Sentences with phrase «poll against a referendum»

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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.

I don't have polls to back this up, but a simplified version of what I just said would be: A libertarian is likely to vote FOR «pro-gay-marriage» specifically - e.g. in a referendum - but vote against politicians («D») who are for gay marriage for reasons that have nothing to do with gay marriage but with the politicians» other policies.

Crucially, the ComRes poll also found that among divided Labour supporters - who could decide the referendum as the Liberal Democrats are united for AV, while the Conservatives want to keep first - past - the - post - 61 % would vote against reform.

It is an ineluctable fact: poll after poll has shown that most Britons are strongly against the expansion of the EU's power - and an even greater majority demand the referendum promised by all three main parties in their manifestos at the last General Election.

Referendum is conducted at polling units in the constituency of the member petitioned against.

A Yougov poll for the Times this week found that if an in - out referendum was held now, 46 % would vote to quit the EU, against 35 % who would vote to stay in.

A Quinnipiac poll out today shows voters overwhelmingly in favor of a public referendum on term limits, and increasingly against a third Bloomberg term.

All three parties ordered their MPs to vote against an EU referendum - despite the fact that polls show the public want a vote.

The prospect of an election is what has triggered the action against Corbyn and comes as a leaked poll commissioned by the party revealed that over one in four (27 %) of Labour voters was less likely to vote for the party following the referendum campaign in which 214 Labour MPs called on people to vote to remain in the EU.

The dramatic poll for STV said the SNP could win up to 54 Scottish seats and said Labour's popularity was its lowest level since 2007, only a month after Labour had spearheaded a victorious referendum campaign against independence.