Sentences with phrase «cent of people polled»

While 23 per cent of people polled believed that grammar schools should be forced to accept children of all abilities, 35 per cent said they believed that grammars improve social mobility, with only 19 per cent thinking they damage social mobility and a further 27 per cent saying they make no difference at all.

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Importantly the poll also found that Canadians aged 18 - 34 actually trail Baby Boomers in RRSP ownership and contribution rates with only 43 per cent of young people holding RRSPs compared to 69 per cent of older Canadians, so there is an urgent need to encourage and empower younger Canadians to start saving.

Bishop Davies cited a poll commissioned by the Evangelical Alliance that found 28 per cent of people considered Jesus Christ to be an extremist.

The survey found that 35 per cent of men polled said they hadn't got married because they hadn't met the right person compared to only 29 per cent of women.

The research, which the Alliance commissioned from the national polling firm OnePoll also found only three per cent of people were aware that an alcohol - free childhood is considered best.

An exit poll published after last year's US Presidential election by the Pew Research Center suggested that 81 - per - cent of people identifying as «white, born - again, evangelical Christians» chose Mr Trump over Hillary Clinton.

The poll commissioned by the Accord Coalition found that four out of every five people asked opposed the Conservative plan to no longer require new over-subscribed faith schools to offer 50 per cent of their places to those of other religions or none.

Just three per cent of people aged between 18 and 24 will go to church on Christmas Day, a new poll by Sky Data has revealed.

A YouGov poll found that 47 per cent of people look at the country of origin on a food label, more than double the number (22 %) who look at nutritional information.

The poll of 1,000 people aged between 11 and 25 found that 60 per cent felt unable to discuss terrorism with the police, while half of university attendees said bringing up these issues with academics was also out of the question.

Given this, it is hardly surprising that a recent poll found that 43 per cent of British people think that the country should be proud of the Empire, while only 11 per cent of people support the proposal of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign to remove the statue of the British colonialist, Cecil Rhodes, from Oriel College in Oxford.

And if that person is Jeremy Corbyn, with a YouGov poll for The Times finding that Corbyn would beat Andy Burnham, by 53 % per cent to 47 % the final round of voting, then the Labour party will descend into a civil war accompanied by a gleeful right wing press continually raising the ghosts of Michael Foot, Tony Benn and other more recent signifiers of Labour's «hard left» history.

On the eve of the second reading of the much maligned Health and Social Care Bill a new poll by Unite the union has shown that over 90 per cent of people do not trust David Cameron on the NHS.

A recent poll by ComRes found that only 13 per cent of people think that Corbyn is a strong leader.

Opinion polling regularly shows that a substantial percentage — 73 per cent of people in 2004 — considers the gap between those with high and those with low incomes to be too large.29

The End Child Poverty coalition has just released the results of an opinion poll that shows 82 per cent of British people think that tackling child poverty should be a government priority.

Private polling that showed 88 per cent of the electorate want a public vote on the Lisbon treaty have been criticised for sampling too small a number of people.

Today's poll found that 39 per cent of people thought the Conservatives would be more likely to run the economy well, up four on last month.

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.

Meanwhile, a poll by Axa reveals 83 per cent of people fear any reforms to pensions will leave them working longer and later in life.

In 2009 a ComRes / Independent poll found a massive 75 per cent of people felt British troops in Afghanistan lacked the equipment they needed to do the job safely.

Fox hunting with hounds was outlawed by Tony Blair's Labour government in 2004 and polls suggest that more than 80 per cent of people are now opposed to the practice.

A YouGov poll for the Daily Telegraph yesterday found 63 per cent of people thought Israel had the right to defend itself, but its attacks in Lebanon and Gaza were «inappropriate and disproportionate».

Most polling returns a figure somewhere around the 50 per cent mark for people wanting to leave the EU, and with Labour edging close to the Tories» eurosceptic rhetoric — which in turn has been egged on by the tub - thumping of Ukip — the Lib Dems remain alone in being unashamedly European.

The Progressive People's Party's, (PPP) Moses Arhinful Acquah, polled 3,237 of the total votes cast, representing 6.99 per cent.

Extensive polling of 2,000 people who voted for Nick Clegg's party in May suggests just 54 per cent will back the Lib Dems in five years» time.

A recent independent poll of 18,000 people commissioned by Unite showed that 74 per cent opposed the privatisation of any part of the blood service.

The YouGov poll of more than 3,400 people, conducted last week, reveals that 59 per cent oppose the ban being overturned.

A YouGov poll in the Times this morning revealed overwhelming public opposition to the latest disability cuts, with 70 per cent of people against and just 13 per cent in support.

According to today's ICM poll for the Sunday Telegraph, 52 per cent of people believe that a hung Parliament would be bad for Britain; only 24 per cent would welcome the result with another 24 per cent undecided.

The poll, commissioned by the League Against Cruel Sports (Lacs), shows that one in seven (16 per cent) are in favour of prison sentences for people who break the law, with almost half, 48 per cent, in favour of people being fined up to # 10,000.

Despite all the disinformation, the British people are whiffing the truth: a Populous poll found that 50 per cent think Cameron is on the side of the rich, compared to only 42 per cent who thought he was on the side of ordinary people.

After all, a YouGov poll in The Sun yesterday found that 71 per cent of people said so.

«Surveying over 10,000 people, the poll gives an insight into voting intentions for the next Scottish elections, opinions of party leaders and achievements of the Scottish Parliament, while putting support for independence at 26 per cent, the no vote at 65 per cent and just 10 per cent undecided.»

This new survey confirms the findings of an earlier ITV / ComRes poll of people who watched the debate, which gave the Lib Dems an astonishing 14 per cent surge in support.

As a result, around two - thirds of people oppose the switch and just 16 per cent support it, according to a poll by Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.

In the UK in February, a BBC poll of 1001 people found that just 26 per cent believed human - made climate change was an established scientific fact, down from 41 per cent only three months earlier.

A recent poll found that 96 per cent of people would rather see a big, happy grin in a person's profile photo than a sexy pout.

Only 38 per cent of people believe that the government should build more grammar schools and encourage more schools to select on academic ability, according to a YouGov poll.

Public Opinion A YouGov poll found that only 38 per cent of people believe the government should build more grammar schools and encourage more schools to select on academic ability, which suggests there isn't a huge amount of public support for the idea.

The poll, which quizzed 2,612 year 7 - 11 children in England and Wales, found that 74 per cent of young people think that they are either very or fairly likely to go into higher education.

Over half (55 per cent) of 18 - 24 year olds surveyed said that they have seen other people bullied on social media, and of those polled it was men who have been ridiculed the most on social media platforms, in comparison to women (11 per cent versus eight per cent).

The online poll conducted for BMO also found that fifty - two per cent wished people would contribute to their kids» education savings in lieu of gifts.

But even more dramatic is a new 1,000 - person poll by the Strategic Counsel that shows 63 per cent of Canadians believe that judges should be elected.

According to an 860 - person poll commissioned for that conference, 68 per cent of Canadians support the use of the notwithstanding clause to limit the Charter's application — and thus to limit the power of the people at the conference.

Irish people have been considering the issue of legal recognition of same - sex couples and families for almost a decade, and numerous opinion polls have shown that the overwhelming majority of us (up to 84 per cent) are in favour of allowing same - sex couples to marry or form civil partnerships.

TREB says the poll found «important links to the Toronto Land Transfer Tax, with 75 per cent of people in Toronto and the 905 regions who are expecting to move in the next two years saying that they are more likely to move outside of Toronto specifically because of the Toronto Land Transfer Tax.»

«Interestingly, the poll demonstrated that almost 20 per cent of people planning or considering buying a recreational property plan to pay in cash.»

Twenty - two per cent of those polled said they will buy recreational property, and 24 per cent of those people said they would be willing to spend more on recreational property than on their prime residences.

The poll found 38 per cent of Brits said Carol Singing was an old - fashioned tradition that had fallen by the wayside and 43 per cent said fewer and fewer people go to midnight mass.