Sentences with phrase «elite opinion on an issue»
When elite opinion on an issue is polarized along ideological lines, mass opinion tends to move along similar lines.
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In - depth analyses of elite and public opinion survey data from the United States and China on a wide range of security issues provide nuanced and far - reaching insights into the potential effects of these attitudes on the U.S. - China relationship.
On virtually every issue that consumed its postwar energies — from civil rights to feminism and gay rights — the mainline churches have been vindicated by elite opinion.
While the business elite were laser - focused on the issue of Britain's future relationship with the European Union, opinion polls showed that the general population had moved beyond that and cared more about domestic issues.
«Public opinion regarding climate change is likely to remain divided as long as the political elites send out conflicting messages on this issue,» lead researcher Robert Brulle, a professor of sociology and environmental science at Drexel University in Philadelphia, said in a statement.