Sentences with phrase «percent opposed»

A June 2013 national representative survey of 1,000 Americans found that, of those with a view, two - thirds came out against fully autonomous weapons: 68 percent opposed the move toward these weapons (48 percent strongly), while 32 percent favored their development.

The study polled 1,000 professionals in a variety of fields, and of that group, male lawyers ranked as least content, with 32.3 percent opposed to their children entering the legal profession.

In the institute's survey this month of 2,502 Californians, 59 percent opposed new offshore drilling; the proportion supporting more drilling dropped to 36 percent, down 15 percentage points.

«When told the city will use the revenue to improve the subway, train, and bus systems, 53 percent of the public supported the idea, while 42 percent opposed it.»

«Take away the wind lease money and the ratio would be more like 85 percent opposed to 15 percent in favor.»

«In every Michigan township that has ever had the opportunity to vote on wind, the ratio of voters who disapprove to those who approve is always the same: roughly 60 percent opposed, 40 percent in favor,» Martis added.

In print it was 45 percent for the pipeline versus, 31 percent opposed.

Nearly half, 47 percent, strongly opposed to arming elementary teachers and administrators and 43 percent opposed to arming middle and high school teachers and administrators.

When asked about their support of parental choice options, 78 percent responded favorably (10 percent opposed).

«The mayor is 100 percent opposed to Gov. Rauner's «plan'to drive CPS bankrupt.

Hispanic support was strongest for tax credit scholarships, with 76 percent in favor and 16 percent opposed.

50 percent supported the Core, 41 percent opposed.

The national split was 60 percent in favor and 29 percent opposed.

The poll also found voters continue to be split on charter schools, with 39 percent favoring them and 35 percent opposed to increasing their numbers in New Jersey as part of a statewide plan to improve student performance.

Proposition 51, which would authorize the sale of some $ 9 billion in bonds to support classroom construction and modernization, was winning with 54 percent in favor and 46 percent opposed.

When the poll was conducted again in September, just 29 percent of Democrats were in support and 54 percent opposed.

Respondents were nearly evenly divided over universal vouchers, with 45 percent in support and 44 percent opposed.

In a recent Gallup poll, 55 percent opposed linking teacher evaluations to their students» test scores.

School choice is wildly popular among Republicans, with 74 percent in support compared to just 14 percent opposed.

Interestingly, Democrats were even more favorable to vouchers (49 percent to 39 percent) than Republicans (41 percent in favor and 49 percent opposed.)

A recent HuffPost / YouGov survey found 43 percent somewhat or strongly supports allowing public school teachers to earn tenure, with 41 percent opposed.

com poll, 72 percent of African - American parents favored charter schools, and only 13 percent opposed.

According to the 2012 Education Next poll, 72 percent of Americans think that students should pass an exam before receiving a high school diploma, with only 12 percent opposed, the rest being indifferent.

If informed that charters are «publicly funded, but are not managed by the local school board» and that they «are expected to meet promised objectives, but are exempt from many state regulations,» support jumps to 51 percent with 28 percent opposed.

Among teachers, 78 percent opposed merit pay, and only 15 percent favored it this year.

[16] For example, in the 2016 edition of Education Next's yearly survey of Americans» opinions on education policy, 45 percent of respondents supported universal vouchers while 48 percent opposed a voucher program limited to low - income families.

Among teachers, opposition to no - disparate - impact discipline is even higher, with 59 percent opposed and only 23 percent in support.

Higher levels of support for the federal policy are observed among African - Americans, with 41 percent in favor and only 23 percent opposed.

Results from the 2016 Education Next survey, reported in this issue, show that support for the creation of charter schools has remained steady, with 58 percent of respondents in favor and only 28 percent opposed.

The public continues to oppose allowing parents and students to choose a private school to attend at public expense, but with 50 percent opposed to public funding of private school attendance and 44 percent in favor, it is apparent why this is a hotly debated issue.

[xxxii] Interestingly, Democrats were more favorable about vouchers (49 percent in favor, 39 percent opposed) than Republicans (41/49).

For instance, our poll asked those with some awareness whether they supported the standards and found 44 percent supported and 51 percent opposed (last year we found approximately 47 percent support among those stating an opinion).

After learning Obama's opinion, that number rose by 22 percentage points to 52 percent opposed.

Even so, 60 percent of the public supported the publication of test results while only 20 percent opposed it.

Only 27 percent opposed the idea, while 43 percent welcomed it.

When the question is posed in a friendlier manner, vouchers, even on their darkest day (2010), gathered support from another 8 percent, with 39 percent in favor and just 32 percent opposed.

Republicans are now almost evenly split on the issue, with 43 percent in support, and 37 percent opposed.

After support rose to 50 percent (with 39 percent opposed) in 1991, PDK abruptly dropped this item in favor of a new one.

While most agreed that such water would be fine for landscaping and irrigation, 63 percent opposed using it for drinking.

But 51 percent of those questioned favored Gillibrand's appointment, with 28 percent opposed.

The Pew survey found just 43 percent of Republicans support legalization, compared with 55 percent opposed.

Just 21 percent of voters supported the American Health Care Act while 56 percent opposed it, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll published after last month's House vote.

But he insists he was «100 percent opposed» at the time to settling and that he had no part in crafting the settlement.

A Quinnipiac poll last week found voters statewide support legalizing personal use by almost two to one: 63 percent in favor, just 32 percent opposed.

Among those 18 to 34, support skyrockets to 77 percent, versus just 16 percent opposed.

Voters were also torn on whether the union was playing a positive or negative role in improving the school system, with 47 percent in favor and 39 percent opposed.

In the poll of 805 registered voters, 65 percent supported the wage hike, 33 percent opposed it, and 2 percent were unsure.

Siena College polling in January and February showed that the trail was the only piece of Cuomo's agenda Siena asked about that a majority of voters did not approve of (57 percent opposed it in February).

The poll released Wednesday finds 56 percent opposed to casinos somewhere other than Atlantic City, and 37 percent in favor.»

In December 2014, just before Cuomo announced his hydrofracking decision, a Siena poll found 35 percent of voters supported fracking while 38 percent opposed it.