Because of the importance of the election and the familiarity of voters with the candidates, polls tend to measure
actual voter preferences throughout the campaign.
Not exact matches
On average,
voters believed New York currently enjoyed a roughly 25 % clean energy portfolio (the
actual figure is lower), and they expressed a
preference for moving to far greater clean energy sources.
But, politicians are also susceptible to public
preferences, ergo better educated
voters could help boost lawmakers» willingness to work on
actual carbon tax legislation.