Sentences with phrase «few public polls»

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In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1,385 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the majority (51 %) do not agree Canadian employers should be able to hire temporary foreign workers (a federal program which has just been curtailed), while fewer than this agree (45 %).

Public opinion polls show that most Americans are fed up with the tone of American politics and the broader cultural coarseness, but few seem willing to act on these beliefs.

But recent public surveys, including these polls, show Democrats could be poised to lose a few seats instead.

A YouGov poll taken a few days later showed overwhelming public support.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is within just a few points of avoiding a runoff from a Democratic challenger for New York City mayor, according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll.

And public sector workers, in spite of Ed Balls, have returned to Labour in droves: Lord Ashcroft's poll in January put Labour support amongst public sector workers at 51 % (up 12 %) with Tories on 20 % (down 6 %), UKIP on 10 % (up 8 %) and the Lib Dems collapsing to as few as 7 % (down to 18 %).

People on this site (bar a few idiots) don't need convincing about the need for a Tory government but the polls suggest the public do.

A new poll for Cancer Research UK of more than 4,300 people also revealed that very few people want to turn back the clock and allow smoking in enclosed public spaces.

In polls inquiring about public priorities, education has tended not to make the top - five list of concerns over the past few years; just a decade ago, it was routinely near the top.

This 1986 public poll shows that very few parents thought their schools were failing.

A new poll from Phi Delta Kappa International shows when it comes to public schools, Georgians favor local control and fewer standardized tests.

In a poll released last November by the Public Religion Research Institute, fewer than half of them were willing to link extreme weather events to climate change, whereas more than three - quarters thought these events were signs of the «end times» predicted in the Bible.

«-LSB-...] The trouble with assessing the public's opinion of science over time is that few public opinion polls asked questions about trust in science before the 1980s.

When the UK went to the polls on June 23rd, few people predicted the outcome that arose, with the Leave campaign scoring a shock win and a slender majority of the UK public voting to leave the European Union.

The big issue with any election is uncertainty, which is not good for business and, following the global political turmoil of the past few years, the public are less certain on opinion polls, so may be nervous of the outcome.

Just a few years ago, poll numbers showed that roughly a quarter of the public believed judges decided cases based on politics.