Rather than seek to marshal public sentiment, or even quite build public support, all sides have wanted to claim a preexisting bedrock of widely shared attitudes backing
their favored policy outcome.
Not exact matches
Wealthy contributors helping their
favored candidates win elections would not systemically skew politics or
policy outcomes if these well - heeled donors were like the rest of us, if on average they had the same life experiences, opinions about issues, and political views as average - earning citizens.
A suspicion thus gains ground that the way in which the I.P.C.C. synthesizes, generalizes and checks its findings may systematically
favor adverse
outcomes in a way that goes beyond just serving the needs of
policy makers.
Stephen H. Schneider, the Stanford climatologist I've been interviewing since 1988 on this issue, has long
favored pursuing climate
policies that reflect the overall reality that the risk of bad
outcomes rises with gas concentrations:
Access and
policy outcomes sold through the State Department; party officials rigging the Democratic primaries for Hillary Clinton; and harassment of legal businesses, such as gun dealers and consumer lenders, because their products are not in
favor of the political establishment.