Sentences with phrase «candidate leading in the polls»

On the one hand, that country is especially anxious to get a deal, with elections approaching and an anti-establishment outsider candidate leading in the polls.

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Quite apart from the merits of the allegations, the Democrats are anxious to be seen as tougher on harassment to sharpen their profile in next week's special election in Alabama, where Republican candidate Roy Moore still leads opinion polls despite facing multiple unsavory allegations of his own.

In Europe, opinion polls show that the race to elect the next French president is too close to call with both leading candidates losing momentum ahead of Sunday's first - round vote.

Four recent polls in Iowa show him within the margin of error for first place or, in one case, the actual leading candidate.

But given the insurmountable lead of the opposition candidate, Tsai Ying - wen, who now enjoys a 20 percentage - point advantage in the latest opinion polls, the summit will not likely upend Taiwan's presidential race.

However, polls show opposition right - wing candidate Mariano Rajoy in a firm lead over socialist candidate Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.

Since the candidates last met, the GOP nomination fight has been marked first by businessman Cain's rise in national polls and then the firestorm over accusations that he sexually harassed women during his time leading the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

As a wave of disappointed voters announced on Twitter that Trump's election has led them to drop the label evangelical, den Dulk speculated that evangelical believers who voted for Clinton may have been less likely to identify that way in exit polls, widening the born - again gap between the two candidates.

While the election would not have been a GOP landslide, in a normal election year I think a reasonable GOP candidate would have led Clinton in the polls from nomination to election day.

A Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday showed Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with commanding double - digit leads in the upcoming New York state primary, with Clinton taking 53 percent of the vote to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» 40 percent, and Trump winning 55 percent — far ahead of the No. 2 candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, at 20 percent.

The poll found McGrath leading Kaminsky 51 percent to 43 percent in the Nassau County Senate race, a month after showing the first - time Republican candidate and the Democratic assemblyman in a virtual tie.

Republican Fred Akshar has a broad, 52 - percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election fill a vacant state Senate seat in the Southern Tier region, according to an exclusive Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

Republican Fred Akshar holds a 28 percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election to fill a state Senate seat in the Southern Tier, according to a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

A Quinnipiac poll released Oct. 5 had de Blasio with huge leads over the three other candidates vying for City Hall, with 61 percent of likely voters in his corner and just 17 percent for Malliotakis.

Continuing on the theme of the race for London mayor, we have a story from last month on a poll which showed the Labour candidate begins with a hefty lead in the capital.

In Germany, the country where Juncker's name was most prominent, polls showed less than a fifth of voters even knew he was the lead candidate for the EPP.

Last time around — with the same three candidates — of the 11 polls published in the month preceding the 2008 election, only two showed Ken with a lead over Boris after reallocating second - preference votes.

State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly led Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official and the establishment - preferred candidate, by 5 points in a poll this month from the Public Policy Institute of California.

The poll found Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leading Republican Donald Trump in the district, 51 percent to 35 percent.

Republican House candidate Andrew Roraback led Elizabeth Esty in a recent poll.

A YouGov poll in January 2012 also howed Ken Livingstone with a small two point lead against then then Conservative candidate Boris Johnson, only for the Labour candidate to go on to lose.

All those Conservatives who want Gordon Brown to stay as Labour leader will be relieved to learn of an ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Mirror that gives the Labour candidate, Margaret Curran MSP, a 14 % lead over her SNP rival in the Glasgow East by - election, scheduled for 24th July.

(CNN)-- A poll of likely voters in Indiana showed Democratic Senate candidate Joe Donnelly with an eleven point lead over GOP rival Richard Mourdock, whose comments on rape and abortion in October drew consternation from Democrats and some Republicans.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has a massive lead in the polls and will avoid engaging his opponents for as long as he can, has said any debates should include all candidates who appear on the ballot.

A new poll has Scott Stringer jumping to a seven - point lead over Eliot Spitzer in the race for city comptroller, after a glaring racial divide had both candidates campaigning furiously...

In a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John C. LiIn a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John C. Liin the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John C. Liu.

As for the Democrats, the news of Lhota's candidacy likely won't please City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who enjoyed a commanding lead among likely candidates in recent polls.

Even if Cuomo beats Nixon (he has a huge in lead polls now), his margin of victory could have a bearing on whether he's seen as a viable presidential candidate for «a changing Democratic Party.»

In a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John LiIn a Quinnipiac poll last month, Quinn was found with a huge lead among those who are seen as candidates in the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John Liin the race, ranking well ahead of former City Comptroller Bill Thompson, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and current City Comptroller John Liu.

In the first poll released since two candidates emerged from Louisiana's jungle primary for governor, state House Minority Leader John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, holds a serious lead over Republican Sen. David Vitter.

Recent polls show Democrats lagging in three crucial Senate races, but Mr. Gianaris is confident his candidates will be in the lead on Election Day.

The release of the poll comes days after candidates submitted the latest in campaign finances, which shows Sheehan with a slight lead on a final balance of $ 67,515.

We the Elders of the party in this region also wish to commend the leadership of our party in the region led by our dynamic chairman Abdul - Fatawu Bugri Naabu and his team, Constituency and Polling Station Executives and all the Parliamentary candidates and Parliamentarians elect for their resilience and hard work that brought glory to our party.

The Democratic presidential candidate leads Trump in New York by 24 percentage points, according to the latest Siena College Poll.

Democratic congressional candidate Colleen Deacon leads her two rivals in NY - 24 by a comfortable margin heading into the June 28 primary for the Syracuse region's congressional seat, according to a poll of likely voters.

The campaign of Republican Jack Martins on Friday released a poll that showed him leading Democratic candidate Laura Curran, 45 percent to 37 percent in the race for Nassau County executive.

Republican Ron Johnson leads incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold in the race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin by 7 percentage points among likely voters including early voters and those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate, according to this McClatchy - Marist Poll.

The Trump for New York team has been critical of public polls showing Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton with an overwhelming lead in the Empire State, insisting her GOP opponent, Donald Trump, is actually running a lot more competitively in the candidates» shared home state than the conventional wisdom allows.

Republican congressional candidate Claudia Tenney holds a 4 - percentage point lead over Democrat Kim Myers in the 22nd House district in central New York, a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll found.

In a panel of seven that was led by Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Thursday affirmed the election of the Peoples Democratic Party's candidate, Governor Seriake Dickson, who was returned as the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

In the 2000 Presidential elections, the NPP led by former President John Kufuor polled 48.40 percent of votes followed by then candidate Professor Atta Mills with 44.80 percent.

Also in today's poll: NYC Council Speaker Chris Quinn continues to lead the pack of would - be 2013 NYC mayoral candidates with 29 percent.

Democratic primary candidate Cynthia Nixon started to gain some ground on Cuomo in a Siena College poll, though he still maintains a wide lead.

Trump and Clinton are leading their rival candidates by wide margins in South Carolina, according to the CBS News Battleground Tracker poll.

Hours after a new poll gave Trump a strong lead in the New Hampshire primary, Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton arrived in the state to blast his proposed prohibition on Muslims entering the country and accuse other Republican presidential candidates of maligning Muslims in their own ways.

Despite the lead Trump holds here in his home state, he also polls with the highest unfavorable rating — 71 percent — of any of the presidential candidates.

NYC Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, an aggressive Clinton surrogate, declared today that Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate leading the field in the polls, will not win the GOP nomination.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has a double - digit lead over the next closest contender in a new Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll of potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidates

It may be that UKIP have managed to open up a lead in Thanet South since November, but there were also substantial methodological differences between the two polls — the new Survation poll prompted using the candidates names, which may well have helped Nigel Farage as the most well known of the candidates.

According to NBC News / Marist polls released Monday, the Democratic incumbent in Arkansas currently enjoys a double - digit lead over his GOP challenger, while Democratic candidates in Georgia and Kentucky are tied up with the GOP as they try to turn red seats blue.