Spitzer had a commanding
lead in that first poll among likely Democratic voters who are black, 63 - 33 percent, while Stringer led among likely Democratic voters who are white, by 56 - 38 percent.
While victory is a long shot — the governor enjoys a $ 30 million war chest, support among unions and other factions, the incumbent bias in underattended primaries, and a 43 - point
lead in the first poll — it's not out of the question.
Not exact matches
In Europe, opinion
polls show that the race to elect the next French president is too close to call with both
leading candidates losing momentum ahead of Sunday's
first - round vote.
Four recent
polls in Iowa show him within the margin of error for
first place or,
in one case, the actual
leading candidate.
In the
first wave of exit
polls that came out at 12:00 PM ET, the pro-bailout, conservative New Democracy party held a razor thin 0.5 %
lead over the leftist SYRIZA party.
Since the candidates last met, the GOP nomination fight has been marked
first by businessman Cain's rise
in national
polls and then the firestorm over accusations that he sexually harassed women during his time
leading the National Restaurant Association
in the 1990s.
Proud said this isn't the
first time Malpass has been tracked, which is sort of a badge of honor for a challenger — especially when the incumbent has such a wide
lead in polls and fundraising.
The
poll found McGrath
leading Kaminsky 51 percent to 43 percent
in the Nassau County Senate race, a month after showing the
first - time Republican candidate and the Democratic assemblyman
in a virtual tie.
This puts pressure on Hollande from the left, and may just give Sarkozy an edge
in the
first round — but Hollande for now remains 8 to 10 percentage points
in the
lead in the
polls for the decisive second round.
The Freedom Party, headed by the controversial Geert Wilders who attracted controversy following his anti-Islamic film Fitna, has
led in several recent Dutch opinion
polls and will secure its
first seats
in the Brussels chamber.
The Fixed - term Parliaments Act (FTPA) was introduced by the Conservative - Liberal coalition government
in 2011, primarily to prevent David Cameron, the prime minister at the time, from seizing on the
first significant
poll lead for the Conservatives to call an early election and win a Conservative majority.
In the
first CBS News
Poll following last week's presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Clinton has edged ahead to a four - point
lead over her Republican rival among likely voters.
Opinion
polls show de Blasio, who was
first elected mayor
in 2013, with a 40 - point
lead over his closest rival, Republican Nicole Malliotakis.
Retired Brig. Gen. Don Bacon
led incumbent Democratic Rep. Brad Ashford 48 to 44 percent among registered voters
in a North Star Opinion Research
poll, shared
first with Roll Call.
It was the prime minister's
first visit to the country
in the run - up to the Holyrood elections, and he will be hoping his visit helps overturn the SNP's
lead in the
polls.
The Labour
lead of three points is actually larger than recent YouGov
polls and for the
first time
in a YouGov
poll the Green party are ahead of the Liberal Democrats (Lord Ashcroft's
polls have shown the same a couple of times).
The
first major
poll in the race between U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm and his challenger Domenic Recchia showed the incumbent clinging to a slim four - point
lead among likely voters
in the 11th Congressional District (Brooklyn - Staten Island), but both sides said they see a silver lining buried within the numbers.
As Hillary Clinton opened up double - digit
leads in several national
polls, it became possible to imagine Democratic control of both houses of Congress — and with it, actual legislative gains on progressive priorities for the
first time since 2010.
Schumer, who enjoys a double - digit
lead in the
polls and is sitting on more than $ 23 million worth of campaign cash, has little to worry about from Townsend — a GOP political consultant who is running statewide for the
first time and is unknown and vastly underfunded.
In the
first poll released since two candidates emerged from Louisiana's jungle primary for governor, state House Minority Leader John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, holds a serious
lead over Republican Sen. David Vitter.
Mr Trump's
lead in New Hampshire is the
first time the New York businessman — who has never held elected office — has translated his widespread support
in opinion
polls into a victory at the
polls.
Peter Kellner:
in YouGov's
first Labour leadership
poll, Jeremy Corbyn
leads with Andy Burnham close behind (Comments: 1828)
According to a Siena
poll released today — the
first survey of state Senate races — Hanna is
in better shape heading into the final weeks of this year's campaign,
leading his Democratic opponent, Monroe County Legislator Ted O'Brien, by eight percentage points.
This is the
first Conservative
lead in a
poll since that brief narrowing
in mid-May.
Last week, Young took his
first lead in polls.
There was other readjusting, too: Likely Democratic voters who are women — another category where Spitzer once
led — were also downgraded as a projected share of the electorate, going from 59 percent of the primary
in the second
poll to 55 percent
in the third, after starting off
in the
first Quinnipiac
poll at 61 percent.
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While Sanders nearly upset Clinton
in the nation's
first primary, the Iowa caucus last week, Clinton
leads Sanders
in almost every demographic group of New York Democrats, the
poll showed.
Siena has released the
first of its highly anticipated state Senate race
polls, showing two incumbent Republicans who are Democratic targets with comfortable
leads and close contests
in two Democrat - held seats.
This sparked a brief Conservative
lead in the opinion
polls — the
first time
in eight years — but once the protests and consequent fuel shortages ended, Labour
led the opinion
polls once more.
The week after Louise Mensch announced her departure from parliament, my
first poll in Corby found a 15 - point
lead for Labour.
Nevertheless, it'll be a good boost to Labour morale and presumably Ed Miliband will be delighted to be back
in the
lead in the
polls in his
first poll as leader.
Seeking his
first reelection, incumbent Democrat Terry Gipson is facing a 12 - point deficit against Republican challenger Susan Serino, who
leads 52 - 40 percent, according to a new Siena College
poll of likely voters
in the 41st Senate District, covering parts of Dutchess and Putnam Counties.
The party conference season traditionally produces boosts for each of three political parties
in turn as they benefit from media coverage from their own conference, so while the
first poll lead for the Labour party
in 3 years is likely to be a big morale boost for the party, past experience suggests the Conservatives will move back ahead when they receive a boost from their own party conference
in a week's time.
The
first is that it overlooks a statistical fallacy,
in extrapolating a
poll lead in a hypothetical election tomorrow directly out to an equal
poll lead in eighteen months» time.
At the moment the Conservatives are ahead
in the opinion
polls — amongst some of the pollsters it is their
first lead since the fuel strikes.
Today's Guardian leader says» With the sole exception of September 2000,
in the aftermath of the tanker drivers» fuel protest, this is the
first ICM
poll since January 1993
in which the Conservatives have
led Labour.»
Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and
first - time political candidate, has drawn a large amount of support from Tea Party activists
in the state that has helped propel him into the
lead, according to recent Louisville Courier - Journal / WHAS Bluegrass
Polls.
It was conducted
in late August, so at the time all the
polls were showing very tight Labour
leads, and is largely interesting only because if Populus did conduct it, it's the
first time we've seen an online
poll from them.
In actual fact it's the first ICM poll to show a Tory lead since... er... a week and a half ago in the Sunday Telegrap
In actual fact it's the
first ICM
poll to show a Tory
lead since... er... a week and a half ago
in the Sunday Telegrap
in the Sunday Telegraph.
WHAT IT FOUND: The
first poll carried out entirely after Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May were grilled by a studio audience on Question Time showed a sharp drop
in the Conservative
lead.
It's the
first and only public
poll so far not to show Spitzer
in the
lead.
The headline findings are that David Miliband
leads on
first preferences amongst party and trade union members as well as MPs, with his brother Ed well ahead of the field
in second place
in all sections and,
in the final stage, the
poll predicts a 54/46 victory for the elder brother.
A recent Siena College Research Institute
poll showed the Republican with a commanding 24 point
lead over Eldridge and this was their
first opportunity to discuss the issues
in this format.
A
poll over the weekend found that they had moved into the
lead in the run - up to the European elections for the
first time.
Lots of Cameron on the TV with some good policies + people remembering why they didn't like Brown
in the
first place = growing
poll lead.
We
polled Canadians to understand their perspectives and we commissioned one of the country's
leading researchers to examine the volume of digital food and beverage advertising to Canadian children and teens, to assess the quality of the products, and to examine how well industry is regulating itself — the
first research of its kind
in the country.
Cruz confuses weather and climate Trump jumped to the head of the pack
in Saturday's
poll,
leading in Iowa for the
first time since August with 28 percent of likely Republican caucusgoers.
The top three vote - getters
in the Gold Derby
poll for Best Picture remain «The Artist,» «The Descendants» and «War Horse,» with the
first two films flip - flopping for the
lead over the past month.
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/03/19/narendra-modi-big-fan-solar-coal/ Narendra Modi, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who is currently
leading in the
polls in the
lead - up to the general election
in May, is
in fact a big fan of solar — and pioneered the
first incentives for large - scale solar power
in 2009.