Sentences with phrase «hoped on polling day»

The party's appeal to the 48 % of people who voted to remain in the European Union last year did not cut through as hoped on polling day.

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Much of the nervousness is a hangover from last year when both the polls and bookies also predicted a Labour government, only for their hopes to be crushed on polling day.

We knew we were going down; but, as in 1992, we hoped that when it came to polling day, stubby pencils would hover over the box next to the Labour candidate on the ballot paper, and people would decide to «play safe» and vote Conservative.

It hopes to have pushed that figure to 25 % by the end of the year, and take it higher in the months before polling day on 7 May.

The lawmakers hope to hack through some of the red tape and streamline voting by automatically registering people when they get drivers» licenses or other government - issued identification and by allowing people to register at polling stations on election day.

Trailing in the polls with less than a day until the primary election, Assemblyman David Weprin «s congressional campaign is pulling out all the stops and hopes to win the race on turnout, especially in the district's minority areas.

Tejada said he hoped his State Senate bid would inspire more members of the immigrant community to get out to the polls on primary day.

Kindness Tops List of What Parents Hope to Teach Kids, Forum Poll Finds Toronto Star, 1/1/16» «If you focus on kids being kind and tuning into other people, and less on kids» day to day moods and how they're feeling, they're more likely to have better relationships,» [Senior Lecturer Richard Weissbourd] said.

In fact, a recent poll from Ebates.ca shows that roughly one - third of those taking part in Black Friday and Cyber Monday in Canada hope to get one - third of their holiday shopping finished on these two days.