Still, it is worth reviewing the methods used to predict election results and to consider additional ways of getting in
touch with public opinion.
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.
Although judges like to believe that they are above politics, they would think hard about handing down constitutional interpretations that put them wildly at
variance with public opinion.
The government's response to the petition is weak, and out of
touch with public opinion, evidence and the reforms which are taking place across the world.
Former Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy reckoned he probably was out of step
with public opinion on immigration, but said politics was about «trying to change public opinion».
That governments often act at
odds with public opinion seems to be well understood by U.S. animal advocates when the cruelty issue involves fellow Americans ---- even though Americans enjoy vastly more opportunity to influence government at every level than people in most of the rest of the world.
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.
But all along the way, Zuckerberg's responses to each Facebook
scuffle with public opinion has basically amounted to the 33 - year - old billionaire saying, «We'll try harder.»
Republicans would be more welcoming (and more in
line with public opinion) if they adopted a pro-enforcement, pro-working-class, and pro-immigrant agenda.
A program «is part of the mainstream of education and doesn't rise and
fall with public opinions» (Morgan, Tennant, & Gold, 1980, p. 2).
We've discussed on the blog before about gender issues with cloth diapers,
with some public opinion wishing for more «masculine» designs, but here we think bumGenius has a good handle on cloth diaper fashion.
Despite the fact that most mothers in the U.S. work at least part time, many Americans continue to believe that having a mother who stays at home is beneficial for a young child, though as is often the
case with public opinion variations in question wording elicit slightly different responses.
But
with public opinion already against the increase, Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin is asking for more proof that there are not other options.
Former Tory environment secretary, Lord Deben — who also backed the amendment - hit back, saying: «We are running
entirely with public opinion on this, the public wants proper protection.»
At last we have returned to the nasty EU question that we haven't been able to discuss for two years but now David Cameron is taking the lead on Europe, in
common with public opinion and as our most Eurosceptic leader.
The catch, of course, is that opposition to the Iraq war DID
chime with public opinion, while the income tax proposal did not fly in the face of growing disenchantment.
Putting any moral judgements aside for the moment, those politicians that see a significant role for the state — formal or informal — are certainly more in
tune with public opinion.
Jillian Merchant of Abortion Rights Committee Scotland said: «This is hugely out of step
with public opinion where more than 75 % of Scots support a woman's right to choose and one in three women access abortion healthcare in their lifetime.
They have chosen their issues carefully, have tended to do
so with public opinion on their side, and have put their points across forcefully, respectfully, and well - rooted in evidence.
«The trend toward increasingly permissive concealed carry laws is
inconsistent with public opinion, which tends to oppose the carrying of guns in public,» the authors wrote.
The website likely is a smart move for the White House overall, but it also poses some
risks with public opinion, said Jonathon Schuldt, an assistant professor at Cornell University.
To see whether the presence of a charter school within a neighborhood is
correlated with public opinion — either favorable or unfavorable — we surveyed a representative sample of residents living in zip codes in which at least one charter school is located.
Promoting the Culture of Killing can't be easy,
what with public opinion strongly opposed to the lethal roundups of community cats [1, 2] and, more generally, the use of lethal methods as a shelter's means of population control.
«The challenge facing climate policy is to design policies that are
consonant with public opinion, and are effective, rather than try to shape public opinion around particular policies,» he argues.
But a ruling by a body such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ) would carry much more
weight with public opinion and help pave the way for future legal cases on climate change, he said.
Yes, NAR has commissioned two national
surveys with Public Opinion Strategies to gauge concerns among real estate practitioners and consumers on letting banks enter real estate.
«The education manifesto is a patchwork of policies, littered with contradictions and hopelessly out of
touch with public opinion.
Ottawa's hawkish stance appears increasingly at
odds with public opinion, creating an opening for politicians willing to come out on the legalization side.
This could put his party very out of
step with public opinion, possibly rendering Labour's election campaign in 2015 impotent (read: EUnuch).
But all along the way, Zuckerberg's responses to each Facebook
scuffle with public opinion has basically amounted to the 33 - year - old billionaire saying, «We'll try harder.»
But while the government reiterated yet again this week that they are on the side of «hard working people», when it comes to reforming disability benefits, they are distinctly out of
kilter with public opinion.
they're also called the diamond dates or the king of dates so I looked on amazon for medjool dates and found this one rated pretty high and I
went with the public opinion and I'm glad to say that I'm a part of the same public with fantastic reviews about these dates!
Thirteen years later, there is no global climate deal, but also not much evidence that the failure of climate policies on either side of the Atlantic, or internationally had much to
do with public opinion.
With public opinion on diesel still on the frosty side, manufacturers are introducing more petrol options across their ranges.
Sessions» crackdown would be at odds
with public opinion.
Phrases with «with public opinion»