Sentences with phrase «poll lead»

In fact, at the last general election, the Conservative party actually held a small opinion poll lead among teachers.

I really thought that national poll leads of 8, 9 even 10 points were the basis for victory.

With its double - digit poll lead, Labour may decide it need not broaden its appeal any further.

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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.

Clinton — who held a slim lead in polls leading up to election day — scored strong support among women, minorities and college graduates, but that wasn't enough to overcome Trump's unexpectedly strong performance.

Mr Miliband has watched in dismay as Labour's apparently impregnable poll lead in Scotland has evaporated.

Conservative backbenchers have pressed Mrs May to take advantage of the sizeable current poll lead over Mr Corbyn's Labour in an attempt to build a greater Commons majority.

He's maintained large polling leads over possible challengers despite now - closed probes into his fund - raising activities, some unflattering newspaper coverage and clashes with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Events are moving so fast now but MORI has just published an opinion poll lead for the Tories of just 3 %.

He holds a narrow polling lead over Donald Trump leading up to the upcoming caucuses.

Cox is a wealthy self - funder who has for the most part been the strongest GOP candidate in polls leading into the June 5 primary, in which the top two finishers, regardless of party or percentage, will move on to the November general election.

But its very welcome, it will cause worry and concern in the PLP and this will feed into the public narrative of a government in serious trouble and decline If this type of Conservative poll lead continues with the Labour party continuing to drop under the 30 % barrier, I would expect it to have a similar destabilising effect on the Labour party comparable to the run up to the Conference season last year when we were facing an Autumn election with Labour riding high in the polls.

The conventional wisdom has become, owing to its consistent poll lead since early 2012, that «Labour is on course to win».

Second, with an opinion poll lead as large as 21 percent, Mrs May can afford to lose a significant amount of support while still winning the election.

But it seems unlikely that Sanders was able to change enough minds that he will be able to overcome what is still a big poll lead for Clinton.

The eight or so point poll lead over Labour he needs for an overall majority doesn't exist.

Even the double - digit Tory poll leads which have plunged Labour into deepening gloom do not settle the next election.

In 2008, before term limits were extended so Mayor Bloomberg could capture a third term, Markowitz in early polls led all potential Democratic mayoral candidates — including Weiner, Quinn and Thompson.

«The Tories should be worried if they can not maintain substantial poll leads at the very moment voters are about to pay the price of 11 years of New Labour.

And thus far, it seems to be going swimmingly with an average poll lead approaching 20 %, even before the campaign proper has hit its stride.

For days, Sky News had a «Labour woes» strap on the screen as the party's opinion poll lead shrank and its grandees kept on twisting the knife.

This measure is worth looking at in more detail as voting intention polls led many forecasters astray in 2015.

This measure is worth looking at in more detail as voting intention polls led many forecasters astray in 2015, as Roger Pielke Jr describes.

Recent polls have shown Labour's national poll lead shrinking, with some even showing the Tories ahead.

But its clear lead on living standards explains why it manages to maintain a slim poll lead despite relentless negative press coverage and an uncharismatic leader.

But pro-Leave campaigners urged her to call an election to bring in a new generation of Tory MPs to back her while she still enjoys a massive poll lead over Labour.

With a year of solid poll leads behind him, the conference season is Mr Cameron's to lose.

«Stung by the reaction to the botched Budget and mindful of the strong opinion poll lead which Labour has opened up, there has been a concerted effort in recent weeks by the Conservative leadership to emphasise Tory themes.

In terms of a headline poll lead, these findings are extremely divergent, ranging from a Conservative lead over Labour of as much as 10 points with Angus Reid but only 3 points with Populus.

By the way, Tory hegemony was by no means consolidated in 1981, many viewed Thatcher's leadership as shaky and Labour maintained a respectable poll lead all through that year.

Conservatives will no doubt be glorying in their huge poll leads and bringing out tired mantras about 1983 and the 1970s.

The party conference season traditionally produces boosts for each of three political parties in turn as they benefit from media coverage from their own conference, so while the first poll lead for the Labour party in 3 years is likely to be a big morale boost for the party, past experience suggests the Conservatives will move back ahead when they receive a boost from their own party conference in a week's time.

The Tories have won a seat in Sunderland council from Labour, challenging Gordon Brown's comfortable poll lead.

In private, however, members of the inner circle acknowledge that they are undergoing a major case of the jitters as an apparently strong poll lead narrows and the Labour party appears to recover its confidence.

Push Polls Led by Wildrose Party cheerleader Ezra Levant, the conservative - leaning SUN TV tackled the Tories for a push poll launched against Ms. Smith.

Klein declared «miracle on the Prairies» on election night in 1993, after he secured the Alberta Progressive Conservative dynasty's seventh straight majority despite a bruising provincial deficit and a strong challenge (and erstwhile poll lead) by the Alberta Liberals.

Defying sentiment polls leading up to last week's historic Brexit referendum, British voters said «thanks, but no thanks» to excessive EU taxation and regulation, choosing to take back Britain's sovereignty in financing, budgeting, immigration policy and other areas essential to a nation's self - identity.

General election 1970Although Labour had established a consistent double - digit poll lead during the run - up to the 1970 general election, Labour and its prime minister Harold Wilson were ousted.

Just as Miliband got his spanking, by the way, it appears Labour is building a serious poll lead.

The sample sizes are small and a word of caution should be entered but it is still extraordinary that Labour does not have an opinion poll lead among this group of voters who must be considered at the heart of its historic core support.

The Fixed - term Parliaments Act (FTPA) was introduced by the Conservative - Liberal coalition government in 2011, primarily to prevent David Cameron, the prime minister at the time, from seizing on the first significant poll lead for the Conservatives to call an early election and win a Conservative majority.

In May 2012 Labour had a commanding poll lead over the Tories, even allowing for shy Tories.

Political commentator Ian Dale, for instance, thinks the seat is a «dead cert Lib Dem hold,» whereas an Ashcroft poll led the newspapers recently pouring cold water on that prediction.

However, their policy pledges, billed as the most family - friendly of any party campaigning in Scotland, have been overshadowed by the increasing poll lead of the SNP over Scottish Labour.

Against a deteriorating poll lead and a recovering economy, Miliband really couldn't afford to take a holiday.

However, Labour dismissed his comments as premature and point out the SNP gains are not as dramatic as Mr Salmond's poll lead predicted prior to the election.

So this is a bigger story than the Tories, trying to rally the party and regain a wider poll lead, might like.»