Sentences with phrase «months before polling day»

That said, because these figure are two months before polling day, the campaign would hardly have started and voters would still be thinking more nationally.

The disclosures by Mr Laws follow separate damaging claims that Mr Clegg secretly planned to drop his pledge to scrap university tuition fees months before polling day.

«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.

It hopes to have pushed that figure to 25 % by the end of the year, and take it higher in the months before polling day on 7 May.

What about in the final 12 months before polling day?

Not exact matches

One of parliament's deputy Speakers announced she couldn't cope with another five years of working for up to 14 hours, six days a week, with less than two months to go before polling day.

But the polls highlighting the challenges facing upstate incumbent freshman will likely add a new level of urgency to the fight for full Democratic control of the chamber with a month to go before Election Day.

Hillary Clinton is consolidating a substantial lead over Trump less than a month before Election Day, picking up support from women and swing voters as the Republican navigates growing allegations of unwanted sexual contact, a new Wall Street Journal / NBC News poll finds.

The Siena poll of 930 New York voters, conducted over four days last week, was released two months before New York holds its presidential primary election, on April 19.

With a little more than a month before voters in Iowa and New Hampshire head to the polls, Jeb Bush is spending the day campaigning in familiar territory: his home state.

About a month before the election — and five days before the first general election debate — Mayor Bill de Blasio has 61 percent of likely voters backing him, according to a new poll of likely voters from Quinnipiac University.

Pataki, who appeared at the No Labels convention in New Hampshire on Columbus Day that was co-sponsored by former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, had scored low in the poll ratings for months before departing the race.

(CNN)-- A new poll in Florida suggests Gov. Charlie Crist is maintaining his lead over Republican Marco Rubio and either Democratic candidate in the battle for that state's Senate seat less than three months before Election Day.

Washington (CNN)-- Only one day of campaigning remains before Florida primary voters go to the polls, and with time running out a new poll reveals that massive numbers of voters remain undecided even after months of tough politicking.

Imagine the outcry there would have been from Labour politicians six months ago if David Cameron, the Leader of the Opposition, had gone out and endorsed a struggling Prime Minister somewhere else in the world, a week before polling day in that country's general election.

Polls measuring sentiment on ballot initiatives taken a month or more before Election Day can often understate opposition.

With less than four weeks before Election Day, only this much is certain: More ads, more phone polls, more fliers and more door - knockers will result in more interruptions, more shouting, more litter and more intrusions when all you want to do is sip a glass of wine and actually finish the last chapter before book club this month.