Sentences with phrase «lead in the polls at»

After the election, observers tried to explain how the Tories blew a 25 point lead in the polls at the start of the campaign.

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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.

In recent weeks, polling shows that Carson is beginning to edge out Trump among likely Republican Iowa caucus voters, with an October 22 Quinnipiac University poll showing Carson leading at 28 percent to Trump's 20 percent.

In the introduction to a series that will look back at the events leading up to the election, Silver seems on the defensive somewhat, justifying his analysis of the poll results and pointing out that he predicted Clinton would be weak with the Electoral College and that Trump might prevail.

Trump vowed at his rally that he would win Washington state, even though the state tends to support Democrats and that party's nominee, Hillary Clinton, leads by large margins in opinion polls ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

Bad news (for markets, at least) is that ND's lead is razor thin — just 0.5 percent ahead of SYRIZA in the exit polls.

In the category of «Well, that... didn't... work out,» leading Tea Party Republican Ted Cruz, who has been at the forefront of the shutdown and debt ceiling offensive, commissioned a poll.

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.

At press time, their poll showed «honest» in the lead with about 11,000 more votes.

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.

Cordray, most recently the director of the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was up 28 % -13 % after the previous poll showed a smaller 23 % -16 % Cordray lead, although a huge number of undecideds means the race could break in unexpected ways at the end.

Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in the polls has decreased in recent weeks, with a recent RCP survey putting the Democrat at 47 per cent and the Republican at 45 per cent.

The pledge to freeze energy prices received wide support in post-election polling, and when it comes to which party would be better at increasing people's living standards, Miliband and his party have a lead (albeit, a narrow two - point one) over Cameron and the Conservatives.

Betty Ann Canizio - Aqil, a Board of Elections chief clerk in Brooklyn, is expected to be suspended after a vote by the board's commissioners — the second BOE official to be suspended over New York's primary day snafu that led many voters to be turned away at the polls.

A Quinnipiac University poll released yesterday showed Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with commanding double - digit leads in the upcoming New York state primary, with Clinton taking 53 percent of the vote to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders» 40 percent, and Trump winning 55 percent — far ahead of the No. 2 candidate, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, at 20 percent.

For instance, the most recent poll in the table above suggests at least a 6 - point popular vote share lead.

While she commands leads in the opinion polls her party will follow her, at least for now.

Now, with less than 100 days until election day, we have an opportunity to take advantage of our strong position and solidify our lead in the fundraising race and at the polls.

This measure is worth looking at in more detail as voting intention polls led many forecasters astray in 2015.

The YouGov poll recording a healthy lead over Owen Smith points clearly to him winning when the result's announced in Liverpool at the start of the party's annual conference.

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.

At a campaign stop in the Capital Region this afternoon, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand did not have much to say about her slipping lead over her Republican challengers, according to the latest Siena Poll.

In calling the snap election at this point, Theresa May has put a lot of confidence in her projected lead in the pollIn calling the snap election at this point, Theresa May has put a lot of confidence in her projected lead in the pollin her projected lead in the pollin the polls.

Pasok is in turmoil as its 43 % at the 2009 elections has now dropped to around 11 % in the opinion polls, with voters blaming the Papandreou - led government for its handling of the deep crisis even more than they blame New Democracy which was in power and increased the deficit substantially from 2004 - 2009.

While polls indicate Hillary Clinton would be the overwhelming frontrunner if she runs for president in 2016, a CNN / ORC International Poll conducted in November shows that if the former Secretary of State passes on a second White House bid, Biden would be the leading contender in the Democratic primary with 43 %, with Cuomo coming in next at 15 %.

He polled 1000 people by telephone in each of 16 different seats (15 Labour seats with 2010 leads over the SNP of at least 33 points but often 40 points or more; and 2 Lib Dem seats — Gordon and Inverness).

In a number of Labour targets, constituency polls and local election results suggest the party simply does not have enough of a lead (and sometimes none at all) over the Conservative incumbent.

According to recent polls, DioGuardi leads the three - way Republican Primary, and keeps Senator Gillibrand at 43 % — very low for an incumbent — in a Quinnipiac Poll.

After yesterday's Channel 4 News poll showing plummeting Conservative support in key marginal seats, leading Tory lobbyist Peter Bingle emails colleagues to describe his «despair» at his party's election campaign.

Jeremy Corbyn and his party performed poorly elsewhere in the 2017 local elections and with a large Conservative poll lead, the Tories expected to make large gains in the area at the general election.

Facing each other eight days before the November election, as Schneiderman's lead over Donovan narrowed in the polls, tensions at the WAMC studios in Albany were high.

As Paul led all his opponents in pre-Primary polls, they each targeted him for attack, slinging mud at him for the support he received from an organization he legally could not control.

In 1992, the polls predicted a Labour lead only for the Conservatives to win a majority at election day.

I arrive at that figure by taking the current CON - LAB lead of 7 % in the latest polls and adding an expected 2.5 % underestimate in the Conservative lead over Labour based on my analysis of historical polling errors.

Both Teachout and Faso led by at least 30 points in polling ahead of their respective primaries.

In the weeks leading up to the result I conducted some polling to compare the views of Labour members and union supporters with those of voters who moved away from the party at the last election.

Yet, just one point ahead at present, Labour have not enjoyed as much as a five point lead in the polls since last April, while the Conservatives have not been seven points ahead since shortly after the last election.

At 17 points the SNP lead is actually rather less than the 24 point one in a poll conducted by Survation at almost the same time, but published shortly before ChristmaAt 17 points the SNP lead is actually rather less than the 24 point one in a poll conducted by Survation at almost the same time, but published shortly before Christmaat almost the same time, but published shortly before Christmas.

From a lead in the polling of about 10 % at the start of the official campaign in June, Yes closed the gap to low single figures by the election day in September.

In the 19th District, for example, where Faso led Teachout by a single point at the end of last month, a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll showed Trump was leading by 5 points.

Depending on which opinion poll you happen to believe either the No or Yes to AV campaigns are in the lead at the moment.

At present, he leads his Clinton - backing Democratic challenger, Southhampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne - Holst, in the polls.

Regardless of how big a lead Labour has in the polls — and trust me that lead is not nearly as big as it should be at this stage of a Parliament — Ed Miliband and Ed Balls still trail David Cameron and George Osborne when it comes to the question of economic competency.

Labour have a good lead in the polls and my expectation is that it will get bigger in the coming months, Ed Miliband has the strategic choice of whether to gamble on the coalition remaining unpopular and just hammering away at the cuts and reaping the rewards of opposing them, or using the luxury of a poll lead to reposition Labour to a more opportune position should the economy improve and the cuts not be a disaster.

After the YouGov poll at the weekend showed a narrowing in the Tory lead to 7 %, there is a new Populus poll in tomorrow's Times, which shows Labour flatlining on 30 % and a slight increase in the Conservative lead to 13 %.

While the New York Times / Siena College poll indicates Quinn in the lead, it was a different story in a Quinnipiac University survey released at the beginning of the week.

A new YouGov poll for tomorrow's People newspaper shows the Tory lead remaining at 18 %, in line with the most recent YouGov / Daily Telegraph poll from earlier this week:

According to him, Akufo - Addo had several consultations after he was rejected at the polls in 2012 about his chances of leading the NPP as its flag bearer in the 2016 elections and was told to drop his ambition but he arrogantly rubbished it.

In the constituencies surveyed, Labour lead the voting intention poll, at 38 %, three point ahead of the Tories at 35 % with the Lib Dems in third at 21 In the constituencies surveyed, Labour lead the voting intention poll, at 38 %, three point ahead of the Tories at 35 % with the Lib Dems in third at 21 in third at 21 %.

Slightly over half of eligible Labor Party primary voters cast ballots in the party's leadership primaries by the time polls closed at 10 p.m. Thursday, already leading to worries in Yachimovich's camp that the low turnout could unseat her.