Sentences with phrase «what public polling»

With the election four weeks away, New York's Republican chairman Ed Cox says things are looking good for his party, no matter what public polls say.

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«Understanding who you are polling, understanding what the map looks like, what the electorate looks like is so important, and that's why so much of the public polling was off,» he continued.

Some politicians find polling to be a little old fashioned, so they're using big data to see what the public thinks about them.

The public isn't allowed to know what is specified in the full text of the TPP, which means that public knowledge of the agreement is limited — and according to one poll, most Canadians aren't even aware the agreement exists, despite the fact that one of the many rounds of negotiations was held in Canada -LSB-...]

The public isn't allowed to know what is specified in the full text of the TPP, which means that public knowledge of the agreement is limited — and according to one poll, most Canadians aren't even aware the agreement exists, despite the fact that one of the many rounds of negotiations was held in Canada during an unpublicized Ottawa meeting from July 3 to 12, 2014.

Given that level of incentivization, and its short - and long - term impact on tax revenues and the local tax burden, the Elon Poll explored what residents in these locations in contention think about public financial support for the project.

This shows nothing more than ignorance of the bible and it's message for mankind maybe the President would do well to get alongside himself men of true faith Godly men who don't aspire for public office, who do nt name universities after themselves, who will tell him what Gods wants of him and not what the opinion polls want.

Representatives may defend and promote the science they believe is truth despite public opinion polls and fact checkers, but they often don't know what the science teaches for the simple reason that they are not scientists.

This kind of polling results in a circular process: politicians look to polls to find out «what the public thinks,» then modify their image and views to conform, while citizens eagerly consult the polls to find out what they themselves are thinking and which candidate most closely resembles the results of the polls.

In the nightly news, respondents to public opinion polls describe him as a «can do fellow,» «a take charge kind of a guy,» «admirable for his ability to cut through red tape,» «a true patriot» who was «doing what he was paid to do.»

Astorino's campaign, struggling to gain any semblance of traction in public polls, has resorted to what amounts to throwing spaghetti against a wall to see what sticks, releasing mostly online - only videos critical of Cuomo's handling of the economy and suggesting — without any context — that he could be in jail one day.

«I remember a number of issues in the past where there was strong public support — the death penalty — the speaker opposed it... It's not about governing from the polls, it's about doing what you think is the correct thing to do.»

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 stark contrast for the governor and mayor in the poll comes after de Blasio went public in July with his frustrations with Cuomo and what he said was an inclination toward aiding Senate Republicans in Albany at the expense of what was needed in the city.

Lee Miringoff (Director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion), Barbara Carvalho (Director of The Marist Poll) and Jay DeDapper (Director of Innovation at The Marist Poll) dig deep to give you a look at the inner workings of polls and what they tell us about our world, our country, and ourselves.

The latest ComRes / Independent poll confirms that the gap in support between the main parties has narrowed in recent weeks, with the public deeply confused about what passes for David Cameron's economic policy.

Cameron claims it has «overwhelming public support» which is not what any of the polls I've seen have shown.

Today's poll is not a forecast of what will happen on election day, but it is a snapshot of Welsh public opinion.

She's doing very well in the polls... the public approve of what she's doing.»

We asked comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer what he thinks about the recent wide swings in public polls on the race.

There is a Populus poll in The Times tomorrow which does not appear to cover voting intention, but rather asks the public what they expect they outcome of the next election to be.

Giles Dilnot took part in the most unscientific of polls - the Daily Politics mood box with coloured balls - to see what the public in the Kent towns of Gravesend and Chatham made of the change.

Question topics included what he'll say to Rob Astorino if he bumps into him locally, what he has to say to the anti-fracking protestors, what was most surprising in the campaign, whether he'll be disappointed if he wins by 10 points rather the 20 points that public polls predict, for whom and on what line he and Lee voted, what he'll do to affect the state senate leadership should there not be any single majority conference, what he'll do in a second term concerning state mandates to local governments and what effect Republican control of the United States Senate will have on New York and his administration in a second term.

Among the question topics were his plans for the remainder of election day, what was most surprising in his campaign, public polls showing him substantially behind, whether his family is happy that the campaign is over and what he thinks voters care about most.

What polling there has been since the expenses scandal broke confirms an apparently strong public appetite for change.

The upshot, therefore, is that we must avoid looking at poll data showing high percentages of public support and mistake it for an indication of what the electorate wants government to actually do.

Yesterday's admission from Leave.EU donor Aaron Banks that he had conducted polling on the public impact of Jo Cox's death confirmed what we already suspected: that many Brexiters feel the event will push the EU referendum towards Remain.

If you want precision in predictions, don't ask public polls to go beyond what they can reasonably do.

Adam Fleming reports on what the party, public and pollsters reckon about the Eurosceptics» chances at these polls and next year's general election.

«At a gathering of Tory Cabinet Ministers on Monday, the Prime Minister's political secretary Stephen Gilbert presented polling evidence to them which showed that when asked what the Coalition was doing, the public thought only of the cuts.»

«That the Parliament looks critically at the results of a new poll on support for nuclear weapons in Scotland commissioned by Lord Ashcroft; believes that the result stating that 51 % of Scots want the Trident nuclear deterrent to be replaced is misguidedly being used to suggest that a majority of Scots support keeping nuclear weapons in Scotland; understands that the results of this poll were intended to challenge the findings of a recent poll commissioned by the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament that showed a decisive 75 % majority of the Scottish public is against both the cost and the reasoning behind the UK Government's intention to keep all of its nuclear weapons stationed in Scotland; understands that, while Lord Ashcroft conducted the poll to supposedly show that «more than half of Scots are in favour of nuclear weapons», the poll showed that only 37 % of Scots believe so in principle, compared with 48 % who do not; questions the integrity of a poll that, it understands, was privately paid for by a wealthy Tory backer; considers that Lord Ashcroft is spinning the results, and believes that he should stop doing so and accept what it considers the fact proven time and again that Scots want rid of nuclear weapons.»

Here's what the main public broadcaster in Germany has from their polling about voter changes from 2013 to 2017.

Andrew Hawkins of ComRes reveals a new poll, exclusively for Total Politics, which shows that 50 % of the public believe the party has «almost no influence over government policy» · Interview with shadow energy Caroline Flint who says: «I'm ambitious to be seen as someone who has made, and can make, a mega-contribution, but too often politicians focus on that big job and not on with what they need to do.

«During the run off primary in 2009 for comptroller and public advocate, he was very involved in figuring out polling operations, what tactically made sense,» said a Brooklyn Democratic operative.

Lee Miringoff (Director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion), Barbara Carvalho (Director of the Marist Poll) and Jay DeDapper (Director of Innovation at The Marist Poll) dig deep to give you a look at the inner workings of polls and what they tell us about our world, our country, and ourselves.

Well, many of us silly pollsters thought the Tories would end ahead of Labour too: questions on leadership and the economy favoured them, we expected the polls to move towards the Tories... but the data just kept on showing the parties neck - and - neck, and ultimately a pollster's job is to measure the answers the public give us, not report what we think they should say.

MORI's poll in this morning's Sun was actually conducted on Wednesday, so the question of which of the remaining candidates the public would have preferred to see as leader is already out of date (for what it's worth, the figures were Cameron 33 %, Davis 13 %, Fox 11 %).

Maybe the poll - going public does understand what's going on here.

As the dust settles after Cameron's EU veto, our latest poll shows what it means for public opinion (Comments: 0)

A recent poll found that 97 percent of the public wants something done about corruption in state government, though they disagree on exactly what is needed.

The press release by Public Policy Polling did not mention whether pollsters sought matchup data on the five other Democrats in the race or, if they did, what the results were.

But polls show that overhauling Medicare is unpopular with the public, and even while the overall budget plan has wide GOP support in the House, Senate Republicans are still discussing what to do with it as a vote looms this week.

Labour should be careful what they wish for; national polls consistently show that we are the party the public trusts on economic competence and to run our public services.

Cameron doesn't need to study the fine print of this poll to know what he needs to do to boost his support among members and the public when he attends the next EU summit.

In what has become known as the Mike Smithson rule, when Cameron is in the public eye, the Tory polling figures go up.

Education Next's Paul E. Peterson and Martin R. West take a close look at the phrasing of questions in both polls on the opt - out movement, Common Core, charter schools, and vouchers to better understand what the public really thinks.

The PDK / Gallup poll released last week shows 54 percent of Americans — a majority now — agree that «standardized tests are not helpful» in letting teachers know what to teach, a figure that jumps to an alarming 68 percent when you count only public school parents.

For a look at what the public thinks about testing and accountability and opting out and more, please read «The 2015 EdNext Poll on School Reform ``

For more about two 2014 polls and what they suggested about shifts in public awareness and opinion, read A Tale of Two Polls, frompolls and what they suggested about shifts in public awareness and opinion, read A Tale of Two Polls, fromPolls, from NPR.

The 2017 EdNext Poll found that the public's views on teacher pay sometimes changed when respondents were given accurate information about what teachers are currently paid.