Sentences with phrase «point lead in the polls»

After the election, observers tried to explain how the Tories blew a 25 point lead in the polls at the start of the campaign.

With a 20 point lead in the poll, May's decision to call an election made sense.

Hillary Clinton holds a double - digit percentage point lead in every poll of the state.

A twenty - point lead in the polls may thus have seemed like an irresistible opportunity for the Conservative Party to call an election.

We currently have a 60 point lead in the polls over my Scozzafava - supporting opponent and we are confident of prevailing on Election Day.

Yet, just one point ahead at present, Labour have not enjoyed as much as a five point lead in the polls since last April, while the Conservatives have not been seven points ahead since shortly after the last election.

A price freeze would be economic vandalism, they repeated, as Labour regained a nine point lead in the polls.

Endorsing a fellow Democrat with a 44 - point lead in the polls is usually a no - brainer — except when it comes to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

In theory, such a shift would decimate David Cameron's current 12 point lead in the polls.

The mayor, who enjoyed a 40 - point lead in polls early this month, has pointed out that the testimony involves accusations of pay - to - play activities by the de Blasio administration that investigators already looked into.

Not exact matches

In the introduction to a series that will look back at the events leading up to the election, Silver seems on the defensive somewhat, justifying his analysis of the poll results and pointing out that he predicted Clinton would be weak with the Electoral College and that Trump might prevail.

The presumptive Democratic nominee enjoys the largest gender gap in recorded history, with a recent Pew Research poll showing her leading among women by 24 points.

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.

Steve Mitchell, whose Fox 2 / Mitchell poll in Michigan found Clinton with an identical 5 - point lead heading into Election Day, chalked up his miss to a very specific reason: Human error.

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.

Democrats still have a sizable 8 - point lead over Republicans in a generic House ballot, according to a new Monmouth University Poll.

To be truly dominant in any sport over a long period of time you have to be a bit of a sociopath, and once the Pats get a lead they will continue to pile on the points like they want to make sure to stay ahead in the computer polls.

The pledge to freeze energy prices received wide support in post-election polling, and when it comes to which party would be better at increasing people's living standards, Miliband and his party have a lead (albeit, a narrow two - point one) over Cameron and the Conservatives.

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A TWC News / Siena College poll released this week found Akshar leading Fiala among likely voters by 28 percentage points in the district that has a GOP voter enrollment edge.

Despite countless polls pointing to a narrowing of Labour's lead, Labour's actual share of the vote has hardly moved in the past year.

Since then, however, the «Brown bounce» that led the prime minister's advisers to urge him to call a snap election has disappeared as Labour slumps 13 points behind the Tories in the polls.

The polls in Scotland just before the last election showed a 21 - point lead for SNP over Labour.

For instance, the most recent poll in the table above suggests at least a 6 - point popular vote share lead.

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.

This puts pressure on Hollande from the left, and may just give Sarkozy an edge in the first round — but Hollande for now remains 8 to 10 percentage points in the lead in the polls for the decisive second round.

The YouGov poll recording a healthy lead over Owen Smith points clearly to him winning when the result's announced in Liverpool at the start of the party's annual conference.

Republican Fred Akshar has a broad, 52 - percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election fill a vacant state Senate seat in the Southern Tier region, according to an exclusive Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

Yet, the ease with which Prime Minister Theresa May was able to trigger the early election in light of her 21 point opinion poll lead over Labour over the Easter weekend appeared to cast doubt on its ability to deliver these aims.

But the average of the final polls in 2015 had Labour a couple of points higher than Labour are now, and the eventual Conservative lead in 2015 was 7 points bigger than it was in the final polls.

Republican Fred Akshar holds a 28 percentage point lead over Democratic candidate Barbara Fiala in the special election to fill a state Senate seat in the Southern Tier, according to a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released this evening.

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Ms. Clinton, a former New York senator, leads Mr. Sanders by an average of about 13 points in the polls.

In the first CBS News Poll following last week's presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Clinton has edged ahead to a four - point lead over her Republican rival among likely voters.

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

He polled 1000 people by telephone in each of 16 different seats (15 Labour seats with 2010 leads over the SNP of at least 33 points but often 40 points or more; and 2 Lib Dem seats — Gordon and Inverness).

Labour's main enemy would have been complacency so Sawford and Miliband continually urged their supporters to turn out, even in the face of polling by arch-Tory Lord Ashcroft, showing Labour with a 22 point lead.

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.

Taking the most recent poll published by each pollster in the last week, we calculate the proportion showing a Conservative lead over Labour of more than 6 points as the pseudo-probability of a Conservative majority, but we allow polls with exactly a 6 point lead to contribute a 0.5 to the average.

Some doubt that debates would have much effect on the election, given Cuomo's huge campaign funds advantage over Astorino and the fact that Cuomo leads by more than 30 points in the polls.

Katko led Democrat Colleen Deacon by 23 points, 54 percent to 31 percent, in a Time Warner Cable News / Siena College poll released Thursday.

For polls conducted in the past week, on average the Conservatives still had a large, 14 - point lead amongst men, but only a small, 4 - point lead amongst women.

The poll will be welcome news for the Conservatives, marking their best ICM result since they won a three - point lead in March 2012, just before the «omnishambles» Budget triggered a wave of government errors and hammered the Tories» reputation for competence.

A YouGov poll published in the Daily Telegraph today shows the Conservative party holding a 21 - year - record lead over Labour with an 18 - point advantage.

Opinion polls show de Blasio, who was first elected mayor in 2013, with a 40 - point lead over his closest rival, Republican Nicole Malliotakis.

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.

Last month, «wrong direction» led the poll 49 - 41 percent, so this means a net 15 - point improvement in how New Yorkers view the direction of the state.

While Christie is currently leading his Democratic gubernatorial opponent, Barbara Buono, by over 30 points in the polls, he is running in a very blue state, notes Sabato.

Both Teachout and Faso led by at least 30 points in polling ahead of their respective primaries.