Sentences with phrase «voters polled per»

I have my doubts about the reliability of marginal seat polls since the average number of voters polled per constituency is only about 10.

Not exact matches

As California puts the finishing touches on a $ 15 - per - hour minimum wage by 2022, Morning Consult's policy polling shows that voters nationwide think that's a pretty good idea.

Although the new Conservatives are stuck in the low - to mid-20 per cent range in national polls, voter discontent and the prospect of a Liberal minority government have made Harper a force to be taken seriously.

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.

That's an improvement from a historic low in the last provincial election in 2011, when 48.2 per cent of eligible voters went to the polls.

Many of the first - time NDP voters who wanted desperately to end four decades of Tory rule last time have skedaddled; in one recent poll, 40 per cent of admitted NDP voters agreed Notley's government «is out of touch with what Albertans want.»

The public seems to sense that, because in the 1974 elections only 38 per cent of eligible voters bothered to go to the polls and only 14 per cent were able to name the two candidates running for Congress in their district.

Polls in the province show 80 per cent of voters in favour of legalized midwifery, and legalization of the practice in Ontario has turned up the heat to the point where Quebec Health Minister Marc - Yvan Cote warned doctors that if they continue with their obstructionist tactics, he will skip pilot projects and go directly to legalization.

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.

For example, polling for IPPR showed that a striking 63 per cent of «DE» individuals think that it serves their interests badly, while «AB» voters are evenly split.

In a 2012 YouGov poll for Prospect magazine, 94 per cent of Tory voters and six in ten (59 per cent) of Labour voters agreed that «the government pays out too much in benefits; welfare levels overall should be reduced».

In that same month, our poll for the Independent on Sunday found that, while 39 per cent of voters agreed that «The NHS would be safer under Labour than the Conservatives», 47 per cent disagreed.

Scottish first time voters in this poll appear to be considerably more politically engaged: 62 per cent of respondents aged 17 - 21 in Scotland said they would definitely vote, just ahead of the British average across all age groups.

A ComRes poll for the Independent conducted last weekend found 58 per cent of voters saying the government's economic plan has failed, and so it will be time for a change of government in 2015.

A YouGov poll commissioned by the SNP found more than two - thirds of voters do not trust the Tories while only 16 per cent of voters trust them to represent their voice in Holyrood.

In a poll of British voters taken in May, 60 per cent said they expected the coalition government would be effective in its efforts to reduce the deficit.

Large majorities think many public sector workers should be given pay rises above one per cent, and most Labour voters think their party should support strike action if pay demands are not met, according to my latest poll.

Polling by YouGov for the study found that only one in three (32 per cent) of southern voters were clear about what Labour stood for today.

The poll showed 16 per cent of voters intend to back minor parties, such as Ukip, the Greens, the BNP and the Scottish and Welsh nationalists.

The bill itself may also prove to be a true test of how in control the prime minister is of his own party given the level of opposition among backbench MPs and his weakened position in the latest ICM poll, published yesterday, in which 63 per cent of voters said Labour would be better off with a new leader.

• We have reduced the number of voters per polling station to cut down on queues on Election Day.

5.30 pm LeftWatch: «One of the underlying statistics in today's Sun poll left me absolutely gobsmacked: a massive 71 per cent of voters claim it isn't clear what [Miliband] stands for - up ten per cent from last year.

A YouGov poll yesterday found ten per cent of voters would be more likely to vote Labour in the next general election if Mr Hain were deputy prime minister.

However today's poll showed that 54 per cent of voters would prefer not to put money into a new generation of Trident warheads.

The poll found Kendall was the favourite among younger voters, with a healthy 43 per cent saying she was best placed to win in 2020.

The results support an ICM poll for the Guardian on Tuesday, which revealed that just 22 per cent of voters believed Israel had acted proportionately to the kidnapping of two of its soldiers during an invasion by Hizbullah, which started the conflict.

One YouGov poll on the eve of conference found a pitiful six per cent of voters still willing to back the party.

This poll predicted increased turnout, with 67 per cent of voters expected to take part, up three points.

The polling, conducted by Lord Ashcroft, the former Tory deputy chairman, and revealed exclusively by The Sunday Telegraph, also shows that 44 per cent of Lib Dem voters in May say their view of the party has «got worse.»

A YouGov poll in today's Sunday Times found that 62 per cent of voters believe Brown should have accepted defeat on Friday with just 28 per cent saying he was right to hang on, writes Channel 4 News.

A YouGov poll in the Sunday Times found that 62 per cent of voters believe Brown should have accepted defeat on Friday with just 28 per cent saying he was right to hang on.

Yakubu also said that the commission could not hold the continuous voter registration at the polling unit levels because it would cost N1.2 bn per day, the total amount approved for the entire exercise.

The poll of 1,800 Tory members and supporters by the ConservativeHome website on the eve of the party's conference shows that 64 per cent want to see bold policies to give voters a clear idea of how the Tories would fix Britain.

Tim Montgomerie said that the fact that the poll showed the Conservatives with a 2 per cent lead on the economy — «the number one issue for voters» — was «a building block for winning in the seats we need to win».

And apart from the narrowing of the polls, there was some bad news for the Tory leader, as 62 per cent of voters described him as a lightweight politician, compared to 57 per cent a year ago.

Seven per cent of voters say they still intend to vote for the party, broadly in line with other polls over the past month.

A Populus opinion poll published in The Times newspaper yesterday added further woe for Mr Brown, suggesting that 55 per cent of Labour voters thought the chances of success in the next election would improve if the prime minister stepped down.

Yesterday's ComRes poll put the party on just eight per cent support, while a YouGov poll for the Sun this morning found only 11 % of voters thought Clegg was «open and honest» about the affair, while 52 % thought he was not.

Do the math, and it turns out that out of the whopping $ 145 that Bloomberg spent to pull each of his voters into the polls on Tuesday, just about $ 3.75 per voter went to buying Google ads and other online advertising.

However, an Essential poll found that only 17 per cent of Liberal voters were concerned about this, compared with 67 per cent of Labor voters.

At this early stage, David Miliband is favourite to win the leadership election with two polls yesterday suggesting he had the support of 32 per cent of voters - that's far more than any of his potential rivals.

Some 40 per cent of voters believe Mr Corbyn offers a positive difference from other politicians while 37 per cent think he is being treated unfairly by the media, the polling found.

Stephan Shakespeare wrote recently on this site about a YouGov poll on Boris, which found that «30 per cent of the intending voters in this sample said they would vote Conservative with Cameron in charge, and 36 per cent said they would vote Conservative with Johnson».

It is also a key part of making progress in Scotland — a November 2014 Survation poll found 27 per cent of SNP voters would be more likely to vote Labour if we committed to publicly owned Scottish rail services.

Polls consistently show voters want change on rail policy — a November 2013 YouGov poll for example found 73 per cent of UKIP voters back publicly - owned rail.

Mrs May is the favourite with Tory voters, a YouGov poll for The Times last night showed - 31 per cent back her compared to 23 per cent for Boris.

Maximum of 500 voters per polling unit, how does having more polling units translate to more votes.

10.45 pm: A BPIX poll for the Mail on Sunday: «When voters are asked who they would vote for in an emergency General Election on the economy, Mr Cameron scores 45 per cent, with Labour only six points behind on 39.

On 30 October, an IPSOS / Mori poll conducted for STV indicated that the SNP had much greater support among Scottish voters than Labour, putting the SNP at 52 per cent, compared to 23 per cent for Labour.

A ComRes poll for The Independent today finds 55 per cent of voters favour public spending cuts to reduce Britain's debts, against 38 per cent who want taxes to be increased.