual counting of the votes — no doubt the most important part of the democratic election process — has been characterized by the abuse of power, the excessive role of money, extraordinary events such as power cuts in the polling stations, fights between party representatives, accusations of fraud and scandals in denying observers access to polling stations.

One of the most popular explanations in the immediate aftermath of the election was that we had seen a repeat of the polling failure of 1992 where «shy Tory» voters were believed to have swung the election.

Probably the most immediate use of text messaging in the U.S. will be for election - day Get - Out - The - Vote efforts, though you can also use them as a two - way tool by soliciting information from supporters through polls and such.

Notwithstanding last May's SNP election victory, most polls over the past two years have indicated that more people would vote against independence than would vote in favour of it.

This meant looking at polling data on voting intentions in key marginal seats, votes in the most recent local elections and the resources each party is likely to have to spend on campaigning in the area.

More recent polls suggest that most of the public want and expect debates at the 2015 election, now that the precedent has been set.

Britain is now in full general election countdown mode — and the polls indicate another hung parliament is the most likely outcome on May 7.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said the most recent presidential election should serve as a «wake - up call» about the importance of voting and access to polling machines.

Local council election results in the wards making up Hallam constituency, while by no means good for the Liberal Democrats, paint a more equivocal picture than the polls, as a comparison of the 2010 local election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 shows.

Democrats hope the controversy comes too late to make a difference in the election, in which most national public opinion polls show Clinton ahead.

The slugfest between congressional candidates Tim Bishop and Randy Altschuler is making the most noise on the East End, but that race is just one part of the crowded ballot voters will face when they head to the polls in next week's elections.

[21] On 27 November 2006, the Press Association reported that she had commissioned an opinion poll from YouGov which found that Harman would be the most likely potential deputy leader to increase the Labour vote at the next general election.

The Conservatives are up by 8 points and Labour up by 6 points in the polls since just before the 2014 local elections, when most the seats up for election this week were last fought.

Between now and the general election, which if we believe Alan Johnson is at most eight months away, there will probably be more than 100 voting intention polls bandied about, so I thought it would be helpful to offer Total Politics readers some basic pointers to help pick their way through this particular thicket.

According to a new Reuters / Ipsos poll, most Trump voters haven't budged in their support of the president, with 88 percent of those surveyed saying they'd cast their ballots for the Republican candidate again if America were to go back in time to Election Day.

Unlike the 2015 general election when the polls were essentially static (& wrong) throughout the election, the 2017 general election has seen some of the most extraordinary volatility in the polls that I can remember.

Ben Walsh, an independent candidate, clinched Syracuse's mayoral election after trailing Democrat Juanita Perez Williams in polls for most of October.

The narrowing of the Conservative lead over Labour is largely thanks to the three most recent polls which have leads of 13, 14, and 15; lower than all but two of the other polls since the local elections.

Sadly this invaluable book can not tell us in advance if this is going to happen but it does provide the information to help guide even the most statistically illiterate person as to what will be going on during the election and will come into its own during the long night of counting after the polls have closed, if returning offi cers up and down the country do not have their way and pull the plug on counting in a majority of the seats immediately after the polls have closed.

To keep a close liaison and coordination with state security elements for the activities — the use of armed escort as much as possible and maintaining strong security training and awareness for the personnel; careful selection of all election related sites and the maintenance of security for polling staff, electoral materials and equipment and situational awareness through a well - developed public information strategy to support election operation and ensure timely distribution of security information / advisories; identify hotspots (fragile security locations) in coordination with the Security Agencies and the most likely threats in each constituency and provide a clear order of priority for concerted efforts to be made to mitigate and manage these concerns and to allow resources to be targeted for maximum effect.

All main parties have finally selected their candidates for the Eastleigh by - election, in what might be the most colourful line - up for a local poll in recent memory.

Probably the most common use of text messaging in 2012 will be for pre-election and election - day Get - Out - The - Vote efforts, though some will also use them as a two - way tool by soliciting information from supporters through polls and such.

«America Goes to the Polls 2016,» a report on voter turnout in the most recent presidential election.

«Cities that have adopted instant runoff voting to eliminate runoffs have not only saved millions of dollars but have also improved their democracies by making sure that we are electing our leaders in an election where the most voters, the most diverse voters, are at the polls at one time,» said Grace Ramsey, deputy outreach director for FairVote, a nonpartisan advocacy group, at the news conference.

When people were asked which of the four runners would do most harm to Labour's election prospects, Mr Corbyn was chosen by 33 per cent of those polled, Ms Cooper by 26 per cent, Mr Burnham by 22 per cent and Ms Kendall by 19 per cent.

It is an ineluctable fact: poll after poll has shown that most Britons are strongly against the expansion of the EU's power - and an even greater majority demand the referendum promised by all three main parties in their manifestos at the last General Election.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's party has won the most seats in parliamentary elections, first exit polls say.

Most sensible Conservatives know that the Lib Dems are still gifted, hard working and canny campaigners and will do better than their current opinion poll ratings suggest and certainly when those ratings rise in a General Election campaign, as they inevitably will.

Election Day 2012 should be fairly busy at most polling locations in Erie County compared to some «off years.»