Sentences with phrase «predicted by the pollsters»

Most of the 30 are Conservatives, reflecting the result that is predicted by pollsters.

But Labour's wipeout in Scotland was the only bit of this election accurately predicted by the pollsters, although even here the scale of our defeat was underestimated.

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Moreover, samples are often unrepresentative of the population, introducing systemic biases by overweighting the preferences of certain demographics: Yair Lapid had always predicted that he would win more seats than he was forecast, because pollsters relied on calling people by landline, and his supporters, predominantly young, had only mobile phones.

Pollsters predict another hung parliament in May this year, which is also likely to be characterized by a more complex constellation of political forces than its predecessor.

On election night, Clinton, buoyant in the hopes of a much - predicted win embellished by the major pollsters, political pundits and social media soothsayers, chose to hold her victory celebrations at Manhattan's Jacob Javits Centre where there is a gigantic, transparent ceiling — a dramatic way to consummate her victory.

In a November 2006 press release issued by his firm, Braynard boasted that, thanks to his patented «Braynard Precision Survey Method,» he was the only pollster to correctly predict the wide victory margin for Democrat Ben Cardin in his Maryland Senate race that year against Republican Michael Steele.

How did the pollsters blunder so badly by predicting a photo - finish and hung parliament?

Grant partnered with Remington Research Group, a pollster that made its name, in part, by predicting a Donald Trump in 2016 win when others wouldn't.

One of the country's most respected pollsters tells me he predicts the referendum will be lost by quite a wide margin.

Today's meeting comes against a backdrop of a slight narrowing of the polls, but also a Labour fear that extra spending by the Tories in marginal seats might mean Cameron winning a majority with just a six - point national lead, three or four points fewer than many pollsters predict.