Sentences with phrase «of voters said»

Twenty - four percent of voters said they opposed tapping the fund for more money for early childhood programs.

Protecting citizens from gun violence should take precedence over protecting gun owners» rights, a majority of voters said, according to a Fox News poll released Sunday.

Last week's poll summary: Out of over 6,600 total votes, 59.2 % of voters said they use screen protectors on their smartphones, while 26.5 % said they do not.

14.3 % of voters said they don't use screen protectors, but they probably should.

20.3 % of voters said they're buying the Galaxy S9 Plus, 6.1 % are more interested in the smaller Galaxy S9, while 12.1 % are still undecided.

A poll released in June indicated 74 per cent of voters said they approve of the job Tory is doing as mayor — a marked increase over his predecssor's approval ratings.

In Arapahoe County, 68 percent of voters said no.

It's pretty clear from the poll results that I'm in the minority as only 17 % of voters said that...

37.55 % of voters said yes, they were using them.

Teachers unions in the state: 49 percent of voters said they have a «somewhat or very negative» impact on the quality of K - 12 education, with 31 percent saying unions have a «somewhat or very positive» impact.

The poll found that more than one in four Californians had never heard of the Common Core and that nearly 60 percent of voters said they knew either little or nothing about the standards.

Twenty - two percent of voters said they most trusted teachers» unions to improve public schools, followed by 17 percent who named school administrators and superintendents.

Seventy - three percent of voters said making it easier to fire underperforming teachers would improve the quality of public schools; 71 percent said putting more money into public schools in economically disadvantaged areas; 64 percent said tying teachers» salaries to performance evaluations; and 52 percent said extending the tax increase that provides additional funding to public schools and other programs.

More than half of voters said they would like to see a boost in charter school options.

When asked about testing high school students, 55 percent of voters said California should test students in all subjects, as opposed to 34 percent who said the state should test students in math and English but let teachers evaluate their students in other subjects.

While teacher unions like UTLA have resisted efforts to tie teacher evaluation to classroom performance, 43 percent of voters said teachers should be judged equally on their students» standardized test results, assessments of their classroom performance and evaluations by peers.

Most voters also didn't know much about California's implementation of the Common Core State Standards, as 71 percent of voters said they knew little or nothing about it.

But 63 percent of voters said they were «not aware» of Gov. Jerry Brown's new Local Control Funding Formula that gives school districts more control over how they spend money and allocates more money to needy districts.

The poll found that only 22 percent of voters said California should cut back on testing.

Twenty - five percent of voters said the state should keep tenure for public school teachers to provide them job protections and the freedom to teach potentially controversial topics without fear of reprisals.

... 49 percent of voters said they have a «somewhat or very negative» impact on the quality of K - 12 education, with 31 percent saying unions have a «somewhat or very positive» impact.

Millions of children in California will have greater access to bilingual education after nearly three - quarters of voters said yes to Proposition 58 in early voting, a race called late Tuesday by the Associated Press.

Seventeen percent of voters said two years was the «right amount of time» to earn tenure, and 4 percent said two years was too long, according to the poll.

A majority of all voters said in a post election survey that the Obama victory would lead to improved race relations overall.

In a Web survey conducted by the Straphangers Campaign transit - advocacy group, 77 percent of voters said...

Fifty - four percent of voters said they don't know enough about Maloney to have an opinion of him.

Fifty - three percent of voters said passing the budget on time is more important, while 37 percent opted for the ethics reforms — even if that means the budget is late.

Nearly half of voters said they support repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, the landmark health care law backed by President Barack Obama and a large number of Democrats.

Just 20 % of voters said a majority of Tory MPs wanted to remain in the EU, with 14 % thinking a majority wanted to leave.

Ninety - two percent of voters said corruption in state government is a serious problem (51 percent say very serious; 41 percent say somewhat serious) in the wake of the arrest and indictment of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

Better than two - thirds of voters said they would prefer to remain in New York City rather than move elsewhere if they had the choice.

Only 41 percent of voters said they believed Cuomo made decisions based on what is best for New Yorkers, down from 49 percent in March and April of 2013.

Eleven per cent of voters said they were more likely to support the party since the campaign ended on Thursday.

Even with the investigations ongoing into key Cuomo administration economic development initiatives, 60 percent of voters said Cuomo is an ethical public official.

In a new poll, 57 percent of voters said the men were locked in a political feud.

The day before the election, 92 percent of voters said they knew of the scandal, according to a Quinnipiac poll.

Sixty - six percent of voters said they don't know enough about him to have an opinion.

Twenty percent of voters said Sharpton was the top black leader in New York City.

A full 20 months into the mayor's first term, 47 percent of voters said he does not deserve reelection in 2017, while 41 percent said he does.

According to the poll, 30 percent of voters said Sharpton had too much sway with de Blasio while 39 percent said Sharpton's influence was just right.

Thirty - nine percent of voters said Trump was a factor in the Virginia race, according to a poll released late last month by the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University.

In the poll released Monday, six percent of voters said they would vote for Hawkins, up from four percent in last month's poll.

In this scenario, 26 percent of voters said they were undecided.

Just two per cent of voters said they felt more positively towards the Lib Dems after the scandal, while 28 % said they felt more negative.

Fifty - three percent of voters said they would oppose a convention that strips unions of collective bargaining rights and 49 percent would not back any efforts to allow for more development in the Adirondack Park, which has protected status in the constitution.

The party will also be encouraged by a finding that 25 % of all voters said they are «likely» to consider voting Green, higher than the Liberal Democrats on 23 % and just one point behind Ukip on 26 %.

A May poll by Siena College found that 92 percent of voters said combating heroin addiction before session ended was «important,» with 70 percent of that group saying that the issue was «very important.»

More than one fifth (21 %) of voters said they did not know what would happen.

Siena reports that 26 percent of voters said they prefer the governor's program while 51 percent, the highest number recorded in polling so far, support legalizing medical marijuana and 21 percent want to keep it illegal.

As in other marginal seats, a small majority of voters said they were optimistic about the economy over the next year, though slightly more so for themselves than for the country as a whole.