Sentences with phrase «voters polled called»

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The so - called kids» table is for the lower polling candidates, those with support from less than 3 percent of likely Republican voters.

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 real estate mogul has cannily understood that despite polling that indicates most Americans see free trade as more of an opportunity than a threat, a large and motivated minority of voters have been yearning for a politician to call into question whether the trade deals we have on the books are good for American workers.

Italian elections are due to take place during the first half of 2018, and have the potential to deliver another political upset, although recently there have been signs that populist parties — most notably the Five Star Movement, which according to polls enjoys similar levels of support among Italian voters as the ruling Democratic Party — are toning down their calls for a referendum on Italy's membership of the eurozone.

The answer is closer to the latter: Exit polls say 26 percent of American voters called themselves evangelical or born - again Christians, and of these, 74 percent voted for McCain, with 25 percent voting for Obama.

This poll was conducted Aug. 3 - 8 with calls to 501 likely NY - 9 voters drawn from 1,002 registered voter households.

«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.

Calls by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for a new electoral roll and validation of voters prior to the November 7 elections are a diversion by the party to aid it rig the poll, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress has said.

Dems are counting on these phone calls and door - knocks to get their voters to the polls...

Ed Miliband's campaign launch in Salford today contains a bold ambition: a call on his party's supporters to double the number of conversations they hold with voters in the run - up to polling day on May 7th.

While the governor has announced plans in support of public financing and empowering district attorneys during these situations, others are calling for term limits and according to a recent Siena poll, 82 percent of registered New York voters agree.

Cuomo Ignores Calls for Debates A recent poll conducted by Siena College shows that although a large majority of New York voters believe Governor Andrew Cuomo's handling of the Moreland Commission was inappropriate, they still view him favorably and would vote to re-elect him.

Labor polling firm Fieldworks Market Research admitted to the Telegraph reporter that the script used when calling voters branded Tate a «Labor» candidate, but said the script was provided by the Labor Party.

By Tuesday evening, Schneiderman's voter hotline received over 560 calls and 140 emails citing problems at the polls.

The mayor called on the state Legislature to pass broad voting and election reforms, including same - day voter registration, early voting, «no excuse» absentee voting, electronic poll books, consolidation of primary elections, reformatting ballots to make them more user - friendly, and pre-registration of 16 - and 17 - year - olds.

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.

That set the stage for the presidential primary in April, the congressional primary in June, and voters called back to the polls yet again for the state primary in September.

The Attorney General Eric Schneiderman urges voters experiencing problems or issues at the polls to call the office's hotline at 800.771.7755 or email [email protected] at any time today between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m..

The polling, shared first with CQ Roll Call, found that in six districts held by Republicans, voters would be less likely to support the GOP incumbent if they opposed the Equality Act.

The Siena poll was conducted February 28 - March 3 by telephone calls conducted in English to 800 New York registered voters, including 368 Democrats and 229 Republicans.

The Liberty poll of 932 likely Republican primary voters in the 22nd District was conducted Tuesday and Wednesday by landline interviews via automated phone calls.

Predictably, Democrats sprang into defense mode, with a call to supporters on the day before voters go to the polls in HD 72.

As the following graph of opinion poll trends during the 2010 campaign shows, so - called «Cleggmania» peaked immediately after the first debate, when he did most to introduce himself to most voters: his poll ratings, and his party's, surged, while both the Conservatives and Labour fell.

Voters can find their designated polling places at the city Board of Elections website, and report any problems to poll workers there or by calling their borough offices.

The Washington, D.C. - based group says they received almost 700 calls about voter issues today, including calls about a polling site that opened two hours late because the poll workers» keys to access voting materials did not work.

Besides calling the hotline to learn if they had contested primaries in their jurisdiction, voters also called to complain that their names could not be found in the poll books.

The DCCC said the poll was a live call survey taken between March 8 and March 12 of 500 NY - 22 likely November 2018 voters.

The speaker called for the wage hike in a legislative election year and polls show that the proposal has broad support among New York voters, with more than 80 percent backing it.

The commissioner even called for a law obligating voters to show photo identification at the polls — a measure Republicans have fought to push through in numerous states.

He said a poll today showing millions of Labour voters would rather have Theresa May as Prime Minister than Mr Corbyn should be a «wake up call» for the party.

ALBANY — In the state both major party presidential candidates call home, Democrat Hillary Clinton continues to have a commanding lead over Republican Donald Trump, topping him 54 - 30 in a Siena College Research Institute poll of New York's likely voters released Wednesday.

Cuomo is feeling the heat — voters have received polling calls, believed to be from his campaign, asking whether voters blame him for the crisis.

The Conservatives are using an updated form of Labour's Excalibur machine which they used to get to power in 1997 — this one called Merlin — but now combining the targeting of Excalibur with extensive polling of groups as large as 10,000 enabling the party to rapidly produce pieces of literature to snare wavering groups of voters.

If Mr Cameron can't turn that round, and if the general election results are exactly in line with our poll, then the Tory leader would unquestionably become prime minister, but he may need to call an early second election to seek a clearer mandate from Britain's voters.

But the state's moment in the political spotlight was marred by a sometimes chaotic primary day full of reports across the city of voters missing from the registration rolls and polls opening late, prompting both the mayor and the city comptroller to call for an investigation of the Board of Elections.

The Washington, D.C. - based group said they received nearly 700 calls about voter issues Tuesday, including calls about a polling site that opened two hours late because the poll workers» keys to access voting materials did not work.

The new poll — based on surveys last week of 810 registered voters — found about half of New Yorkers support Governor Andrew Cuomo's call for greater disclosure requirements to be inserted into the state's $ 141.6 billion budget.

New York state voters strongly support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call to raise the minimum wage to $ 15, according to a poll released Thursday.

In May 2015, with polls pointing to a hung Parliament in the run up to the 2015 general election, the Bow Group chairman, Ben Harris - Quinney, called on voters in marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not win.

In Georgia, Dem Senate candidate Michelle Nunn has called for fixes to the law while also saying the state should expand Medicaid, which 57 percent of Georgia voters support, according to a recent poll.

A week before voters head to the polls, the challengers in the mayoral race are calling for Mayor Bill de Blasio to be investigated, seizing on court testimony from one of his top political donors and saying it demonstrates a pay - to - play scheme at City Hall.

The poll findings came as dozens of Labour councillors called on the party to give voters the chance to change their minds on Brexit.

A recent poll shows that voters statewide show broad support for holding a constitutional convention, though they have yet to hear interest groups» loud calls for and against holding one.

The Siena College Poll was conducted from March 19 to Thursday by telephone calls to 791 registered voters in New York State.

In a race seen as too close to call, San Diego voters went to the polls on Tuesday to choose one of two city councilmen to succeed former Mayor Bob Filner, who resigned last summer amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

When we received a call from a voter about 45 minutes into the voting day that the location was not handing out ballots, we had an employee on the road that was there in about 5 minutes and then opened up the polling booth,» said Mohr.

The prospect of an election is what has triggered the action against Corbyn and comes as a leaked poll commissioned by the party revealed that over one in four (27 %) of Labour voters was less likely to vote for the party following the referendum campaign in which 214 Labour MPs called on people to vote to remain in the EU.

Down by 22 initially, hapless Heaney sank to 30 while calling the Siena poll, released «literally a day before the primary,» «irresponsible and a grave disservice to the voters.»

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says his office alone received over 1,000 calls Tuesday from panicked voters having trouble at the polls.

Coll called Nassau police and district attorney Tuesday after he said he found «sample ballots» on his polling place's registration tables, directing voters to cast their ballots for Ferretti.