The referendum illustrated the breakdown
of voter trust, as political elites failed again to represent the interests of their constituents.
A YouGov poll commissioned by the SNP found more than two - thirds of voters do not trust the Tories while only 16 per cent
of voters trust them to represent their voice in Holyrood.
Greenberg said 38 percent
of voters trust SED the most to set education policy, followed by 23 percent who trust the Regents most, 18 percent who trust Cuomo, and eight percent who trust the Legislature.
Not exact matches
For example, the percentage
of voters who
trust Goldsmith in the categories
of «public transport fares» and «reliability» has risen five points since Opinium's last poll.
By contrast, almost 50 %
of Clinton
voters said that they
trust the government.
She questioned whether a single revelation could have persuaded some
voters not to vote for Trump, saying «there's been a huge erosion
of trust» as media outlets had allowed themselves to «become discredited» by partisans and politicians seeking to engage in a battle
of disinformation.
Such statistics likely reflect the impact
of the
voter attitude behind another
of our key findings: over 80 %
of respondents to our survey either «agreed» or «strongly agreed» that a politician who is dishonest in his or her personal life can not be
trusted in their professional role.
Dubbed Facebook's «collapse»
of public
trust, the double revelation that Cambridge Analytica, ostensibly a
voter - profiling company, collected the data
of 50 million Facebook accounts without user permission, and that thousands
of third - party developers built apps on Facebook's platform to gather private information has spurred international outrage.
The surprising Brexit vote and the election
of President Trump, which was a veritable trans - Atlantic echo where
voters sowed the seeds
of their distrust in status quo irrespective
of the consequences, are two macro-level examples
of the
trust deficit.
Elections require authentication
of voters» identity, secure record keeping to track votes, and
trusted tallies to determine the winner.
Republican presidential candidates might be more
trusted by more
voters at every level
of the income distribution if they focused more
of their attention on policies directly impact the working and aspiring middle - classes.
All presidents have to show some type
of religious affiliation to gain the
trust of American
voters.
If a businessman can convince
voters that he will direct his talents toward advancing the interests
of the middle - class and the struggling, he will find it easier to win the public's
trust.
It's about realizing he couldn't litigate his past comedy, about
trusting his staff, about understanding why politicians act the way they do in interviews, about recognizing why the norms
of the Senate matter.So this is an interview about what it's like to be a politician, why perfectly nice and interesting people end up acting like all those other politicians after getting elected, and the role we as
voters (and we in the media) play in it.
WASHINGTON — Almost half (48 percent)
of Ohio
voters with children in K - 12 public schools think that students do not have enough time to eat lunch at school, according to a statewide survey released today by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable
Trusts.
New Labour had run out
of steam and - partly, but not solely, because
of the Iraq war - lost the
trust of voters.
He says it's all about an issue
of «
trust» between
voters and the public.
«
Voters and taxpayers deserve the transparency and the enforcement
of the law against the appearance or the actual violation
of public
trust that may be involved.»
Many Tories feel the party has lost out to
voters because
of eroded levels
of public
trust in former promises on European referenda.
Voters are more likely to support democracy and accept the outcome
of democratic elections — which is important if electoral violence is to be avoided — if they
trust that people like them will not be excluded from political and economic opportunities just because their candidate lost.
Given that Leave
voters are already less distrustful
of MPs, it would be catastrophic for
trust in democracy if MPs ignored the referendum outcome.
Brexit presents a unique opportunity to expose and debate some
of our most pressing problems, and to restore the bonds
of trust between
voters and the political elite.
For Obama,
trusting volunteers to communicate face - to - face with local
voters, opinion leaders and the media was a natural extension
of his community - organizing ethos — but it was online technology that made it work on a national scale.
Ahead
of the Committee beginning its work, the largest opposition party accused the panel
of bias insisting that two
of the members could not be
trusted to give a fair assessment on the NPP's position on the
voters register.
Every time we pass an end -
of - quarter date, and every time these articles reach fever pitch about the Dems» massive and over-the-top email fundraising operations, the more it erodes the average
voter's
trust in the larger Democratic Brand.
Both Labour and the Conservatives have work to do to win back the
trust of Muslim
voters at this election
I think the
voters trust he will represent the needs
of the Hudson Valley in the House because
of his first hand knowledge
of living here, working here and raising a family here.
There was plenty
of fine talk
of trusting Scots to choose the nation's destiny,
of giving
voters a choice.
At a time when only four in ten Americans
trust mass media, and only one in four believe the media even attempts to report without bias, Trump's ability to send the media into overdrive fact - checking, debunking, and calling him out likely sends the same signal to
voters that his provocation
of the GOP establishment did: he is someone who will drive those who have betrayed their
trust up the wall.
Forty - three percent
of voters surveyed by Siena
trust their local government most or all
of the time to «do what's right,» as opposed to a 28 percent level
of trust for state or federal governments.
The results
of this primary show us that a majority
of democratic
voters knew they couldn't
trust Graziano to represent the community and that his latest endorsement
of conservative republican Dennis Saffran, by his own admission, was clearly made out
of personal bitterness with a PAC (that despite being unconnected to Paul Vallone) sent out mailers questioning Graziano's checkered past which infuriated him is living proof that those
voters were correct.
Gov. Cuomo said Monday
voters will just have to
trust him to do the right thing when asked why he won't return more than $ 1 million from a real - estate firm involved in two
of Albany's biggest corruption scandals.
LWV MEET - UP: The League
of Women
Voters of Saratoga County will hold a Meet - Up on May 16 at 7 p.m. at the Adirondack
Trust Bank Community Room, 31 Church Street, Saratoga Springs.
«Clearly there's a lack
of trust and confidence among
voters when it comes to their public officials,» said Donald P. Levy, director
of the Siena Research Institute.
PollVault's user - friendly design allows
voters to crowd - source ballot advice, or crowd - poll, seeing the ballot opinions
of organizations and people they
trust.
It is understandable that
voters struggle with the notion
of David Laws asking to be
trusted with the country's finances when he made a mess
of running his own household.
Two new Quinnipiac University polls show that New York
voters trust the teachers» unions more than Governor Andrew Cuomo to improve education in the state, and two thirds
of New York State
voters say the Common Core aligned standardized tests are not an accurate way to measure how well students are learning.
A recent YouGov poll found that almost three quarters
of Scottish
voters do not
trust Cameron's claims about independence.
Primaries force you to go to work and to earn the
trust of voters.
Keeping with the Labor Day messaging, Mr. Bermudez passed along a SEIU 1199 mailer supporting Ms. Rivera earlier today with an attached statement declaring, «The clear violation
of trust in misappropriating our tax dollars that has lead to FBI and Attorney General investigations should give 1199 the message that a pro-labor voting record should not be the only consideration for Democratic
voters.»
Eramo spokesman Matthew Rey called Toback's allegation «a desperate and dishonest attack ripped from the Skelos playbook, delivered by a candidate soundly rejected by all facets
of the Democratic Party and leaders we
trust, just as he was dismissed by
voters twice.
Finally, Jane raised the question
of whether the accusations made during the second leader debates would further alienate and confuse
voters already struggling to
trust politics and politicians.
They'd
trust the intelligence and judgment
of THEIR OWN PARTY's
voters and then work for that choice in the general election, rather than manipulate the primary to impose the Grand Pooh - Bahs» anointed one.
Even by its own limited standards Labour's move to the Right failed, since the endless attempt to triangulate in search
of the «floating
voter» erodes
trust and alienates Labour's base; 5 million lost
voters over the New Labour years is testament to that.
Allies
of the state's teachers union this week were emboldened by a Quinnipiac University poll that found
voters trust the teachers unions over Cuomo to help improve education.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a NY1 interview on Friday said a shutdown
of the federal government would be a «violation»
of the
trust voters have placed in elected officials.
«Transparency builds
trust, and currently Mr. Astorino's actions continue to prove that he is undeserving
of the
trust of voters by refusing to provide New Yorkers with a full accounting
of his finances.»
The association cautioned against «any hasty, poorly - informed and premature decisions
of the EC that could compromise the search for an enduring solution that could advance national interest», adding that: ``... a trustworthy
voters» register and effective monitoring
of electoral activities underlie public
trust confidence in election results».
«It's just a violation
of the public
trust with the
voters of this country, not just
of New York, but the
voters of this country,» he said.
Obama was elected - and because
voters did not know him that well, and he was inexperienced,
voters placed a measure
of TRUST in him.