Sentences with phrase «gain popular support»

These events have been central in heralding a new post-truth era, where politicians feel free to say what they want to help them gain popular support, with little regard for factual accuracy.»

Some countries require that political parties themselves operate democratically (i.e. all party members can vote), in others this is merely established tradition (i.e. parties don't gain popular support if they violate the implicit norm)

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said in a statement his afternoon that he is «pleased» Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration will hit the road to gain popular support for his tax cap legislation.

Religion is a major tenet utilized to gain popular support for it.

Absalom capitalizes on this easiest of all popular criticisms of the king, and works quietly for four years at gaining popular support for himself (15:1 - 6).

Not exact matches

Given how the First Past The Post electoral system works, concentrated support can translate into huge gains in seats (the PCs came third in the popular vote — in fact, they almost came second — but a distant fifth by seat count, which is all that matters).

Creatine is one of the most popular sports nutrition supplements in the world, having been shown to support muscle gain, strength, endurance, and anaerobic performance for the last 25 years.

Dating STDs is a popular and trusted Std dating site that cater to HSVsingles, HPV singles, HIV singles and other std singles to find serious relationship or gain support.

Because our services and customer support have always been top notch, gaining us positive feedback and making us more and more popular.

One example of popular legislation falling victim to bipartisan politics is the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act, introduced by Sen. Warren as a bout for a federal alternative to student loan refinancing; this bill did not gain support in any Congress chamber, excluding it from this list.

The ever - popular «merc with a mouth» has finally gained the access rights to design his own video game, with the willing support of High Moon Studios.

The framework of that treaty, known as Contraction & Convergence, has been gaining democratic, commercial, religious, popular & other support since it's launch back in» 92.

If Republicans support a carbon tax in return for cuts in corporate or capital gains taxes (a popular idea in some circles), they will be pilloried — this time fairly — for seeking to benefit the rich at the expense of the poor.

It is not necessary for a child to be popular in order to gain the advantages of peer support.

Consistent with these conclusions, our own examination using the MTA sample of the types of peers children with ADHD named as liked and disliked classmates at age 7 — 9 did not yield support for the hypothesis that deviant children prefer one another; instead, we found that children with ADHD like and dislike the same kinds of peers as other children.8 Our study also indicated, however, that children with ADHD were disliked by more popular peers, suggesting that a process of ostracism by high - status peers was already in motion.8 If this is the case, gravitation toward deviant peers may occur over time, as children with ADHD find it harder and harder to gain acceptance by more preferred peers.