Each state is "called" some time after the polls close - these are projected results based on exit poll data and partial vote counts.
Little wonder then that less than 40% of the electorate even bothered to turn out, and that nearly half, according to one poll, have no idea which way they will vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections due this November.
In our poll and Gallup's Mr Bush increased his vote by two points.
Although Silvio Berlusconi's People of Liberty party is doing badly in the polls, the left-wing Democratic Party is in the lead and currently predicted to poll around 30% of the vote.
The poll shows Bush with 57 percent of the male vote, and Gore with only 32 percent.
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The two leaders have repeatedly called for a peaceful poll - five years after a vote marred by widespread violence and intimidation.
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Preliminary results of an opinion poll in Baghdad and the Shia south found that 22% may vote for Mr Allawi's group versus 27% for the Alliance.
This is a phenomenon that always fascinates me: somebody took the time to vote in a nonbinding, unscientific Internet poll, and yet could not muster sufficent interest to take a position.
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Both Mr Hollande and Mr Fabius insisted before the poll that this was not a personal vote of confidence.
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Amanda Jones, who is part of the save the paddling pool protest group, said the vote to hold a poll was overwhelming, with 209 voting in favour and 14 against.
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According to an opinion poll on May 13th, Syriza would win 20.5% of the vote and come first in the June 17th election, just ahead of the pro-euro New Democracy (19.4%).
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The poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire, surveyed 341 Democrats and 268 Republicans likely to vote in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.
Eight student political societies - including all the major parties - had invited undergraduate and postgraduate students to vote in what was billed as the first large-scale poll of Scottish university students on the country's future.
The latest Washington Post poll shows he is 14 percentage points ahead among registered voters and 11 points ahead amongst those likely to vote.
Mr Brown now says that, while he did consider holding a vote, his decision not to do so was not based on the poll findings, and that he is confident Labour would have won.
"Voters are very afraid that their vote won't be counted, " said Bridget Coyne, a lawyer and volunteer poll watcher.
Wim Kok, the genially consensual prime minister, and his left-of-centre Labour Party did best, topping the poll with 29% of the vote.
Pointing out that the campaign period is as crucial as the actual vote, he has called for the extensive deployment of foreign observers, both for the presidential poll and for parliamentary by-elections.
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