Election Polls

Nutman: Educating through canvassing

In the past week, politically active Yalies have wondered how much their efforts affected the outcome of the election. The research of Yale professors Donald Green and Alan Gerber has argued that contacting voters only...

Notification for fourth phase of J&K Assembly polls issued

Srinagar (PTI): Election authorities on Monday issued notification for 18 Assembly seats going to polls in the fourth phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir on December seven. The notification for the 18 constituencies spread...

Controversial loan boosts turnout at advance polls

Vancouver voters are flocking to advance polls, with some saying they were inspired to cast a ballot by the controversy over the current city council's decision to provide up to a $100-million loan to the developer of the...

Tension ahead of Nicaragua polls

MILLIONS of Nicaraguans went to the polls today to vote in municipal elections following a campaign marred by violence and controversy over the government's failure to accredit election observers. The government of President...

Nomination filing today in Rajasthan

Jaipur, Nov. 9: Filing of nominations for the Assembly polls in Rajasthan slated for December 4 will begin from Monday with the issuance of election notification. There are over 3.62 crore eligible voters in 200 Assembly...

Why winning Delhi is important for the BJP

Elections to several state assemblies are being held over the next two months. Of the four states where the Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, and the Congress are contesting for power, the BJP is in power in three states, Madhya...

JS, Upazila polls: Nomination filing dates extended

Staff ReporterPressed by BNP-Jamaat alliance, Election Commission (EC) has extended by a week the deadline for filing nomination papers to contest December 18 general elections and December 28 upazila polls.Moving back the...

Ideology didn't shift with vote, polls indicate

The 2008 presidential election saw the biggest partisan shift in a generation -- more of a rejection of Republicans than an embrace of Democrats -- but voter surveys find no broad ideological realignment behind that shift.

No more polling at PM Charter School

After numerous complaints, site will not be used again for voting Voter lines were long at Coolbaugh 3 at Pocono Mountain Charter School on Tuesday morning.Dan Berrett/Pocono Record Pocono Mountain Charter School has been...

Election detox is something you have to take slowly

It hit me around nightfall on Wednesday. A problem that wasn’t There were many worries that the ballot in North Carolina was going to trip up a lot of folks. The ballot was set up in a manner where a voter could vote for a...