Sentences with phrase «virtual dead heat»

The two finished in a virtual dead heat in the Iowa caucuses earlier this week, and their performances could be critical to the outcome of the February 9 vote.

He's betting that he can broaden his Tea Party following by winning over social conservatives, and use a victory in Iowa — where he's in a virtual dead heat with Donald Trump in a new Des Moines Register / Bloomberg poll released Wednesday — as a springboard to success in South Carolina.

Public opinion polling during the summer of 2008 placed the Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual dead heat, leading most to speculate at the time that if an election were held there would be a third minority government.

A pre-election survey in April and May found the Conservatives had a lead over Labour of 41 % to 27 %, but by the final days of the campaign this had turned into a virtual dead heat.

Steve Stern ended up in a virtual dead heat with 22 percent each.

The latest Newsday / News 12 / Siena College Poll released Sunday showed a virtual dead heat in the race, with Murray ahead of Singas, the acting Nassau district attorney, by 1 percentage point — 46 percent to 45 percent, well within the 4.1 - point margin of error.

Rick Lazio and Carl Paladino are locked in a virtual dead heat heading into Tuesday's primary for the Republican nomination for governor, a Siena College poll today found.

It make sense the lieutenant governor would brush off a poll last week suggesting she and Williams are in a virtual dead heat, considering the source — Big Dog Strategies, a consulting firm owned by a longtime Collins associate, Chris Grant.

Instant polls following last night's leaders debate showed the Liberal Democrat and Conservative leaders in a virtual dead heat as they batted for viewers» approval in the second prime ministerial debate.

A Quinnipiac University poll released this morning found the two locked in a virtual dead heat.

This means that, as James Forsyth argues in the Spectator, a virtual dead heat between Labour and the Conservatives, making a coalition with either a possibility, could force the Lib Dems to make a choice that would split the party.

The last Siena College Research Institute poll showed Teachout down by six points, after all previous polls in this race showed a virtual dead heat.

Two senior Democratic officials told CNN to expect Obama to return to Illinois at least one more time in the final few weeks of the campaign in order to go to bat for Giannoulias, who is locked in a virtual dead heat with Republican nominee Mark Kirk.

A Siena College poll released Tuesday shows the race in south Nassau County is a virtual dead heat, with Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky at 47 percent and Republican lawyer Chris McGrath with 45 percent.

Kingston Democrats endured an agonizingly close and ultimately frustrating primary night Tuesday, which ended with two mayoral candidates locked in a virtual dead heat as they await an absentee ballot count to determine the winner.

Washington — U.S. Rep. Michael Arcuri and Republican challenger Richard Hanna have started their 2010 rematch in the 24th Congressional District much like their 2008 contest ended — in a virtual dead heat.

That possibility wasn't taken seriously until recently, but Sanders» strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, new national polls showing him in a virtual dead heat with Clinton, and his landslide victory in the New Hampshire primary have radically altered that outlook.

The difference seemed to be her Independence Party endorsement, without which the race was a virtual dead heat.

cross-drilled and vented rotors at the rear), identical tires and relatively similar curb weights, it only makes sense that the braking numbers were a virtual dead heat: The M5 stopped in 120 ft. from 60 mph and 207 ft. from 80, while the M6 used 1 ft. less tarmac from 60 and 2 ft. more from 80.

In the record compiled by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), the 2014 year - to - date value is in a virtual dead heat with the annual value for 2010, so the final ranking will depend heavily on the how the data come in for November and December.

But a recent survey found that Fastcase is in a virtual dead heat with Westlaw and LexisNexis among smaller - firm lawyers.

A recent survey of more than 2,100 subscribers to Clio showed that Fastcase is in a «virtual dead heat» for the most - used legal research service (Westlaw 20.58 %, Fastcase 20.35 %, and LexisNexis 20.21 %).

From a pure appreciation standpoint, gold beat real estate over the period from 1974 through 2013 by an average annual appreciation of 0.08 percent, a virtual dead heat between average gold prices and average prices of new home sales.