Sentences with phrase «voter opinion polls»

The Bradley effect (less commonly the Wilder effect) is a theory concerning observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some United States government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.

To use Twitter as a voter opinion poll, Makse's team had to detect all those bots and filter them out first.

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Opinion polls suggest a majority of voters will opt to stay, but the post-referendum negotiations between the U.K. government and the E.U. could still sour market sentiment.

Wells suggests all this is happening because more voters are appearing at the ballot box who are not detected by opinion polls.

Drivers in Athens are honking their horns as opinion polls suggest that «No» voters are out in front

Last - minute opinion polls indicated a knife - edge result, with voters narrowly favouring Mr Tsipras's call for a No vote to reject a last - ditch bailout offer by Greece's creditors, even though it has already expired.

The Morning Consult Policy Index is an ongoing poll of voters» opinions about economic, technology, health, and environmental issues.

An Angus Reid opinion poll released in December found only 25 % of voters supported the Tories, putting them in a tie for second with the Liberals.

According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

The release of new opinion polls in Greece suggests a small lead by the New Democracy party, backed by 25.3 percent of voters, versus the 25 percent who favor Syriza.

Plecas attributed the victory to Kinsella's careful attention to opinion polls, which showed Bennett's message of restraint and fiscal responsibility resonated with voters.

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

Forty - nine percent of voters in the latest poll said they have never heard of Pruitt or have no opinion on him, down from 55 percent in mid-March and 50 percent in a

Forty - nine percent of voters in the latest poll said they have never heard of Pruitt or have no opinion on him, down from 55 percent in mid-March and 50 percent in a poll from Dec. 1 - 3, 2017.

An opinion poll on Sunday showed 47 per cent of likely voters saying they will back the treaty, 35 per cent saying they will vote No, and 18 per cent as undecided how to vote in the May 31 referendum.

In this context, early public opinion polling has shown that Canadian voters view the economy as the highest - priority issue in the 2008 election.

A poll conducted by Illinois Policy found 42 percent of active likely voters in Illinois oppose a progressive tax, with 29 percent unsure or having no opinion, and 29 percent supporting.

Rubio never over-performed among Hispanic voters in national opinion polls.

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).

Brock focused on using information technology to build first - rate fundraising, voter - targeting, and opinion polling operations.

The opinion polls are putting the Tories roughly ten points below their poll ratings in 2009, which suggests that there are ten per cent of voters to be picked up by the other parties.

The researchers asked a selected group of voters to state their opinions on a variety of real public policy questions, and then presented them with fabricated poll results on the same topics.

«Push polls» are actually political telemarketing — telephone calls disguised as research that aim to persuade large numbers of voters and affect election outcomes, rather than measure opinions.

The poll also asked New York voters for their opinion on President Obama.

«Where this hatred comes from and why we will have to determine,» the billionaire real estate mogul, who is leading in opinion polls among likely Republican voters, said in the statement.

Opinion polling shows that British voters backed the principle of asylum even before the current crisis — in a May poll by YouGov supporters outnumbered opponents by a margin of two to one.

But Cuomo's favorable rating remains well underwater in the district, where only 37 percent of voters polled hold a favorable opinion him, while 61 percent hold an unfavorable view.

Commenting on the TUC opinion poll * showing that two thirds of voters thought paying teachers less in lower - pay areas would make it harder for schools to recruit and retain good quality teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said:

Pasok is in turmoil as its 43 % at the 2009 elections has now dropped to around 11 % in the opinion polls, with voters blaming the Papandreou - led government for its handling of the deep crisis even more than they blame New Democracy which was in power and increased the deficit substantially from 2004 - 2009.

Lastly, according to a joint Wall Street Journal - NBC opinion poll, American voters overwhelming oppose free trade deals.

President Trump, who's never been very popular in New York, has reached an all - time low in the opinions of voters, according to a new poll.

The latest poll shows 26 percent of Suffolk voters have an unfavorable opinion of Bellone, and 27 percent have no opinion.

According to a November Siena College poll, just 31 percent of likely New York voters had a favorable opinion of the president.

The poll found that 44 percent of Nassau voters had an unfavorable opinion of Mangano, a Bethpage Republican, while 42 percent had a favorable opinion and 14 percent had no opinion.

PollVault's user - friendly design allows voters to crowd - source ballot advice, or crowd - poll, seeing the ballot opinions of organizations and people they trust.

Having worked for a polling guru in the past, I read Andrew Hawkins» article with great interest, especially the part where he mentions two Muslim BNP voters (TP Opinion, April).

We will have to wait to find out what Scotland chooses: at the moment, the opinion polls suggest that although there is support for further powers for the Scottish Parliament, creating a new state is something only about one 3rd the Scottish voters actually want.

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.

A recent opinion poll also revealed that voters do not trust Nick Clegg.

Retired Brig. Gen. Don Bacon led incumbent Democratic Rep. Brad Ashford 48 to 44 percent among registered voters in a North Star Opinion Research poll, shared first with Roll Call.

Recent polls have shown that most Republican voters do not know enough about any of the three candidates to form an opinion, with many saying they have not decided whom to support.

For a variety of reasons (including the impact of high levels of undecided voters in a specific poll), the actual result of an election contest may vary from the figures suggested by an opinion poll, even if the poll is carried out relatively close to election day, or on election day itself as in the case of exit polls, but the likelihood of such variation is not something that can be factored into this model.

Voters» fears were exacerbated by the false impression in opinion polls that the election was a neck - and - neck race between Labour and the Tories.

TUC Opinion Poll on Regional Pay Commenting on the TUC opinion poll * showing that two thirds of voters thought paying teachers less in lower - pay areas would make it harder for schools to recruit and retain good quality teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «Only Michael Gove has expressed any support for local pay in teOpinion Poll on Regional Pay Commenting on the TUC opinion poll * showing that two thirds of voters thought paying teachers less in lower - pay areas would make it harder for schools to recruit and retain good quality teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «Only Michael Gove has expressed any support for local pay in teachPoll on Regional Pay Commenting on the TUC opinion poll * showing that two thirds of voters thought paying teachers less in lower - pay areas would make it harder for schools to recruit and retain good quality teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «Only Michael Gove has expressed any support for local pay in teopinion poll * showing that two thirds of voters thought paying teachers less in lower - pay areas would make it harder for schools to recruit and retain good quality teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «Only Michael Gove has expressed any support for local pay in teachpoll * showing that two thirds of voters thought paying teachers less in lower - pay areas would make it harder for schools to recruit and retain good quality teachers, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers» union, said: «Only Michael Gove has expressed any support for local pay in teaching.

Sixty - nine percent of voters polled say they haven't heard enough about him to form an opinion yet.

And the poll found that while voters hold a 17 % to 10.7 % favorable - to - unfavorable opinion of Schneiderman, the bulk of the electorate either doesn't know him or have no opinion of him.

Opinion polls suggest that David Cameron's lead will grow as soon as he succeeds Tony Blair, his Budget flopped with voters, his nose excavation habits have become a pick of YouTube (thanks to Guido) and his former Cabinet colleague Charles Clarke is desperately organising a leadership challenge to him.

An opinion poll suggests Welsh voters prefer Jeremy Corbyn to Owen Smith.

The poll found two - thirds of voters don't know enough about the GOP candidate to even form an opinion of him.

President Donald Trump, who's never been very popular in New York, has reached an all - time low in the opinions of voters, according to a new poll.