Sentences with phrase «of popular support»

This suggests that the party might achieve the kind of levels of popular support it normally only wins in European elections, even without the benefit of a PR electoral system.

If they can address some of the problems of the previous regime, they can even get a measure of popular support.

Both movements, far from being fringe phenomena, enjoy some measure of popular support.

He rode a wave of popular support for his «solution» to the problem of Chechnya's attempted secession, a solution that might well have earned him the title — not in current usage — of the «butcher of Grozny.»

Lack of popular support for the measure is reflected in a new Siena College poll.

The weakening growth of global trade; the loss of popular support for the forces of liberalism and free trade that is driving moves towards protectionism; the threat of climate change depleting and degrading the planet we leave for future generations; and most recently, the outrageous proliferation of nuclear weapons by North Korea with a threat to use them.

Fabricated accusations about a demonized enemy; failures of coalition building; acts of torture and barbarism performed by the alleged defenders of justice; misplaced expectations of popular support from a conquered people; an enemy unified by the very attacks intended to divide it; inadequate planning for postconquest rule; and rampant and chronic instability after victory has been won.

Here's something to check out: a former anti-gay-marriage activist is accusing the National Organization for Marriage of shady dealings on the internets, claiming that the organization formed a «SWAT team» of social media commenters to give the illusion of popular support to their positions online.

First, communists in Russia still enjoy quite a bit of popular support - they continuosly get ~ 15 - 17 % of votes in presidential election, and about the same percentage of parliamentary seats.

This phenomenon, called subjective validation, is one of the foundations of popular support for pseudoscience.»

There is legitimacy in elected legislatures and governments because they necessarily have some degree of popular support (and it is possible to change them at the next election).

Interesting that a major reason to boost a Twitter following IS N'T to actually communicate with voters, but to build at least the appearance of popular support.

The government is in pieces due its own failures in the economic sphere, due to pressure from the Car Wash revelations and the consequent collapse of its popular support.

Cuomo said a gun control agenda would lose as much as 35 percent of popular support.

Labour have done well in terms of winning power and seats under Blair, but not in terms of popular support.

For progressive people, the level of popular support Israel enjoys in the United States can be maddening... Support for Israel is in one way or another built into most of the institutions we interact with.

It referenced the drumbeat of popular support and how New York is «one of the last places in the country without it.»

Emil Sitka once again plays a deranged scientist, a favorite role of the popular supporting comic.

One of the details missed by Hess is that XQ: The Super School Project has also earned a substantial movement of popular support which is unique in the array of education reform efforts; popular will is now an active verb in public education transformation.

This is particularly telling today, given that President Trump boasts the lowest level of popular support ever recorded at the start of a presidency.

We review the most suitable grounds for each type of popular support and painting and review factors influencing the embrittlement of the paint film and what artists can do to prolong its life.

What's more, in comparison to previous governments, it suffers from a substantial problem in the shape of Plahotniuc, who suffers from the lowest levels of popular support of any political figure in the country, but nevertheless maintains large levels of influence in the media and has a close relationship with both decision - makers in Bucharest and the Socialist Party in Chisinau.

With this broad base of popular support, many expected Kobo to go far, but sadly that didn't happen.

Given the lack of popular support for the restructuring of political systems on environmental grounds, perhaps Ward's boss at Grantham, Lord Stern, should consider getting a new Public Relations man.

It is true that religious Zionism in Israel today thrives while the secular variant suffers from loss of popular support, guilt for its achievements, and uncertainty about its purpose.

It was anticipated that a wave of popular support would sweep [Prince Alexius] back into power without the need for military action.»

Here's something to check out: a former anti-gay-marriage activist is accusing the National Organization for Marriage of shady dealings on the internets, claiming that the organization formed a «SWAT team» of social media commenters to give the illusion of popular support to...

I believe the opponents of the accord referred to it as a suicide pact, and they had quite a bit of popular support.

Leaving aside whether ballot initiatives are the best measure of popular support, Fischel has to explain the growing popularity of charter schools.

Alternately, if you are certain that decision makers where you live will resist your demands, you could consider one way of asserting maximum pressure by running a community survey of the local population to gauge and publicise the level of popular support for renewable energy and your Fossil Free demands.

The group quickly determines the mission team's potential strength (knowledge of the terrain), potential weakness (susceptibility to disease), assumptions being factored into the decisions (they do not face nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons), things they must not do (damage property, which would lead to loss of popular support), the principle information requirements, high - value targets, and so on through a checklist of easily overlooked considerations.

The different level of popular support that these parties have in each country, and the particular characteristics of each electoral system, makes it difficult to predict whether nationalist parties will become more prominent fixtures in European politics as the economic crisis plays out.

By keeping populism away from the judiciary, we ensure that judges will not make decision on the basis of popular support, and thus they are more able to put restraints on upcoming demagogues.

What is clear, however, is that the» bad result» of UKIP is first of all due to the mechanical effects of the British electoral system, and not to a lack of popular support.

If this level of popular support is reproduced at next year's general election, the Liberal Democrats will see their representation in parliament cut by half.

UCD disappeared but Spanish Liberals received nearly the 18 % of the popular support (espectacular increase).

Results: Separatist coalition achieved 39,5 % of the support losing 5 % of the popular support.

Albany has seen promises of reform before: Four years ago, «steamroller» Eliot Spitzer came to the statehouse riding a wave of popular support and vowing that «on Day One, everything changes.»

Gordon Brown lacks most of the things that make a leader popular and if (as seems likely) he loses the next election and resigns as leader there is no reason why Labour in opposition will not regain at least some of their popular support.

«Candidates have long used carefully orchestrated social cues, from endorsements to photo opportunities to stage - managed public events, in their efforts to persuade voters that they are riding a wave of popular support,» the researchers concluded in their journal article.