Sentences with phrase «lead public opinion»

Politicians everywhere don't lead public opinion, they follow it, and when public opinion says go green, even right wing Australians ban incandescents.

5.3 Governments will need to lead public opinion by making the connection between the widely recognized urgent need to address climate change and the specific projects required which could face public opposition.

John Gerzema is CEO of Harris Insights & Analytics / The Harris Poll, a leading public opinion, market research, corporate, brand and reputation strategy firm.

The second of two Democratic mayoral primary debates is set for Wednesday, but leading public opinion pollsters have yet to study the full Democratic primary field or take stock of the competition between Mayor Bill de Blasio and his lone debate opponent, challenger Sal Albanese.

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According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

Public opinion polling during the summer of 2008 placed the Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual dead heat, leading most to speculate at the time that if an election were held there would be a third minority government.

[T] he exposure of persistent human rights violations by the contras has led the Administration not to pressure contra leaders to enforce international codes of conduct,» the Americas Watch Report cited earlier states, «but to drown U.S. public opinion with praise for the «freedom fighters,» and to attempt to discredit all reports of their violations as inspired by communist or Sandinista propaganda.

Since public opinion, or world opinion, or the opinion of governments in general has become a powerful factor in the situation, and since the West must depend very much on capturing the opinion and the sympathy of what might be called the uncommitted powers, our future is going to depend on the kind of internationalism which does not attempt to freeze the existing situation in a legalistic manner but takes the lead in predicting and preparing the necessary changes in the status quo.

The Daily Telegraph summed up an emerging view which may well prove to be the permanent legacy of this affair so far as Western opinion is concerned: «We suspect», pronounced the Telegraph in a leading article, «that Western public opinion is not displeased that Benedict has said the unsayable.

Wike notes that Obama's efforts to improve relations with the Muslim world has not led to more support for the U.S. in public opinion polls.

But the understandable anxiety of American Jews over the future of Israel — especially when they hear of rocket attacks by terrorists against villages in northern Israel (and of Israel's massive retaliation)-- should not lead American Jews to think that unceasing pressure against the president, the Congress and public opinion in this country represents the best means of ensuring Israel's future security.

The power of public opinion was the force that created departments of environment in practically every country in the world and led to worldwide conservation programs culminating in the worldwide Conservation Strategy of the United Nations Environmental Programme.

If it were generally recognized that habitual drunkenness is a symptom of a disease that is both personally and socially devastating, and if it were generally accepted that frequent use of alcohol as a means of interpersonal adjustment can lead to alcoholism, a new climate of public opinion would come into being.

However, the last - minute introduction of an ineligible substitute led to their summary expulsion from the tournament, and though they are mounting a legal challenge, the court of Polish public opinion has spoken.

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The poll, conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, shows Maloney leading Hayworth 39 - 43, with a third party candidate, Scott Smith, receiving 2 percent of the vote.

Professor Rachel Gibson, from The University of Manchester, led the study which used data from a survey of national e-campaign managers and public opinion data.

Among our number are many leading experts on community cohesion, asylum, refugees, migration, politics, public opinion, policy and law.

For if public opinion about his conduct will be the decisive factor in determining whether Cameron feels he has no choice but to drop Hunt, it is the media which will play a leading role.

The group is designed to encourage action, influence public opinion that will lead to policy change.

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«Despite Cuomo's wide, early lead over Nixon, among Democrats most enthusiastic about voting, she already attracts the support of close to what Zephyr Teachout got,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

«What is noteworthy, at this point, is that de Blasio has a substantial lead over a crowded field of potential Democratic opponents, and he has an impressive 57 % re-elect score among Democrats,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

Recent public opinion polls have showed Cahill gaining on Schneiderman, though the AG continues to maintain a double - digit lead over his Republican rival.

Public opinion about the AV referendum is unpredictable because most people are not interested, a leading elections academic has said.

That leads to the problem of US public opinion.

They tend to follow public opinion rather than lead, or at least they very rapidly change their policies to fall in with public opinion when it becomes apparent that they are out of step.

Though public opinion polls have shown the majority of New Yorkers have no idea who Schneiderman is, despite the fact that he has held statewide office since 2010, he enjoys a strong double - digit lead over Cahill.

He's not only blowing them away in fundraising, but also has a widening lead over them in public opinion polls.

A Public Opinion Strategies poll conducted for the NRCC of the NY - 23 race found the GOP nominee, Matt Doheny, with a wide lead over Democratic incumbent, Rep. Bill Owens, in a hypothetical head - to - head match - up.

Given voters» experience of public polling at the last general election, it would be natural for them to take a more cynical and circumspect view of opinion research in the lead up to the European referendum.

Public opinion polls suggest potential Democratic nominees with a leads over the GOP nominees in hypothetical matchups.

This has been preceded by a flurry of media headlines, subjecting him to an open - air political trial and a trial in the court of NPP public opinion supported with earlier pressure from some leading Members of New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Government, to commence prosecution of former NDC Government appointees including Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni for alleged acts of corruption for over a year now.»

In his statement, Catsimatidis did not mention the fact that Lhota has led in every public opinion poll released on the Republican primary.

Valle cited a poll by Public Opinion strategies that the campaign sponsored and was released last week showing Gibson with a 49 - 39 lead over Schreibman and noted that out of the four polls taken in the race, Gibson has led in all of them.

«Cuomo continues to hold a double - digit lead, but the numbers have shifted somewhat following Lazio's withdrawal from the race,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

However, politicians lead public, lives so they are a little more immune to public opinion.

Clout Research is a leading national public opinion research firm based in Dublin, Ohio.

A dozen public opinion polls have shown Cuomo with a massive 30 or more percentage point lead over his nearest Republican rival and many GOP leaders concede privately that they see little chance of beating him this year.

The poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies, a Republican polling firm, on behalf of the Katko campaign found Maffei, D - Syracuse, leads Katko, R - Camillus by a 43 to 36 percent margin.

Has the party leadership become resigned to following public opinion, rather than leading it?

This opinion is shared by several leading health organisations, including the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council and American Public Health Association.

«Given the mobilization of creationist interest groups around this issue and anti-evolution public opinion — particularly in states with a high number of conservative Protestants — you might think that this would lead to greater success in turning these bills into laws, but this has not been the case,» Johnson said.

«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.

But it's unclear whether oft - observed social conformity reflects public compliance, motivated by a desire to fit in with the group and avoid social rejection, or private acceptance, which leads to a genuine change in personal opinion that persists even when social influence is removed.

So the pledge by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to heed public opinion when naming celestial bodies is in - keeping with the zeitgeist — even if its hand was forced by the good - natured outcry over its earlier decision to ignore a bid, led by Star Trek star William Shatner, to name a Plutonian moon «Vulcan» (see «Official planet namer listens to voice of the people «-RRB-.

Hoping to prevent this deep - fried bombshell from going straight to the love handles of public opinion, physicians told Reuters that extra pounds can lead to obesity, which the study linked to increased death from diabetes, kidney or heart disease as well as some cancers.

Contrary to widespread view that the recession led to a substantial backlash against immigration, Professor Timothy Hatton, at the University of Exeter, found that the two most influential variables shifting public opinion on immigration are actually the share of immigrants in the population and the share of social benefits.

He says: «There is a temptation also for the (public) interest groups to follow and profit from the excited state of public opinion, rather than seek to educate and lead it in a «rational» direction, and who is entitled to claim a monopoly on the definition of rationality?»

Soon is a leading skeptic of the widely accepted science surrounding climate change, In the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, a study titled «The Structure of Scientific Opinion on Climate Change» found that 97 percent of scientists surveyed believed global warming already is ongoing, with 84 percent of scientists surveyed believing human - produced greenhouse gases were the driving force behind the change.