Sentences with phrase «wider public opinion»

Romm also cites the following sentence from the executive summary as misleading: «In comparison to other factors, the impact of conservative media and commentators on wider public opinion remains limited.»

Both Romm and advocacy organizations such as Media Matters for America raise their financial support and define their professional roles as watch dogging the mainstream media, asserting that consistent false balance in mainstream coverage at leading outlets such as the NY Times or the Washington Post remains a major barrier to political action on climate change and that conservative media like Fox News have a powerful impact on wider public opinion.

Romm falsely asserts that I misrepresent findings from recent papers examining the impacts of Fox News on viewer perceptions and the impact of Climategate on wider public opinion.

In comparison to these factors and trends shaping wider public opinion, past research suggests that the influence of conservative media / commentators and Climategate on wider public opinion is likely to be limited, reinforcing the views of the 20 % or less of the public already strongly dismissive of climate change and holding a strong conservative political identity.

He said: «Refusing to listen to the electorate has never been a winning formula, any more than Jeremy Corbyn thinking the volume of the cheering from your core supporters is a reliable guide to wider public opinion.

This is revealing because it suggests just how detached from wider public opinion Corbyn's supporters are.

The readers» panel has been selected from as wide a cross-section as possible and may not be representative of wider public opinion.

Not exact matches

In - depth analyses of elite and public opinion survey data from the United States and China on a wide range of security issues provide nuanced and far - reaching insights into the potential effects of these attitudes on the U.S. - China relationship.

In turn, the increased use of the experimental method has allowed political scientists to investigate a wide set of issues, including voter behaviour, public opinion, and decision - making processes.

His idea of «rottamare» («scrapping») the entire political class had an extremely wide impact on public opinion and soon became a slogan for all those who wanted to contest the status quo in Italian politics.

«Despite Cuomo's wide, early lead over Nixon, among Democrats most enthusiastic about voting, she already attracts the support of close to what Zephyr Teachout got,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

The BMG Research poll for the Evening Standard suggests a wide difference of opinion between the public at large and Labour members, who look set to re-elect Mr Corbyn as party leader next month.

A Public Opinion Strategies poll conducted for the NRCC of the NY - 23 race found the GOP nominee, Matt Doheny, with a wide lead over Democratic incumbent, Rep. Bill Owens, in a hypothetical head - to - head match - up.

The government are proceeding with wide - ranging reform of the immigration system supported by very strong public opinion.

«He's getting more numbers right now than two city - wide office holders and someone who just lost narrowly for mayor,» said Marist Institute for Public Opinion pollster Lee Miringoff.

The survey tracks public attitudes about science in society and maps the contours of opinion on a wide range of issues within the domain of science and technology.

However, there is a wide gap between this broad scientific consensus and public opinion.

Teachers versus the Public Michael Henderson, Paul Peterson, and Martin West In Teachers versus the Public, Henderson, Peterson, and Associate Professor West examine the first experimental study comparing public and teacher opinion, showing a wide divide on a number of issues, including merit pay and teacher tPublic Michael Henderson, Paul Peterson, and Martin West In Teachers versus the Public, Henderson, Peterson, and Associate Professor West examine the first experimental study comparing public and teacher opinion, showing a wide divide on a number of issues, including merit pay and teacher tPublic, Henderson, Peterson, and Associate Professor West examine the first experimental study comparing public and teacher opinion, showing a wide divide on a number of issues, including merit pay and teacher tpublic and teacher opinion, showing a wide divide on a number of issues, including merit pay and teacher tenure.

And among the general public, party identification remains the single most powerful predictor of people's opinions about a wide range of policy issues.

Howell and West find that these differences in opinion based on exposure to key information are consistent across a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds, views about the local public schools, and political ideologies.

Another technique to determine support for gifted education is to use a state - wide telephone public opinion survey.

This newly revealed memo corroborates a recent state wide survey conducted by Public Opinion Strategies.

CALLISTO engages the outside world in developing the expert opinions and recommendations, having direct links with a wider audience of stakeholders: organisations of pet owners, pet traders and transporters, farmers, animal welfare organisations, national and international public health authorities, experts on epidemiology, sociology and welfare of companion animals.

Or is the scientist in fact working for the artist, who comes to represent the wider social context of the «public good», and its corollary, public opinion?

I was asked by Andrew Revkin, based on this paper, to discuss the likely impact for An Inconvenient Truth on wider audiences and also the possible effects on public opinion from the type of elite debate (especially online) that was escalating over the columns by Will at the Washington Post, a debate consistent with more general patterns of polarizing and reinforcing elite driven controversy that I had addressed in the paper.

However, there is a wide gap between this broad scientific consensus and public opinion.

This has involved providing the evidence - base to support policy formulation (undertaking assessments, drafting guidance frameworks and policy briefs), facilitating the policy process (convening and participating in policy dialogues / workshops), building capacity (developing and implementing needs - based training), liaising with a wide range of stakeholders (public meetings, discussion forums, on - line questionnaires) and communicating the result of his work to ensure it has maximum impact (writing press releases, opinion editorials and blogs).

All this is posturing for position in the wider court of public opinion.

Many recipients had ties to the State Policy Network (SPN), a wide collection of conservative state - based think tanks and media organizations that focus on shaping public policy and opinion.

EEI in a statement said its 2016 contract with the firm was for a «wide - ranging public opinion research and analysis project.»

I've just come across an important editorial that suggests public opinion may be catching up on the subject, arguing for a serious look at community - wide composting toilets instead of building a new waste water treatment plant.

While experts and the general public do share some opinions, there are also surprisingly wide gaps, as shown in this survey conducted by the New York Times.

As the author of the majority opinion Justice Stevens has come under enough flak that he spoke out about his decision, saying he has «always allowed local policymakers wide latitude in determining how best to achieve legitimate public goals.»

wide range of public opinion about the circumstances in which adult descendants ought or ought not to be able to make a claim on an estate which would otherwise go elsewhere.

Public opinion also shows wide - ranging support for comprehensive sex education.

The grants support a wide range of housing initiatives, including housing symposia; home buyer education or housing fairs; counseling and financial literacy efforts; down payment or closing cost financial assistance programs; public opinion surveys; and REALTORS ® affordable housing education.