Sentences with phrase «final day polls»

The expectation for the link between final day polls and the outcome is that the Conservatives will over-perform their polling average by the same degree as they have over-performed their polling average in elections since 1979 (roughly one percent).

Not exact matches

If something happens in the final days of campaigning, those final polls may not be as predictive.

[485][216] A Gallup poll, taken in the final days of Obama's term, showed that 68 % of Americans believed that the U.S. had made progress in the situation for gays and lesbians during Obama's eight years in office.

The Virginia Cavaliers are ending the 2017 - 18 season at No. 5 in the final USA Today Coaches Poll, which was released Tuesday, one day after Villanova beat Michigan to win...

The 2008 local elections and the 2009 European elections followed in due course; by 2010 the machine was well - oiled enough that in the final week before polling day it was a case of getting rid of surplus leaflets rather than rushing to target specific areas.

As a side note, exit polls even made a candidate president for a day (the final count changed the winner).

This is the only poll of the campaign that would usually be regarded as a «final poll», that is one that has been conducted sufficiently closely to polling day that its accuracy can reasonably be -LSB-...]

Publishing polls in the last five days before an election is illegal in Israel, so the final pre-election polls were published on 13th March.

Perhaps, when polling day dawned, the reality was somewhat less appealing than it had been when people's final voting decision could still be changed.

What about in the final 12 months before polling day?

By the time of the third debate, the surge had all but run out of puff and the full week between that final bout and polling day permitted further momentum to be lost.

The final wording said that Labour would pilot secure systems for electronic voting and electoral registration on polling day, and consider piloting elections on days other than Thursday.

On enhancing democracy «The final wording said that Labour would pilot secure systems for electronic voting and electoral registration on polling day, and consider piloting elections on days other than Thursday».

On Polling Day activists will be making the final push to mobilise the Labour vote, from 7 am until 10 pm, when the polls close.

Nick Clegg has launched a personal guarantee for voters in a final run of leaflets and newspaper adverts ahead of polling day.

This is the only poll of the campaign that would usually be regarded as a «final poll», that is one that has been conducted sufficiently closely to polling day that its accuracy can reasonably be assessed by comparing its voting intentions with the tally of votes that actually emerges from the ballot boxes.

But it is real; and given the historic pattern for Tory governments to do better than Labour oppositions in the final weeks before polling day, bad news for Miliband.

To help boost turnout, many candidates spent the day visiting polling station after polling station trying to make a final push.

The day is expected to be further complicated by brand new Assembly and Senate district lines, which have changed many voters» districts and polling places, as well as lingering doubts over the competency of the Board of Elections, which bungled the ballot count in June's Congressional race between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Sen. Adriano Espaillat so badly that it took weeks to learn the final results.

Greenberg called this race «wide open» as the race moves into the its final days in which the so - called «ground game» — getting supporters out to the polls — is crucial.

Most newspaper editors won't make a final decision until much, much closer to polling day.

As polls show President Barack Obama inching his way to a solid lead, McCarthy believes voters still want to see Romney's debate performances before they make their final decision on Election Day.

Yet, as the race entered its final days, the attacks appeared to do little damage, as de Blasio's position in the polls continued to improve.

The release of the poll comes days after candidates submitted the latest in campaign finances, which shows Sheehan with a slight lead on a final balance of $ 67,515.

Over the final weekend before polling day, Miliband unveiled the eight - foot tablet with Labour's six pledges chiseled into its surface.

Naturally, both the Democrats and the Republicans have something to say about these polls, with each putting the best possible spin on things as the campaign enters its final days.

Heading into the final days of the presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton is holding an edge over Donald Trump after a month of tumult, with most voters saying their minds are made up and late revelations about both candidates made no significant difference to them, according to the latest New York Times / CBS News poll.

The clock is counting down to Election Day, and in this final NBC 4 New York / Wall Street Journal / Marist Poll, Democrat Bill de Blasio has a very wide lead over Republican Joe Lhota among New York City likely voters including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted by absentee ballot.

[168] A final theory, put forward after the election, was the «Lazy Labour» factor, which claimed that Labour voters tend to not vote on polling day whereas Conservative voters have a much higher turnout.

One theory was that there had simply been a very late swing to the Conservatives, with the polling company Survation claiming that 13 % of voters made up their minds in the final days and 17 % on the day of the election.

The Oct. 31 poll showed that Grimm, who is scheduled to stand trial in February on fraud, tax evasion, perjury and other charges, had a 19 - point lead over Recchia as the grueling campaign entered its final weekend before Election Day.

There was a dramatic increase in the number of visits made as election day approached: in the final three days of campaigning, the leaders made 27 visits, with David Cameron making visits to six constituencies the day prior to polling day alone.

All told, the committee over the last three days has unloaded $ 964,460 in advertising costs in the final days before voters head to the polls on Nov. 7.

On the final day of campaigning, the Democratic candidates who are holding comfortable leads in the polls are lending a hand to some of their struggling party members.

Democrat Hillary Clinton is leading Donald Trump by double digits in New York, but the race has tightened in the final days, with Clinton still ahead by 17 points but the two now even among independent voters, according to a poll by Siena College issued November 6th.

Polls just before election day showed a slight swing from the Liberal Democrats back to Labour and the Conservatives, with most of final polls falling within one point of Conservatives 36 %, Labour 28 %, Liberal Democrats Polls just before election day showed a slight swing from the Liberal Democrats back to Labour and the Conservatives, with most of final polls falling within one point of Conservatives 36 %, Labour 28 %, Liberal Democrats polls falling within one point of Conservatives 36 %, Labour 28 %, Liberal Democrats 27 %.

Days before the final count, polls showed Faso six points ahead of Teachout.

But a slew of polls over the past two weeks have shown businessman Doug Forrester well within striking distance in the final days.

He won by just 165 votes and was within # 252 of his campaign spending limit of # 13,287 during the «short campaign» period, which covered the final 39 days before the May 7 poll.

The third TV debate, a week before polling day, was the final chance to land a knockout blow and change the course of the election.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump lead narrowly just two days before the Iowa caucuses in the final Des Moines Register / Bloomberg poll, considered the «gold standard» of Iowa polling.

With the S&P 500 Index posting its biggest two - day rally since June in the run - up to Tuesday's vote, investors were clearly betting on Hillary Clinton to win the White House based on the Democratic candidate's recovering poll numbers in the campaign's final days.

On the last day of polling in India's 16th general elections — the final phase of which witnessed vicious, communal and extremely local campaigning in one corner of a single state — one could be forgiven for concluding that foreign policy has no role in India's future direction.

Election day is less than a week away and both candidates are making the last final push to ensure that people show up to the polls on November 6th.

21 (1) Up to and including the day immediately preceding polling day, the returning officer shall consider all applications concerning the list of electors or the polling list with regard to the application for the addition or deletion of a name or the correction of an error and the returning officer's decision is final.

It was made hastily, when polls suggested in the final days before the ballot that «Yes» was in the ascendency.

Furthermore, OnePlus a few days ago started a poll on Weibo in China asking users to choose the design of the retail package, which indicates OnePlus has not settled on a final design — the choices included either white or red boxes.

Here is the final tally on the poll I posted the other day...... and here's the inspiration photo I put together in Photoshop again: I'm happy to report Kevin's fully on board with the two sofa layout now, too!