Sentences with phrase «election polling shows»

Final London elections poll shows Boris Johnson defeating Ken Livingstone in run - off vote for Mayor (Comments: 0)

Indeed, Legal Cheek's snap election poll shows practising lawyers and law students alike are wary, and would rather vote for Theresa May or Tim Farron.

Not exact matches

President - elect Trump exulted in his surprise victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton, mocking critics who said before the election that polls showed he had no path to the White House.

We didn't translate that to being down double — we knew we were going to have a big Election Day, knew Republicans were going to turn out, because we had a state poll that showed 62 % of Republicans were going to vote on Election Day.

Opinion polls show independent centrist Macron is set to beat National Front candidate Le Pen in Sunday's second round of voting, in what is seen to be France's most important election in decades.

Polling conducted after last year's federal elections showed that over 62 % of Australians support legalizing same - sex marriage.

Shown pictures of some of the people who apparently voted twice, including at Ust - Djeguta's polling station no. 217, Leila Koichuyeva, a member of the election commission there, said: «They could be twins.»

A poll published on Monday showed a new election would bring roughly the same result as the September election, with the Greens set to see the biggest gains.

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.

Polls across a wide range of battleground states showed Clinton holding a narrow but consistent lead in the days before the election.

The first exit poll data released on Election Day shows that just about 4 in 10 voters are excited about a possible Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton presidency.

The latest polls show Marine Le Pen is ahead of the other candidates in nine out of 12 regions, and every poll now shows her coming out on top in the first round of the election.

«Although recent history shows there is reason to be skeptical of political polls, we do not believe populist parties will score victories significant enough in national elections to cause an existential threat to the European Union (EU).»

As this federal election unfolds, Harper has all the advantages of incumbency, a huge war chest of election funds and polls that show Canadians would much prefer him to Mr. Dion as prime minister.

Recent polls show that voters are pretty much disenchanted with both sides and are overwhelming sick of this election already.

Gun sales spiked again ahead of the election while polls showed Clinton as the favorite to win.

Despite polls showing Liberal support has collapsed in Central Alberta, I would not be surprised to see Mr. Dawe do well on Election Night.

Public opinion polling has shown that the electorate's concerns about the environment have increased significantly since the 2006 election.

Since the beginning of this election campaign, polls have shown the Wildrose Party in a position to make significant gains across Calgary and Southern Alberta, putting many Tory incumbents and rookie candidates at risk of defeat.

In this context, early public opinion polling has shown that Canadian voters view the economy as the highest - priority issue in the 2008 election.

Yet current polls show a greater likelihood of a Democratic takeover in the House of Representatives following the midterm elections, while they suggest that Republicans likely will maintain a hold on a Senate majority.1

Recent polls show a three - way split in support between the Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic and Wildrose Parties have generated some interest in Alberta's provincial election campaign but with 24 days left until voting day we can expect a lot to change.

It was a few days before the 1968 election, and the polls showed Hubert Humphrey trailing Nixon.

In previous US elections, polls consistently showed that a person's level of religiosity — how important their faith is to them and how often they attend church — was one of the biggest predictors in how they would vote.

The Democrats began stepping up faith outreach after the 2004 election, when the party suffered major losses and exit polls showed that many voters believed the Democrats were secular or hostile to religion.

This new poll shows pastors have a distinct view of the current election cycle — one that's different from people in the pews, said Stetzer.

The scariest TV interview I ever saw showed a reporter conducting exit polls during the last election cycle.

They will also be inundated with polls showing Sanders as the stronger general election candidate (nearly every national poll shows Sanders beating Trump by much larger margins than Clinton).

With the last poll showing 57 % supporting traditional marriage, that's basically putting New York State and other states in play for the 2012 election if Barack Obama supports passage of this gay marriage bill.

Supporters would expect a race to be a landslide for a particular candidate, but polling showed that their challenger is improving in the polls and the election may be a close race after all.

At the last mayoral election, several polls showed Ken Livingstone on course to recover City Hall from Boris Johnson.

So, what I'm asking is: Is there research or statistics showing whether controversial or «politically incorrect» candidates / parties tend to do better or worse in actual elections than in polls?

The polls in Scotland just before the last election showed a 21 - point lead for SNP over Labour.

But, polls show that at least 40 % of the British public, many of whom voted Labour in the last general election, agree with me.

A recent poll by Siena College showed DiNapoli with a sizable lead, 49 % to 32 %, but it was below the magic 50 percent mark that all politicians like to be at this close to election day.

«While a recent poll showed that the Lib Dems have lost support since axing Charles Kennedy, the SNP are moving forward as we engage with Labour in a head to head contest for the 2007 Scottish election,» Mr Salmond said.

Only weeks after the last general election, a Mail on Sunday poll showed that 63 % of people in the UK supported scrapping Trident to reduce the deficit.

A Siena College poll released on Saturday showed Kaminsky, a freshman assemblyman, trailing Republican Chris McGrath by 8 percentage points in the 9th Senate district special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in a Nassau County seat.

«The Siena poll shows that Chris McGrath has all the momentum, all the energy and is poised to win this important special election for hardworking Nassau County taxpayers and their families,» said Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif.

This week Theresa May called a general election in the wake of polls showing her Conservative party 21 points ahead of Labour.

Labour is enjoying its strongest polling since Gordon Brown's honeymoon, as a new survey shows Conservative voters are growing less likely to vote at the next election.

The latest New York Times / CBS News poll, conducted last week, showed likely voters in the same age group supporting Mr. Romney by a 15 - point margin — even wider than the gap on Election Day 2008.

Showing up at Congressional townhall meetings and public rallies is all fun and games, but real political power demands that the Tea Partiers demonstrate the ability to shift the outcome of elections by sending bodies to the polls, contributions to the bank or both.

In an election in which relatively few people vote, identifying your supporters and motivating them to actually show up at the polls is absolutely key.

Lord Ashcroft's post-election poll (pdf here) showed the «three main reasons for voting» for each political party in the 2015 UK general election.

Fidler is favored to win this contest, and despite their considerable financial edge over the Democrats, the Republicans are likely to keep their powder dry on this race unless internal polls show the odds improving for Storobin as election day nears.

I am linking a resource that shows what election precinct officials and poll watchers, which can be anyone, are allowed to do, on what grounds, and the evidentiary and process standards for so doing.

The polling companies showing the worst results for Labour are presuming young people will vote at roughly the same rate as in the last election.

Even as generic congressional ballot polling has indicated that Republicans are making up some ground ahead of 2018 midterm election, Democrats are widening their targets and a nonpartisan analysis shows that more GOP incumbents might be at risk.

Even as the polls leading up to election night showed Slaughter in the lead, conventional wisdom kept telling me Republican voters would vote the party line.