Sentences with phrase «public polling»

For behavioral scientists considering a career in public polling research, it helps to have a fascination with numbers.

This 1986 public poll shows that very few parents thought their schools were failing.

Our research also included reviewing media coverage, public polling data, demographic data, and facilities leasing and purchasing information.

We know now this was one cause of much of the incorrect public polling before the primary.

Prior to the election, the PCs held a huge majority in provincial legislature and were high in public polls.

Results and public polling suggested voters split along racial lines.

For the scientific community, the release of public polls on contentious questions of science usually makes us feel like Bill Murray's character in the film Groundhog Day.

We asked comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer what he thinks about the recent wide swings in public polls on the race.

Cuomo earned international headlines and significant credit with progressives and environmentalists when he banned fracking — a decision that was supported by public polling by the time he made it, more than six years after the state issued a de facto moratorium as it weighed the pros and cons (and polling), and that made New York the first state with a major shale gas deposit to enact a ban.

With recent public polls showing many Americans unaware of the SCOTUS health care decision, it gives pause...

One part of O'Reilly's analysis is how public polling conducted in 2014 compared to the final result in the gubernatorial race between Cuomo, a Democrat, and Republican challenger Rob Astorino.

But Cuomo has softened his stance gradually as more states moved to legalization as public polls showed growing support for the measure among Democrats nationwide.

Tomorrow, the Siena College Research Institute will release the first public poll of the NY - 26 race, and word on the street is it will show the contest to be far closer than most observers had previously though — perhaps even with a single - digit margin separating the two majority party candidates.

Public polls don't seem to show that wave as likely to be particularly strong in tomorrow's New York elections.

We're confident we'll see a wide variety of public poll results in this race but we take each with a grain of salt.»

Unfortunately for Dietl Albanese polled higher than Dietl in public polls released last week.

With public polling in the race close, yet trending Perry's way, both the GOP and the Democratic Party worked to turn this into a big - time race.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — In the only public poll conducted for one of the most closely watched races this season, incumbent Republican Rob Astorino and Democrat George Latimer are locked in a statistical tie for Westchester County executive.

The Waste Challenge demonstrates how public polling can be used in learning to compare our own perspectives with others.

ALBANY — The first public poll since opponents to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo started ramping up their campaigns shows the two - term Democrat still well ahead of his rivals.

Cuomo said talks with legislative leaders as well as the rising public poll numbers for gay marriage are among his reasons for optimism.

A new public poll shows Republican state Assemblyman Rocky Chavez leading the race to replace outgoing Rep. Darrell Issa in California's 49th District.

Given voters» experience of public polling at the last general election, it would be natural for them to take a more cynical and circumspect view of opinion research in the lead up to the European referendum.

One day after the release of a Siena College poll showing Cuomo with sizable leads over his potential Republican challengers, Deputy Senate Majority Leader John DeFrancisco's campaign critiqued past public polls and insisted that the incumbent Democratic governor can be defeated this year.

We have two positive, highly geotargeted ads for a city council race (I'm getting ads from the correct candidates for my district), plus one negative ad from an incumbent who needs to try to derail an opponent who's doing well in the few public polls that have been released.

Republicans, it turned out, weren't the only ones with polling problems: The Democratic internals and public polls also overestimated the Democratic turnout.

If the bills pass, customers can expect rebates for smart thermostats, energy - saving appliances, and home energy audits to be scaled back (or even eliminated altogether), despite public polls showing 97 % of Iowans support increasing energy efficiency, and 82 % support requiring utilities to increase investment in energy efficiency.

«With another set of trials in front of him — plus a tough September primary — this governor will be ripe to go down in November (if not September) regardless of what public polling suggests.»

With the election four weeks away, New York's Republican chairman Ed Cox says things are looking good for his party, no matter what public polls say.

While there's been little reliable public polling on the contest, internal GOP polls have shown a tighter - than - expected finish, and national Republicans have accordingly thrown extra resources at Gianforte.

Many public polls seemed to bear that out.

Public polling now shows that white Evangelical Christians now regard personal character as less relevant for public leadership.

BBC Worldwide Monitoring (2001) «Public poll sees threat to Russia from US military action» Interfax news agency, Moscow, in English 1137 gmt 9 Oct 01.

In the latest public poll, Maffei leads Katko by about eight points in the 24th Congressional District that includes Onondaga, Wayne, Cayuga and Oswego Counties.

Unlike Connecticut's two previous gubernatorial contests there has been a lack of public polling about this year's race.

It's the first and only public poll so far not to show Spitzer in the lead.

He trails Democrat John Bel Edwards in multiple public polls heading into the Nov. 21 runoff.

PollTracker has been collecting and aggregating public polling data since 2006.

Its technology combines all available public polling and runs it through a sophisticated regression analysis designed in consultation with renowned polling expert and political scientist Dr. Charles Franklin from the University of Wisconsin.

In addition, public polls repeatedly show that citizens of Republika Srpska feel only a small attachment to the country as a whole.

Despite a last - minute public poll showing a Faso lead of six percentage points, both sides expect the race to be very close.

The latest Kantar Public poll was conducted after the Conservative manifesto launch but before the Manchester terrorist attack.

But the perception that Nebraska is a legitimate Democratic takeover opportunity seems to lean on the proclamation that no Republican seat is safe and limited public polling.

Cuomo is far ahead in early public polls, and has a $ 30 million campaign war chest and the support of some key labor unions.

The Governor had a 61 percent job approval rating in public polls after his initial fiscal actions in 2003, although his approval rating subsequently declined, [221] driven in part by his frequent out - of - state travel.

Public polling provided encouragement for Cuomo's green priorities as well.

De Blasio is considered a strong contender for re-election, in part because public polling shows the mayor has maintained a solid base of support, particularly among among black and Hispanic voters.

The poll of 600 New Yorkers, which the Daily News first reported on earlier this month, shows Democratic incumbent Eric Schneiderman leading Cahill 36.8 % to 29.7 %, a far smaller margin than other public polls have indicated.