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a popularity poll (= survey to find how popular someone is )
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In most popularity polls, he is in fourth or fifth place.
changed...name by deed poll
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Steve changed his name by deed poll to Elvis Presley-Smith.
deed poll
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Steve changed his name by deed poll to Elvis Presley-Smith.
exit poll
opinion poll
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An opinion poll showed that 70% of adults were against legalizing drugs.
poll tax
polling booth
polling day
polling station
polling station (= where you vote in an election )
straw poll
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■ ADJECTIVE
early
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The party machines, however, are being oiled and watered for an early poll .
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Buchanan had made inroads in Wisconsin, where one early poll had him tied with Dole.
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An earlier poll planned for October 1990 had also been postponed.
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Latino support drops Early polls showed that Latinos were about evenly split on Proposition 187.
late
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Mr Ashdown, buoyed up by the latest opinion poll results, has been touring both constituencies.
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In the latest round of polls , Peres holds a 5 percentage point lead over Netanyahu.
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Week by week we read of the latest opinion polls on this or that.
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While 19 percent gave him a poor rating in the latest poll , 30 percent gave him the lowest rating last May.
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According to the latest opinion polls , the noes have 50%, the yeses 35% and the rest are undecided.
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Indeed, the latest polls show Dole leading Buchanan by 11 points in South Carolina.
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According to him, Mr Major is irresolute, obsessed with his image, and shifts according to the latest opinion poll .
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The latest poll found Texas Sen.
national
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The Government refuses to hold a national poll despite pressure from its own backbenchers and senior party figures.
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In more than 200 national polls taken in 1996, Clinton led in every one.
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In January a national poll found that most whites think blacks are lazy, less intelligent and less patriotic than whites are.
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Being safe from violence is the single topic kids want to talk about more, according to the national poll released Wednesday.
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Three national polls released Monday and Tuesday show Dole trailing Clinton by at least 20 percentage points.
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They do not conform well to national polls .
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But when the national polls are a wide gap, the country is pretty likely to follow.
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The average person starts off looking at the national polls .
new
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The verdicts gave up to three months for new polls to be held.
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Trailing in the new poll were Alexander at 13 percent and Forbes at 10 percent.
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New charge: Gateshead Council is being recommended to approve a new poll tax of £271.
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A new poll makes drought-stricken Texas look like an oasis for the support-thirsty presidential campaign of presumptive Republican nominee Bob Dole.
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Stuck in two new polls behind frontrunner Bob Dole and two insurgent candidates with clear ideological messages, Texas Sen.
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Did you see the new poll out today out there?
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A new poll released Monday following the bombings showed Peres's lead shrinking in the race for prime minister.
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One new poll showed him pulling ahead of Sen.
public
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His chances of accomplishing policy change will also be enhanced if he maintains high levels of support in public opinion polls .
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Reduced expectations have shown up in many public opinion polls taken in recent years.
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Quantitative data can also be individual, such as that found in the numerous market research surveys and public opinion polls .
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His rise in public opinion polls has been swift.
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The public also favors taking part in on-line public opinion polls and interactive electronic town-hall political meetings.
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Republicans, battered as they are in the public opinion polls , succeeded in dramatically transforming the terms of the national debate.
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Dole suddenly edged up in the public opinion polls and Clinton slid slightly.
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Despite some public opinion polls and Supreme Court decisions to the contrary, voters have repeatedly rejected liberalization of abortion laws.
recent
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The most recent poll shows 61.7% in favour.
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A recent poll shows him at 8 percent in the state.
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A recent opinion poll showed that 89 percent of the public said they would oppose plans to bury waste in their neighbourhood.
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The recent poll indicated that if retired Gen.
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A recent Gallup poll found that 98m adults are involved in voluntary service, a 23% increase in two years.
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If this measure could indeed alienate Latinos, why do several recent polls show overwhelming support from Latinos for dismantling bilingual education?
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Two recent polls showed he would draw more than 20 percent of the vote in a national election.
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A recent statewide poll showed nearly three quarters of Californians still believe the state is in recession.
statewide
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The paper endorsed commentator Pat Buchanan, who is running third in statewide polls .
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Two statewide polls say Californians favor the medical use of marijuana.
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Other statewide polls on the measure are in the works.
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A recent statewide poll showed nearly three quarters of Californians still believe the state is in recession.
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Nevertheless, statewide polls still show overwhelming public support for the Games.
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Another statewide poll released early this year said 42 percent of Arizona voters thought Symington should resign.
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A recent statewide poll put Clinton ahead by 6 points.
straw
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Holloway had pledged to follow the results of a straw poll in his district.
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For example, they point to the Iowa straw poll conducted last year in which Texas Sen.
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But he paid for phone banks, mailings, transportation and registration fees for his straw poll supporters.
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Dole and candidate Lamar Alexander brought backers in from out of state so they could participate in the Iowa straw poll .
■ NOUN
deed
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I suggested that he might think of removing the last three syllables from his name, which he did by deed poll .
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After changing his name by deed poll to Captain Beany he needed a renewed passport to match his new identity.
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The Law Society will require evidence such as a marriage certificate, deed poll or statutory declaration.
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Like his new name, changed by deed poll nine years before.
exit
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Law forbids the publication of exit polls before voting ends in every province.
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In Iowa, exit polls reflected similar voter antipathy.
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Even before the first exit polls came in he was buying new tackle in readiness.
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My guy at Channel 3 saw their exit polls .
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It was already showing strength in the exit polls , and may now be boosted by a sympathy vote.
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In the election day exit poll , two-thirds of Virginia voters expressed a negative opinion of Robertson.
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It may not be possible to decide who has won until the exit polls are announced on Thursday evening.
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National exit polls showed 54 percent of women voted for Clinton and 38 percent chose Dole.
gallup
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For example, if a Gallup poll goes against the Government, sterling starts to shake.
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A Gallup poll taken in July showed that some 80 percent of respondents believe the procedure should be banned.
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A recent Gallup poll found that 98m adults are involved in voluntary service, a 23% increase in two years.
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Mr Ashdown's personal popularity is also reflected in a separate Gallup poll measuring the standing of the parties.
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A Gallup poll of businessmen has revealed that they expect interest rates to be 1.6 percent higher under Labour.
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A GALLUP poll on meat-eating habits claims to show that vegetarianism is rampant and on the increase.
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The over-simplification of the issues was part and parcel of a Gallup poll that took place last weekend.
news
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The number was fewer than the 362, 000 analysts expected, according to a Bloomberg Business News poll .
opinion
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Mr Ashdown, buoyed up by the latest opinion poll results, has been touring both constituencies.
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His rise in public opinion polls has been swift.
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In the summer and autumn of 1989, Labour led strongly in the opinion polls again.
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Republicans, battered as they are in the public opinion polls , succeeded in dramatically transforming the terms of the national debate.
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He started talking about individuals' opinion poll ratings.
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Public opinion polls show as many as 70 percent of respondents oppose gay marriages.
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According to opinion polls , a record 38 percent of the electorate is unaligned.
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Opponents who once mocked Mr Berlusconi's tactics as kitsch have turned queasy as opinion polls show them tobe working.
rating
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Mr Major and his chancellor, Norman Lamont, still have the lowest poll ratings since the second world war.
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It is uncertain how the return of the public Gingrich will affect his poll ratings or those of his party.
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He started talking about individuals' opinion poll ratings .
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And those high poll ratings , they argued, translate into more power in negotiations with Congress.
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They tackled their political, tactical and strategic problems swiftly and directly; and, incidentally, their poll ratings rose strongly.
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Less than two years ago, at the end of the Gulf War, he had the highest poll rating of any President.
result
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The disclosure of Labour's latest spoiling tactic highlighted renewed confidence at Millbank in the face of dire Tory poll results .
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Morales was pleased with the poll results .
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The poll results suggest that many parents still fail to understand the grant-maintained system.
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The poll results come amid a spate of bad news for tobacco companies.
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Bucharest's political scientists are quick to argue that the shock poll result did not mean a majority wanted the dictator back.
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However, Kweit said he knew of a few friends who abandoned Glassheim for Owens when they saw the poll results .
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Vote differs from poll results Finding out what Latino voters think about bilingual education is more problematic.
tax
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A company which refused to make attachment of earnings deductions against one poll tax offender, was fined £200 by magistrates.
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We have the poll tax because there is no such thing as the sovereignty of Parliament.
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It is no wonder that local government finance officers regard the poll tax as a financial nightmare.
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There will be a lot of losers in changing from the poll tax , which will make the new tax unpopular too.
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The poll tax has been a nightmare which shows no sign of ending.
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The arrangements announced yesterday to ease the introduction of the poll tax are symptomatic of a less rigorous approach.
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Many of those anomalies were identified by my colleagues at the very outset of the poll tax escapade.
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The bill was almost three times the amount of her last poll tax demand.
■ VERB
accord
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Putin appears to have survived the political storm over his handling of the crisis, according to opinion polls .
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Two in five are dissatisfied with how much they weigh, according to a recent poll .
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Most are unhappy that it has replaced their national currency, according to a poll published in eight countries this week.
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Clinton leads Dole statewide by 20 percent according to a poll completed Sept. 26.
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Voters who prefer a flat tax think it will lead to a rising standard of living, according to the poll .
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Being safe from violence is the single topic kids want to talk about more, according to the national poll released Wednesday.
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They draw a line that the public, according tothe polls , rejects.
conduct
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Councils that conduct local polls say that that is the primary concern.
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Greenberg and Lake conducted seven polls over the last year to study the role of women voters in the election.
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At the Irving Plaza, a gaggle of girls are wandering around conducting a poll .
lead
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Mrs Miriam Santiago, a lawyer, is leading in the polls .
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He leads Dole in Arizona polls .
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Haunted Suddenly, Clinton was leading in the polls a position he held on to throughout the remainder of the campaign.
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Bush has led in 168 polls , Gore in just five.
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Gore has never led when the poll is restricted to likely voters.
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It is likely to be its party chairman Gennady Zyuganov, who now leads nationwide polls for president.
pay
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Two of my constituents, Mr. and Mrs. Bellis, were sent to prison because they did not pay the poll tax.
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Are you better off paying your poll tax?
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A number of women with no income have been sent to prison because they were unable to pay the poll tax.
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I urge all Opposition Members who have not paid their poll tax to do so without delay.
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She'd been summoned there for refusing to pay a poll tax surcharge of £14.52.
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He claimed he was inside for not paying his poll tax.
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The Government have moved away from their view that everybody should pay the poll tax and are making some amends.
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He has also opposed the imprisonment of those unable to pay their poll tax.
show
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They regularly showed him opinion polls which indicated that most of the electorate favoured a five-year term.
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Your wives must show up at the polls , husbands can not vote for them.
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He is shown polls indicating percentage satisfaction with the Prime Minister and the performance of the Government.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A poll of 700 female registered voters found that 56% favor full abortion rights.
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According to the polls, a huge majority of citizens oppose bilingual education.
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In a nationwide poll carried out in January, only one person in ten said they were happy with the tax reforms.
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In our poll , we asked teachers how they felt about teacher testing.
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Recent polls indicate strong support for cutting taxes.
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Recent opinion polls show that the President's popularity has slipped.
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And the implications of that can not be catered for by opinion polls.
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Another statewide poll released early this year said 42 percent of Arizona voters thought Symington should resign.
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He was still behind in the polls.
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In the end, we were seduced by the polls, against our better judgment.
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Like his new name, changed by deed poll nine years before.
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Stanford, a 28-22 loser to Arizona, fell nine spots to No. 25 in both polls.
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This Tuesday, August 5, voters will go to the polls to accept or reject the proposed charter.
II. verb
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■ ADVERB
before
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Mr Berisha promised before polling day to respect the verdict of the international observers.
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At this rate he should have it down to zero a few days before polling .
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On Thursday night, he appeared before 3,500 party faithful in the north of Paris in his last rally before polling day.
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This is made more grim as most pollsters claim voters have made up their minds well before polling day.
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He and Yeltsin command roughly a quarter of the electorate apiece and there is nearly a month to go before polling .
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business
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Private economists polled by Bloomberg Business News project the economy will grow 1. 9 percent this year.
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C., which polls primarily for business clients.
candidate
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Ivashko defeated three other candidates , polling 278 votes for and 61 against.
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Bruce King lost because a Green Party candidate polled 10 %.
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Twenty-six candidates polled 74,824 votes, all but five of them forfeiting their deposits.
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Peter Allen, a hard-working local candidate , polled 8,400 votes in November and will be looking for an improvement.
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Eight opposition candidates withdrew shortly before polling .
day
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On polling day itself, the worst unemployment figures for 30 years were announced.
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He then sparked off a row by suggesting that floating voters should stay in bed on polling day .
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The Representation of the People Act 1969 extended the franchise to persons aged 18 or more on polling day .
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Mr Berisha promised before polling day to respect the verdict of the international observers.
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On Thursday night, he appeared before 3,500 party faithful in the north of Paris in his last rally before polling day .
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On polling day , the Information Ministry estimated turnout at 85 percent.
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This is made more grim as most pollsters claim voters have made up their minds well before polling day .
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The market even proved it was more canny than the pollsters by climbing 43 points on polling day itself.
dole
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Phil Gramm of Texas, DiVall polled for Dole in his 1988 presidential race.
election
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At least 14 people were reported dead after violence erupted during polling in local elections in the Punjab on Dec. 29.
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A challenger has never overcome such a deep deficit in public opinion polls 27 days before Election Day.
month
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He will face the runner-up, Liberal party leader Drazen Budisa, in a run-off poll next month .
news
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Private economists polled by Bloomberg Business News project the economy will grow 1. 9 percent this year.
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This played to Forbes' advantage, according to exit polling by Voter News Service.
opinion
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After trailing for months in the opinion polls , Yeltsin this week pulled even with his Communist rival.
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So far Gramm has been unable to close in on Dole in the public opinion polls .
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Public opinion polls show crime and violence to be a major issue in the November elections.
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Public opinion polling did not begin in earnest until the l930s.
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A challenger has never overcome such a deep deficit in public opinion polls 27 days before Election Day.
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After a shaky start, the president now gets a better than 50 percent approval rating in opinion polls here.
party
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In the election of 1983, however, third parties polled some 28 percent of the vote and secured forty-four seats.
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Bruce King lost because a Green Party candidate polled 10 %.
percent
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By 60 percent to 35 percent, those polled believe he should resign as speaker.
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A subsequent Gallup poll showed that 57 percent of the people polled supported his actions.
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Twenty percent of those polled say it is much worse off.
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By contrast, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton was seen favorably by 32 percent of those polled and unfavorably by 36 percent.
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Only 13 percent of those polled believe that all the money they have been promised will be available when they retire.
vote
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In each ward, two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters and polled a respectable vote .
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Nigel Downing polled 163 votes in last November's Langbaurgh byelection, but can not afford to stand again.
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Ivashko defeated three other candidates, polling 278 votes for and 61 against.
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Preston polled 28 votes , Tranmere 21, Wigan 15 and Stockport 2 votes.
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Twenty-six candidates polled 74,824 votes , all but five of them forfeiting their deposits.
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Peter Allen, a hard-working local candidate, polled 8,400 votes in November and will be looking for an improvement.
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Gorbachev polled 3,411 votes in favour and 1,116 against, compared with 501 for Avaliani and 4,026 against.
voter
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In each ward, two workers canvassed some 2,000 voters and polled a respectable vote.
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A few months before the 1994 election, a bare majority of Latino voters polled said they supported Prop. 187.
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The monitors cited clusters of cases of voter intimidation and polling officials ordering citizens how to vote.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For its study the company polled 150 randomly selected physicians.
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He polled 23,579 votes.
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Nearly 60% of the voters who were polled did not recognize Bronson's name.
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Only 16 percent of the freshmen polled said they intended to major in business.
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The Labour candidate polled 52% of the votes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He breathed a sigh or relief when Mrs Long announced he had polled 31.
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In Ayrshire this July, Systems Three found that four out of five of those polled were strongly opposed to the scheme.
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Ivashko defeated three other candidates, polling 278 votes for and 61 against.
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Lanier emerged as the winner after polling 53 percent of the votes cast, compared with 47 percent for Turner.
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On Thursday night, he appeared before 3,500 party faithful in the north of Paris in his last rally before polling day.
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Private economists polled by Bloomberg Business News project the economy will grow 1. 9 percent this year.
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With 75 % of the vote counted he had polled 52 % to Mr Garcia's 48 %.