Polls of voting intentions showed Labour behind even the Liberal Democrats, the third party.
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If the polls of voting intentions are at all reliable, Spaniards are slowly but surely drifting away from Mr Zapatero.
Dean, the front-runner in national polls before voting began, has won none of the 17 primaries or caucuses held so far.
All of these outlets are known for dominating internet polls or voting contests when the cause is something they believe in, and boy, do they believe in embarrassing EA as much as possible.
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Italians have traditionally flocked to polls with voting levels far higher than other European countries and the U.S. But in this election, 75% of the electorate cast ballots, the lowest level in the post-war period.
Frankly, while I absolutely endorse taking part in our democracy by going to the polls and voting and by participating in the political process during and outside of elections, I still think the world would be a better place if more people played video games and fewer people worried so much about politics.
Next, vote totals come in from many of the same sample precincts as the exit polls after the voting has finished in those precincts.
An additional final step is then taken to address the tendency for 'spirals of silence' among supporters of unpopular parties causing an inadvertent bias in voting polls.
Campaigning ended on Friday, and no more rallies or polls are allowed before voting day.
And despite recent reports and polls that show a voting public fatigued by the direction of the war in Iraq, Rove thinks the midterm elections will be decided on other issues, too.
The gap between Labour's opinion-poll ratings and its performance in the mid-term ballot box may be embarrassing for Tony Blair, but it is not necessarily evidence that the polls are wrong about voting intention in a general election.
The polling that led to the data was conducted by California-based ePoll Market Research, which each month polls a nationwide sample of voting-age men and women.
Without exit polls, which are restricted during the voting, the claim was unverifiable.
But, as with voting intention, the various polls on independence point to the nature of the campaign itself, to the two visions of independence.
Security will obviously be tight as in past polls, when the actual day of voting has often been largely untroubled however bad the violence during the run-up.
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John Curtice, an electoral specialist at Strathclyde University, says that the polls are not yet picking up tactical voting, because third-party supporters generally make up their mind to vote this way late in the day.
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The report also contained some controversial recommendations: It asks all broadcast and cable networks to refrain from projecting the outcome of presidential voting in any state while polls remain open anywhere in the contiguous 48 states.
They will monitor the pre-election period, will continue at the polling stations during the voting process, stay for exit polls and be present until the results are published.
African-Americans made up just less than half of respondents in the South Carolina exit polls, by far the most significant black voting presence among the first nine states on the Democrats' calendar.
Election authorities suspended voting an hour early at nine polls in the southern state of Chiapas Sunday after clashes between political groups backing competing candidates for mayor in the town of Rincon Chamula.
Polls were scheduled to close after nine hours of voting, and results were expected late Sunday.
It also suggest states not release any precinct voting data to the networks until all polls have closed nationwide.
After polls closed there were moments of tension at some voting centers.
But we desperately need a reality check to understand that with 95 percent of African-Americans voting for Obama, going to the polls was the easy part in this effort to change America.
The bill has the support of the President and, if polls are to be believed, a majority of the voting public.
Polls show the last dash has done little to alter voting intentions, with Mr. Hollande, who led the pack in the first round of the presidential election on Apr. 22, still holding a comfortable lead over his rival.
The polls were supposed to open at six AM, but many voting stations in the capital did not open until hours later.
Those seeing that their friends, loved ones, and random social connections are voting are more likely to get themselves to the polls.
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While early voting has changed the times when voters hit the polls, it has also changed the cycle by which campaigns try to influence voters.
Senator RICHARD LUGAR (Republican, Indiana): It's notable that insurgent attacks in some Sunni areas were intentionally suspended during the voting to allow Sunni voters to go to the polls in the hopes of defeating the constitution at the ballot box.
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