They tend to be minority
opinions of the politicians.
Roughly speaking, lobbying is when any non-politician tries to influence
the opinion of politicians.
People may have a low
opinion of politicians, but dissembling for a living is no one's idea of a good time.
A monthlong Senate coup earlier this year froze state government while Democrats and Republicans engaged in a historic power struggle that sank the public's already low
opinion of politicians in Albany.
From where do we form
an opinion of our politicians?
Here
the opinions of politicians and economists will add to the correctness of your theory.
Not exact matches
OPINION: With one eye on re-election and afraid
of making tough calls,
politicians have ignored a number
of crises that will profoundly affect their constituents.
Its NRA card was also highlighted in a New York Times
opinion piece that called on the financial industry to exert its «leverage over the gun industry,» seeing as
politicians — many
of whom are funded by the NRA — continue to refrain from doing so.
In the same way that
politicians shouldn't govern by
opinion polls alone, leaders should avoid making decisions on data alone, says Jane Park
of Julep.
A sarcastic tweet from Gabe Rivera, the founder
of the technology news aggregator Techmeme, put one
of the main risks fairly well — namely, that pieces published by
politicians and political groups on Medium won't get nearly the kind
of oversight and fact - checking that newspaper
opinion pieces do.
Curious, while the German
politician advocates diversity
of views, she has previously accused it
of perpetrating
opinions that are most at odds with those
of the establishment and traditional media.
Opinion: Despite
politicians musing about «de-risking» Trans Mountain's pipeline, there are a slew
of reasons why government shouldn't get involved
Ending the huge subsidies to both the mining and housing industry is favoured according to
opinion polls about 75 %
of the population, but the word from
politicians is «don't mention the subsides».
The
politician shared his
opinion of the drawing on Twitter — and...
The stock prices
of most drug related companies have been suppressed a bit recently as a result
of politicians voicing their
opinions about high drug prices.
Sustained national media attention on the shooting, emotional confrontations between
politicians and survivors and their families, as well as a public -
opinion shift in favor
of stricter gun laws could spur Congress to do something to tighten access to guns.
In my
opinion, the financial and political elite have done a good job force feeding created currencies into the paper markets
of Group One, thereby levitating them for the benefit
of bankers,
politicians, and the financial and political elite.
Constituents and
politicians on both sides
of the aisle have strong
opinions about whether or not the TPP is a good thing.
The advocacy group, which backs physician - assisted suicide, celebrated the defeat
of «paternalistic
politicians whose
opinions should not get in the way
of people getting the medical relief they want and need.»
If Rush Limbaugh is to be believed, the same is true
of our politics: the substance
of politics is the rowdy give - and - take
of elections, legislation, organizing, and swaying
opinion, and we must beware
of politicians who engage in «mere symbolism.»
And
politicians need to start standing up for what's right, and what they believe... instead
of polling
opinion, and doing whatever will keep them elected!
If it does get built, then it is my
opinion that some
of our corrupt
politicians stand to make a lot
of money in pay offs.
President Trump attended the meeting
of the Trimarium leaders — which,
of course, irritated the old EU
politicians and public
opinion.
What I see from the middle east with chants
of «death to America and it's allies» is no different by way
of human conduct as what I see
politicians and
opinion newscasters saying with «bomb them».
@Frogist I'm still waiting for the gov» t to finally ask everyone their
opinions on every issue instead
of giving us the runaround, the cold shoulder, and more
politicians that do not actually represent us or our interests.
We hear it from our family members, our schools, our pediatricians, our
politicians, parenting books that continue to be published influenced by this old - fashioned thinking despite the mountains
of research to the contrary — ideas
of how children should be raised, based on personal
opinion rather than research - backed fact, subtle revelation
of how our society is still scared
of giving «too much» nurturing to our children.
As some
of our readers know by now, IMANI is, in keeping with past tradition, strongly focused exactly on this issue: filtering out partisan and self - serving
opinions and claims from solid facts in the promises and policy proposals being made by
politicians in the lead up to the 2016 elections.
Hossein Mousavian, the former spokesmen for Iran's nuclear negotiating team and the author
of the forthcoming book, The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir, said in a very recent interview with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace that «definitely there is a much more positive atmosphere... not only in the West...... also within Iranian public
opinion and Iranian
politicians».
(So, it's not necessarily the
opinions of actual people as much as the
opinions of actual
politicians.)
The result
of this media partisanship, with its increasing confusion
of reporting and
opinion, is that
politicians conduct two separate dialogues.
In my
opinion, it is both a failure
of the National Curriculum to teach the Holocaust and its origins in moderate facsism in a «Socialist» party, and a failure by
politicians to not just say that the BNP is bad, but to say why they are bad.
An example
of this are those scientists convinced
of the existence
of anthropomorphic climate change who wish to silence dissenting voices whose
opinions they fear might be used as an excuse for
politicians unwilling to act on environmental issues.
Theoretic
politicians, who have patronized this species
of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their
opinions, and their passions.
«When he started running for the chair
of the DNC, he began changing: toning down his
opinions, not repeating progressive positions,» the Lebanese - American
politician and activist told the Observer after the event.
One - out -
of - two New York City voters hold an unfavorable
opinion of disgraced
politicians Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer who are both hoping to be returned to public office this fall.
Accidentally adding fuel to the fire
of public
opinion that
politicians are all in for themselves, he branded the election «career defining».
While he lacks respect by the people, he enjoys a lot
of respect by other
politicians, and even though he has no actual say on politics, his
opinion is valued by them.
Only solution is to improve political education
of the public so they can check the facts and form their own
opinion, and brace for the fact that a fraction
of it will always vote for irrational motives (peer presure, self - image
of one social class, tradition, or the
politician who shouts louder).
The
opinion leader said the statement
of Kennedy Agyepong on Adom TV's Badwam last Tuesday that residents
of Bole are disappointed in the former President for not fulfilling his promises
of building school blocks in Bole is not true and will only come from a demented and confused
politician.
Reverend Isaac Kwabena Asante, General Overseer
of Mount Ararat Church International, has called on
politicians to be tolerant
of differing
opinions for peace in the country.
Initially, the film would seem to show just how easy it is for
politicians to ride roughshod over a staggeringly huge demonstration
of public
opinion.
Edmund Burke, the radical eighteenth century
politician, hack and philosopher, redeemed himself in the
opinion of his more conservative contemporaries when he criticised the excesses
of the French Revolution.
politician wouldn't base their decisions on the
opinion of just a single organization.
Both concerned citizens and prominent
politicians were able to ask questions and voice
opinions at last night's debate on merging Onondaga County and the City
of Syracuse.
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Opinion polls show that his views on nuclear disarmament are today shared by the majority
of the British electorate across the political spectrum - a fact that our
politicians would do well to recognise as they head into a general election.
MRSA Action UK has persistently through its press releases and in meetings with
politicians of all political parties along with senior Department
of Health officials, warned that the present screening system was in our
opinion inadequate and that they had to step up their game or we would be overwhelmed in the future from threats far more dangerous than MRSA and C.diff.
It is a brave (or foolish)
politician that voices
opinions about either their constituents or constituency parties but many would find their inner thoughts played out in the numerous scenes that litter political fiction -
of a lumpen, apathetic electorate or the zealous bores that attend the average party committee meeting.
In her
opinion, Alhaja Aishe Jelil, a civil servant, said the future
of the youth who were being used by
politicians called for concern.
A difference
of opinion from western New York area
politicians on what might be causing flooding on Lake Ontario.
In the
opinion of this Commission, if there is no satisfactory evidence that can stand up in court,
politicians must learn; «to cut the losses and count the gains».