Word: polle
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...stalling tactic. The E.U. has no power over issues of private property and the Charter of Fundamental Rights cannot be applied retrospectively. But in parts of the Czech Republic, where the wounds of the war are still surprisingly fresh, the property-claim issue has deep resonance. In a national poll published in the Lidove Noviny newspaper on Oct. 16, 65% of Czechs said they backed Klaus' stance on the exemption...
...degree of the shift was surprising," says Wes Thompson, president of Sun Life Financial in the U.S. The economic environment was already troubling when the survey was done a year ago, and "we didn't expect the jump to be as significant - up to 65%" during the latest poll, he says. (See 10 big recession surprises...
...Republican Senate primary in Florida, between Rubio and Governor Charlie Crist, will receive a great deal of national attention in the coming months. At a time when, according to a recent poll, only 20% of Americans identify themselves as Republicans, this race may be the purest test of where the party is headed, a choice between pragmatism and ideology. Both candidates are excellent. Rubio, a former speaker of the Florida house, is young, handsome, enthusiastic and articulate in an unpackaged, spontaneous way. Crist has been, by almost every account, a popular and successful governor. He is more the traditional politician...
...question is whether or not the Obama brand, which has been tarnished in recent months, is strong enough to brighten the hopes of the embattled governor. A recent poll by the New York Times found that 51% of state residents disapproved of how Corzine was handling corruption in the state. Even worse, 77% of state residents said that corruption would either increase or stay the same if Corzine was re-elected. Add to that the fact that Corzine's claim to fame is that he once ran Goldman Sachs, the recently bailed-out bank, which has attracted widespread scorn...
...anything, the chaotic race has so far been helping the incumbent. When Obama last came to New Jersey, polls showed Corzine trailing Christie by as many as 10 points. Polls now show the race to be a dead heat. A recent Fairleigh Dickinson University poll found that 72% of voters who support Obama now support Corzine, up from just 66% a month ago. Corzine has also appeared to be benefiting from a small but growing level of support for the independent candidate Christopher Daggett, who seems to be taking anti-incumbent voters from Christie...