MC: That might be the cause, but on the other hand you look at
public opinion polls about issues that are of concern to the American public, and climate change just isn't near the top of those lists, and maybe they made a calculated decision that a more sellable approach would be to focus on energy independence and self - sufficiency, because that's something that people have already bought.
In the experiment, we asked a national sample of the US population to participate in
a public opinion poll about popular topics (participants did not know that the study was really about climate change).
Not exact matches
In a random sampling of
public opinion taken by the Forum
Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the average amount of vacation time given to employed workers is
about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on average).
Public opinion polling has shown that the electorate's concerns
about the environment have increased significantly since the 2006 election.
The 2012 National
Opinion Poll commissioned by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and undertaken by Angus Reid
Public Opinion provides a comprehensive picture to date of how Canadians think and feel
about Asia.
The Elon
Poll / The Business Journals survey gauged
public opinion in these metro areas — many of the country's largest —
about landing the project, which promises to be home to 50,000 workers and an investment of $ 5 billion.
An August 2010
poll by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press and the Pew Forum on Religion &
Public Life found that nearly half of Tea Party supporters (46 %) had not heard of or did not have an
opinion about «the conservative Christian movement sometimes known as the religious right»; 42 % said they agree with the conservative Christian movement and roughly one - in - ten (11 %) said they disagree (based on registered voters).
In other words, actual church attendance was
about half the rate indicated by national
public opinion polls.
At the same time,
public opinion polls demonstrate a continuous improvement in the dominant white population groups» ideas
about black people and how they should be treated.
Polling finds that electorate cares most about two issues, cats vs dogs (with cat supporters polling 40 % and dog supporters 60 %); and the right to put patty above the cheese in a cheesburger (with the righteous cheese - down freedom lovers unfortunately losing in the public opinion polls 2
Polling finds that electorate cares most
about two issues, cats vs dogs (with cat supporters
polling 40 % and dog supporters 60 %); and the right to put patty above the cheese in a cheesburger (with the righteous cheese - down freedom lovers unfortunately losing in the public opinion polls 2
polling 40 % and dog supporters 60 %); and the right to put patty above the cheese in a cheesburger (with the righteous cheese - down freedom lovers unfortunately losing in the
public opinion polls 20/80 %)
Opinion polls suggest that the
public believes the change has come
about for party political reasons.
This move is really a lot more
about Pataki and his national aspirations than it is
about Paladino, who is trailing Cuomo by double digits — at least according to the
public opinion polls that the candidate rejects.
At one end of the scale are
opinion polls, which sample the whole population but may not reflect a well informed, well thought - out response to questions
about government or
public service quality, and may in fact reflect
opinions on other matters such as economic outlook.
Several
public -
opinion polls have recently shown Gillibrand with less than a 50 percent approval rating and with a large number of voters saying they know little
about her.
Lee Miringoff (Director of the Marist College Institute for
Public Opinion), Barbara Carvalho (Director of The Marist
Poll) and Jay DeDapper (Director of Innovation at The Marist
Poll) dig deep to give you a look at the inner workings of
polls and what they tell us
about our world, our country, and ourselves.
We've become used to hearing
about «modern attitudes», «barbaric behaviour» and endless
public opinion polls claiming that the majority of people are against repeal of the supposedly iconic Hunting Act.
This prediction takes account of both recent YouGov
polling data and the lessons from history
about how
public opinion moves in the final weeks before general elections.
In this edition of
Poll Hub, the team discusses the latest poll numbers about the Mueller investigation and whether or not there has been a change in public opin
Poll Hub, the team discusses the latest
poll numbers about the Mueller investigation and whether or not there has been a change in public opin
poll numbers
about the Mueller investigation and whether or not there has been a change in
public opinion.
Ken Polkalsky from the Business Council speaks
about the fracking ban, while Siena Pollster Steve Greenberg shares
poll results
about public opinion on the drilling process.
Despite the severe flooding, the
public remain unconvinced
about climate change, according to the latest
opinion poll.
A
polling services firm, NOIPolls Limited, has proposed four parameters through which it could collaborate with and measure the pulse of
public opinion about the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) performances and services.
Like many of his rivals, Mr. Coffey had only nice things to say
about the current office holder, Andrew M. Cuomo, who is poised to announce his run for governor and has maintained high ratings in
public opinion polls.
Lee Miringoff (Director of the Marist Institute for
Public Opinion), Barbara Carvalho (Director of the Marist
Poll) and Jay DeDapper (Director of Innovation at The Marist
Poll) dig deep to give you a look at the inner workings of
polls and what they tell us
about our world, our country, and ourselves.
David Konisky of IU's School of
Public and Environmental Affairs analyzed 20 years of survey results from Gallup public opinion polls in one of the first major studies of how attitudes about the environment by self - identified U.S. Christians have shifted over
Public and Environmental Affairs analyzed 20 years of survey results from Gallup
public opinion polls in one of the first major studies of how attitudes about the environment by self - identified U.S. Christians have shifted over
public opinion polls in one of the first major studies of how attitudes
about the environment by self - identified U.S. Christians have shifted over time.
For more
about two 2014
polls and what they suggested about shifts in public awareness and opinion, read A Tale of Two Polls, from
polls and what they suggested
about shifts in
public awareness and
opinion, read A Tale of Two
Polls, from
Polls, from NPR.
The 2017 EdNext
Poll — including the Trump Effect on
public opinion about education Charter schools lose favor but opposition to vouchers declines; Opposition to Common Core plateaus and support for using the same standards across states gains ground
Public opinion and its drivers could well influence state and national policy under the new administration, so it is worth evaluating what these
polls tell us
about college - and career - readiness related policies.
The point was hammered home in a recent column by Mike Royko, where he discussed
public -
opinion poll questions
about people's willingness to have their taxes raised.
If used as the starting point for project - based learning, the 2012 election can engage students in thinking critically
about everything from media messages to voter rights to
public opinion polls.
The PDK
Poll of the
Public's Attitudes Toward the Public Schools is the most trusted source of public opinion data about K - 12 education because of its rigor, its depth, and its commitment to capturing all voices and viewp
Public's Attitudes Toward the
Public Schools is the most trusted source of public opinion data about K - 12 education because of its rigor, its depth, and its commitment to capturing all voices and viewp
Public Schools is the most trusted source of
public opinion data about K - 12 education because of its rigor, its depth, and its commitment to capturing all voices and viewp
public opinion data
about K - 12 education because of its rigor, its depth, and its commitment to capturing all voices and viewpoints.
Two new
polls released over the past two weeks, one from Education Next and one from PDK, shed light on
public opinion about education policy,
About the
Public Opinion Survey The PEPG - EdNext survey was conducted by the
polling firm Knowledge Networks between May 11 and June 8, 2010.
Gallup has been
polling public opinion about unions since the 1930's.
These
polls vary slightly in the way that they ask respondents for their
opinions about the Read more
about The American
Public and Testing In Schools -LSB-...]
A recent
public opinion poll conducted in Bridgeport included questions
about Malloy, Mayor Bill Finch, Paul Vallas, members of the Working Family Party who serve as the outspoken minority on the Bridgeport Board of Education and Carmen Lopez, the former Connecticut superior court judge who brought the lawsuit that determined that Paul Vallas lacked the credentials necessary to serve as a superintendent of schools in Connecticut.
Opinion polls for the past decade have consistently shown that the
public would like to see something done
about the global warming problem, along with many other environmental issues.
SecularAnimist (# 43)
About public opinion polls.
Public opinion polls indicate that concern
about global warming has been going down, even as the evidence (giant forest fires, drought, floods, record setting hot days etc) becomes so ironclad that it's almost a joke.
An interesting recent Mori
poll result of
public opinion within the UK
about climate change can be found at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6263690.stm
However, self - selected
polls (the American Association for
Public Opinion Research calls these «SLOP») only apply to the people who respond to the
poll and can not be used to draw any conclusions
about the population at large.
Matthew C. Nisbet, Teresa Myers; The
Polls — Trends: Twenty Years of
Public Opinion about Global Warming,
Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 71, Issue 3, 1 January 2007, Pages 444 — 470, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfm031
«-LSB-...] The trouble with assessing the
public's
opinion of science over time is that few
public opinion polls asked questions
about trust in science before the 1980s.
The fateful page was in a routine
public opinion poll and proposal for a related campaign of the type that EEI regularly commissioned, this year on
public attitudes
about global warming.
For
polls see e.g., Brett W. Pelham, «Awareness,
opinions about global warming vary worldwide,» Gallup (2009), online here; Leiserowitz et al. (2010b) and other work by Leiserowitz's group; Council on Foreign Relations, «
Public Opinion on Global Issues» (2011)(no longer available online); Bruce Stokes et al., «Global Concern
about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions,» Pew Research Center, Nov. 5, 2015, online here.
Craig, in fairness to Dan H, he was responding to my assertion
about public opinion polls on the perceived «importance» of global warming, which was in turn my response to Superman1's unsupported assertion that the US electorate «couldn't care less».
Although I could speak today
about the underfunding of B.C.'s courts, legal aid, and a recently released Angus Reid
public opinion poll suggesting that British Columbians are dissatisfied with the justice system, this is, after all, supposed to be a light, entertaining, and fluffy column
about legal practice on the west coast, and there are some topics that don't lend themselves to my swordplay.
Public opinion polls consistently show that voters know very little
about judges and judicial candidates on the ballot and wish they had more information.
CREA and its lobby group (s) should be able to provide the statistics and the comprehensive studies and the
public opinion polls to show that consumers are mostly satisfied with the real estate industry as is, and that Ms Atkien's campaign is much ado
about nothing.