Sentences with phrase «cent of those polled said»

To find out about how life began, 20 per cent of those polled said they would visit a religious leader, but almost twice as many, 37 per cent, would consult a biologist.

Even with finances being at the forefront for many working Canadians, only 28 per cent of those polled said a higher salary is their top priority compared with 48 per cent who said they value a better work - life balance and healthy work environment more.

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.

Not exact matches

In contrast, 34 per cent of Gen - Xer poll respondents say they've done so.

According to an Associated Press - CNBC poll released Monday, some 36 per cent of Americans say buying stock in the 7 - year - old company would be a good investment, while 47 per cent disagree.

In a poll of the audience taken as they trickled into Roy Thomson Hall, 58 per cent said they agreed that the rich should be taxed more.

Those polled in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta (65 per cent) were the most likely to say they intended to put away savings in their RRSP or TFSA this year, while only 53 per cent of those polled in Quebec said they would.

Higher costs will hurt its ability to grow profits in the first three months of the year, it said, forecasting earnings of between 60 and 80 cents a share, below the 83 cents a share forecast by analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.

The poll also found that 31 per cent of those surveyed say they aren't planning on putting away retirements savings at all this year, a jump from 28 per cent in 2012.

A poll of 1,000 Texans last year for Texas Lyceum found 43 per cent of respondents saying NAFTA has been good for the Texas economy and just 24 per cent saying it was bad.

The poll by Angus Reid Institute, conducted this week among 2,125 Canadian adults, found that 55 per cent of respondents said they support the project, up from 49 per cent in February.

Alberta is the most entrepreneurial province with 75 per cent of poll respondents in that region saying that they had thought of owning a business.

An opinion poll on Sunday showed 47 per cent of likely voters saying they will back the treaty, 35 per cent saying they will vote No, and 18 per cent as undecided how to vote in the May 31 referendum.

The survey, which polled 4,766 Canadian employees between June 27 and Aug. 5, also found that 35 per cent said they feel overwhelmed by their level of debt.

The poll found that 47 per cent of respondents said it would be difficult to meet their financial obligations if their paycheque was delayed by even a single week.

TORONTO, January 27, 2015 - While a majority (72 per cent) of younger Canadians aged 18 to 34 say they owe it to their parents to keep them comfortable in retirement, a higher majority (76 per cent) of their parents» Boomer generation (aged 50 - 69) doesn't want this «IOU», according to the 2015 RBC Financial Independence in Retirement Poll.

But, in a ComRes poll commissioned by the Church of England and published ahead of Mothering Sunday, the majority (60 per cent) said there was no ideal mother.

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.

Humanitarian charity Christian Aid has urged the government to crack down on tax avoidance after a new poll found 89 per cent of British adults say tax avoidance by large companies is morally wrong even if it's legal.

While 51 per cent of those who took part in the survey said they were Christians, only six per cent of those polled read the Bible, prayed and attended church at least once a week.

The children's charity also found that although eight out of ten parents in a YouGov poll said that they knew what to say to their child to keep them safe online, only 28 per cent had actually mentioned privacy settings to them and just 20 per cent discussed location settings.

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.

Scottish first time voters in this poll appear to be considerably more politically engaged: 62 per cent of respondents aged 17 - 21 in Scotland said they would definitely vote, just ahead of the British average across all age groups.

A ComRes poll for the Independent conducted last weekend found 58 per cent of voters saying the government's economic plan has failed, and so it will be time for a change of government in 2015.

... The YouGov poll, commissioned by the Labour Uncut blog, shows that a majority (53 per cent) of current Tory supporters believe their party has got better since the last election, with only 11 per cent saying it has got worse.

In a recent ComRes poll conducted exclusively for Total Politics, fully 50 per cent of the public said the Lib Dems «seem to have almost no influence over government policy» and only one - third disagreed.

We can say with scientific certainty that a survey sample of 1,000 Brits will give you a result within 3.1 per cent of the «true» figure in 19 out of 20 polls.

Taking the latest Populus poll (fieldwork conducted 17th - 19th April) as an example — and as I say, this is by no means limited to Populus, everyone does it — of the 2,048 respondents only 61 per cent said that they were absolutely certain to vote.

In 2005, 56 per cent of women and 44 per cent of men said the current 24 - week limit «should be lowered significantly», and a YouGov poll that year also found 36 per cent of men but only 19 per cent of women supported an upper limit of 24 weeks or later.

In a poll of British voters taken in May, 60 per cent said they expected the coalition government would be effective in its efforts to reduce the deficit.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission said Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta maintained his strong lead in the presidential election count with 85 per cent of polling stations reporting.

Seventy - three per cent of respondents said they would rather see an outright Tory or Labour majority in 2015 rather than another coalition, although the close nature of the polls suggests they may be disappointed.

Discussing tomorrow's Guardian / ICM poll (showing Labour on 29 per cent, the Conservatives on 33 per cent, and the Lib Dems on 30 per cent), Ollie Grender said she did not find the prospect of a hung parliament «scary» — it was a question of proper preparation.

Out of those polled 72 per cent said they would prefer a majority government while 20 per cent said they would prefer a hung parliament.

The Quinnipiac poll found that 78 % of those surveyed think the state's minimum wage should be higher than the current $ 7.25 an hour, with more than half saying it should be increased to over $ 8.50 cents an hour.

The bill itself may also prove to be a true test of how in control the prime minister is of his own party given the level of opposition among backbench MPs and his weakened position in the latest ICM poll, published yesterday, in which 63 per cent of voters said Labour would be better off with a new leader.

Just 27 per cent of those questioned in the YouGov poll for the Sunday Times said they thought the chancellor was capable of replacing Tony Blair at No 10, compared to 57 per cent who said he was not.

Just 41 per cent of respondents in the Sunday Times poll said they thought he had been a good chancellor, down from 51 per cent a month ago, while 52 per cent think that he has done a bad job.

Almost three quarters of those polled (71 per cent) said that the main focus in stopping bad practice in the media should be tougher application of existing laws, with only 24 per cent saying new legislation and regulations were necessary.

22:56 - That being said, Prof John Curtice, who is basically the oracle for this stuff, is saying the four per cent swing to Labour in that part of the country was about what that exit poll predicted.

Just 22 per cent of the Labour backbenchers polled by the BBC said they would back their party's official policy.

The polling, conducted by Lord Ashcroft, the former Tory deputy chairman, and revealed exclusively by The Sunday Telegraph, also shows that 44 per cent of Lib Dem voters in May say their view of the party has «got worse.»

A YouGov poll in today's Sunday Times found that 62 per cent of voters believe Brown should have accepted defeat on Friday with just 28 per cent saying he was right to hang on, writes Channel 4 News.

A YouGov poll in the Sunday Times found that 62 per cent of voters believe Brown should have accepted defeat on Friday with just 28 per cent saying he was right to hang on.

A recent poll showed only nine per cent of those aged 25 to 39 say they will definitely vote Conservative.

Seven per cent of voters say they still intend to vote for the party, broadly in line with other polls over the past month.

Ninety - five per cent of respondents to an Adfero poll said they believed Tony Blair's support for the US - led invasion has had a negative impact of international perceptions of Britain.

It came as a poll by Ipsos MORI found 55 per cent of Britain believe the only way of controlling immigration is be leaving the EU — and almost half said the issue would be key to how they vote.

Labour is gearing up to argue that since it and the Liberals have polled, say, 55 per cent of the vote, the country has voted for a centre - left pact.

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