Sentences with phrase «if opinion polls»

«The interview I did with politico was a conversational piece and it was against the backdrop of «if the opinion polls are to be believed» that I made those comments,» he said.

As the years go by, however, they become more spirited and their natural instincts surface — particularly if the opinion polls become difficult.

The row highlights a major split within the Labour movement over what should happen if the opinion polls are correct and the Conservatives win a comfortable majority.

She is set to be elected with an increased Tory majority if opinion polls are correct, giving her more of a chance than David Cameron of repealing the ban brought in under Tony Blair's Labour government.

This ex-leader wants his party to set its stall out on Europe, set it out clearly, and make the case loudly — even if the opinion polls suggest that won't be a popular move.

Damage is already being done if opinion polls on the party and the leader are to be believed.

If opinion polls are to be the measure of social acceptability then they should address all demands and their consequences.

If opinion poll questions on likelihood of voting are at least roughly right, it is likely to transpire that non-voters more often favoured remaining.

Not exact matches

Given that the opinion polls at the moment have a small Conservative lead and given that four years ago when most of the seats were up for grabs there was a small Labour lead, if indeed the Labour party is gaining ground in London it must be losing ground somewhere else.

According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

The Freedom Report's online archives only go back to 1999, but I was curious to see older editions of Paul's newsletters, in part because of a controversy dating to 1996, when Charles «Lefty» Morris, a Democrat running against Paul for a House seat, released excerpts stating that «opinion polls consistently show only about 5 % of blacks have sensible political opinions,» that «if you have ever been robbed by a black teen - aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet - footed they can be,» and that black representative Barbara Jordan is «the archetypical half - educated victimologist» whose «race and sex protect her from criticism.»

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.

If you take a view contrary to the poll's suggested opinion, then you will be the one put on the defensive — even if your opinion is based on a weighing of relevant facts and evidencIf you take a view contrary to the poll's suggested opinion, then you will be the one put on the defensive — even if your opinion is based on a weighing of relevant facts and evidencif your opinion is based on a weighing of relevant facts and evidence.

Far more serious than any of the startling events of the decade was the massive erosion of the legitimacy of American institutions — business, government, education, the churches, the family — that set in, particularly among young people, and that continues, if public opinion polls are to be believed, in the 1970s even when overt protest has become less frequent.

Nevertheless, if one were to accept public opinion polls as the compass of our society, would it not make sense to survey the French people also on all the demands made by LGBT activists in the name of equality and antidiscrimination?

Nevertheless, if one were to accept public opinion polls as the compass of our society, would it not make sense to survey the French people also on all the demands made by LGBT activists in the name of equality and anti-discrimination?

Well let's NOT Google «Arsenal fan polls» as opinions change over time, so let us have a reflection of what us Gooners think right now, without any games to distract us, and see if we can get a FACTUAL figure on the actual percentage of JustArsenal readers who agree or disagree with Jon.

If so, can you back up this assertion, for example by evidence from opinion polls.

Those detailed pieces in turn link to more details and to primary sources if you have them (the polling data that your piece on public opinion is based on, for instance, or a spreadsheet of your opponent's campaign contributions from well - known evildoers).

Opinium / Observer poll out today also tested opinion on the statement «I would vote for Ukip if I thought they could win in the constituency I live in.»

A YouGov poll showed that Boris would eliminate Labour's opinion poll if he became leader.

Moreover the same opinion polls showed us that there was no compensating majority who believed that the UK would be worse off if we left.

The French president, François Hollande, has warned that Europe risks «regression and paralysis» if Eurosceptics and nationalists gain the upper hand in next year's European parliament elections, as an opinion poll for the first time put the anti-immigrant National Front (NF) well ahead of his country's mainstream parties.

For a variety of reasons (including the impact of high levels of undecided voters in a specific poll), the actual result of an election contest may vary from the figures suggested by an opinion poll, even if the poll is carried out relatively close to election day, or on election day itself as in the case of exit polls, but the likelihood of such variation is not something that can be factored into this model.

This is the situation which should be addressed if animal welfare is to be genuinely improved, not the simplistic and prejudiced attack on one particular method, fuelled by loaded public opinion polls, blinkered animal rightist claims and cheap, ill - informed headlines.

«If he [Mr Brown] wants to defend that [42 days] he should put someone up against me and on the basis of the opinion polls he should at least be able to dent my majority if not defeat me,» Mr Davis argueIf he [Mr Brown] wants to defend that [42 days] he should put someone up against me and on the basis of the opinion polls he should at least be able to dent my majority if not defeat me,» Mr Davis argueif not defeat me,» Mr Davis argued.

«If you obsess constantly about every passing opinion poll and headline, you never end up doing anything big or changing a thing.

In an interview with The Independent on the eve of Liberal Democrat conference starting today, he promised his party it would reap the electoral rewards if it held its nerve about its slump in the opinion polls.

I don't put much store in opinion polls, but if true it would only indicate roughly what you would expect to happen at this point in the parliament - 32 % isn't that much lower than Labour got in the 2005 General Election and all it would suggest is that the Liberal Democrats are having a reversal - tactical voting could see them holding onto many of their current seats, indeed it is even possible that if they got 17 % of the vote that if it focused in an area that they could actually end up with more seats, where the switches in support are occuring is crucial - if they are focused then if the Conservative Party were to get 39 % then it might still result in them getting fewer seats than Labour or in extremis winning a 150 seat majority or so?

This seems to be on the back of opinion polls which may not have changed if you allow for their inbuilt margin of error and which certainly ignore the fact that Northern marginal seats are running ahead of the national figures.

If you look at the last few opinion polls you'll see Cameron's ratings are very good.

Repeated public - opinion polls have shown Romney far more popular than Gingrich among New York voters, and state Republicans fear a lower - than - average turnout of GOP voters if Gingrich is the nominee.

An opinion poll by ICM last week suggested that 47 % of Scots would vote Yes if they could be assured that independence would make them richer by this amount, while only 18 % would vote for independence if they were made poorer.

The governor pointed to public opinion polls that indicate New Yorkers are behind his budget, saying: «If you take that barometer then you would say people accept the budget that I put out and the track that I put out.

It's broadly in line with opinion polls - perhaps a little under - and would easily give Ed Miliband a majority if it was replicated across the board in 2015.

If the more promising opinion polls on the last day had been right, Miliband might have been able to address his party with a tone of some vindication — many of the judgments he had made, often criticised and even derided by his own side, looking shrewd and ultimately rather effective.

This rule has fuelled speculation that Mr Brown could hang on and try to forge a deal with the Liberal Democrats even if the Tories win more votes and seats than Labour but fall short of an overall majority — the position reflected by the most recent opinion polls.

If you want to know the mood of the Tory MPs then look at the last opinion poll.

But a YouGov opinion poll published this week showing increasing numbers of Scots think they would be better off after independence and the future of the NHS would be brighter if they vote Yes.

It also appears to stubbornly defy the New Labour mantra that you must appeal to the centre ground of politics and that you can't win elections from a left - wing, tax - raising position — even if that's a theory that seems to have been upheld by recent opinion polls.

And yet, if you look at the opinion polls over this period almost all of them show Conservative support in the low thirties and Labour support in the high thirties — a sufficient gap to put Miliband into Downing Street.

Even if all the scientists in Britain spoke out tomorrow agreeing on a particular issue, there's no way the government would act without first checking the editorial pages and polls to see which way the wind of public opinion was blowing.

Labour would double its lead over the Conservatives if Gordon Brown were premier, according to a new opinion poll.

A Populus opinion poll published in The Times newspaper yesterday added further woe for Mr Brown, suggesting that 55 per cent of Labour voters thought the chances of success in the next election would improve if the prime minister stepped down.

But if a poll asked him his opinion he'd proclaim «Labour» same as he always has.

On Monday Len McCluskey, the leader of the Unite union and one of Corbyn's staunchest supporters, suggested the Labour leader and John McDonnell, his shadow chancellor, would feel obliged to step down if there was no change in opinion polls currently showing Labour lagging behind by about 12 points.

The leader of the Unite union, Len McCluskey, has insisted he still supports Jeremy Corbyn after he suggested the Labour leader would consider stepping down if the party's opinion poll ratings remain low.

Mr McCluskey said that if Unite members «are anything to go by» then opinion polls will start to move once voters become aware of Labour's programme for government.

The three parties will now spend the next few days studying the opinion polls to see if the debates will influence the general election.

Imagine if someone with an opposite opinion wants to slant the polls one way or another, they could get as many of their buddies as possible and sit all day and just answer the same poll question.