Sentences with phrase «voters polled want»

The overwhelming majority of Florida voters polled want stricter gun laws.

Not exact matches

The poll also said 49 percent of voters believe Democrats should win control of the Senate, compared with 39 percent who want the GOP to maintain a majority.

A new poll released by the American Lung Association found that nearly 70 percent of voters want the EPA to leave the current standards in place.

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 likely voters have spoken through the polls: They want anyone but Romney.

If you want to know why Republican poll respondents seem willing to make fools of themselves by supporting Trump, you should look at how the Republican party's establishment candidates have tried to make fools of Republican voters.

The poll also answers other burning questions of our time, such as which golfer his peers would want on his back in a bar fight (hint: it's not Bubba Watson), who has the «prettiest swing» on tour («Not the Americans, that's for sure,» noted one LPGA voter), whether the PGA Tour should ditch Doral because of Donald Trump's controversial positions (nope), and whether LPGA players believe Michelle Wie will win another major (not so much).

From Public Policy Polling: Trump Lead Grows Nationally; 41 % of His Voters Want to Bomb Country From Aladdin; Clinton Maintains Big Lead

Senate Democrats, meanwhile, are seizing on a Siena College poll released Tuesday morning that found a broad majority of voters want ethics reform and anti-corruption measures approved this year.

The poll found that 36 percent of state voters want the current governor to run for president, while 39 percent say he shouldn't run.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- A majority of New York voters do not want disgraced former Governor Eliot Spitzer to run for statewide office this year, but many say that they would support a run in the future, a poll said on Wednesday.

A new poll has Republican Carl Paladino within striking distance of Democrat Andrew Cuomo as voters say they want to elect someone who will stop the circus in Albany.

If this week is any indication, expect a late - December blizzard of studies, reports and surveys predicting doomsday scenarios for New York's schools, cities and other government entities if a tax cap goes through — despite a poll saying that voters clearly want the mechanism.

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.

Considering recent YouGov polling for class showed the public actually backed nationalisation of energy companies by 68 % to 21 % (including a slim majority of Conservative voters), Miliband's «reform» is clearly what the public wants.

The most compelling evidence that the Lib Dem surge was largely spent by polling day was when we asked voters, on 4 and 5 May, who they most wanted to see as prime minister on 7 May.

New York state voters want bigger public investments in the MTA, the same poll found, an issue set to play a role in coming elections.

According to a June 17th poll by the Siena Research Institute, a plurality of New Yorkers — 44 percent — wanted the state legislature to address corruption as a number one priority before the end of the session, including voters across every region, party and demographic group.

It's just about the only thing that totally unites Remain and Leave voters — our poll found identical responses (79 % for, 5 % against) among those who want Brexit and those who want to stay in the EU.

Despite the Senate contretemps this spring, most voters say they want the coalition to continue, the Siena poll found, with just 22 percent backing full Democratic control.

The Tory leader was keen to downplay the idea that polls suggest the country wants a «Cleggified Cameron», saying voters might well end up with a Lib Dem - Labour coalition instead.

In some polls, as many as half of voters want to deny unfettered power to any single party.

The new Marist Poll (WSJ / NBC) shows that voters overwhelmingly (78 %) want all the candidates on the ballot included in debates.

Poll after poll suggests that voters — particularly independents — want President Obama and House Republicans to work togetPoll after poll suggests that voters — particularly independents — want President Obama and House Republicans to work togetpoll suggests that voters — particularly independents — want President Obama and House Republicans to work together.

Firstly, the latest YouGov poll shows 54 % of Labour voters do not want Corbyn to resign compared to 35 % who do.

As polls show President Barack Obama inching his way to a solid lead, McCarthy believes voters still want to see Romney's debate performances before they make their final decision on Election Day.

The BOE needs to change the attitude of its poll workers so when voters ask to use the Ballot Marking Device (BMD) they are not confronted with a response «you don't really want to use that, do you?»

The petitioners also referenced an article that had Mr. Amidu urging voters to vote against the NDC's presidential candidate, John Mahama in the 2016 polls if they wanted the State to recoup its money as part of the controversial GHc 51 million judgment debt.

A Siena Research Institute poll in May found 77 percent of voters wanted all state employees, including legislators, to be stripped of their public pensions when convicted of crimes related to their public jobs.

A recent Quinnipiac poll found that 56 percent of New York voters want to be able to rent rooms in their homes to strangers.

The poll also shows more than two - thirds of voters want spending to be cut, double the proportion who believe the government should increase expenditure.

Babinec has pledged to caucus with House Republicans if elected and a majority of the voters polled in the district want the GOP to retain control of the House of Representatives.

A majority of NYC voters support a ballot measure to allow as many as seven casinos in the state, according to a New York Times / Siena College poll, even though they don't want any of those in the five boroughs and probably won't travel upstate to visit those that are built.

However, the poll found education — typically one the top issues for voters in New York — has been replaced by taxes as the issue voters want to see Cuomo tackle in the new year.

«They even want to try and rig the election at the polling booths, where so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is all too common.»

The poll found 47 percent of voters believe Cuomo's spending proposal is right on, while 27 percent want to see the state more, 23 percent want to see less spending.

A new Rasmussen poll found that 58 percent of likely U.S. voters don't want to see Clinton run for NYC mayor.

While most New York House Democrats voted against the recently - passed law, the Siena poll shows a strong majority — 61 percent — of voters in NY - 9 said they would have wanted their representative to vote for the bill.

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.

Though four out of five voters have heard of Jeanine Pirro's myriad extra-curricular problems, only half want to make the personal political, according to a Siena Research Institute poll released today.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Chandra M. Hayslett, Communications Director [email protected] 212-257-4350 New Yorkers Overwhelmingly Want Deal on New Teacher Evaluation System New Poll Shows Robust and Resilient Support; No Excuse Seen for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt ReseaPoll Shows Robust and Resilient Support; No Excuse Seen for Losing $ 300 million New York (Nov. 29, 2012)-- A new teacher evaluation system that would ensure that New York City received $ 300 million in additional State education funding enjoys overwhelming support among City voters in general and parents in particular, according to a new poll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Reseapoll released today by StudentsFirstNY, the education reform advocacy group, and conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research.

Our findings suggest that as many as 500,000 voters did not register because they wanted to avoid paying poll tax.

But a Quinnipiac University poll from February suggested otherwise, with two - thirds of voters saying they wanted Trump to release his returns.

«About half of New York City voters don't want four more years of Mayor Bill de Blasio, but it's the old political story: You can't beat somebody with nobody,» Quinnipiac University Poll Assistant Director Maurice Carroll said in a statement.

Perhaps before the voters go to the polls Mr Livingstone might consider announcing that he does not want the first or second preference votes of people who support terrorism.

But polls show an increasing number of voters want the popular Cuomo to announce sooner rather than later — the flip side of surveys showing lame - duck Gov. Paterson and the Legislature with historically low approval ratings.

Siena reports that 26 percent of voters said they prefer the governor's program while 51 percent, the highest number recorded in polling so far, support legalizing medical marijuana and 21 percent want to keep it illegal.

A majority of voters want to see changes to the nation's tax code, a Republican - backed advocacy found in a poll it's releasing on Tuesday.

Just over half of voters polled in the district, 51 percent, want to see Republicans retain control of the House of Representatives.

A publicly run NHS is popular with voters of all hues - 84 % of all voters, and 77 % of Tory voters, want the NHS run by the public sector, and only 7 % (13 % of Tory voters) want it run by the private sector, according to a recent YouGov poll.