Sentences with phrase «respondents were in favor»

Although one reader told us that showing salespeople shouldn't leave business cards, because sellers might want to do business with the showing salesperson, most respondents were in favor of leaving cards or some other record of the showing («Courtesy Card or Toe Stepping?»

Asked whether they would favor a government - issued voucher that would pay all of the tuition at a private school, 48 percent of respondents were in favor and 46 percent were opposed.

In 2008, only 27 % of respondents were in favor, while 23 % were opposed.

A poll conducted last year by Fandango revealed that between Black Widow, The Vision, Falcon, Hawkeye, War Machine and Scarlet Witch, a whopping 48 percent of respondents were in favor of Johansson's character headlining her own film.

Not exact matches

According to a recent study conducted by Harvard University, which polled young adults between the ages of 18 and 29, not so good: 51 percent of survey respondents said they do not support capitalism, and only 42 percent were in favor of it.

The firm asked respondents whether they agreed with statements such as «The system is biased in favor of elites,» «Hard work is not rewarded,» and «No confidence in current leaders.»

(3) Donigan, in a study of broadcasting by the Mormon Church, found that the broadcast programs were effective in creating favor - able impressions of the church among nonmembers and the broadcasts were one of the factors influential in the respondents» desire to know more about the Mormon Church.

The poll showed that support was highest among liberals and adults under age 30, with more than 60 percent of respondents in those categories favoring legalization.

Those numbers were fairly consistent across the city and state, with 49 percent of New York City respondents in favor of Cuomo's plan compared to 40 percent of city voters for de Blasio's plan.

In a poll conducted the day after the general election, 49 percent of respondents said they would vote for Keller, 36 percent favored Lewis, and 14 percent were undecided.

By comparison, researchers counted more than two - thirds of respondents who do not own a gun at home are in favor of the SAFE Act.

The popularity of imposing bans on smoking in public places was further revealed in the results of a 2011 Gallop poll, which showed that 59 % of respondents supported bans, a marked shift from 2008, when only 40 % had favored such laws.

More than 66 percent of respondents said they were strongly or somewhat in favor of a ban.

NEA's poll also indicated concern with how these new assessments will be used in accountability — and 81 percent of their respondents favor a moratorium or grace period on accountability provisions, with the most popular duration being two to five years.

◦ Trend: Nearly four out of five respondents favor the federal requirement that all students be tested in math and reading in each grade from third through eighth and at least once in high school, about the same as in the past.

In contrast, among those who think less highly of teacher performance — that is, respondents who rate at least three - quarters of teachers satisfactory or below — about 75 % favor merit pay.

When people are asked whether the federal government should continue the requirement that all students be tested in math and reading in each grade from 3rd through 8th and at least once in high school, nearly four out of five respondents say they favor the policy (see Figure 2).

When the survey asked whether teacher salaries should be increased, 59 percent of respondents favor the idea in 2010 (see Figure 1b), well below the 69 percent support observed in 2008.

In the summer of 2010, public support for merit pay actually decreased by 1 percentage point when respondents were told that the president favored the idea.

Tax credit - funded scholarships, of the sort employed in Georgia, where the state Supreme Court recently ruled on their constitutionality, were favored by 55 percent of respondents.

Respondents were particularly supportive of «allowing schools with a proven record of success to expand,» with 73 percent in favor of this proposal.

The question has been repeated each year since, with 72 percent of respondents favoring reform through the existing system in the 2001 poll.

Current school parents, those who would be most affected, favored ESAs by a 78 - 18 margin, an increase in support of seven points compared to all respondents.

Fifty - four percent of respondents said Indiana should stick with the standards, while 26 percent were in favor of halting Common Core implementation.

In that survey, there was a direct correlation between respondents» perceptions of surrounding public school quality and support for charter schools: the worse parents believed their traditional schooling options to be, the more they favored charter schools.

In September, a survey about the new award was conducted, and 92 % of respondents favored the creation of a new award.

The advocacy group commissioned its own phone survey using a local survey company, and talked to 555 people at a total cost of just $ 350 (just 3 % of the cost endured by taxpayers) and found that 65 % of respondents opposed the ban on pit bulls, while only 29 % were in favor.

The respondents in Tyson Foods were certified as a class, and a verdict was returned in their favor at trial.

The arbitrator granted summary disposition in favor of the defendants, finding that: (1) CHSI was not a proper respondent to the action and that Weirton failed to state claims against CHSI; (2) all of Weirton's claims, except for the breach - of - contract claim against Quorum, were barred by res judicata or collateral estoppel; (3) Weirton's breach - of - contract claim against Quorum was time - barred under the applicable Tennessee statute of limitations; (4) Weirton's tort claims were alternatively barred by the gist - of - the - action doctrine; and (5) Weirton's unjust enrichment claim was barred because of the parties» contracts (the «Second Award»).

The Court emphasized the «usual rule that litigation is conducted by and on behalf of the individual named parties only» and that the» «mere presence of... allegations» that might, if resolved in respondents» favor, benefit other similarly situated individuals» does not matter.

The majority of our respondents answered somewhere on the spectrum of choosing less job security in favor of more pay — not surprising, considering many FinCon attendees are bloggers and entrepreneurs who struck out on their own!

If the respondent fails to answer the separation petition, the court is likely to enter a default judgment of separation in favor of the filing spouse.

Respondents to the survey were divided about whether the rejected parent shares blame when the favored parent engages in alienating behaviors, what I call divorce poison.

These categories were then used to create four dummy variables; the referent category was neither respondent nor sibling favored (i.e., the siblings are similar in that neither of them was favored).

«Because petitioners do not contend that respondent split the challenged charges with anyone else, summary judgment was properly granted in favor of respondent.

While office and distribution show trends in favor of increasing, it is only the distribution and retail sectors that have move respondents predicting their companies will add space than those who say they will reduce.