Sentences with phrase «shifts in public opinion»

Shifts in public opinion on climate change are tied to efforts of political leaders and advocacy groups.

Baumgartner and Jones argued that policy generally changes only incrementally, until some event, such as change in the party control of government or sizable shifts in public opinion, lead to large policy alterations.

So as the parliamentary establishment obsesses about Brexit, shifts in public opinion may still follow making British politics an unknown quantity.

Otherwise, there has not been any dramatic shifts in public opinion.

The Fix crew interprets the data here (summary: they see an edge for Obama); I'll just add that it'll be interesting to see how shifts in public opinion in the various states will affect the campaigns» allocation of resources to 1) digital advertising, and 2) grassroots outreach.

The flow is vulnerable to a number of factors, including unpredictable shifts in public opinion on such emotive issues as immigration and preferential treatment of foreigners in the workplace.

It may even catalyze a shift in public opinion.

Some Supreme Court decisions may suggest otherwise, but history shows that some of these supposed exemptions from government regulation vanish when there is a radical shift in public opinion and public needs.

The global economic collapse of the last 12 months has produced a dramatic shift in public opinion on appropriate reward for a job well done and what should happen when things don't go well.

Now the crisis in the eurozone has contributed to a shift in public opinion, and Britain would probably vote «out» - so Clegg has changed his mind and no longer thinks a referendum is necessary.

And that success, Schneiderman said, stemmed from a broader shift in public opinion, tied closely to the blossoming of the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street movement.

But the shift in public opinion needed to win a big majority is far too much for just five years.

This measure reflects the national trend and dramatic shift in public opinion.

«While public opinion polls have largely remained constant on fracking in recent years, Governor Cuomo's statement that he expects to make a decision in just 40 days — despite a lack of accessible science — has caused a marked shift in public opinion and overall interest in this dangerous activity.

For that reason, it is all the more interesting to observe that in some cases a shift in public opinion seems to be occurring.

◦ Trend: Public support for school vouchers targeted toward low - income families has dropped by 12 percentage points since 2012 — a major shift in public opinion.

And as quoted at Romm's blog, Bob Brulle asserted that «The shift in public opinion about climate change is linked to the nature of mainstream media coverage of the so - called «climategate scandal.»

During more recent months it is not overstating the case to say that there has been a perceptible shift in public opinion.

As the link between human activity and climate change becomes conventional wisdom and governments work urgently to establish a global climate treaty, Pachauri deserves no small amount of credit for creating such an extraordinary shift in public opinion.

A survey conducted on behalf of SPIEGEL found a dramatic shift in public opinion — Germans are losing their fear of climate change.

If there has been any shift in public opinion away from acceptance of AGW, it has not been because an engaged «public» have trawled en masse through stolen emails that offended their sensibilities.

And that conflict has the potential to lead to a rapid shift in public opinion regarding the validity of these protests.

The change in state laws appears to be following a shift in public opinion.

Not exact matches

While it's still unclear if Session's views will translate into changes in policy or enforcement, this attitude shift at the federal level doesn't align with public opinion on the issue.

«The battleground has shifted to the legal courts and the court of public opinion,» he said, referring to lawsuits filed by tribes and an effort planned by the Lakota People's Law Project to rally lawmakers and others in Washington, D.C., to their cause.

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.

Our collective consciousness, Google, chronicles a shift in the court of public opinion against millennial - shaming.

But a serious analysis of survey data over time provides little evidence that this fall's election cycle substantially shifted public opinion in favor of legal abortion.

They claimed that recent polling data indicates that public opinion is shifting in a direction more sympathetic to legal abortion....

The documents show that in 1964, John Hickson, a top sugar industry executive, discussed a plan with others in the industry to shift public opinion «through our research and information and legislative programs.»

Of course, Obama's current uptick could just be a temporary blip, but let's think this out: what happens if public opinion IS actually shifting in the Democrats» direction across the country, potentially putting the House of Representatives in serious play?

Perhaps surprisingly for such a country accustomed to high electoral volatility, the electoral polls in the last year suggest that Israeli public opinion has barely shifted at all since Israelis last went to the kalpi.

It would be nice to think a shift is occurring in the debate on social security with public opinion moving against relentless attacks on the poorest and cuts in basic social protection.

This is the moment to finish the job, as there may never be another of such a paradigm shift occurring in Pakistani public opinion against Taliban.

In the context of shifting public opinion on cannabis legalisation and a growing number of states with legal recreational cannabis, election day 2016 is poised to represent a milestone for cannabis legalisation.

Mr Cummings claimed stories alleging links with Vote Leave were being promoted because a «powerful set of people will do anything to try to shift public opinion in order that they can overturn the referendum».

A powerful set of people will do anything to try to shift public opinion in order that they can overturn the referendum.»

«As public opinion continues to shift in favor of marriage equality across the country and particularly in New York, we are honored to have Russell Simmons lend his voice to the New Yorkers for Marriage Equality Campaign,» said HRC President Joe Solmonese.

A year on from the emergency budget and spending review it is becoming abundantly clear that public opinion has slowly shifted, both in Britain and Europe towards an opposition to austerity and an alternative vision for society.

By this I mean that New Labour was ruthless about how to position / market / message in relation to existing public opinion, but had little sense of how it might shift underlying public opinion.

The Ministry of Defence has carried out a study of the shift in society and came to the same conclusion: The Guardian reported sources saying that public opinion had swayed MPs:

Right there, embedded in his statement, is the same moral focus as in those who hounded him: the shifting sands of public opinion.

«This represents a dramatic shift in public sentiment after a decade of frustration,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Oppublic sentiment after a decade of frustration,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public OpPublic Opinion.

In the nineteenth century, Uncle Tom's Cabin was widely credited with shifting public opinion against slavery, but to date, there has been sparse evidence that fictional stories, even very popular ones, can influence political opinion.

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 overPublic 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 overpublic 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.

Contrary to widespread view that the recession led to a substantial backlash against immigration, Professor Timothy Hatton, at the University of Exeter, found that the two most influential variables shifting public opinion on immigration are actually the share of immigrants in the population and the share of social benefits.

Finally, the «Disengaged» comprise about 15 percent of the public, appear to lack strong beliefs about how science might impact society, and as a consequence are likely to be the most susceptible to shifts in opinion driven by high profile news coverage or political messaging.

Public opinion may also be shifting in favour of action.

Public opinion has shifted dramatically in recent years on the issue of same - sex marriage, and it will continue to evolve over time with equally as prominent matters.

The streak couldn't last forever, and in recent years the mass public opinion on the company has shifted with the run of sequels and uninspired projects.