Sentence examples for poll against from inspiring English sources

What mattered was that Kosovo's Serbs held the poll against Mr Tadic's wishes.

"I am not pro-gay marriage," Liz Cheney said in a statement responding to an apparent push poll against her in Wyoming.

The Conservatives were on 37%, up one point, in the YouGov poll, against Labour on 33% – down one – and the Liberal Democrats on 18%, up one.

In one sense, Mr. Lazio's strong standing in a poll against a nationally known figure who has been campaigning aggressively for nearly a year is remarkable.

The doubleheader last night matched Oklahoma, ranked third in The Associated Press preseason poll, against No. 8 Alabama and unranked Memphis against No. 29 Syracuse.

But I don't think the substantial discrepancies in how the various Republican candidates poll against Mr. Obama should be neglected: there is clearly the chance that Republicans nominate someone who is too conservative to maximize their opportunity with swing voters.

SCOTLAND is going to the polls against a backdrop of nationalist euphoria.

The incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, has been trailing in the polls against his Socialist rival, François Hollande.

Women were threatening retribution at the polls against male lawmakers who "didn't get it".

Voters go to the polls against a backdrop of worsening domestic dynamics and staggering violence.

John McCain's fans note that in head-to-head polls against Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, their man is the only Republican who wins.