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New poll puts Macron's party on top in French parliament vote

FrenchPresidentEmmanuelMacron'spartyisexpectedtowinthemostvotesinthefirstroundofJune'sparliamentaryelection,apollshowedonTuesdaywhichreinforcedthesimilarpattern

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UK general election: Polls show May’s Conservatives hold 18% lead

British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party has maintained its lead in opinion polls three weeks ahead of the country's general election on June 8.

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UK general election: Polls show May’s Conservatives hold 18% lead

BritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMay'sConservativePartyhasmaintaineditsleadinopinionpollsthreeweeksaheadofthecountry'sgeneralelectiononJune8.ApollbyKantarPublicshowed

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Public trust in US government remains near historic low: poll

Americans' trust in federal government remains near historic low after last year's general election, with only one in five saying they trust the government all the time or most of the time, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

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German Social Democrats closing gap with Merkel's conservatives - Forsa poll

Support for Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) nudged up to 32 percent, one percentage point behind Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, over the past week, according to a poll published on Wednesday.

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German Social Democrats still hard on heels of Merkel's conservatives - poll

Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) held steady at 31 percent support in a survey published on Wednesday, remaining hard on the heels of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives - on 34 percent - seven months ahead of a federal election.

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Merkel's conservative moves ahead of SPD in latest poll by INSA

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Christian Social Union (CSU) sister party moved back in front of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) in an INSA poll for Bild newspaper published on Monday.

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German Social Democrat candidate would beat Merkel in direct vote for chancellor - poll

Martin Schulz, the German Social Democrats' candidate for federal elections in September, would get 49 percent if there were to be a direct vote for chancellor, while incumbent Angela Merkel would get 38 percent, a poll showed on Friday.

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German left-of-center majority edges ahead as Merkel prospects dim: poll

Three left-leaning German parties would now win enough combined support to oust Chancellor Angela Merkel in September's election, according to an opinion poll by the INSA institute to be published in Bild newspaper on Tuesday.

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French ex-PM Valls shown clear winner in left-wing presidential primaries: poll

Manuel Valls, who quit as Socialist prime minister a month ago to prepare a campaign for this year's presidential election, remains the clear favorite to win the left-wing primaries later in January, an opinion poll published on Thursday showed.

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France's Fillon seen winning conservatives' primaries: poll

Former French prime minister Francois Fillon will win the conservative nomination for next year's presidential election by a wide margin, an Ifop-Fiducial poll forecast ahead of a run-off vote on Sunday.

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U.N. chief drops to second place poll favorite to lead South Korea

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, once seen as the front-runner to become the next president of South Korea if he decides to run, has slipped to second place in public support amid a political crisis engulfing the current leader, a poll suggests.

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Park's approval rating continues to decline over scandal

​A new opinion poll indicated on Monday that South Korean President Park Geun-hye's approval rating remained in the doldrums amid an influence-peddling scandal involving her confidante, although her support from conservative and senior citizens managed to edge up after her second apology.

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Americans' optimism about quality jobs reaches highest level in recent election years

​Up to 42 percent of Americans believe now is a good time to find a quality job, the highest level in presidential election years since 2004, said a monthly Gallup poll released on Tuesday.

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Eight out of 10 Greeks worry about economic future: survey

​A year after the previous general election in Greece, eight out of 10 Greeks are worried about the future and disappointed at the Left-led ruling coalition, according to an opinion poll released on Thursday.

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Half of Brazilians expect acting president to continue serving: poll

Half of Brazilians hope interim President Michel Temer to continue serving while nearly a third of them want suspended President Dilma Rousseff to return, a poll said Sunday.

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Trump leads Clinton in two key swing states, but lags behind nationwide: polls

U.S. presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has retaken the lead from Hillary Clinton in two key swing states of Florida and Pennsylvania, though still lags behind the former State of Secretary nationally, according to polls issued Wednesday.