Sentences with phrase «slightly more voters»

Two weeks ago, after the House of Commons vote on the budget, when Labour MPs joined with a number of Tory backbenchers to demand cuts in EU spending over the next seven years, slightly more voters (42 %) wanted the EU budget cut rather than maintained or increased (39 %).

«Additionally, while both Faso and Heaney commercials have each been seen or heard by two - thirds of the electorate, and slightly more voters say they've been contacted by the Heaney campaign, primary voters say Heaney is running the more negative campaign by a 36 - 20 percent margin.»

Not exact matches

I have the same attitude to football that most voters have towards politics: I become slightly more interested in it every four years or so, but in between World Cups, my eyes tend to glaze over.

I have the same attitude to football that most voters have towards politics: I become slightly more...

And it's worth noting that Ukip supporters are only slightly less willing than Labour or Tory voters to welcome more immigrants:

But an official with Perkins» campaign said 44 percent of the voters in the 2014 and 2012 congressional races there came from Perkins» State Senate district, slightly more than the 40 percent of the vote that came from the State Senate district currently represented by Espaillat.

Cuomo's favorability rating, meanwhile, remained more or less steady: 54 percent hold a favorable view of him while 37 percent of voters do not — up slightly from last month.

The Sunday Times YouGov poll last weekend show that Lib Dem voters now think Cameron is performing well by 3 to 1, only slightly more than the Tories who think Clegg is doing well.

Voters here are slightly more likely than not to think Britain is heading in the right direction, and the opposition has not fully won their confidence: the Conservatives are more likely to be seen as willing to take tough decisions, and being clear about what they stand for.

As in other marginal seats, a small majority of voters said they were optimistic about the economy over the next year, though slightly more so for themselves than for the country as a whole.

Those same numbers crunched through a model that shows a few more younger voters and more women turning out for the Democrats despite slightly less white turnout for Clinton still pushes her to a four - point lead.

Slightly more than six in ten voters — 61 percent — said they believe Weiner's behavior was unethical but not illegal, while 13 percent disagree and another 13 percent insist he did nothing wrong whatsoever.

Monarchists are slightly more likely to be Leave voters, with those who cast a ballot in 2016 splitting 56 % / 44 % in favour of Brexit, while those oppose Britain having a Royal family voted 65 % / 35 % in favour of Remain.

The percentage of voters registered «no party preference» also declined slightly, but the number registered in other, unspecified Read more»

UUP voters tend to take a similar, if slightly more communitarian position to Conservative voters.

However, when explained to voters that Mayor Bloomberg says his proposal to hike the city's sales tax half a percent is not ideal but is a solution to avoid additional spending cuts in the city's budget and reduce the number of layoffs, slightly more — 46 % — support the idea.

Voters are almost evenly split when it comes to the direction Westchester is headed in, with slightly more than half saying they are dissatisfied (53 %) and almost half saying they are satisfied (47 %).

A) It has a best picture nomination, b) it's ever so slightly more recent than Alice, and c) I think more Oscar voters took it more seriously than Alice.

Here's a slightly more difficult position to defend: We don't know whether adaptation will be cheaper or easier than mitigation, but, since it is the only one likely to be acceptable to voters in a democratic society, it is the only morally acceptable one.