Sentences with phrase «led in every public opinion»

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

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.»

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.

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

«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-.

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.

Baumgartner and Jones argued that policy generally changes only incrementally, until some event, such as change in the party control of government or sizable shifts in public opinion, lead to large policy alterations.

«With the spotlight shone on public school choice this election year, we've seen a stirring up of opinion... and we've also seen expensive, sustained, and coordinated campaigns to discredit charter schools, led by teachers» unions and special interests that feel threatened by families having a choice in public school.»

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.

Teacher - led public school buildings are the most efficient model for effective change — in my un-humble opinion.

In the week leading up to the public hearing and for the weekend following, USOE also solicited opinions and questions both electronically and through the mail.

Before that, he was editor and co-writer for the «Thoughts on Public Education (TOP - Ed)» website, a leading source of California education policy reporting and opinion, which he founded in 2009.

A recent public opinion poll showed Andrew Cuomo skating to victory unless the Working Families Party put up a candidate who offered voters a better choice, in which case much of Cuomo's lead was projected to disappear.

Since MA students rank first in the nation, voters are likely to oppose any drastic changes to the current system; the No campaign's portrayal of the Yes side as extremist led many traditionally pro-charter politicians to take what they perceived to be the safer option and oppose question 2, thus shifting public opinion.

The main purpose of our new report, «Ebook Licensing Guide for Public Libraries and Publishers,» resulting from the collaboration between Publishing Perspectives, the leading international book publishing news and opinion magazine; Bookwire, a platform specializing in the worldwide distribution of more than 100,000 ebooks and audiobooks of more than 1.000 publishers from around the world, and Dosdoce.com, a company specializing in the development of digital business models, is to provide professionals in the book world with a broader insight into the numerous opportunities offered by new ebook licensing models and to dissipate any doubts or preconceived ideas in relation to those models.

All the relevant fact mentioned in making the audience can interpret my Essay Assignment Writing in a different manner which could lead to drawing different conclusions and also different opinions of the public.

When this chapter in animal welfare is finally closed, it will be noted that the failure of commercial breeders and the unwillingness of the agricultural lobbies to address the flagrant abuse inherent in the puppy mill trade led to recourse to the ultimate agents of change, public opinion and the market place.

Critics have argued that some tactics employed by animal advocates, including protests, risk turning public opinion against the animal advocacy movement.178 While these activities make up a small proportion of L214's work, they do organize and participate in protests and demonstrations.179 Investigations make up a larger part of L214's work and have sometimes led to a slightly different type of backlash in which industry and government respond by attempting to pass laws that target advocates, such as ag - gag legislation in the United States.180 While L214 tries to maintain good relationships with media and the government, and France does not have ag - gag laws, they have sometimes been the target of lawsuits by industry because their footage is taken without permission.181 L214 has sometimes suffered negative consequences as a result of these lawsuits, such as fines or the requirement to take footage down from their website.182, 183

The lead researchers on the project... said: «Public opinion is of paramount importance in any society.

Where does this lead in the realm of public opinion and policy?

The change in public opinion could be achieved in less than a decade if environmental NGO's decided it was in their interest to lead the way on this.

Writing in the journal Public Opinion Quarterly, a research team led by University of Michigan psychologist Jonathon Schuldt reports Republicans are far more skeptical of «global warming» than of «climate change.»

Both Romm and advocacy organizations such as Media Matters for America raise their financial support and define their professional roles as watch dogging the mainstream media, asserting that consistent false balance in mainstream coverage at leading outlets such as the NY Times or the Washington Post remains a major barrier to political action on climate change and that conservative media like Fox News have a powerful impact on wider public opinion.

Until there is an obvious and sudden event — such as a loss of part of the Antarctic ice sheet leading to a disastrous sea - level rise — it's unlikely that public opinion in the United States will provide the bottom - up demand for action that has inspired previous Congressional action on the environment over the past forty years.

Thirty - nine percent of Republicans and 30 percent of Democrats reported a Heartland publication changed their opinion or led to a change in public policy.

Dr. Tom Fiddaman of Ventana Systems, in my opinion the top system dynamics modeler of climate change science and policy, will be leading a public training course next month in New Mexico, USA.

«The Union of Concerned Scientists and the Climate Accountability Institute brought together about two dozen leading scientists, lawyers and legal scholars, historians, social scientists, and public opinion experts for a June 14 − 15, 2012, workshop at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA.»

It is being led by the University of Ottawa's Institute for Science, Society and Policy and involves more than two dozen researchers from a dozen universities who have expertise in areas such as: policy, regulation and governance; transition economics and energy technology; and public opinion, trust in policy making and expert knowledge.

That Zorita just wants to «please his mouth - breathing blog readers» is pretty funny, considered the (in my opinion outrageous) attack Zorita led on Phil Jones and others after the UEA e-mails went public.

1) the consensus as we learned from the East Anglia — gate emails punish scientists by barring them from publishing in scientific journals; 2) in the US right now there is a coordinated effort led by the Obama administration to use all the usual tactics to surround and conquer + flooding the country with public opinion campaigns (check the front page NYT daily feature articles on climate change related).

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

And that conflict has the potential to lead to a rapid shift in public opinion regarding the validity of these protests.

If the whole system of coming to a consensus that leads to meaningful actions is looked at from a chaos theory perspective, I think this so called «bump» may lead to a more chaotic and unpredictable state of affairs for a while longer... i.e., we can't predict what is «likely» to happen in the court of public / policy maker opinion for a more extended period before settling down.