Sentences with phrase «leaders in public opinion»

Not exact matches

The inconvenient truth that his party still only sits at 35 percent in the latest public opinion poll could add momentum to those pushing to replace the Wildrose leader.

It is the duty of the Caliph or Imam, the leader in Islam, to consolidate public opinion, execute judgments, administer state machinery, encourage the faithful in the practice of their faith, such as prayers and the religious tax, and look after affairs of public interest with the guidance of a parliamentary democracy, the basis of government in Islam.

Yet even as conservatives in the last two decades have made notable strides in access to influential cultural institutions in entertainment and the media, the influence of civil society and nonpolitical leaders on public opinion is still underappreciated.

Once Church teaching becomes just one opinion among many in the public square, as well as becoming an embarrassment to prominent Christian leaders, then God is being gagged.

It is a hopeful sign that leaders of public opinion in other spheres of life are now recognizing the importance of the moral and spiritual dimension of life in society.

This White House invitation (sent through their Office of Public Engagement) is a classic example of blogger / online activist relations — they can't exactly give us exclusive information or the other usual goodies we online communicators use to entice online opinion leaders, but they CAN give us a seat in a meeting room in the White House complex, which is pretty damn cool all around.

Moreover, given that Ashdown's interventions were made working hand - in - glove with the leadership, it is more plausible he was going * public * on the possibility during talks to give credence to it being serious (for party opinion, and Tory pressure) rather than that he would be risking a rift between current and former leaders.

The forum, which brought together chiefs, assembly and unit committee members and other opinion leaders, formed part of NCCE's lined up activities to enhance public awareness on the concept of the Local Governance System in the country.

The Social Liberal Forum contributes to the discourse on public policy within the Liberal Democrats and in the public realm through events, blog posts and opinion articles, engagement with the media and political leaders and through publications.

Unless there's a high - profile independent (as there was in Copeland's own mayoral contest), the votes cast will be a direct reflection of the public's opinion on the various parties and their leaders.

As we discussed in the social media chapter, it's primarily an «opinion leader» medium, meaning that it offers campaigns opportunities to reach people who can shape the public narrative around their race.

Other areas of expertise include party leader TV debates in 2010, party election broadcasts, public opinion and voting behaviour, party election broadcasts.

«I was highly critical of the anti-Corbynistas who wanted to argue that their antics were having no impact on public opinion, so it would be absurd for me to pretend that people would elect to power a Labour party that had voted no confidence in its leader.»

The UKIP leader was able to convey a clear message that the UK is marginalised in the EU and largely unable to influence policy, both strong themes in British public opinion.

It is important everyone understand that while public attitudes toward Congress remain in the toilet, they continue to hold the opinions of military leaders in high regard.

This is true in part, as even the leaders of the US and the EU admit that foreign actors are successfully influencing domestic elections, both through direct monetary contributions (see Marine Le Pen's party and Russia) and indirect manipulation of the public opinion (Russia Today, spreading «fake news»).

That left the Liberal Democrats, who through a spokesperson for their leader Nick Clegg reiterated their lack of appetite to take on the wrath of public opinion by proposing more money for political parties in the current climate.

«The challenge for me now, and all of the shadow cabinet and Jeremy Corbyn as leader, is to demonstrate we can be a strong opposition and a convincing alternative to the Tories and that we can win over and win back public opinion, particularly voters we've lost in recent years.»

Liberal Democrat Leader in the Lords, Dick Newby said of the appointments: «This is a desperate grab for power by a regime losing its grip on Parliament, public opinion and even its own backbenches.

Instead, Hoffman has triumphed over Scozzafava in public opinion polls, despite, not the local Republican Party, but local Republican Party leaders (a very different kettle of fish), who clearly misread the mind and mood of the electorate when they imperiously chose a candidate who is evidently closer to Nancy Pelosi in her ideology than to Joe Lieberman, let alone George Pataki.

Since only a tiny fraction of Americans has lived through a state constitutional convention in their adult lifetimes, and since Americans are not taught about state constitutional conventions (as opposed to the federal constitutional convention of 1787) during their formal schooling (even those such as myself who received a Ph.D. in American government), Americans approach these referendums starting with a huge knowledge deficit, making local opinion leaders that much more influential in public debates.

Chief policy adviser to David Cameron Oliver Letwin - once referred to as the Gandalf of the leader's circle - is known to believe that opposition parties can not change public opinion other than in one or two areas if they push very hard and in a very single - minded way.

The group also call on opinion leaders and leaders of thoughts in the state to appeal to the impeached leaders of the house to explain to the public the true state of the allegations leveled against them and stop playing politics with the truth.

But the burden of making synthetic biology secure does not fall just on the scientists; policymakers and opinion leaders need to endorse those plans, too, for the public to believe in the governance.

In the meantime, biotech leaders hope to rally public opinion behind GM crops.

The center is the nation's leader in brokering the science of early childhood development to influence and inform policies and public opinion in ways that make a critical difference for young children and their families — particularly those facing adversity.

So are the «opinion leaders» driving the public's views in a certain direction, or is it the other way around?

The Republican leaders in the executive and legislative branches, which once championed accountability, have turned to school choice as the primary strategy to produce reform (even as public opinion on choice, especially more extreme forms such as vouchers, has begun to sour).

The new executive director of Great Public Schools Now says a hostile LA Unified board resolution, angry union leaders or public opinion will not threaten the group's goal to create successful schools, whoever's in charge ofPublic Schools Now says a hostile LA Unified board resolution, angry union leaders or public opinion will not threaten the group's goal to create successful schools, whoever's in charge ofpublic opinion will not threaten the group's goal to create successful schools, whoever's in charge of them.

MITUL engages in communication, education and advocacy, promoting a strong role for teacher unions in defining and leading public education reform — within teacher unions and with opinion leaders, policy - makers and advocacy organizations.

NSBA is working with federal policy makers, legal scholars, opinion leaders, members of the education community, business leaders, and the media to shape public education so students graduating this year and in the future, are ready for college, career, and life.

But in an education environment yearning for bold action, public school leaders need to avoid the trap of popular opinion.

So while I can't explain the mystery of Will's mega-puzzling irresponsibility about scientific facts, it seems to me that people who believe it's important for public opinion leaders to get this stuff right — whatever Roger Pielke, Jr., may think about that — need to think carefully about how to respond in particular to Will, whose columns must surely reach many millions of people.

There's a lot of evidence that the intertwined energy and climate challenges will require a leader to step out ahead of public opinion, a rare thing in politics.

His talk touched on the findings of his recent work, and pondered the divide between public opinion regarding global warming — he pointed out that strong majorities in every single state believe that it's real — and the opinion held by our political leaders.

Notably, while there are dozens of studies examining the influence of conservatives and Republicans on public opinion or the media, there are comparatively few studies in the literature examining the influence of Democratic leaders and other climate advocates in either unintentionally or intentionally contributing to polarization.

John Sterman: «It is dangerous for our leaders to count on emissions cuts that have not been pledged as if they will somehow occur automatically when those cuts require tough negotiations, greater funding and technology transfer for developing nations, and big changes in public opinion.»

Shifts in public opinion on climate change are tied to efforts of political leaders and advocacy groups.

[Not to mention the value in having a leader, FDR, who was willing to actually lead, rather than kowtow to public opinion.]

According to secret documents uncovered in a court case, and reported by George Monbiot, it was to be «a national coalition intended to educate the media, public officials and the public about the dangers of «junk science»... Upon formation of Coalition, key leaders will begin media outreach, e.g. editorial board tours, opinion articles, and brief elected officials in selected states.»

For rational public policy to triumph in spite of the powerful obstacles we face will require that the vast majority of the public and opinion leaders from across the political spectrum come to regard man - made global warming fears as unfounded and regularly say that it is unfounded.