Sentences with phrase «percent votes in the polls»

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.

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A poll released by Le Monde / Cevipof poll on Tuesday showed Macron tied with the far right leader in the first round with 25 percent of the votes.

An opinion poll released Thursday showed that Marine Le Pen, the far - right candidate would win the first round with 24 percent of the votes, followed by Macron with 21 percent and Fillon in third place with 20 percent.

An Abacus Data poll released this month found 62 percent of Canadians think Trudeau is doing at least «an acceptable job» on the economy, including 49 percent of those who voted in the last election for the Conservatives.

Just hours before Scots vote on Thursday, a poll by Survation showed support for staying in the United Kingdom is at 53 percent.

Several major evangelical figures, including Jerry Falwell Jr., and Franklin Graham, both of whom serve on Donald Trump's unofficial evangelical advisory council, have spoken in support of Moore, and, according to the latest Fox News poll, 65 percent of white evangelicals in Alabama still plan to vote for him.

One recent poll found 64 percent of voters supporting an assault weapons ban and 74 percent in favor of the opportunity to vote on it.

Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

(CNN)-- One of the most important sub-plots in the Iowa caucuses was which candidate would win the support of Iowa's evangelical voters, who comprised 60 percent of the vote in 2008, and according to the CNN entrance poll, comprised 58 % of the vote Tuesday night.

Exit polls also indicated that Trump swung the Catholic vote back to the GOP by a 52 percent to 45 percent margin, after a majority of Catholics sided with Obama in the previous two elections.

By comparison, in World magazine's latest poll of «evangelical insiders,» 51 percent of the 77 respondents said they would never vote for Trump, while 21 percent said they would vote for him.

Among white evangelicals, Democrats won just 20 - percent of the vote, less even than in 2004, when that group flocked to the polls to support George W. Bush, an evangelical who took religious outreach to new levels.

He improved slightly on Bush's share of the presidential vote, moving up from 38 to 41 percent, but because of the overall decline in turnout, actually polled fewer votes.

Sugarlands Distilling Co., Gatlinburg, Tenn., and its Tickle's Dynamite Cinnamon Moonshine brand were named Beverage Industry's January Readers» Choice Product of the Month winner in the online poll, garnering 58 percent of the votes.

Close to the time the Patriots were about to sign Tim Tebow the poll of the signing reported that 53.74 percent voted yes in the poll while 46.26 percent said no.

That remark referred to a now - infamous Sports Illustrated poll in which their PGA Tour peers anonymously ranked Fowler and Poulter as the most overrated players in golf (they tied, both receiving 24 percent of the vote).

Weissmann was receiving 10 percent of the vote in a Siena poll conducted before the WFP officially endorsed Maloney, who was trailing Hayworth 46 - 33 among likely voters.

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.

New York voters will head to the polls next Tuesday, May 16, to vote on school budgets that are benefiting from a $ 1 billion boost in state aid and a more flexible property tax cap, with just 12 districts seeking a 60 percent vote to override the cap.

In a typical election, polls suggested Florida's medical marijuana initiative would have easily passed with more than 50 percent of the vote.

A party meets the requirements for ballot access if a candidate nominated by the political party at one of the two immediately preceding statewide general elections received at least 5 percent of the vote, or if a combination of candidates nominated by the political party for a combination of districts that encompass all of the voters of the entire state polled at least 5 percent of the vote in each of their respective districts.

Also in the poll: 38 percent would consider voting for former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly for mayor; 17 percent White House Budget Director Shaun Donovan; 16 percent would consider Rev. Al Sharpton; 13 percent would consider MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and 6 percent would consider businessman John Catsimatidis.

The Siena college poll finds that while 52 percent of Democrats would vote for Hillary Clinton, compared to 42 percent for Bernie Sanders, Clinton is ahead in voter - rich New York City and surrounding suburbs.

The fundraising boost to Johnson — indirect though it is via an independent expenditure — comes about two weeks after a non-binding preference poll in the state Democratic caucus showed Johnson a distant third with 9 percent of the vote.

In a new Marist poll conducted last week, New Yorkers voted Bloomberg as the city's best mayor in three decades with 38 percent of the votIn a new Marist poll conducted last week, New Yorkers voted Bloomberg as the city's best mayor in three decades with 38 percent of the votin three decades with 38 percent of the vote.

If he does, his first contribution could be to the New York City budget — saving the expense of a runoff election,» Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, said in a statement, referring to the runoff election that will take place in October if no candidate gets 40 percent of the primary vote on Sept. 10.

The poll found Lipinski has a lead against a generic Republican, 51 percent to 20 percent, in this district, which voted for Obama by a 14 - point margin in 2012.

The poll found 65 percent support the governor's proposal to allow early voting in New York.

In a July 27 poll conducted by Baruch College and NY1 news, 3.5 percent of Democrats said they would vote for Albanese compared with 57 percent for de Blasio.

Myers and Tenney each received 35 percent of the vote in the Anzalone Liszt Grove Research poll commissioned by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

Coming in last in the polls was Libertarian Party candidate Aaron Commey, who captured less than 1 percent of the vote.

Lhota, who is expected to formally announce he is running this week, would trounce his largely - unknown GOP challengers with 23 percent of the vote in a primary, according to a new Quinnipiac poll out Wednesday.

The spot comes as a Siena College poll released this week found Hawkins polling at 9 percent, potentially cutting in to Cuomo's final vote total next month.

Since the first poll conducted in August, Brown is down just two percentage points, now with 49 percent of likely Democratic voters saying they plan to choose him at the voting booth tomorrow.

The big winner in the five - way Democratic AG primary was «don't know», with a whopping 81 percent of poll respondents who are enrolled members of the party choosing that answer when asked a generic «who will you vote for» question.

She reportedly hasn't decided whether to soldier on if she loses the Democratic primary, but the poll suggests she'd be in for a second loss if she does: Cuomo beat Molinaro and Nixon with 40 percent of the votes to their 23 percent and 20 percent, respectively.

AARP officials say that in the 2010 midterm congressional elections, voters 50 and older went to the polls at nearly twice the rate of younger voters, accounting for 58 percent of all votes cast in New York State.

A Populus poll for The Times shows - in the first round of voting, Mr Johnson has 46 percent, while Ken Livingstone has 34 percent.

With the race this tight, Quinnipiac Poll Director Douglas Schwartz says the conventional wisdom is that conservative third - party candidate Joe Visconti, who is coming in at 9 percent in the poll, is probably taking votes away from Republican FoPoll Director Douglas Schwartz says the conventional wisdom is that conservative third - party candidate Joe Visconti, who is coming in at 9 percent in the poll, is probably taking votes away from Republican Fopoll, is probably taking votes away from Republican Foley.

In a poll conducted by Zeplowitz and Associates, 60 percent of voters in the congressional district said they would vote for Donovan, while 21 percent showed a preference for GrimIn a poll conducted by Zeplowitz and Associates, 60 percent of voters in the congressional district said they would vote for Donovan, while 21 percent showed a preference for Grimin the congressional district said they would vote for Donovan, while 21 percent showed a preference for Grimm.

Still, voters overwhelmingly preferred Cuomo to the unknown Woodstock in the poll, with roughly 56 percent of respondents saying they'd vote for Cuomo in the general election, given the choice between him, Woodstock and Rob Astorino, the Republican candidate.

The most recent Siena poll however illustrated that Hawkins would capture only 4 percent of the vote in a race with Cuomo and Astorino.

Suozzi did best in his hometown of Glen Cove — where the former mayor got nearly 75 percent of the vote and where turnout was nearly 25 percent — and in the Queens portion of the district, where he polled 1,511 votes compared with 814 for Kaiman and 323 for Stern.

Mr Nduom who polled about 1 percent of the total valid votes cast in the 2016 presidential elections said although the party did not win the elections, it had demonstrated to...

As the campaign has intensified over the past month, with both candidates trading attacks in TV ads and political mailers, Singas has gained ground among both major parties — 27 percent of Republicans polled said they would vote for Singas, an 11 - point increase from September.

«A major point of contention with the first Siena poll was the city vote was equated to 25 percent of the total county that didn't even happen in the year that Barack Obama won the presidency.

The Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President John Mahama, has said he is targeting 56 percent of the votes in the December polls.

The poll comes in the wake of a stretch of high - profile corruption charges — including those facing Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — 55 percent of voters say all state elected officials should be voted out of office so new representatives can start with a clean slate.

President Mahama thus called on NDC supporters to avoid complacency and to flock to the polling stations, to ensure that his target of amassing 56 percent of the votes in the elections is realised.

«Nobody thinks former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner will pack it in, but 55 percent of all voters wish he'd go away and 51 percent of Democrats say they'd never vote for him,» Carroll added in a news release about the poll.