Sentences with phrase «percentage points in the race»

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer leads Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer by nine percentage points in the race for New York City comptroller, according to a Wall Street Journal - NBC 4 New York - Marist poll.

As Election Day nears, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has widened the gap between himself and his Democratic challenger Comptroller Bill Thompson to 16 percentage points in the race for New York City mayor.

Not exact matches

But given the insurmountable lead of the opposition candidate, Tsai Ying - wen, who now enjoys a 20 percentage - point advantage in the latest opinion polls, the summit will not likely upend Taiwan's presidential race.

The first hotels will open in Mississippi, where Trump won by 18 percentage points in the presidential race.

Only the top five runners score points in each race, so if there are a hundred runners, only a small percentage are going to «win» in any sense.

With gusto, New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox again attacked former Gov. Eliot Spitzer today after a poll released last night showed a 9 percentage point lead for him over Democratic opponent Scott Stringer in the city comptroller's race.

The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania's Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early this morning — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that the president won by nearly 20 percentage points.

As Klein and his supporters would no doubt point out, Koppell conceded the race back in 2014 as the senator was maintaining a 25 - percentage point lead on primary night.

The two progressive groups did not mention Perez Williams by name in their press release, but did chastise the DCCC for recruiting an «anti-choice» candidate into the race, despite the fact that NY - 24 was carried by Hillary Clinton by 5 percentage points in the 2016 presidential election.

In the governor's race there, Republican Bob Beauprez leads the Democratic incumbent, John Hickenlooper, by 0.8 percentage points with 82 percent of precincts reporting.

As I wrote before, polls in the most competitive Senate races look to have had about a 6 - percentage point Democratic bias based on the votes as counted so far.

The pre-election polling averages (not the FiveThirtyEight forecasts, which also account for other factors) in the 10 most competitive Senate races had a 6 - percentage point Democratic bias as compared to the votes counted in each state so far.

On average, registered voter polls of Senate races have had a 1.1 percentage - point Democratic bias in these years, we estimate, whereas likely voter polls have had a 0.7 - point Republican bias.

In 1992, there were 103 members of the House of Representatives elected from what might be called swing districts: those in which the margin in the presidential race was within five percentage points of the national resulIn 1992, there were 103 members of the House of Representatives elected from what might be called swing districts: those in which the margin in the presidential race was within five percentage points of the national resulin which the margin in the presidential race was within five percentage points of the national resulin the presidential race was within five percentage points of the national result.

Optimistic partisans digging through the data have even found reason to cheer some of the special election defeats: In one of the Democratic losses, a race for a Connecticut seat held by Republicans for more than a century, the GOP candidate won by 10 percentage points, compared with a 22 - point GOP victory margin in an election for the same seat just three months earlieIn one of the Democratic losses, a race for a Connecticut seat held by Republicans for more than a century, the GOP candidate won by 10 percentage points, compared with a 22 - point GOP victory margin in an election for the same seat just three months earliein an election for the same seat just three months earlier.

Poll No. 2 from Siena confirms Democratic fears that Rep. John Hall is in trouble in NY - 19, where he's trailing his Republican challenger, Nan Hayworth, by three percentage points among likely voters — 46 - 43 — putting this race into a statistical dead heat.

As an example we can take the exit polls from the 2012 presidential race, we see that while Obama won in most of the educational categories (look at the NYTimes) he did win by significantly higher margins in the postgraduate part of the population (+13 percentage points), lost college graduates by 4 %, and won people with some college by 1 %.

The Quinnipiac poll is the third in recent weeks that show the governor's race in New York remains stagnant, with Cuomo ahead of Republican challenger Rob Astorino by nearly 25 percentage points.

The latest Siena poll of New York's many contested House races (I think we're on No. 7 No. 8 at this point), brings good news for Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter, showing her 10 percentage points ahead of her GOP foe, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks, in the newly drawn NY - 25.

Not one poll has shown Gillespie ahead in the race, one year after Clinton won Virginia by 6 percentage points — a closer - than - expected margin in a state with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators and that's voted for the Democratic nominee in three straight presidential contests.

In the race for New York State governor, Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo leads his Republican challenger, Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, by 25 percentage points among likely voters statewide including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate.

A poll of the same size commissioned by Buerkle's campaign in April also found a tight race, with Buerkle holding onto a four percentage point lead over Maffei.

Democrat Andrew Cuomo still leads Republican Jeanine Pirro by 23 percentage points among registered voters in the race to become New York State's next attorney general.

In another dead - heat race, Malloy defeated Foley by less than 1 percentage point in 2010 in the closest gubernatorial election in Connecticut in more than 50 yearIn another dead - heat race, Malloy defeated Foley by less than 1 percentage point in 2010 in the closest gubernatorial election in Connecticut in more than 50 yearin 2010 in the closest gubernatorial election in Connecticut in more than 50 yearin the closest gubernatorial election in Connecticut in more than 50 yearin Connecticut in more than 50 yearin more than 50 years.

For example, while the Q poll and SurveyUSA showed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a surprisingly tight race with her GOP / Conservative challenger, former Rep. Joe DioGuardi, Siena found DioGuardi has failed to gain any post-primary momentum and trails her by 26 percentage points (57 - 31 with 12 percent undecided).

Deacon — who is currently 23 percentage points down against incumbent Rep. Katko (R - N.Y.) in New York state's 24th Congressional District race — was officially endorsed by Hochul during the rally.

Democrat Bill de Blasio holds a commanding 44 percentage - point lead over Republican Joe Lhota in the race for New York City mayor, underscoring the GOP nominee's failure to gain any traction during the past three weeks, a poll from The Wall Street Journal - NBC 4 New York - Marist showed Thursday.

In the race between Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and her Republican opponent, Joseph DioGuardi, Gillibrand holds an 11 percentage point lead among likely voters in New York StatIn the race between Democratic U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and her Republican opponent, Joseph DioGuardi, Gillibrand holds an 11 percentage point lead among likely voters in New York Statin New York State.

Republican Ron Johnson leads incumbent Democrat Russ Feingold in the race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin by 7 percentage points among likely voters including early voters and those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate, according to this McClatchy - Marist Poll.

In House races, white Democrats are 38 percentage points less likely to vote Democratic if their candidate is black.

But in the Rensselaer County executive race between Republican Steve McLaughlin, a state Assemblyman, and Democrat Andrea Smyth, executive director of the New York State Coalition for Children's Behavioral Health, it appears McLaughlin will prevail by about two percentage points.

According to a Siena poll released today — the first survey of state Senate races — Hanna is in better shape heading into the final weeks of this year's campaign, leading his Democratic opponent, Monroe County Legislator Ted O'Brien, by eight percentage points.

(CNN)- With just over six weeks until November's general election, a new poll indicates that Democrat Bill de Blasio has a commanding 43 percentage point lead over Republican Joe Lhota in the race for mayor of New York City.

Mr. Zeldin held a 15 - percentage point lead over Ms. Throne - Holst in a recent Newsday / Siena College poll, the only poll made public thus far in the congressional race.

Indeed, in 2012, ThinkProgress estimated that Democrats would have needed to win the national popular vote in all U.S. House races by 7.25 percentage points in order to eek out a bare majority in Congress's lower chamber.

The often caustic race for New York's 18th Congressional District had always looked to be a close one, with Maloney leading Hayworth by 5 percentage points in a Siena College poll released last week.

In the presidential race, Democrat Hillary Clinton leads her Republican rival Donald Trump by 2 percentage points, 44 percent to 42 percent, but that's within the margin of error of 4.4 points.

David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston, said Clinton's 13 percentage point lead in Clark County, home to Las Vegas, is the difference in the race.

Senate Democrats have a lot to like in today's Siena College poll showing Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump in New York expand to 30 percentage points in a two - person race.

Sean Coffey's campaign strategist Bruce Gyory sent out a statement earlier today, dismissing the Siena poll that showed his candidate in third place and invoking the closer - than - expected 2009 NYC mayor's race in which Bill Thompson defied predictions and came within less than 5 percentage points of ousting Mayor Bloomberg.

Essex County Judge Richard Meyer defeated Brian Barrett, a Lake Placid defense attorney, in that race by about 20 percentage points, or 1,743 votes out of some 9,073 cast.

A poll in May showed that Diaz, along with City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, were within a few percentage points of de Blasio as potential challengers in the 2017 mayoral race.

None of Wisconsin's eight congressional races — not even an open seat in northeastern Wisconsin — was decided by fewer than 20 percentage points this election.

The poll also shows that three potential challengers in the 2017 mayoral race — City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. — are within a few percentage points of the incumbent.

He then called on Bratton, who said, «The overall percentage of those being stopped in terms of race or ethnicity has not changed dramatically — only by a couple of percentage points.»

In the race to succeed out gay Councilmember Jimmy Vacca, Assembymember Mark Gjonaj, who had supported Diaz's run, edged out Marjorie Velázquez, who enjoyed strong support among LGBTQ and women's groups, by about four percentage points.

In the race for the Republican nomination in Florida, Mitt Romney leads Newt Gingrich by 15 percentage points among likely Republican primary voterIn the race for the Republican nomination in Florida, Mitt Romney leads Newt Gingrich by 15 percentage points among likely Republican primary voterin Florida, Mitt Romney leads Newt Gingrich by 15 percentage points among likely Republican primary voters.

The latest poll in the Virginia gubernatorial race shows former Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie ahead by one percentage point over Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam (D.), who has previously led in the polls.

The only independent poll made public in the 24th District race shows Katko had a 19 percentage point lead over Deacon.

While Brown's lead dipped by 2 percentage points since August, according to Siena, he appears within striking distance of gathering 50 percent of the vote in a three - way race.