Sentences with phrase «by the poll numbers»

«I am not really surprised by the poll numbers,» he said.
«By any reasonable criteria — support demonstrated by poll numbers, a ballot status party with its own candidate, a serious statewide campaign, the only progressive option on the ballot — I should be included in debates,» Hawkins added.
Amedore is encouraged by the poll numbers.
«By any reasonable debate standard — support demonstrated by poll numbers, a serious statewide campaign, being the only progressive option on the ballot — I should be included in the debates.»
They're worried by the poll numbers given history and all that stuff but.
The White House decision to approach Paterson, says one source, «was driven by the poll numbers.
Judging by his poll numbers, «Boy Council Speaker» Miller, who's also 35, has some work to do if he hopes to follow in Mitchel's footsteps.
Science by poll numbers and political culture?

Not exact matches

Local polling found Trump and Clinton to be in a dead heat, even as he was trailing by huge numbers in national polls, DiCeglie said.
But his polling numbers jump by nearly half among voters under 50, while support for the frontrunners, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, stays stagnant, or even drops slightly.
This week, polls suggest the opposite: people do not think that the executive actions will reduce the number of people killed by gun, but they solidly support the proposals.
This selling point appears to be backed up by the numbers: Concur is currently in use in over 90 countries by thousands of companies, and, according to Newell, the company is currently pushing strongly in Canada (which is why they polled Canadians).
A recent poll by the Financial Planning Standards Council suggests that a large number of women lack money skills and knowledge.
According to a recent poll by Gallup, the number one retirement fear (held by 53 percent of Americans) is not having enough money.
I wonder if these results from the recent Pew poll of attitudes toward religion in public life don't foretell a real change, however partial, however qualified by any number of other factors.
Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.
Religious conservatives have confounded these assessments by continuing to show up at the polls in large numbers.
The narrowing of the polls follows a number of blunders by the No campaign including a claim in a leaflet that the cost of shopping would increase following independence.
This point is underscored by the entrance poll, which found that 42 % of caucus - attenders list the economy as the number one issue in determining their vote, and 34 % cite the budget deficit; only 14 % listed abortion.
There was no exit poll for Buchanan's strong showing in the 1996 Iowa caucuses, but by eyeballing his numbers in New Hampshire and making adjustments for the more evangelical and conservative turnout model for the caucuses, we can guess that Buchanan's Iowa support came largely from religious conservatives and pro-lifers.
George Best is perhaps the most gifted footballer ever to have trodden the turf at Old Trafford but interestingly, the Northern Ireland legend generally finishes behind Ryan Giggs in a number of polls such as one carried out by the Daily Telegraph in 2015 and this, from the Manchester Evening News.
The book placed at number 199 in the Big Read, a 2003 poll conducted by the BBC to determine the United Kingdom's best loved books.
Marist decided to play it safe by also polling registered voters (that's how Siena went, saying it's too early for the «likely» route), and those numbers are: 55-29-10, 6.
As polling day approaches, increasing numbers of conspiracy theories are being spread by those wanting to leave the EU.
He seems to care very little that a number of polls have shown that the people impacted the most by the proposed mosque, New Yorkers, are overwhelmingly opposed to placement of a mosque in such close proximity to the sacred ground at the World Trade Center site.»
The Quinnipiac poll, which follows a recent Siena Poll showing Gillibrand with her highest approval and lowest disapproval numbers by Siena in 8 months, gives the Senator a more than 2 to 1 lead over her three potential Republican challengpoll, which follows a recent Siena Poll showing Gillibrand with her highest approval and lowest disapproval numbers by Siena in 8 months, gives the Senator a more than 2 to 1 lead over her three potential Republican challengPoll showing Gillibrand with her highest approval and lowest disapproval numbers by Siena in 8 months, gives the Senator a more than 2 to 1 lead over her three potential Republican challengers.
A majority of Americans think President Donald Trump will lose his re-election bid in 2020, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, similar numbers to those facing former President Barack Obama at this point in his first term ahead of his re-election victory.
More than half of the voters polled by Siena College said they felt the state was moving in the right direction; a steady increase in the number has been since Gov. Andrew Cuomo took office in January 2011.
However, if you are voting for the first time after registering to vote by mail and did not provide your driver license number, California identification number or the last four digits of your social security number on your registration form, you may be asked to show a form of identification when you go to the polls.
Other examples from observers and social media included ballot boxes being stuffed with extra ballots in multiple regions; an election official assaulting an observer; CCTV cameras obscured by flags or nets from watching ballot boxes; discrepancies in ballot numbers; last - minute voter registration changes likely designed to boost turnout; and a huge pro-Putin sign in one polling station.
According to these numbers, Renzi should have exceeded Bersani by approximately 73 per cent; however, Bersani won the polls with a 10 per cent margin in the first round (and over 20 per cent in the second round).
A number of vendors and polling firms also offer what seem to be quite sophisticated microtargeting - based voter / donor outreach, but I've also heard experienced direct mail database people say that the by far the best predictor of a person's propensity to give money to a campaigh is his or her past history of donating — people who've donated before are more likely to donate again.
Looking at the numbers, reinforced by today's Survation poll, her optimism about the powers of tactical voting don't look very realistic.
Some in Number 10 will be cheered by latest ComRes poll which puts the Tories four points ahead but Leaders» debate is still important.
But to dismiss Miliband himself as a failure as leader, as centre - right commentators and Blairite backbenchers tend to do, is bizarre when the only metrics we have (by - elections, opinion polls, increasing numbers of party members) suggest that Labour is on the road to recovery.
This is the biggest number Melania Trump has experienced in any CNN polling, and higher than any favorability rating earned by President Donald Trump in CNN polling history going back to 1999.
It's showed up in terms of the number of people who do come to the polls and vote, but take a look at that race in Delaware, for instance, with Christine O'Donnell, and here's someone who got a big victory over a moderate Republican that was supported by the party structure.
The findings, captured by Kevin Culwick, the director of Lord Ashcroft Polls, told us more about what was really going on than the daily polling numbers.
But Gillibrand's poll numbers have remained fairly anemic, even as she has raised her profile by taking prominent roles in everything from DOMA to the Zadroga Act.
Rudy Giuliani is still the front - runner in the polls, but that whole abortion rights / gay friendly / get - nuzzled - by - Donald Trump - while - wearing - a-dress thing is likely to put a solid cap on the number of primary votes he'll get.
Voting can also be suppressed by reducing the number of polling booths and making them hard to reach.
For three years, Cuomo has been deft in striking a balance between cultural liberalism and economic responsibility, leaving him with strong poll numbers, though not beloved by the political class.
According to a June 17th poll by the Siena Research Institute, a plurality of New Yorkers — 44 percent — wanted the state legislature to address corruption as a number one priority before the end of the session, including voters across every region, party and demographic group.
[78] In June 2012 it was reported that membership of the party had fallen by around 20 % along with falling poll numbers since joining the coalition.
The forecasting model works by combining the number of seats won by parties in the previous election with vote intentions data from polls conducted six months prior to the election — in this case the data is from November 2014.
We have been approaching this very scientifically; we have been doing our own scientific polling and even some of the polling being done by independent people, the numbers are looking great and so I am confident that from what is being done scientifically, plus or minus any margin of error, we will make 50 % plus... «We are looking at issues of concern to people in different regions and so the campaign message is tailored to address the concerns we find in any particular region and the response we have got is very enthusiastic.
This is a significantly bigger margin for Yes than YouGov's survey realeased earlier today, giving credence to those who suspected that there were a significant number of shy no voters, not being picked up by the polls.
But analysis by UK Polling Report's Anthony Wells revealed that those numbers included allocating «don't know» responses based on how participants voted in 2010 - votes that may not be repeated in the by - election.
Nalerigu constituency recorded the highest number of polling stations pegged at 36 followed by Tamale South 31.
The number for «Others» in this poll is, however, significantly higher than in most polls, and I am somewhat unconvinced by the methodology employed by Opinium.
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