Sentence examples for Hypothetical contest from inspiring English sources

Recent polling showed Mr. Hoeven leading Mr. Dorgan by a wide margin in a hypothetical contest.

Mr. Stewart asked who would win a hypothetical contest for mayor of Karachi, Mr. Bush or Mr. bin Laden.

But many of the current polls actually provide little clarity on which nominee would do better in a hypothetical contest decided by the popular vote, with neither Senator Clinton nor Senator Obama faring better or worse than the other in any statistically significant way.

Yet, on the evidence of the first three episodes, the new show appears to be little more than a televised version of the type of endless debate you can hear in any college watering hole — a hypothetical contest in which no definitive answer is possible.

The Sanders camp points to polls that show its candidate – not the presumed establishment frontrunner – is now faring better in hypothetical contests against Trump and Cruz.

Interestingly, the closest hypothetical contests were with Rand Paul, the libertarian senator from Kentucky, and Florida senator Marco Rubio, whom some in the Clinton camp have reportedly identified as her biggest potential threat.

Trump also trailed another number of hypothetical contests, including races against Joe Biden (54/40 deficit), Bernie Sanders (52/39 deficit), Elizabeth Warren (49/39), Al Franken (46/38) and Cory Booker (46/39).

Today, Mr. McCain, Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush each took about 3 in 10 votes there; in the hypothetical fall contest, Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush split the area evenly.