Sentences with phrase «national lead in the polls»

It was novel for the New Democrats to come as close to power as it did recently, taking official Opposition status and then briefly flirting with a national lead in the polls.

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That was during a follow up to a question of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush about why he's more qualified to lead than the real estate billionaire, who garners as much as 41 percent of Republican voter support in some national polls, which is nearly triple the support for Cruz and four times that for Rubio.

Either way, Merkel seems to have little to fear in her reelection bid: The most recent national poll gives her a lead of 11 points.

By contrast, Front National leader Marine Le Pen, currently leading the opinion polls in France's Presidential elections due in May, routinely attacks the ECB's policy as too tight and Germanic (albeit she recently diluted her comments on taking France out of the euro into something much less coherent than the brutal «Frexit» she threatened earlier).

An average of four major national polls calculated by Real Clear Politics shows Trump leads the GOP pack with 34.5 percent of support among likely Republican voters, while Cruz follows in second place with 19.3 percent.

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 thnational polls and then the firestorm over accusations that he sexually harassed women during his time leading the National Restaurant Association in thNational Restaurant Association in the 1990s.

Cain rode his 9 -9-9 plan to a lead in the RCP national polling average for about three weeks.

In the last year, the national polls for the Republican presidential nomination have been led by many different people including the freakish and shameful pseudo-candidacy of Donald Trump.

The recent victory of the right - populist National Front in France and Donald Trumps» continued lead in the polls for the Republican nomination are exposing a hole in Western politics.

According to the Real Clear Politics average of national polls, Trump is far in the lead with 35 percent.

With Alabama beating Georgia in the National Championship, here's the AP Poll's final Top 25 for the 2017 season, led by all four Playoff teams:

Hassan Ayariga, alleged the NPP compromised the results being transmitted to the National Collation Centre to favour them, for which reason they claim to be in the lead in the presidential polls.

Labour's lead by two points in this week's Ashcroft National Poll, conducted between Friday and Sunday.

Labour lead by two points in this week's Ashcroft National Poll, conducted over the past weekend.

Labour lead by a single point in the final Ashcroft National Poll of 2014, conducted over the past weekend.

The one Republican who has been leading Gillibrand in the polls, former Gov. George Pataki, announced today in the Wall Street Journal that he will not run against her, opting instead to create a national committee focused on repealing the health care reform law.

Incumbent Member of Parliament for the Ketu South Constituency, Fiifi Kwetey, has been re-elected to lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 parliamentary polls for the second time.

State Sen. Andrew Roraback (R) led former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D) by 6 points in Connecticut's 5th district, according to a National Republican Congressional Committee poll conducted earlier this week.

A Siena College / Syracuse Post-Standard poll conducted nearly a week ago showed Katko with a 10 - point lead in the race, and national political analysts have declared the race between Katko and Maffei a toss - up.

Hillary Clinton leads Trump 47 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in a four - way race, according to the latest ABC News / Washington Post national poll.

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.

In a move that may be unconnected to the modest trimming of the Tory lead in national opinion polls the Conservative Party is «quietly withdrawing resources from some «landslide» seats to maximise David Cameron's chances of winning a workable majority.&raquIn a move that may be unconnected to the modest trimming of the Tory lead in national opinion polls the Conservative Party is «quietly withdrawing resources from some «landslide» seats to maximise David Cameron's chances of winning a workable majority.&raquin national opinion polls the Conservative Party is «quietly withdrawing resources from some «landslide» seats to maximise David Cameron's chances of winning a workable majority.»

Majority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak says the National Democratic Congress administration led by President John Mahama has in the last six years created about 346,000 jobs and intends to create more when voted for in the November polls.

In a panel of seven that was led by Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Thursday affirmed the election of the Peoples Democratic Party's candidate, Governor Seriake Dickson, who was returned as the winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Clinton has a double - digit lead over Donald Trump in a new national poll.

The findings came as a series of national polls gave Labour a clear lead over the Conservatives in the general election race.

Clinton leads Trump 47 percent to 43 percent among likely voters in a four - way race, according to the latest ABC News / Washington Post national poll.

The poll revealed that in 32 of Labour's target seats, the Tories trailed by 14 %, a much larger lead than national polls suggest.

The average position in the national polls when this fieldwork was being done (10th September — 3rd October) was a 3.6 % Labour lead, so once again the difference between the swing in the marginal seats and the swing in the national polls is tiny.

That's a swing from Conservative to Labour of just one point, far lower than the swing shown in ComRes's GB polls (it would be the equivalent of a national poll showing a Conservative lead of five points) suggesting Labour are doing worse in key marginals than in the country as a whole.

The average swing across the twelve seats polled was 4.5 % from Con to Lab — the equivalent of a two point Labour lead in the national polls.

The average swing across the eleven seats polled was 5 %, the equivalent of a 3 % Labour lead in national polls.

The average swing across these seats was 6 points from Con to Lab, the equivalent of a 5 point Labour lead in the national polls.

This is a swing of 2.5 % from Conservative to Labour, the equivalent of a 2 point Conservative lead in a national poll.

The average Labour lead in the national polls at the time the fieldwork was done was also two points, so once again the Ashcroft polling is suggesting that in Con - v - Lab marginals the swing is very much in line with national polling.

During that period the average Labour lead in the national polls was about 3.5 points: that's the equivalent of a uniform swing of 5.25 %.

Labour lead by six points in the Ashcroft National Poll, completed yesterday.

Labour have taken a narrow lead in this week's Ashcroft National Poll, conducted over the past weekend.

The Conservatives have climbed 5 points to 33 % in today's Ashcroft National Poll, giving them a 2 - point lead over Labour, who are down 2 points on 31 %.

Hillary Clinton has widened her lead over Donald Trump in a pair of new national polls published on Thursday, as the Republican nominee ends one of the worst weeks of his campaign.

Clinton's national lead over her rivals for the Democratic nomination has shrunk, and she is in a statistical tie with leading Republicans in head - to - head surveys, a new CNN / ORC poll released last night showed.

In years where the minority party gains a majority, that party held a double - digit lead in national pollinIn years where the minority party gains a majority, that party held a double - digit lead in national pollinin national polling.

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These seats had Labour and Conservative equal at the last election so an eight point lead here is the equivalent of a four point national swing and a one point Labour lead in national polls... pretty much exactly what the national polls have been showing lately (actually if you look at the crossbreaks of the poll they suggest a swing towards the Conservatives in the Conservative held seats, a swing towards Labour in the Labour held seats, but given the sample size of those two groups and that the poll is only weighted at the level of all forty seats I wouldn't put too much weight on that).

President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress had earlier rubbished claims by the opposition NPP that they are in a commanding lead gaining over 54 percent votes in the polls held on December 7, 2016 though the EC was yet to make a declaration.

National Republicans think a victory by McDonnell, who has led in every poll since June, would resonate well beyond Virginia because it would show that although many new, suburban voters have backed Democrats in recent elections, they're not wedded to the party.

This is a swing of 6 points (the equivalent of a Labour lead of about 5 points in a national poll), so suggests Labour may be doing somewhat better in key marginal seats than in the country as a whole.

An earlier poll in mid-July paid for by the House Majority PAC and national labor union SEIU, showed Maffei leading Buerkle, 44 percent to 40 percent, with 11 percent undecided.

Still, for those getting rather bored with the voting intention figures, we can look ahead to several potentially significant events — many commentators have suggested Gordon Brown is putting great weight in the G20 summit this week to give his premiership a boost, beyond that is the budget, which could work either way, and past that we have the local and european elections, which often lead to realignments in the national opinion polls.

The eleven point lead for Labour in the capital represents a swing of 4.5 points to Labour since the election, suggesting a smaller swing to Labour than in the country as a whole (it would be the equivalent of a 2 point national Labour lead), and significantly less than YouGov's recent London polls.