Sentences with phrase «issues voters poll»

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While the money is modest compared with that donated by fossil fuel interests, the support provides GOP candidates with added credibility on clean energy, an issue polling shows swing voters care about.

Overall, the economy was the top issue for 60 % of voters, according to the exit polls.

According to a poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, nearly a third of GOP voters, 31 %, listed the situation with North Korea as the most important issue for congressional candidates to discuss in their upcoming campaigns.

More than four out of 10 GOP voters (42 percent) listed security as their top issue in Morning Consult's most recent poll, compared with 20 percent of Democrats and 26 percent of independents.

The Morning Consult Policy Index is an ongoing poll of voters» opinions about economic, technology, health, and environmental issues.

Medical marijuana is a nonpartisan issue, the poll finds, with 81 percent of Republicans, 94 percent of Democrats, and 93 percent of Independent voters all say medical pot should be legal.

The Strategic Counsel poll referenced earlier, for example, found that 15 percent of voters ranked the environment as the most important issue, up from three percent in the last election.

In this context, early public opinion polling has shown that Canadian voters view the economy as the highest - priority issue in the 2008 election.

Polls showed the swaying of young Christian voters toward the Democratic party, typically the party considered more friendly to social justice issues and helping «the least of these.»

N.R.L.C. Executive Director David O'Steen presented polling data showing that single - issue «pro-life» voters outnumber single issue «pro-choice» voters.

According to polling data, a significantly larger fraction of African - American and Hispanic voters have right - leaning policy preferences when it comes to size of government issues than voted for Romney.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's office has taken responsibility for managing the final stages of negotiations as the retailers» treatment of suppliers emerges as a bigger issue among voters in recent polling.

Bouyed by this morning's Siena poll that shows overwhelming support among New York voters for taxing the rich, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver just issued the following statement:

When the Q poll first started questioning voters on this issue, they were opposed, 55 - 37.

Race and immigration have overtaken the economy as the biggest issue bothering UK voters, a poll has found.

The report comes as a Siena College poll released today shows New York voters are split on the issue.

The fact that such a resolution exists is not a surprise, particularly in light of the fact that voters are so closely divided over this issue — 44 - 43, according to the most recent Q poll, 43 - 41 in NYC, despite the fact that the city's watershed would be protected via a no - drilling zone under the DEC's draft proposal.

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.

The introduction of YouGov polling will give the Cameron leadership a new source of information about issues that voters are discussing, how they perceive the party and the most streetwise language that the party should be using.

But that same poll found that Buffalo voters are an unhappy lot over the state of the city, with voters giving him poor grades for his handling of education and employment issues.

Liberal activists who have been critical of Cuomo on education and other issues think an insurgent with greater name recognition could provide a stronger challenge, even though polls say Cuomo is still popular among Democratic voters statewide.

He said the «profound and widespread» issues include disappearing polling places and poorly trained poll workers who turned away voters seeking affidavit ballots.

The majority of Long Islanders — led by Democrats, third - party or independent voters, African - Americans and Latinos — have an unfavorable view of Republican President Donald Trump and rate his handling of issues as fair or poor, according to a Newsday / Siena College poll.

The letter cited reports of voters purged from voting lists, closed polling stations, and broken machines, among other issues.

The poll finds voters are divided over two education related issues.

Woolf also addressed his own lagging poll numbers, and said that because the polls show that a majority of voters support his stances, it's an issue of messaging and communication, and he is confident that his campaign can overcome the double - digit gap.

The company issued a statement, responding to the poll, in which it echoed Mr. Cuomo's forecast that voters would come around to see the benefits of the convention center.

At the same time, a Siena College poll this week found more voters, 46 percent, view Cuomo as liberal — a designation that comes as the governor has opened up blistering critiques of President Donald Trump on issues like immigration and gun control.

Everyone's been in Kentucky Boneless Chicken mode since I soft - polled a bunch of target voters on recognition issues and just over 70 % of them thought Ed Balls was EWAN MCGREGOR»S DAD.

New York state voters want bigger public investments in the MTA, the same poll found, an issue set to play a role in coming elections.

Other factors will determine the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum in eight months» time, though polls do seem to suggest that «pocket book» issues are important for swing voters in the referendum.

Mario Cilento, President of the New York State AFL - CIO, said, «This poll confirms what we knew when we endorsed Sean Patrick Maloney for Congress — even without the powerful advantage of incumbency, Sean's strong commitment to issues important to working families would resonate with Hudson Valley voters.

The spot will surely appeal to the same Republican primary voters who handed Trump an overwhelming victory in New York State, but another Heaney ad oddly addresses the need for the pledge of allegiance to be recited in school while promising to keep dangerous Syrians out — it's hard to believe polling showed that issue cluster popping.

At an oversight hearing of the City Council's governmental operations committee in February 2014, new DOI Commissioner Mark Peters testified that his office found issues of gross nepotism, pressure on staff to engage in political activities, deficient voter rolls, poorly trained poll workers, and inadequate, inefficient, and outdated procedures.

Polling recently published by Policy Exchange shows that a Labour shift on immigration and welfare would be the single most important issues to win back Labour swing voters.

The Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urges voters experiencing problems or issues at the polls to call the office's hotline at 800.771.7755 or email [email protected] at any time today between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m..

Claims over alleged tax avoidance by these donors appear to have «cut through» with voters more than any other issue in recent months, according to YouGov polling for the Times.

At a time when the economy and jobs pretty much top the list of voters» concerns in every poll I've seen for months now, I'm not sure the war is an issue that resonates, although it may serve to rally the left — a bloc on which Tasini is counting in the primary.

Sampson says polls show that «taxes and job creation are key issues» for New Yorkers, and urges voters to pay attention to the rankings.

However, two - thirds of polled voters believe things are improving on the issue.

In Thursday's local elections, housing is expected to be the second - biggest issue for voters behind health, according to polling by Lord Ashcroft.

But Cuomo's willingness to use his bully pulpit — a poll last month showed he is viewed favorably by 70 percent of the state's voters — elevates the issue above others that he has pushed for with less vigor, such as raising the state's minimum wage.

«And since property taxes is consistently the most important issue to voters, the governor should benefit from this at the polls.»

The primary results came after a day marred by problems with the old lever voting machines and other issues including last - minute changes to polling sites and voters» names not appearing on official rolls.

This looks promising on paper: the district contains more Democrats than Repblicans, and polls taken last year in a race for district attorney showed the appearance of corruption was a major issue in voters» minds.

They'll also touch on some of the other issues voters were polled on including gay marriage, property tax relief, control of the New York State Senate and much more.

The press conference also took place just as a new Quinnipiac University poll was released, showing 46 percent of New York voters think the mayor's «involvement in national issues» is a distraction from his daily duties.

The Washington, D.C. - based group says they received almost 700 calls about voter issues today, including calls about a polling site that opened two hours late because the poll workers» keys to access voting materials did not work.

Democrats swept to victories Tuesday in Waterbury, New Britain, Middletown and Milford as well - organized candidates pounded away on local issues and got their voters to the polls in the state's big cities.

But when it comes to his handling of other city issues, more voters disapprove than approve, the poll found.