How To Use Polls In A Sentence

The scale of the economic gulf between the two parties came as two polls yesterday showed that the election remained wide open. Times, Sunday Times
Insisting he did not pay too much attention to polls, Mr Kenny pointed out that a great deal of organisational work had been done in the last nine months, which would not be visible to the public.
Or is the idea of foreign policy beyondmilitary commitmentsso far off the radar that when the polls open, everything will hinge on the pitch-and-toss of national concerns? And Now, The Choice « shattersnipe: malcontent & rainbows
Polls show that support for a change has plummeted following the royal visits. Times, Sunday Times
Opinion polls suggest the outcome is too close to call. Times, Sunday Times

The polls were kept open an extra four hours because the turnout was so high. The Sun
When the polls closed for the day at 5.30 pm university officials said nearly 5,000 people had cast their votes.
All the polls had pointed to a clean sweep for the Democrats.
That has been a principal source of the rise in the polls of the Yes campaign. Times, Sunday Times
In the marginals the battle was much closer than the national polls suggested.
The authors, both pollsters, will either win plaudits in future years or be forgotten like many hyperbolic, wrong-headed forecasters through the eons. Three books on the Tea Party, reviewed by Steven Levingston
‘All these polls indicate is that there will be a dogfight for the last seat in all key marginals and the vote will be so tight it is hard for anyone to call it,’ the Fine Gael spokesman said.
Counting will begin as soon as the polls close.
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The lesson of these polls is not that the morality and leadership factors don't count as much as people say they do.
He remains strong in the polls as Canada has suffered less from the worldwide Quebec, with 23% of the national population, its distinctive French-language ( "francophone") culture, angered the western provinces by wielding undue influence on the Federal Government and its repeated threats to national unity. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
It's approaching the top of the hour and the polls will be closing in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. None of the news organizations did what we call the exit polling in Washington, D.C. As a result, we're not going to be able to project a winner based on anything other than guesswork right now. CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2008
Even in the United States, where the private media are almost invariably subservient to corporate interests, journalists generally do not cite polls by pollsters who have publicly partisan connections.
According to numerous opinion polls, they solidly oppose the kinds of discrimination that Cardinal Ratzinger condoned.
Senators like Joe Lieberman who pigheadedly push a war that polls have shown for years that the majority of Americans oppose. Politics 101: Don't Reinforce Your Opponents' Lies
Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president.
The most recent polls predict a tight three-way race.
He leaves office with near-record-high approval ratings despite widespread abhorrence at his personal behavior, pollsters say.
He was warned hours before voters went to the polls about the impending doom. The Sun
Today he backed away from that statement, saying he was misinformed by exit polls.
While most pollsters say they would contact clients whose analyses didn't tally with the numbers, few ever do.
Polls and complaints to the BBC about coverage before the event showed an unexcited nation, he said, adding: The public holiday blows a hole in the idea that the wedding will be an economic boost for Britain. Royal wedding prompts surge in foreign holiday bookings
These polls have caused some jitters. Times, Sunday Times
The latest opinion polls are predicting a very close contest.
Every year, no matter who wins at the polls, the government grows larger and more fascistic.
Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark.
Austrian voters went to the polls this weekend to elect a successor to the President.
Opinion polls put his likely score at 12%, which makes him the ‘third man’ - the candidate who could end up acting as a power broker between the two heavyweights.
The opinion polls show a significant fall in her popularity.
Use the "filter" tool on our interactive chart to remove the two recent partisan polls, and the Kirk margin narrows to roughly 1 point (40.5% to 39.6%). Dueling Partisan Polls Confirm A Toss-Up In Illinois Senate Race
When the polls close, the election precinct workers record the tallies from each of the machines.
The exit polls, other postelection surveys and an array of combatants from both sides are full of gobbets of tasty fare.
But according to the insta-polls, the electorate, as opposed to what I once called the expectorate, seems to have concluded fairly clearly that Biden "won," possibly because what the electorate was expecting was a debate between two candidates for Vice-President, not the raw materials for some arcane calculation of who exceeded whose expectations. The Richmond Democrat
For Dodd to be struggling this badly in the polls is a very, very bad sign. Connecticut Dem says time for Dodd to go
Strikingly, Podhorzer said that his union's internal polls -- which push voters hard on the question of whether people are really firmly committed to their pick -- show that as many as "15 to 20 percent" of battleground state voters remain "persuadable," as he put it, despite what public polls say about the level of undecided voters. Top Obama Labor Supporter Warns Race Remains Volatile, Says Voters Lack Clear Sense Of Obama
He was riding high in the public opinion polls.
Exit polls suggest a big Labour majority, but the true picture will only be known after the count.
Opinion polls show that no more than 30% of people trust the government.
As Fine Gael flatlined in the opinion polls, Bruton was ditched as party leader in favour of Michael Noonan.
That said, his maverick tendencies are becoming almost a trademark of the man, and I'd wager a punt or two that he'll be courting controversy again before we next go to the polls.
In fact, such was the party's level of preparedness, it was ready to go to the polls as early as January.
In lieu of using polls to determine a candidate's strength among the voters, prudent observers will watch how the campaign teams shuffle their money.
The country goes to the polls on May 7th to elect local councillors.
It is likely to be its party chairman Gennady Zyuganov, who now leads nationwide polls for president.
Outgoing Cah-lee-forn-ia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger really seizing the moment: "The San Francisco Giants defeated the Texas Rangers tonight, just like California voters are going to defeat the attempts of dirty Texas oil companies to undo our clean energy laws at the polls tomorrow Proposition 23, which would suspend the state's greenhouse gas law. HUFFPOST HILL - NOVEMBER 2ND, 2010
And if these ballots have indentations, punctures, dents on them - you know, the wind didn't make them, people came to the polls and people made those marks on those ballots.
But such polls are quantitative rather than qualitative. Times, Sunday Times
In short, a majority of Americans, according to pollsters, decidedly prefer interparty consensus to interparty conflict. Party rivalry past and present
Day after day we're treated to an over-long British news sequence covering the ‘events’ of the preceding twenty-four hours on the campaign trail, and nit-picking over the meaning of the latest polls.
In many recent elections the polls were open from 8am to 10 pm but yesterday the opening hours were 9am to 9pm.
Our pollsters also asked voters to ignore how much they liked the three party leaders and say if they understood what the men stood for. The Sun
Why did the American election polls get it wrong? Times, Sunday Times
Comparisons between polls done by competing pollsters are absolutely meaningless.
Amidst all of the mainstream media's ballyhooing of the momentum to be gained in the tight Iowa polls, The New York Times finally examined the caucuses sheer unfairness and obsoleteness. Dan Brown: You and I Don't Care Who Wins the Iowa Caucuses
He was warned hours before voters went to the polls about the impending doom. The Sun
Most polls still show the race as a tight three-way tie. Times, Sunday Times
If Americans "hungered" for a real liberal, how do you explain John McCain being within a few points in the polls? Choice Of Biden Signals Vigorous Debate With GOP On Foreign Policy, But There Are Risks
The 2010 election was the political equivalent of the perfect crime: The GOP vigorously took on all reforms designed to rebalance the economy for the long term, tying Washington up in contorted knots, then were rewarded at the polls by voters dissatisfied with an ugly D.C. culture unable to produce economic renewal. Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson: Giving the Keys Back to the Folks Who Crashed the Car
I immediately realized the exit polls were unweighed when hearing about the high number of women in the sample. Exit Polls, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
Republican Ken Buck has led Democratic Senator Michael Bennet on our trend estimate all year long, but the new polls narrow Buck's lead to roughly one percentage point (46.9% to 45.7%) and his probability of winning to just 64%, well within what we consider the "toss-up" range. New PPP Polls Favor Joe Manchin, Michael Bennet In Senate Races
Exit polls showed that 81 percent of those who voted for the president had a favorable opinion of his wife.
As if that wasn't enough Clyburn again stepped out in the media a month or so later right here on CNN, warning about his fellow representatives were grumbling to him they were worried and warned the voters in the upcoming state to think twice before they went to the polls yet Clyburn would not say what they were saying or who was stating their concerns. Public option may be dropped from final health care bill
The latest row arises from an apparent attempt by his closest aide to silence one of the pollsters.
French commentators, on the other hand, are suggesting that Sarkozy's real aim in "endorsing" Blair was to upstage the Socialist opposition before municipal polls rather than commit Paris to backing Blair for the EU job, for which he has also dubbed Juncker pictured an obvious candidate. It was never going to happen
To support his argument, he quotes opinion polls showing that people in prosperous societies are often unhappy with their lives.
This practice, along with continued ‘sugging’ and ‘frugging,’ accelerates the tend, as Democratic pollster Mark Melman observed in a 1996 interview with John Nielson broadcast on National Public Radio's ‘All Things Considered.’
Polls show super-majorities of between 60 per cent and 70 per cent support it. The Sun
If a slide in the polls is a sign of incompetence, what does it say about repubs that their numbers are hovering around 25%. Polls: Obama approval rating stands at 51 percent
Republican leaders hope this would tarnish his aura of invincibility and send him tumbling in the polls. Times, Sunday Times
The polls are beginning to reflect this reality. Times, Sunday Times
With the exit polls Tuesday showing an unprecedented gender difference of 17 points, Clinton stretched the gap into a gulf.
Cutting Social Security benefits during an employment recession might win Obama praise from the Washington Post editorial board, but it isn't going to bring people to the polls to vote for the center-left. Robert Naiman: U.S. vs. Brazil: Lula Brought Home the Bacon for the Base
Togolese Colonel Yark Damehane has accused the 'Movement citoyen pour l'alternance' or Citizens's Movement for Change to which the youths belong of inciting citizens to violence as it vows to use "any means" in order disrupt the polls nationwide. AllAfrica News: Latest
Polls suggest that, in these increasingly health-obsessed and conformist times, public opinion might also now be amenable.
A steady growth in the popularity of two smaller parties may upset the polls.
But the current onslaught of polls brought about by the media since, for example, Health Care reform has been discussed is mazingly contrived. CNN Poll: Dems becoming less popular but no gains for GOP
With the exit polls Tuesday showing an unprecedented gender difference of 17 points, Clinton stretched the gap into a gulf.
Independent monitors have asked the election commission to annul the results in districts where armed gangs shot at voters, snatched and burned ballots, and blocked access to the polls with vehicles and felled trees.
Polls consistantly put Britain up in the high 80's percentile comparedto the U. S which is about half that and near countries like Malaysia, etc. Australian Writes About Boycott of U.S. Products There
First Lady of California Maria Shriver hit the polls in Los Angeles on Tuesday decked out in dark duds, sunglasses, knee-high boots and a cross ... Maria Shriver Wears All Black, Cross Necklace To Vote (PHOTOS, POLL)
Nevertheless, polls are influential in forming public opinion and attitudes.
Eric's blind faith in polls reminds me of Fundamentalist reading of Holy Scripture. TPM Track Composite: Obama's Lead Slips, But Still Strong
According to the polls, a good majority of Australians wanted a republic.
Even Winston Peters is heading the leader of the National Party in the polls at the moment.
Yet elsewhere in the country polls were rising in support of conflict. BLACK KNIGHTS: On the Bloody Road to Baghdad
Andrew RT Davies: Well no I'm just making the point that there are a couple of Home Rule O'Tooles here in Wales who want to er this independence agenda it's showing up as ten percent in the polls I believe you can't try and wipe out history you have to mark history and there are important events that have happened in history in Wales and I would suggest the investiture is one of those events. Archive 2008-10-01
Opinion polls, though not very reliable, show that Kostunica is in with a chance.
| Reply | Permalink what polls? pollster. com, the largest aggregate state by state poller has Obama 'safe' in more than enough states to win already, based on current polling. GOP Strategist Accuses Obama Of Trying To Start "Race War"
The day of the referendum, an article in the UK Independent cited mysterious "exit polls" and predicted a massive repudiation of Chavez.
In the given crunch situation, it would not be a happy sailing for the DMK in the coming lok sabha polls. Will India Internationalize Sri Lakan Tamil Case?
Fung said he has no idea who is behind the threats, and he does not believe they have anything to do with the September Legco election because the polls are still some time away.
You'll need more than that, matey, going by your opinion polls.
Is this a reason to be hopeful about Minnesota? or maybe it's just to get those right wing nuts all razzled up to go the polls ... Right-Wing Group's New Georgia Ad Attacks "Radical" Obama, Warns He's "One Senate Vote Away From Total Control"
On Election Day the county Democratic leaders would drive around the rural areas picking up African-American voters and shuttling them to the polls.
Yet pollsters use random digit dialling of landlines to build their samples. Times, Sunday Times
Nine months earlier polls had recorded a clear lead for leaving and we looked as if we were heading for the exit. Times, Sunday Times
The party is trailing badly in the opinion polls.
The tragedy is that statisticians and pollsters take these pathetic twits seriously.
OrenWithAnE: What price do you think will be exacted by voters if they go to the polls in Nov with no legislative accomplishments atall? The Volokh Conspiracy » Does Marshall Field v. Clark Preclude a Challenge to “Deem and Pass”?
If the pollsters are overestimating Labour's support once more, the consequences of their blunders could leave a lot of leftish voters looking very silly.
The majority of the polls published in the media are clear.
Which, of course, means it's a bit of an outlier from the other polls we've seen. CNN says the race is tied.
Exit polls suggest a big Labour majority, but the true picture will only be known after the count.
He had been trying hard not to gloat over polls that might, after all, be only a blip on the graph. Times, Sunday Times
Still, his success at the polls permitted his quiet confidence he was safe in the knowledge that the importance of being earnest had paid off.
Polls show that although only a third of Spaniards back a ban on bullfighting, two thirds have no interest in the pastime. Times, Sunday Times
We can point to the polls as a very concrete example any time we are trying to sell ourselves. Times, Sunday Times
Polls in the past month have shown consistently that Mr. Sarkozy may not even make it to the election run-off, with International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Front National leader Marine Le Pen poised to outvote him in the first round. Sarkozy Set to Run for Re-election
ORANGE residents will head to the polls today to protest against a council they describe as untrustworthy, unreliable and out of touch with the needs of the average person in the street, according to local polling data obtained by the Central Western Daily. Central Western Daily
She's trailing in the polls approaching Election Day and the municipal tax base doesn't have the funds to cover the rising costs at local school boards.
But after a week or two of negative reviews of his performance from commentators across the political spectrum - this is the sort of thing that begets the term "echo chamber" - the debate's effect on Mr. Perry was very much amplified, and he lost 10 or 15 points in the polls. NYT > Home Page
Now Gore has handily disposed of his Democratic rival and has improved in opinion polls against Bush.
Apart from the economics of the situation, it was not a tactic that would win favor at the polls.
Opinion polls show a huge dip in enthusiasm for the monarchy.
The basic idea is that when polls are recent and numerous, the model will largely defer to the polling, but where estimates tend to depend on polling that is either dated or divergent from the Cook rating, the model will tend to move the probabilities into agreement with the Cook ratings. Explaining The Pollster-Dashboard U.S. House Model
There was an almost eerie lull as angry voters went to polls on Thursday. Times, Sunday Times
Then, of course, there are pollsters who maintain that their own consumer surveys are superior.
The current government seems to think they have a mandate to end hunting, yet the issue is too close to call in opinion polls.
The polls are all wrong - it's the undecideds that matter
According to the latest opinion polls, the government is living on borrowed time.WHICH WORD?
Adrian Eastwood is a little coy about the idea that bookies know better than polls or punters.
Even the opinion polls published in the broadsheet papers showed very strong views on the Rapid Reaction Force and the need to preserve neutrality.
Much of the uncertainty surrounds the dizzying number of ways of qualifying for a provisional ballot, a sort of emergency ballot that allows voters to cast a vote at the polls, then have their eligibility checked after the election.
To loose new voter registrations, disqualify some because they are missing a punctuation mark, initimidate at the polls, challenge voters, disinform them, etc. Obama Leads By Over Five Points In Pre-Debate Tracking Polls
According to numerous opinion polls, they solidly oppose the kinds of discrimination that Cardinal Ratzinger condoned.
Barack Obama has beaten Hillary Clinton in the only metric that matters — delegates — but in every other major fuzzy metric that some people clam is important: popular vote, number of states won, he generally polls better than her against McCain, and he's raised more money. West Virginia Gov. not ready to call race for Obama
During the election I was called by a pollster who asked what local issue most concerned me. Times, Sunday Times
It is worth noting that they have gone up several percentage points in recent polls.
A woman from Los Angeles told the Mellman pollsters that this relentless loss of manufacturing capability enfeebles America: "When you consume more than you produce, you become dependent, and we are consuming more from other countries than producing our own ... truly we have become weak and in order to strengthen the economy, I think we need to produce more. Leo W. Gerard: U.S. Politicians Deny the Obvious Injury; U.S. Manufacturing Bleeds
As I wrote in this space last month, polls on this issue probably tend to exaggerate support for us.
He said people hoped for a fair election and the polls show that main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is up to 20% ahead.
Will it help pave the way for a pullout of troops or a bump up in the polls?
PYONGYANG, March 8 (Itar-Tass) - Citizens of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea go to the polls today to elect deputies to the country's one-chamber Supreme People's Assembly.
Millions tell pollsters they would vote Lib Dem if the voting system let them.
All the polls back up his belief that the opposition will win. Times, Sunday Times
Weeks of political campaigning comes to an end today as voters across the country go to the polls in the general election.
Before we review our final round of polling forecasts based on whatever final polls straggle in this morning, let's take a few minutes to ponder that question a little more carefully. Could The Polls In Election 2010 Be Wrong?
If the government is relying on polls to gauge public support, it will be very confused.
The latest row arises from an apparent attempt by his closest aide to silence one of the pollsters.
Voters are going to the polls again after a December vote resulted in fruitless coalition talks and six months of political deadlock. Times, Sunday Times
However, a lot of people who know from polls are saying that it's extremely difficult to come up with a sample here because these caucuses have too many imponderables involved.
Even so, when applied to yesterday's polls the program yields fascinating - not to say hair-raising - results.
The more times Obama drubs her, in the news cycle and at the polls, the more appealing he becomes to indies and republicans. Obama Campaign: Hillary Has Virtually No Chance Of Catching Us Now
As a result, he began to top the polls as preferred prime minister.
We would only commission pollsters to do polls and then coronate the man or woman who comes at the top. Clinton: Obama more likely to lose
Dixville Notch takes advantage of a state election law that allows communities to close the polls after all registered voters have cast their ballots.
Thus, another historic Chapter in Chavez '"participative" democracy was closed yesterday and all we have left to find out is if the new Vice-President for the Capital District will ironically be the same person that was defeated by Ledezma at the polls last November. Undefined
In public opinion polls, she has enjoyed a remarkable popularity. Outlook India
Seems credible, and some pollsters are sure this would help. Times, Sunday Times
Those original Contract polls were not thorough enough to anticipate public reaction to really stupid political behavior.
Polls show that he is outdistancing both Democratic primary contenders.
Polls show that the European treaty has gained support in Denmark.
Since then sociologists and pollsters have returned periodically to gauge the mood of Middle America.
I've claimed to be a member of all sorts of wacky political movements in order to forestall political polls.
Politics is more than policy papers and polls and strategy.
It is conceivable that we will find ourselves going to the polls again to redefine our citizenship.
Does TP really have nothing better to report on than polls such as this, or what Sarah Palin wears, or what tea-partiers may have said to a politician? Think Progress » More Americans have a ‘favorable’ opinion of the IRS than of the Tea Party.
Politicians, pollsters and the public have begun to see the issues of morality and leadership collide rather than converge, leading to contradictory and sometimes preternatural election results.
If it's not close, between the exit polls and the early counts, we could have an idea even as early as tonight or tomorrow morning.
In the national polls, with all the fearsome talk by the Obama campaign about Senator Clinton's "high negatives" and being a "polarizer" the latest Gallup tracking poll, again as of Saturday night, April 19, shows Senator Clinton to be running dead even with Senator McCain -- actcuall plus 1% or 46%-45% -- as is Senator Obama (who is dead even at 45%-45%). Lanny Davis: Latest Gallup National Democratic Tracking Poll: Obama-Clinton Now in Dead Heat -- Will the Pundits and Media Analyze Why?
Blanche Lincoln, who then declines in the polls, whereupon Obama "disengages" to reduce his own political embarrassment. Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
The prime minister remained personally popular despite his party's disastrous slide in the opinion polls.
Once the leader in polls here, he now languishes in fourth place and is given no chance of winning.
The Democratic candidate is still trailing in the opinion polls.
GREG SMITH, REPUBLICAN POLLSTER: You hear the little rumors, but there's never been any kind of substantiation to that. CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2007
Polls in Japan show support for whaling is dwindling among the mainstream public.
There is reason to believe that, just as earlier conditions about the timing of elections and the "uniform" have been met, realistic demands in the planned charter too could be accepted to ensure "unrigged" polls. Rampant Corruption Is Root Cause Of Terrorism
And unfortunately, the polls make people feel discouraged.
Generic, national polls remain unreliable for reading individual House, and even Senate, races, not to mention the other challenges of modern polling, to correctly measure actual turnout, to actually obtain polling answers from likely voters, and so on. Sound Politics: Republicans Picking Up Steam As Election Day Nears
Argentine voters are due to go to the polls to elect a new president on 30 March next year.
The opinion polls have shown that huge majorities feel the need for a change. Times, Sunday Times
Results of the study echo the findings of recent newspaper polls.
The most credible reason for us falling behind in the polls is the silence of our party. So what’s the view of the Liberal Democrats regarding the NHS?… « My Liberal Democrat Political Ramblings…
But if he's any indication of Indiana's political preferences, pollsters will have a hard time calling the Hoosier State Nov. 4. Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories
His opponents dismiss his rise in the polls as a mere matter of money.
But our polls show that 80% of people prefer classical architecture. Times, Sunday Times
Despite some public opinion polls and Supreme Court decisions to the contrary, voters have repeatedly rejected liberalization of abortion laws.
He complained bitterly after being surprised by Pat Buchanan in an early primary about a pollster whose predictions had been too optimistic.
With a week to go until polling day, the Conservatives are still behind in the polls.
The idiocy, and it is perennial, is to look at polls three or six or nine months out and make these pretentious and portentous conclusions before any human being has voted.
He has a massive majority, and is well ahead in the polls, so voting against him would be a signal, nothing more.
And of course, once he's too enfeebled to make it to the polls he'll have lots of folks willing to vote in his name.
Mr Wilson said past experiences had shown voting was often done in the initial days of polls opening.
Click to read. ben nelson is down 20% in the polls. Think Progress » GOP Senate Candidate Rep. Mike Castle Takes Credit For Over $5 Million In Stimulus Funds He Voted To Kill
LET'S get a reality check on these election polls. The Sun
In 2004 exit pollsters asked voters how they would identify their politics. Times, Sunday Times
The government's popularity is declining rapidly, as the opinion polls show.
Maybe because I have noticed a patten even here at EC --- it is Friday night and whatever slant needs to stay up all weekend in the 'important news', whether postings or polls, will have a finger on the scale to, er, mostly keep front and center the Clinton messages. Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Now Bill Himself Goes After Obama Over Reagan Interview
Exit polls also found that one in four voters had at one time supported Dole but changed their minds.
Exit polls suggest a big Labour majority, but the true picture will only be known after the count.
The prime minister remained personally popular despite his party's disastrous slide in the opinion polls.
To make your website stickier you can add a few simple interactive applications like site polls, surveys, a guest book, and an event calendar.
And then, just when he has finished building a double-digit lead in the polls, whoosh!
Rather than refer to Military Times polls as if they mean something, the point should be made over and over again that the polls they conduct are nonscientific, nonrandom polls of senior enlisted folks and officers. Think Progress » Opposition to gays serving openly in the military has ‘declined sharply’ amongst servicemembers.
They might be flatlining in the polls, but the Democrats still have seven votes in the Senate - and a provocative suggestion to make on tax.

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