Sentences with phrase «by the opinion polls»

Wells suggests all this is happening because more voters are appearing at the ballot box who are not detected by opinion polls.

The EU team alleged that websites such as Sputnik had spread false notions such as the idea that the Balearic Islands also wanted to declare independence — a claim not supported by any opinion poll or by the islands» local assemblies.

In the same way that politicians shouldn't govern by opinion polls alone, leaders should avoid making decisions on data alone, says Jane Park of Julep.

So the Tories are defending an unusually strong 2009 result and face a much greater challenge than can be accounted for by the opinion polls statistical model.

In recent weeks they have been buoyed by opinion polls which suggest the race has narrowed.

Indeed, roughly 60 % of the fluctuations in local party performance can be explained by the opinion polls.

Just three per cent expected a Tory victory despite that being the most likely result shown by opinion polls.

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.

Another question for debate - supported by some opinion polling and qualitative studies - is whether the demand in England is more focused on cultural space for expressions of English identity than it is on political institutions.

It marks a remarkable come back for the Better Together campaign, which was rocked by an opinion poll 10 days ago putting the Yes campaign ahead.

All rights reserved THE BRITISH electorate, to judge by the opinion polls, is about to vote into power either a minority Labour government or - just possibly - a Labour government with a tiny overall majority.

Lillikas's assertion that Cypriots would rather leave the euro than meet the troika's demands are backed up by an opinion poll published on Thursday.

The Guardian reports: «A former minister and fiction writer, Alvarado Quesada, 38, had 61 % of the vote with results in from 95 % of polling stations, a far bigger lead than predicted by opinion polls that foresaw a tight race.»

In contrast to widely varying forecasts by opinion polls, betting shops were virtually unanimous in installing the Tories as firm favourites for victory on May 6.

[38] As widely predicted by the opinion polls, Labour lost this election, which was won by the Conservative Party and saw Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister.

Opposition often comes in the guise of political fads, politicians gripped by opinion polls both negative and positive.

Not exact matches

The question of who will be Germany's next Chancellor looks increasingly unlikely with the current incumbent, Angela Merkel seeing her lead in the opinion polls being eroded by socialist leader Martin Schulz.

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1155 Canadians 18 years of age and older who had heard of Blackberry Ltd, fully three quarters agree the survival of Blackberry is important to the Canadian economy (75 %) and as many as one half agree strongly (50 %).

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the average amount of vacation time given to employed workers is about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on average).

Rising fuel prices are causing government coffers to swell, and in a web poll conducted by COMPAS Inc., 126 leaders of Canadian companies offered their opinions on how that money should be spent.

Trump vowed at his rally that he would win Washington state, even though the state tends to support Democrats and that party's nominee, Hillary Clinton, leads by large margins in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

Popular support for the Fidesz party hit 18 % in a December opinion poll cited by the BBC, although it still leads other parties.

An opinion poll released Thursday showed that Marine Le Pen, the far - right candidate would win the first round with 24 percent of the votes, followed by Macron with 21 percent and Fillon in third place with 20 percent.

By contrast, Front National leader Marine Le Pen, currently leading the opinion polls in France's Presidential elections due in May, routinely attacks the ECB's policy as too tight and Germanic (albeit she recently diluted her comments on taking France out of the euro into something much less coherent than the brutal «Frexit» she threatened earlier).

Last - minute opinion polls indicated a knife - edge result, with voters narrowly favouring Mr Tsipras's call for a No vote to reject a last - ditch bailout offer by Greece's creditors, even though it has already expired.

Republicans in South Carolina also were voting on Saturday in the state - by - state contest to pick nominees for the Nov. 8 election, with opinion polls showing front - runner Donald Trump trying to solidify his spot at the top of the pack and rivals Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio fighting for a second - place finish.

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1,385 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the majority (51 %) do not agree Canadian employers should be able to hire temporary foreign workers (a federal program which has just been curtailed), while fewer than this agree (45 %).

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among Canadians 18 years of age and older, 1 - in - 7 (14 %) planned to make a major purchase of $ 10,000 or more in the next year.

According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

The release of new opinion polls in Greece suggests a small lead by the New Democracy party, backed by 25.3 percent of voters, versus the 25 percent who favor Syriza.

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

A new opinion poll by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada would suggest — at least where it comes to attitudes toward Asia and Canada's engagement with the region — that there may be more to this generation than avocado - toast - fuelled narcissism.

According to a poll by Germany's YouGov published Tuesday, public opinion in the euro zone's largest economy has turned against its...

Syria — A Case Study in Western Propaganda by TUT editor SOTT — In a recent poll, 58 % of Americans support the bombing of Syria and 19 % have «no opinion.»

The Freedom Report's online archives only go back to 1999, but I was curious to see older editions of Paul's newsletters, in part because of a controversy dating to 1996, when Charles «Lefty» Morris, a Democrat running against Paul for a House seat, released excerpts stating that «opinion polls consistently show only about 5 % of blacks have sensible political opinions,» that «if you have ever been robbed by a black teen - aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet - footed they can be,» and that black representative Barbara Jordan is «the archetypical half - educated victimologist» whose «race and sex protect her from criticism.»

However, news that New Democracy had taken a slight lead in the weekend opinion polls sent shares on the Athens Stock Exchange up by 6.9 percent on Monday and a further 1.9 percent on Tuesday.

Most Greeks want to see the terms of an international financial rescue revised even as they acknowledge that failing to abide by them may lead to the country exiting the euro, an opinion poll showed.

The national opinion poll (NOP) conducted by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) in 2017 revealed that over half of Canadians (55 %) support a Canada - China FTA, up 9 points from 2016 and up 19 points since 2014.

The 2012 National Opinion Poll commissioned by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and undertaken by Angus Reid Public Opinion provides a comprehensive picture to date of how Canadians think and feel about Asia.

A poll conducted by Illinois Policy found 42 percent of active likely voters in Illinois oppose a progressive tax, with 29 percent unsure or having no opinion, and 29 percent supporting.

Kevin Wozniak, a sociologist at UMass Boston, reviewed polls after the Newtown school shooting in 2012 and found that the event coincided with a temporary spike in support for gun control, followed by a leveling off and return to pre-mass shooting opinion by the end of 2013.

An opinion poll by research company INSA / YouGov, published on Sept. 11, put support for Angela Merkel's CDU / CSU at 36.5 percent.

Religion News Service: Poll: Queen should remain head of the Church of England Nearly three - quarters of people in England believe Queen Elizabeth II should retain her position as titular head of the Church of England, according to an opinion poll commissioned by Britain's largest television and radio broadcasPoll: Queen should remain head of the Church of England Nearly three - quarters of people in England believe Queen Elizabeth II should retain her position as titular head of the Church of England, according to an opinion poll commissioned by Britain's largest television and radio broadcaspoll commissioned by Britain's largest television and radio broadcaster.

According to one opinion poll, Ben Carson is even beating Hillary Clinton by double digits.

When businesses try to meet the needs of their customers, they learn what the needs are by doing surveys and opinion polls.

One party's economic agenda is dominated by business lobbies, but the policy proposals that come out of the Chamber of Commerce — GOP nexus are so unpopular that they are stillborn in Congress as soon as the hideous opinion poll results are known.

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

The sampling and data collection were handled by the National Opinion Research Center of the University of Chicago, a national polling organization.

In other words, actual church attendance was about half the rate indicated by national public opinion polls.

It seems, moreover, on the basis of public opinion polls, that this challenge is already accepted by a majority of our fellow citizens and thus the question of its establishment as a matter of law has not provoked a debate worthy of the momentous issues at stake.