Sentences with phrase «election polls in»

Douglas Alexander, the man with the plan behind the Labour election strategy, has brushed off Nick Clegg's meteoric rise in recent election polls in a «Twinterview» with Channel 4 News presenter Krishnan Guru - Murthy.

Later this week we shall know whether those hopes and fears are justified, or whether the pattern of past by - election polls in Labour seats has persisted.

As soon as it was clear that Ms Suu Kyi's party had won the election polls in 1990, the junta put her under house arrest off - and - on until 2010.

[6] Election polls in Venezuela are quite politicised, but based on past performance Hinterlaces, the one highlighted here, tends to correspond quite closely to the actual results.

In fact, the pollster who came closest with an eve - of - election poll in 2005 (GfK NOP) did it with a slightly smaller sample than this.

My final by - election poll in Eastleigh found more than four in five of your voters there were protesting about something.

The YouGov local election poll in the Sun today is based on just repondents in those areas that actually have local elections in May — that is, excluding London, Scotland, Wales and the 13 or so councils who do not have elections this year (primarily Cornwall, Durham, the Isle of Wight, Northumberland, Shropshire and Wiltshire, with a handful of district councils with unusual electoral cycles).

The first election poll in the United States was conducted in 1824 by the Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper.

Not exact matches

One in four voters backed UKIP in the 2013 local elections but polls suggest the Paul Nuttall - party is steadily in decline and could suffer around 105 net losses today.

These local and mayoral elections are unusual because they come just five weeks before voters will go back to the polls for the general election, and slap - bang in the middle of the political parties» election campaigns.

In the introduction to a series that will look back at the events leading up to the election, Silver seems on the defensive somewhat, justifying his analysis of the poll results and pointing out that he predicted Clinton would be weak with the Electoral College and that Trump might prevail.

For example, Silver argues that a number of factors had more to do with the media's misunderstanding of what was happening during the election than any alleged errors in polling.

In the last election, business leaders chose Stephen Harper over Michael Ignatieff by a margin of three - to - one, according to a Compas poll at the time.

In other cases, Silver argues, media organizations chose to not focus on the polls at all, but turned their attention to secondary or even tertiary events that had little impact on the outcome of the election.

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.

Wynne, who is struggling in the polls, must call an election by June of next year.

The euro reached a five - and - a-half month high against the dollar when markets opened Sunday evening as exit polls in the French presidential election indicated a victory for centrist Macron.

But recent polls suggest that the incoming Alabama senator - elect's victory may be a part of a larger trend that could spell trouble for Republicans in next year's midterm elections.

I've polled every statewide election in Michigan going back 30 years... I don't like to get it wrong, but I'm not alone.»

In a Gallup poll during the 2016 general election, 51 % of Americans said the president should release all relevant medical information, an increase from 2004 when 38 % held that view.

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.

Steve Mitchell, whose Fox 2 / Mitchell poll in Michigan found Clinton with an identical 5 - point lead heading into Election Day, chalked up his miss to a very specific reason: Human error.

Since there are no exit polls for the referendum, unlike the general election, this is our best gauge of voter sentiment until results start trickling in from local counting areas around 1 a.m. BST.

Trump vowed at his rally that he would win Washington state, even though the state tends to support Democrats and that party's nominee, Hillary Clinton, leads by large margins in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

In addition, this is an election that Republican candidate Donald Trump has claimed is «rigged,» and where he has urged his followers to go to «certain sections» of states like Pennsylvania and monitor the polls to make sure the elections are not stolen from him.

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.

Now, he is tipped in the polls to go through to the second round of the elections, and face - off with Marine Le Pen for the presidency.

Despite news reports that might lead one to believe that the polling was not accurate, Webster noted in the podcast interview that they had a sense of the outcome early during election day.

A key reason for holding the vote was to fulfil a 2011 promise made by all municipal election candidates in Kitimat to poll citizens on the pipeline project.

Maduro's approval ratings have tumbled amid the crisis to 28 percent, near the lowest in 16 years of socialist rule, and while there's no sign the sometimes violent street protests that overwhelmed the country a year ago will return anytime soon, polls indicate that the opposition will coast to victory in legislative elections expected to take place by year end.

Maasai women queue outside a polling station in Ewaso Kendo, Kajiado West County on August 8, 2017, as the nation goes to the polls in national elections.

As pundits and polls declared Clinton the clear winner of the first debate, the Mexican peso had its best day in about seven months, surging nearly 3 %, and making the peso perhaps the best predictor of the 2016 election outcome.

The Electorate of Canning by - election in Western Australia on September 19 will take a snapshot of the national mood, just over two years on from the federal poll.

In the tight three - way race of this year's federal election, the focus has shifted from the reliability of any single research firm to the wisdom of the collective pollster mind, with news outlets arguing over who can aggregate the polls in the most reliable fashioIn the tight three - way race of this year's federal election, the focus has shifted from the reliability of any single research firm to the wisdom of the collective pollster mind, with news outlets arguing over who can aggregate the polls in the most reliable fashioin the most reliable fashion.

Investors also kept to the sidelines on an uncertain political outlook in the world's two largest oil consumers thi s month as Americans head to the polls for the presidential elections next week and China's leaders meet to fill top posts.

The Socialists, weakened after the deeply unpopular presidency of Francois Hollande, have no chance of getting beyond the first round of the election in April, according to the latest polls.

The Monmouth poll found that in counties that Trump or Hillary Clinton, his Democratic challenger, won by less than 10 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election, 30 % of people say they approve of the bill and 38 % say they disapprove.

By contrast, Front National leader Marine Le Pen, currently leading the opinion polls in France's Presidential elections due in May, routinely attacks the ECB's policy as too tight and Germanic (albeit she recently diluted her comments on taking France out of the euro into something much less coherent than the brutal «Frexit» she threatened earlier).

The company is running a promotion closer to November in which it will encourage users to take their kids along when they hit the polls on Election Day, and post «stories» (Winnie's version of Yelp reviews) about their experiences.

In Gallup's tracking poll of Americans» outlook on the economy, there was a massive post-election swing in confidence and optimism between Republicans and Democrats, with the former reporting much more confidence than they had before the election and the latter becoming much less optimistiIn Gallup's tracking poll of Americans» outlook on the economy, there was a massive post-election swing in confidence and optimism between Republicans and Democrats, with the former reporting much more confidence than they had before the election and the latter becoming much less optimistiin confidence and optimism between Republicans and Democrats, with the former reporting much more confidence than they had before the election and the latter becoming much less optimistic.

As Britons headed to the polls on Thursday, it's worth highlighting how the general election could influence the course of that country's exit, or «Brexit,» from the European Union — particularly as the race appears to have tightened in recent weeks.

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.

In a Public Policy Polling poll looking at a hypothetical election between the two, Johnson had 42 % support over Trump's 37 %.

«There's a national poll that came out this week that brought together Republicans and Democrats in saying that I would beat Donald Trump if we had an election today to become president.

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.

WASHINGTON, Dec 14 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission vote on Thursday to roll back net neutrality rules could galvanize young voters, a move Democrats hope will send millennials to the polls in greater numbers and bolster their chances in next year's elections.

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.

In his first interview since Macron was elected, the outgoing Finance Minister said that Macron could achieve a majority despite stiff competition from right - wing politicians when the country goes to the polls once again for its parliamentary elections on June 11 and 18.

The unprecedented failure of coalition talks has meant that another election could occur in January, four months after the country last went to the polls.