Sentences with phrase «just before polling day»

The only advantage of a May election is that it can be held on the same day as the Locals in most years and if the Budget has been a give away then it usually has its effects in the pay received just before Polling Day.

Not exact matches

Just days before the vote polls suggested the pro-independence «Yes» vote might have the lead.

With just 100 days to go before polling day in this year's general election, a Christian charity's launched a new website that is aimed at helping Christians decide...

Today's Siena poll finds GOP gubernatorial primary opponents Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino locked in a statistical dead heat (43 - 42), while Sen. Eric Schniederman and Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice are battling it out (25 - 23) in the five - way Democratic AG primary, with 29 percent of voters still undecided just three days before heading to the polls.

Panic and dismay are spreading across the unionist camp, as polling confirms the race has become too close to call with just ten days to go before the Scottish independence referendum.

The poll was conducted June 15 - 16, just days before the New York State Senate narrowly defeated a comprehensive campaign reform bill for that state that would have included public financing of campaigns.

I recall the same paper and company produced a similarly misleading poll in 1997, finding the Conservatives just 5 % behind Labour 10 days before John Major led the Tories to their worst defeat since Waterloo, Tony Blair securing a 179 - seat majority.

Few would have predicted before polling day that, come the end of May, Laws would not just have been in government but be an ex-minister, to boot.

Just days before Mr. de Blasio set off for Washington, a Wall Street Journal / NBC 4 / Marist University Poll found that Mr. de Blasio's approval rating continues to hover around 50 percent.

The poll, a copy of which was obtained by Capital, surveyed 550 likely Democratic and unaffiliated voters, between May 22 and May 25, and again on May 27, just a few days before delegates to the party's convention in Albany would have to decide whether to back the incumbent governor or gamble on a protest challenger.

Maffei holds a small lead over Katko in polls, but a large fundraising lead with just over two weeks before Election Day.

Democrat Susan Guinn is effectively tied with Republican county Assessor / Recorder / Clerk Ernie Dronenburg as his challenge of same - sex marriage last year is heavily influencing voter opinion, according to a poll that also found nearly half of respondents undecided just days before the election.

With just over 100 days left before voters in New Jersey and Virginia head to the polls to pick their governors, Republicans have a legitimate chance of picking up both of the seats.

(CNN)-- Just four days before voting day, a new poll showed Republicans may turn out a big upset in a special congressional election in New York City to replace former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner.

«The government should also accept and implement the principle of agreeing funding legislation for polls by six months before polling day — rather than just four - and - a-half weeks in this case - to allow for proper planning,» Watson added.

And according to a poll released the day before the Paris attacks, 53 percent of Democratic primary voters were «very confident» in Clinton's ability to «handle an international crisis,» compared to just 16 percent for Sanders.

This is why the timing of the royal wedding, just a week or so before polling day, is such bad news for AV backers.

Surging Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio, a senator from Florida, has vaulted into second place in the key state of New Hampshire, just five days before its first - in - the nation primary, polling data released yesterday showed.

With just three days to go before the Nevada Democratic caucuses, a new poll shows the race between Sanders and Clinton in a dead heat.

According to McLaughlin's poll of 800 likely general election voters conducted via telephone just before the Labor Day weekend (Aug. 26 - 29), DiNapoli has a favorable rating of just 25 percent, with 13 percent unfavorable, while 37 percent said they had no opinion and 29 percent had no idea who the former Long Island assemblyman was.

Labour says the race remains «neck and neck» with just three days to go before voters across the capital go to the polls.

In my own Erie County, where turnout matched statewide percentage, his margin was slightly better — 14 points — but far off the 2 - to - 1 edge polled just a couple days before.

With just over a week to go until polling day the election campaign has come alive as never before with the prime minister caught making an unguarded comment about a voter.

The case comes just days before Ireland - the only EU state holding a referendum on the issue - goes to the polls.

In certain City Council races, de Blasio has endorsed candidates for the primary, including a small flurry of support just a few days before voters head to the polls, in what could be a sign that the mayor and his allies are concerned about turnout.

Bloomberg.com, the mayor cited the recent storm and the need to combat climate change as the driving force behind his decision to back Obama just days before voters head to the polls.

Just four days before voters head to the polls on Tuesday, November 7, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a damning report highlighting the dysfunctional election operations of the New York City Board of Elections, a quasi-city agency that administers elections in the city.

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 %.

Just days before voters head to the polls, about 200 teachers and their supporters gathered in Niagara Square carrying signs with slogans such as «Reclaim our schools» and «Stop testing.»

Albany, N.Y. (WBEN)- With just two days to go before the Buffalo Democratic Mayoral primary election, longtime incumbant Mayor Byron Brown holds a commanding lead in the latest polling released Sunday by Siena College.

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.

Nearly two - thirds of New York City voters say they don't know enough about Republican mayoral candidate Nicole Malliotakis to form an opinion — with just five weeks to go before Election Day, according to a new poll.

In an hour - long broadcast on ABC - affiliate WSYR, Katko and Deacon, both Syracuse University alumni, showcased their stances on different issues just two days before voters head to polling stations on Tuesday.

After lagging in polls and fund raising and being the target of attacks from both conservatives and Democrats, Scozzafava abruptly decided to drop out of the race just days before Election Day.

So, here we are just two days before polling day with the wounded Scottish bruiser still on his feet swinging punches at shadows.

City comptroller candidate Scott Stringer went for the jugular yesterday against rival Eliot Spitzer as a new poll showed the Democratic primary race in a statistical tie with just five days to go before the vote.

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.

This latest round of revelations comes just days before a Calgary convention of the Conservative Party, which has lost support in the polls since the scandal broke in May and are now trailing the opposition Liberals.