Polling
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If national elections had, say, been held last Sunday, February 8, a centre-right coalition consisting of the Christian Democrats and the Liberals would have won 57% of the vote, according to "Infratest dimap," one of Germany's main
polling
institutes.
The mood in EU capitals is one of nervousness as
polling
day looms, with the future of the EU in the hands of Ireland’s unpredictable voters.
The surprise is that the Conservatives are not
polling
far ahead of Labour.
The party pursued a scientific approach to elections, relied on expensive
polling
by foreign experts, and offered a clear agenda and strong leadership.
Some 814 million eligible voters will elect, for the 16th time, a new parliament and government, casting their ballots at more than 930,000
polling
stations – after choosing from an estimated 15,000 candidates belonging to more than 500 political parties.
On Election Day itself, the opposition should be permitted to place observers at any and all
polling
stations without fear for their safety.
In Denmark, similar
polling
after the Brexit referendum showed a 9% jump in support of EU membership.
This year’s election took place in relative peace, partly owing to the presence of 370,000 troops at
polling
sites.
The HDP is currently
polling
at around 10%.
Accommodating this massive pool of voters, without compromising the results, will require roughly 930,000
polling
stations, equipped with electronic voting machines, and one million election workers to manage the process.
On the contrary,
polling
data show that Americans’ concern with global warming is now at or near all-time highs.
Polling
the name often gets slightly negative reviews.
Tax cuts: One of the most consistent findings in American public opinion
polling
for decades is that people want higher taxes, not lower, on the rich and corporations.
Such rules include reducing the number of
polling
stations in minority-dominated areas; requiring photo IDs, such as driver’s licenses, which many minority members do not have; and eliminating both same-day registration and Sunday voting, historically popular among minorities.
But recent
polling
suggests that the choice of remaining in the EU would win the day.
Before the election, when
polling
showed Mélenchon and the other leaders within the
polling
margin of error, many feared that the second round could be a runoff between him and Le Pen.
As I was leaving for the
polling
station, my niece Masha, a first-year college student, pointed out, “Putin is the only leader I have ever known.”
On the day of the election, officials set up
polling
stations with food stalls where everything was half price.
My visit to the
polling
station – to observe, not to participate – reminded me of the Soviet era.
Despite the huge turnout on
polling
day in Scotland, referendums are a lamentable way of trying to settle big political issues.
The message from post-Brexit
polling
and focus groups has been: “We all know that Brexit has to happen, so why don’t the politicians just get on with it?”
They decide on their own whether to run, and the decision is based on their sense (and perhaps polling) of how they would do and whether they can collect the necessary funds.
The last time that Israeli elections were so obviously affected by violence was in 1996, when
polling
results shifted wildly in the run-up to the vote, finally allowing Netanyahu a razor-thin win over acting Prime Minister Shimon Peres.
The
polling
organization Gallup asked people in 135 countries whether they had, in the last month, donated money to a charity, volunteered their time to an organization, or helped a stranger.
Because of an inadequate number of
polling
stations, I believe that in Harare and Chitungwiza alone more than 360,000 people stood in a queue to vote but never gained the opportunity to cast their ballot.
My concerns about the legitimacy of the election results are further raised by interference by Mugabe's militia, whose members prevented the MDC from placing
polling
agents in 52% of rural
polling
stations.
We are compiling a comprehensive list of the
polling
stations where ZANU supporters had solitary control.
In our investigations so far, a pattern has emerged even at this early stage: these
polling
stations recorded the highest number of voters for Mugabe.
But Sarkozy has not governed effectively, as his party’s disenchantment with him and
polling
data make abundantly clear.
Instead, the world marveled – indeed, was awed – by the spectacle of long lines of South Africans of every race snaking their way slowly to
polling
booths on April 27, 1994.
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