The number of upstaters in the majority conference has grown steadily over the years, adding to the diversity of opinions among Assembly Democrats, though they still tend to be dominated by
the largely liberal views of the New York City members.
Not exact matches
Regardless of the response, we
view this kind of public CEO activism as a welcome counterpoint to the
largely hidden involvement of corporate leaders in shaping policy through the hundreds of millions of dollars they direct to Super PACs, trade associations, and think tanks to promote
liberal and conservative causes.
But as Sanders has gained steam,
largely on the support of younger and more
liberal voters, Senate Democrats have stepped up their attacks, saying Sanders is not ready to be commander in chief, criticizing his democratic socialist
views and contending that his domestic agenda has little chance of ever becoming law.
Unsurprisingly, the survey confirmed climate change to be a
largely politicized issue,
viewed too often along party lines instead of according to factual analysis (and both parties are guilty of this, in different ways — there are plenty of
liberals who proclaim their allegiance to the fight against global warming without a basic education on the issue).
The vast majority of
liberals and conservatives, despite being polarized on whether global warming is occurring, also have
largely the same impression of what climate scientists»
view of the risks that global warming poses.
That consensus no longer exists — thanks
largely to the work over the last 20 years of several leading
liberal law professors, who have come to embrace the
view that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own guns.»