Sentences with phrase «elections during polling»

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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 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.

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.

Martin Schulz, leader of the Social Democrats (SPD), has doubled down on social reform policies in a last - ditch effort to boost his election polls during a public television town hall - style exchange.

During Russia's March 18 presidential election, the All - Russian Public Opinion Research Center will use blockchain technology to securely record and transmit exit poll data.

Italian elections are due to take place during the first half of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their calls for a referendum on Italy's membership of the eurozone.

The voter ID pilot has descended into chaos during the local elections as constituents have been turned away from their polling stations.

During the 2017 polls, 90 % of Kenyans had heard or seen fake news stories related to the election, with a cross-section of the population using popular apps like WhatsApp and Facebook to spread misinformation.

Public opinion polling during the summer of 2008 placed the Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual dead heat, leading most to speculate at the time that if an election were held there would be a third minority government.

ARI polling during the 2015 federal election found international trade to be Canadians» preferred foreign policy focus:

Everything I ever needed to know about voting and evangelicals came from watching exit polls during the presidential election of 2004.

During my year in Italy when the blood failed to liquefy, the priest announced that this sign indicated God's displeasure over the large communist vote the public opinion polls were predicting for the upcoming national parliamentary elections.

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

General election 1970Although Labour had established a consistent double - digit poll lead during the run - up to the 1970 general election, Labour and its prime minister Harold Wilson were ousted.

Our inability to coexist in my views may not be the only hurdle against 2019 general election as the age - long underage registration / voting challenge mooted above raised its ugly head in a recent but still trending video captured during a registration exercise and a local council poll in some states.

A YouGov poll for The Times on the weekend put the Leave campaign nine points in front (although research was carried out on line and such a methodology proved to be problematic during last year's general election).

Meanwhile, The aL - hAJJ's intelligence has gathered that these series of attacks resulting in deaths ahead of the elections is a decoy for some unscrupulous persons wishing to foment trouble before, during, after the November polls.

This flood of information — updated constantly as elections approached — not only supplemented the campaign's internal polling, but at times (including during the run - up to the Iowa Caucuses) provided a more accurate view of the electorate:

During the last elections, many opposition parties boycotted the presidential and parliamentary election, denouncing massive electoral fraud during the municipal elections and claiming that municipal elections were not free and fair and the next polls unlikely to During the last elections, many opposition parties boycotted the presidential and parliamentary election, denouncing massive electoral fraud during the municipal elections and claiming that municipal elections were not free and fair and the next polls unlikely to during the municipal elections and claiming that municipal elections were not free and fair and the next polls unlikely to be so.

A possible solution is field interviewing, which could be more widely adopted during elections to supplement polling data and to correct an over-reliance on polls.

Christie isn't urging people in New Jersey to get to the polls in a tight election, he is promoting his own interview with Charlie Rose on CBS in which he denies all the sworn testimony about him in open court during the Brideggate trial which links him to the lane closures the touched off the scandal.

He was picketed by religious groups during the 2010 election campaign for his stance on family and parenting issues, which, as outlined in the poll opposite, went down like a lead balloon with some Christian voters.

Johnson was barred from appearing on the ballot during November's election at the behest of the GOP establishment and Republican Secretary of State Ruth Johnson, who used their insider political power to block competition at the polls.

Polling during that election also consistently found Livingstone's policies were more popular than Johnson's.

The Carpool Vote platform was designed to get people to the polls on election day or during early voting, or to transport people to get a voter ID before election day.

Andrew Cuomo may be widening his lead in the polls, but he's leaving nothing to chance during the lead - up to the general election, even going so far as to deploy one of his GOP surrogates in an effort to dry up Carl Paladino's fundraising (such as it is).

For instance, it was considered highly unusual to conduct an election in which voters» identification is never checked, not during the registration process nor at polling stations.

Mr. Ahenkorah during the heated election on July 25, 2015, polled 503 votes, while Naa Torshie Addo had 273.

Her group, The Polling Company, made almost $ 2 million conducting surveys for candidates like Sen. Ted Cruz, former presidential candidate Ben Carson, and Trump during the 2016 election — double the amount than any previous campaign cycle.

Cuomo's plan would change that be requiring counties to offer at least one early voting polling location for every 50,000 residents during a 12 - day period before Election Day.

On the heels of deeply troubling problems at the polls during the April 19th presidential primary, roughly 200 citizen advocates will meet with lawmakers to share their personal voting experiences and make the case for fundamental reform to New York's antiquated election laws.

Labour is facing a wipe - out during this week's European and local elections, with polls indicating it is being disproportionately affected by the expenses scandal.

Sadly this invaluable book can not tell us in advance if this is going to happen but it does provide the information to help guide even the most statistically illiterate person as to what will be going on during the election and will come into its own during the long night of counting after the polls have closed, if returning offi cers up and down the country do not have their way and pull the plug on counting in a majority of the seats immediately after the polls have closed.

Further assuring the people of the state of security, Habila warned that the police would not permit the use of security personnel as guards by very important personalities at polling units during the governorship election.

Maybe it does, but given the speculation over a possible general election polls during conference were inevitable this year).

Dumelo who had openly and vigorously campaigned for incumbent President John Dramani Mahama and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) during run up to the December 7 polls made the remark in a Facebook post to congratulate Akufo - Addo for emerging winner of the elections.

The attorney general's office was flooded with thousands of complaints of problems at the polls during April's primary as well as hundreds during the November general election.

Trends during elections are always a point of interest and, this year, Lenihan believes the high turnout at the polls may be thanks in - part to the 2016 election seeing more media attention than in any year before.

«A lot of people didn't want to go to their new poll site and names weren't found in the book, but I made it a point during my campaign to inform people of their new poll site to the best of my ability even though we didn't get the new list until 4 days before the election.»

the early voting legislation proposed by the governor will require every county to offer residents access to at least one early voting poll site during the 12 days leading up to Election Day.

During the subsequent leadership election on 20 November, he polled 152 votes (40.9 %) in the first round of voting by Conservative MPs, enough to prevent an outright Thatcher victory.

In Tower Hamlets, the High Court suspended the Mayor, Lutfur Rahman, after he was found guilty of falsifying postal votes and putting undue pressure on voters at polling stations during the 2014 local and European elections.

According to Carroll, the early voting legislation proposed by the governor will require every county to offer residents access to at least one early voting poll site during the 12 days leading up to Election Day.

The statement read in part, «The duo who held office during the tenure of the immediate past governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Saidu Dakingari, were said to have diverted the sum of N349, 475,000 meant for the provision of generators and «other logistics» for all polling units in Kebbi State for the 2015 general elections.

«While assuring all law - abiding electorates of a secure and enabling environment to exercise their franchise, the IGP warns all security details to refrain from accompanying their principals and politicians to polling booths and collation centres during the election, as only security personnel specially assigned for election duties must be seen within and around the election designated places» the statement said.

The proposal would require each county to set up at least one early voting poll site during the 12 days leading up to Election Day.

A survey of 156 of the city's more than 1,000 poll sites during last year's elections found 90 percent with serious problems — including poorly trained staff who routinely bungled ballots, according to a scathing audit released Friday.

He said quite often than not, the number of registered party members the CPP have, does not show up to vote during national elections, thereby making the party record single digits at some polling stations.

Jeremy Corbyn is closer to winning the election than at any time during the campaign thanks to a surge in support from women, a poll for the Sunday Telegraph indicates.

The police also assured all law - abiding electorates of a secure and enabling environment to exercise their franchise, but warned all security details to refrain from accompanying their principals and politicians to polling booths and collation centres during the election.