Sentences with phrase «public polling about»

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

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In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the average amount of vacation time given to employed workers is about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on average).

The survey, which polled 1,002 U.S. adults, also highlighted the fact that the DOJ and Apple legal battle has become a hot topic in the public sphere, with 75 % of respondents saying they have heard a lot about it since the news came out last week.

Only about a third of Republicans said they have a great deal or quite a bit of confidence that votes on Election Day will be counted fairly, according to recent poll from the Associated Press - NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Some politicians find polling to be a little old fashioned, so they're using big data to see what the public thinks about them.

In 2002, an Ipsos - Reid poll found that 86 per cent of Canadians believed that the federal government should do something to alleviate public concerns about media concentration.

In an effort to continue capitalizing on this trend, WikiLeaks recently polled the public about implementing additional digital cash systems.

Public opinion polling has shown that the electorate's concerns about the environment have increased significantly since the 2006 election.

The poll on education funding, done by Environics Research for the Alberta Teachers Association, dealt only with public attitudes about public funding for private schools.

The 2012 National Opinion Poll commissioned by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and undertaken by Angus Reid Public Opinion provides a comprehensive picture to date of how Canadians think and feel about Asia.

Given that level of incentivization, and its short - and long - term impact on tax revenues and the local tax burden, the Elon Poll explored what residents in these locations in contention think about public financial support for the project.

The Elon Poll / The Business Journals survey gauged public opinion in these metro areas — many of the country's largest — about landing the project, which promises to be home to 50,000 workers and an investment of $ 5 billion.

According to a poll released in January by the Public Religion Research Institute, about half of all Americans believe that some element of the supernatural plays a role in sporting events.

In March, the Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life saw a first in its ten years of polling: the largest group of voters in its survey, 38 %, said that politicians are talking about religion «too much» right now.

An August 2010 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).

Obama has been more public and specific about his religious beliefs since polls last year showed that only a minority of Americans know he is Christian.

In other words, actual church attendance was about half the rate indicated by national public opinion polls.

At the same time, public opinion polls demonstrate a continuous improvement in the dominant white population groups» ideas about black people and how they should be treated.

An informal poll of about 20 residents at Wednesday's public meeting showed the skaters and residents preferred the Garden Plots site over the two options at Knoch Park.

Polling finds that electorate cares most about two issues, cats vs dogs (with cat supporters polling 40 % and dog supporters 60 %); and the right to put patty above the cheese in a cheesburger (with the righteous cheese - down freedom lovers unfortunately losing in the public opinion polls 2Polling finds that electorate cares most about two issues, cats vs dogs (with cat supporters polling 40 % and dog supporters 60 %); and the right to put patty above the cheese in a cheesburger (with the righteous cheese - down freedom lovers unfortunately losing in the public opinion polls 2polling 40 % and dog supporters 60 %); and the right to put patty above the cheese in a cheesburger (with the righteous cheese - down freedom lovers unfortunately losing in the public opinion polls 20/80 %)

Given this treatment, I believe the public has a right to be aggrieved about the circumstances surrounding the referendum process and even to «Bregret» their vote (Wales has changed its mind over Brexit and would now vote to stay in the EU, poll finds).

The public's hostility to the benefits bill is, in large part, due to the commonly - held view (articulated by Field) that it encourages scroungers: in the same poll, more than one in four respondents said they thought at least half of all welfare claimants were «scroungers who lie about their circumstances to obtain higher welfare benefits».

«I remember a number of issues in the past where there was strong public support — the death penalty — the speaker opposed it... It's not about governing from the polls, it's about doing what you think is the correct thing to do.»

It also revealed even greater anxiety about the future of public services, especially the NHS, while recent polling hints that voters» appetite for austerity may be waning.

Opinion polls suggest that the public believes the change has come about for party political reasons.

But when the public are polled about Labour's policy positions, conventional wisdom about Corbyn being out of touch with voters is challenged.

I think that Danny Alexander, Cable AND a majority of Lib Dems would think long and hard about teaming up with them — especially as all polls show the public having less confidence in Labour's ability to manage the economy than the Conservatives»

Politicians on all sides are steered by polls suggesting low public support for raising benefits, especially for the unemployed (about 15 % believe they should get more).

Lord Ashcroft has published some new polling research about public perceptions of the Labour Party.

This move is really a lot more about Pataki and his national aspirations than it is about Paladino, who is trailing Cuomo by double digits — at least according to the public opinion polls that the candidate rejects.

At one end of the scale are opinion polls, which sample the whole population but may not reflect a well informed, well thought - out response to questions about government or public service quality, and may in fact reflect opinions on other matters such as economic outlook.

The Obama people are apparently thinking in terms of 1980, when the majority had turned against Carter but weren't sure about Reagan — the polls were close only a week before the election, but the public shifted at the last moment as they came to see Reagan as a reasonable alternative.

With such a wide swing in poll results, I am loathe to draw any conclusions about public perception of unions versus corporate tax breaks.

Several public - opinion polls have recently shown Gillibrand with less than a 50 percent approval rating and with a large number of voters saying they know little about her.

After the debate, we spoke with John Liu about his consistently low showing in public polling.

Lee Miringoff (Director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion), Barbara Carvalho (Director of The Marist Poll) and Jay DeDapper (Director of Innovation at The Marist Poll) dig deep to give you a look at the inner workings of polls and what they tell us about our world, our country, and ourselves.

Recent polls also show concern from the public about the investigations.

A Siena College poll this week shows that most New Yorkers don't know about the Moreland Commission, a panel of district attorneys and law enforcement officials investigating public corruption in Albany.

The latest ComRes / Independent poll confirms that the gap in support between the main parties has narrowed in recent weeks, with the public deeply confused about what passes for David Cameron's economic policy.

The public had already been sceptical about the ability of the coalition to survive for a full five years in the Guardian / ICM's poll in May, when only 33 % expected it would cling on until May 2015.

We've become used to hearing about «modern attitudes», «barbaric behaviour» and endless public opinion polls claiming that the majority of people are against repeal of the supposedly iconic Hunting Act.

The irony here is that for once, Corbyn is far more in touch with the public and with the kind of voters Labour needs to win back than his parliamentary party is (the most recent ICM poll, for example, suggests that the voters Labour's lost since 2015 break about 4:3 for Leave).

This prediction takes account of both recent YouGov polling data and the lessons from history about how public opinion moves in the final weeks before general elections.

A growing number of Labour MPs are concerned that his sometimes ponderous professorial prognostications about political abstractions are proving a turn - off for the public - concerns that have grown as Labour's poll lead has shrunk.

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

But there is bad new for all politicians as the poll investigated the public's feelings about the current media storm about MPs» pay and expenses:

In this edition of Poll Hub, the team discusses the latest poll numbers about the Mueller investigation and whether or not there has been a change in public opinPoll Hub, the team discusses the latest poll numbers about the Mueller investigation and whether or not there has been a change in public opinpoll numbers about the Mueller investigation and whether or not there has been a change in public opinion.

Despite these public information campaigns, polling evidence suggested that by the time of the referendum about half of British Columbia voters were unaware of the referendum.

Among the question topics were his plans for the remainder of election day, what was most surprising in his campaign, public polls showing him substantially behind, whether his family is happy that the campaign is over and what he thinks voters care about most.

However, with the poll revealing the extent of public unease about the plans, Unite is warning that this lack of support will grow as people give greater consideration to how the profits - first ethos could change the nature of policing in England and Wales.