Andy Kohut, who directs the Pew Center for the People and the Press, has looked at long-term polling and finds that sentiment has been slowly growing for a change of direction.

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And recent polling data indicate that once a long-shot candidate, Pollak is steadily closing in on Schakowsky's lead.

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And that doesn't really have much of an effect, I imagine, on today's polling data, but it does have an effect on our long-term economic viability.

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In sharp contrast, polling stations in urban Zvishavane, Gweru, Kwekwe and Redcliff have long queues outside - some up to 2km.

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But also, there were no polling stations within Tiger-held territory, and would-be voters faced long journeys over bad roads to government-controlled areas.

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And in some states, you as a voter can go into the polling place with campaign T-shirt or a button, and vote as long as you're not hanging around campaigning for the candidate and doing other partisan campaigning activities, that's fine.

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Technically, the lieutenant governor has merely allowed storm-affected voters to act as absentee voters, who have long been allowed to email their ballots to polling places.

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