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But with opinion polls showing his popularity diving, on November 5th he said he would not stand for re-election.

"You would not have had a Thatcher government if you listened to opinion polls, " he said.

National governments seem to lurch from complacency to hostility depending on the state of the economy, and opinion polls.

So it is no surprise that opinion polls show voters ready to punish the Republican party.

That result was more in line with previous opinion polls showing Mr. Kan overwhelmingly favored by the general public.

In other public opinion polls over the years, climate change has ranked near the bottom of the list of pressing problems.

Opinion polls, too, imply that the former IMF boss is no longer considered the messiah for a left otherwise devoid of economic credibility.

But it seemed as if the number of troops was determined by opinion polls, rather than the mission in hand.

The Republican candidate came out of the party conventions three or four points ahead of Mr Obama in the opinion polls.

The president continues to try and rebuild support for a war that public opinion polls say a majority of Americans believe was a mistake.

In opinion polls before the vote, there was as much scepticism about its policy manifesto as there was about the LDP's.

Opinion polls conducted among relocated families have been positive, he said.

Tina: That's a bit surprising. All the opinion polls are predicting that your party is going to lose.

A string of opinion polls shows that Californians are ready to embrace gay marriage.

Bush confirmed his standing as a strong leader, an area that public opinion polls suggest is a strength for him compared to Senator Kerry.

Mr Brown finally succeeded Mr Blair, and clever tactics and conducive circumstances gave him a giddy bounce in the opinion polls.

Having looked at gut reactions to him in focus groups and opinion polls, they are convinced that he fails the blink test, and quite badly.

Obama's approval rating in public opinion polls has recently sunk to its lowest point of his presidency.

Recent public opinion polls show that Obama's job approval rating has sunk to about 44 percent, one of the lowest rates of his presidency.

The researchers found that this Twitter rating tracked more formal opinion polls closely.

But opinion polls showed ordinary Germans want just as little to do with the Libya conflict as their foreign minister.

He dismissed earlier opinion polls carried out this week which said the public demanded harsher conditions in prisons.

But analysts said the immediate focus was on the opinion polls.

Few analysts expect Gillard to lead Labor into the next election, if the opinion polls continue to look so bleak.

There was an authority on public opinion polls in the elementary-school children, and asked what the most popular school.

Labor has a strong lead in opinion polls; McClelland is expected to serve as foreign minister if the party wins power.

He had led early opinion polls but, unless the case against him quickly crumbles, his presidential ambitions appear to be in tatters.

Public-opinion polls in Latin America show far higher approval ratings for President Obama than those of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Opinion polls show that the majority of Russians, particularly the young, do not consider bribery a crime.

His approval ratings in opinion polls have leapt over the past few months, as have those of his boss, Michelle Bachelet, Chile's president.

We live, after all, in an age of opinion polls and Facebook, cable news and Twitter.

But opinion polls have found that up to 20 per cent of the population regard burning ghost money as "absolutely necessary" .

Opinion polls in the U. S. show more than 60 percent of Americans oppose the construction of the project near the attack site.

The Conservatives continued to maintain a lead in opinion polls.

All the opinion polls suggest that Mr Reid is in deep trouble in his home state of Nevada.

Opinion polls suggest that entrepreneurs see a good as well as a bad side to the recession.

Opinion polls suggest Democrats might be in a position to retake control of one or both chambers of Congress in the November elections.

Public opinion polls show an overwhelming majority of black Americans believe help would have come quicker if those stranded were white.

Public opinion polls show less than one-third of Americans approve of the way the president is doing his job.

Candidates must fundraise effectively and win public support in opinion polls to be considered viable.

The ruling party is languishing in third place in the opinion polls .

Opinion polls show much stronger support for the formation of a coalition government than for holding snap elections now.

Opinion polls show a resurgence of support for a Eurosceptic outfit, the United Kingdom Independence Party.

Public-opinion polls show the U. S. electorate fairly evenly split between Democratic and Republican-leaning voters.

Juan Manuel Santos, his former defence minister, who leads the opinion polls, says that security policy needs to be adapted to new threats.

Such moves seem to chime with early public-opinion polls.

The Soviets can read public opinion polls, and realized that they would have to deal with Ronald Reagan for four more years.

Despite all this, opinion polls suggest that Egyptians remain broadly hopeful of the future.

electoral system for parliamentary elections, the last batch of opinion polls make very grim reading for the Yes camp.

It shows up in politics, in opinion polls and focus groups.

Riding high in opinion polls, Obama was careful to include a sober assessment of the economic emergency in his first speech to Congress.

More self-interestedly, they worry that much of the opposition's substantial lead in the opinion polls may be due to Mr Visco's exactions.

Though the opinion polls were initially heavily in his favour, his campaign was a disaster from the outset.

Political experts say the focus on the U. S. financial crisis has helped Obama surge past McCain in public opinion polls.

Most Palestinians who voted for Hamas also, judging by a raft of opinion polls, actually support the notion of two states.

The legacy of Mr Khodorkovsky's oligarchic past is still evident in the ambivalent attitude revealed by opinion polls.

Opinion polls suggest the Social Democratic Party would win the most seats in an election, though probably not a majority.

For some time, one of the most interesting numbers in US politics has been one not found in the opinion polls' exit survey.

Public happiness, assessed by opinion polls, is being introduced as a new criterion for judging local leaders' suitability for promotion.

But as the Copenhagen climate talks suggested, and opinion polls have since confirmed, enthusiasm for tackling climate change is ebbing.

It would be unwise to attach too much importance to these opinion polls.

And that may explain why opinion polls reveal more public sympathy for Mr Khodorkovsky in his second trial than in his first.

Recent opinion polls indicate that Ms. Yingluck is leading current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva in many parts of the country.

Opinion polls show, year after year, that the Canadian public feels that the large number of immigrants is appropriate.

Recent public-opinion polls show Ahn and Moon as the two most formidable challengers to Park among all major potential candidates.

Ever since the US-led invasion of Iraq, opinion polls there have shown very high levels of anti-Americanism.

You may learn, as the Israeli or Palestinian leader, that opinion polls show your people appreciate your efforts to resolve the conflict.

Opinion polls suggest the outcome will be the tightest in years with a hung parliament a distinct possibility.

With most public opinion polls showing President Bush and Senator Kerry in a tight race, Mr. Bush leads on issues of fighting terrorism.

Those three and Newt Gingrich generally are near the top of public opinion polls asking Republicans whom they prefer for 2012.

Opinion polls show that voters, however much they despair of the DPJ, are increasingly turned off by the other parties too.

Opinion polls suggest Mr. Abe's party would have the edge in a general election, but would also need a coalition partner.

Opinion polls suggest that half the people do not expect anything from this election; most believe that elections serve only those in power.

The ratification of Korus without the support of opposition parties could cause further subsidence of the GNP's ratings in opinion polls.

The Liberals, the main opposition, have slid in the opinion polls after a brief surge in popularity over the summer.

Since the 1960s, the number of public opinion polls has increased dramatically.

and, if opinion polls are any guide, Mr Cameron looks like being a shoo-in at the next general election, due by June 2010.

In December 2012 he faces a presidential election which opinion polls suggest he might lose.

Opinion polls show Mr. Abhisit's Democrat Party neck-and-neck with the For Thais Party backed by Mr. Thaksin and his supporters.

However, science is not established by public opinion polls but rather by consistency and explanatory ability.

New public-opinion polls show many American voters are currently siding with the president on Iraq.

THE Labour Party's strong showing in opinion polls over the summer should be treated with caution.

Opinion polls suggest many voters have yet to make up their minds but that three parties will emerge as the biggest in the new DPR.

Opinion polls show that most Americans have lost hope that politicians can bring down the high unemployment rate.

Say It: Many businesses are willing to reward individuals for taking opinion polls, testing products or being a secret shopper.

The Conservatives lead the Labour Party by a stable but modest margin of around seven percentage points in the opinion polls.

After 11 years in power, Mr Howard's conservative coalition government now lags in opinion polls as it faces an election later this year.

Opinion polls suggest that almost 50 per cent of Americans worry that they or their families could fall victim to a terrorist attack.

Recent public opinion polls indicate that McCain, his party's 2008 presidential candidate, holds a double-digit lead over his challenger.

Opinion polls suggest that they will determine whether or not Scots go for independence.

Recovery is now under way. But Mexicans remain gloomy about their economic prospects, according to opinion polls.

Opinion polls show unprecedented concerns about income distribution and economic mobility.

A spate of opinion polls show the Democrats well ahead of Aso's LDP among voters, though close to 30 percent are still undecided .

Opinion polls show that more than half of Americans opposes oppose more aid for the Amerian financial industry.

Public-opinion polls in recent months have shown a growing percentage of Americans support allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly.

Now, opinion polls are showing unprecedented levels of discontent over crime, inflation, and power and water shortages.

FOR months the opinion polls suggested that Albania's election would be close.

Opinion polls show anti-western feelings are now deeply rooted in Russian society, irrespective of age, geography or income.

Opinion polls at first made him a shoo-in for the presidency.

Opinion polls show that voters are dismayed by the issue, especially urban ones, and Congress's support is sliding.

Mr Medvedev also suggested joining the military alliance was against most Ukrainians' wishes, as opinion polls have shown.

Take Real Clear Politics, an American political website, which aggregates news, commentary and opinion polls.

Three opinion polls this month have given the Conservatives a double-digit lead over Labour, whose resurgence peaked in December.

There are at least two reasons why she may win on February 7th despite lagging behind in the opinion polls.

However, recent opinion polls, United Russia party in parliamentary elections this year, now difficult to maintain a dominant position.

Future developments may include electonic opinion polls, interactive advertising, and interactive movies .

Finally, America is not in the mood for another war, as opinion polls demonstrate.

Most opinion polls suggest that his mildly Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) will clobber its opponents yet again.

America is being forced to cut its debt and opinion polls suggest that public support for the Afghan war has collapsed.

Public-opinion polls give Clinton the edge in Pennsylvania, though recent surveys show Obama cutting into her advantage.

Opinion polls show it more associated with ethnic purity than Britishness, an identity more attractive to blacks and Asians.

According to opinion polls, the public backed altering the electoral system by a majority of almost two to one.

Opinion polls suggest more than 60% of Greeks oppose the government's decision to call in the fund.

They say the opening has emerged because opinion polls show Senator McCain stretching his lead over senators Obama and Clinton.

Pan-Balkan opinion polls show a certain commonality of outlook: people have similar fears, worries and hopes.

THE reliability of opinion polls is doubtful but an alternative means exists for predicting the outcome of America's election.

Opinion polls suggest that Labor may lose power, after just one term, to the opposition Liberal-National coalition.

As well as studying opinion polls, today's politicians might ponder some recent history.

To crown it all, Mr Zapatero's Socialist Party (PSOE) has a comfortable, if not huge, lead in the opinion polls.

Opinion polls suggest that the vast majority of Chinese see their rise as nothing that should trouble others.

Public opinion polls indicate Dmitri Medvedev will win handily in the first round. Muscovite Andrei Borodin intends to vote for him.

But opinion polls show that few believe independence can be prevented .

Unsurprisingly, recent opinion polls accord the Labour Party low marks for economic competence.

Opinion polls show him far behind Mr Giuliani and Senator John McCain in the race for the Republican nomination.

Opinion polls serve as a barometer of the public mood.

International public opinion polls show Obama with high approval ratings in many countries.

But opinion polls suggest the DPP's candidate, Frank Hsieh, still enjoys the support of traditional DPP voters in the capital.

Romney is running about even in public-opinion polls with Rick Santorum, who hopes to appeal to working-class concerns here.

Opinion polls show that Europeans are split when it comes to viewing China as an opportunity or a threat.

In the opinion polls, Ms Silva had been stuck at around 10% for months. But on the night she got a startling 19. 3%.

A government which is totally dragged by the nose by opinion polls is not a responsible government.

Opinion polls over the past two decades have indicated growing support for legalizing abortion here.

Yet, according to opinion polls, even those who say that they are independents normally have partisan leanings toward one party or another.

Public opinion polls suggest economic concerns will benefit the Democrats in November.

I don't put much weight on public opinion polls that show a drop in Americans' optimism about the economic future of the country.

But the fallout from the world financial crisis and his party's weak performance in opinion polls have delayed the poll.

Public opinion polls show Obama has a lead over Senator Hillary Clinton in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

However, as ordinary citizens we produce consensus, opinion polls, votes and leaders.

Experiments are being conducted with focus groups, opinion polls and public hearings.

Opinion polls confirm that the junior partners in the coalition are taking more flak than the senior ones (see chart).

The party is already neck-and-neck with the Conservatives in some opinion polls, before spending cuts have even been felt.

Opinion polls show white Catholics evenly split between Obama and Republican John McCain.

He is probably shrewd enough to realize this; most opinion polls indicate he should go.

Two small secular parties, meanwhile, confounded opinion polls.

Mr. Kaczynski is trailing his main opponent, Bronislaw Komorowski, in opinion polls.

Meanwhile, public-opinion polls show U. S. consumers favoring more development of domestic resources to offset high fuel prices.

Public opinion polls show a close race between Obama and McCain, with scarcely 2 months remaining until the election.

In advanced democratic countries, the popularity of their supreme leaders is the crux of all opinion polls.

Britain, too, has become far more tolerant of, or indifferent to, the issue of gay marriage, as various opinion polls attest.

Both the Tories and their Liberal Democratic appendage have plummeted in the opinion polls.

Opinion polls show that the two candidates are running neck and neck in the election.

Public exhaustion with the conflict is reflected in recent public opinion polls.

With four weeks to go before the vote, he has shot to the top of the opinion polls.

The standing of Taro Aso, prime minister, in the opinion polls is in free fall.

The opposition Conservative Party has surged ahead of Labour in opinion polls in recent months. Mr.

Three new public opinion polls give Senator Obama a lead over Senator McCain of between six and nine points.

Many former Sandinista leaders have split with Mr Ortega, whose approval rating in opinion polls has slumped towards 20%.

Pollster John Zogby discusses the value of information acquired through public opinion polls.

Two opinion polls published today show support for the Tories still ahead of Labour.

Obama focused on the national economy, which opinion polls show is by far the number one issue in the campaign.

Opinion polls and recent state elections show that support for both main parties continues to ebb.

His party has lost nearly half of its support in opinion polls since May.

During the war in Georgia it hit almost 90% in opinion polls.

Opinion polls have also shown high levels of public concern about the potential risks of living near mobile phone mast.

Some opinion polls showed support for America in single digits when George Bush was president.

But recent opinion polls have demonstrated how badly China's image has been hit by the Tibetan turmoil.

Opinion polls for the whole union still show a narrow majority in favour, but in some countries the mood has turned sharply against.

Opinion polls have found dwindling support for the regulations based on sharia that some local governments have introduced.

Opinion polls say that almost 80% of the public support it.

Opinion polls regularly show Germans more strongly against helping Greece than the French or Italians.

opinion polls conducted over the weekend show .

To some officials, supportive opinion polls offer a form of quasi-democratic mandate.

Some new public opinion polls suggest a close and volatile presidential race in the months ahead.

Opinion polls show Fatah well ahead, but pollsters reckon many Hamas sympathisers are shy of identifying themselves.

Results are not yet in, but opinion polls show President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Democratic Party may be the big winner.

The President has a favourable rating in the opinion polls.

Opinion polls suggest the public's trust in business has plummeted.

Mr Huckabee, who came third in New Hampshire, leads narrowly in national opinion polls.

Opinion polls have detected a ground swell of support for the Socialists.

If opinion polls are to be believed, that will delight many Americans as well as many people in Iraq.

Public opinion polls show that Americans generally agree with lifting the ban.

Opinion polls suggest that the results will be terrible for Mr Sarkozy's ruling UMP party.

Three post-debate public opinion polls indicated that the early advantage went to Senator Kerry.

The opinion polls provide both the opportunity and the motive for the Tories' move.

The Pheu Thai Party, running ahead of the Democrats in opinion polls, has a similar, opposite argument.

In opinion polls, a majority said that the Greek crisis played a role in their decision.

According to opinion polls, however, the Russian public is not nearly so eager to pat its leaders on the back.

But why would ministers risk all when opinion polls show a large majority supporting the Yes campaign?

It's always both amusing and discouraging to look at public opinion polls on the budget deficit.

Despite his patchy record Mr Yudhoyono will win outright on the first ballot with more than half of votes cast, according to opinion polls.

Recent public opinion polls show some two-thirds of Americans would support a war in Iraq.

Key public opinion polls just before his return to Washington show his job approval rating hovering at or below 50 percent.

The scale of the win exceeded all expectations and the pre-vote opinion polls.

But the latest public opinion polls give Senator Obama a narrow lead over Senator McCain.

Opinion polls, never reliable in this vast tropical country of 13m people, produce wildly opposing results.

Public opinion polls show Americans divided on the issue of same-sex marriage.

Many websites launched opinion polls, with 70% of all respondents against the judgment.

The recession was already sinking the Labour Party in the opinion polls, all of which give the Conservatives a double-digit lead.

Research based on opinion polls documents the differences between middle-class and working-class attitudes.

Arab countries are short on free elections, free media and opinion polls.

He should also view current opinion polls as unreliable indicators of how Scots might eventually vote.

The Socialists are gaining on the Conservatives in the opinion polls.

And they point to opinion polls showing that many Greeks favour privatisation, despite the cries that the country is being sold out.

Opinion polls recently have shown growing reluctance to join the EU.

His standing in the opinion polls mirrors the dire condition of Japan's economy.

First, opinion polls show that homophobia has receded almost as far as Homer Simpson's hairline.

Opinion polls suggest 60% of the undecided voters in this election are women.

But the latest public opinion polls give Senator Obama a narrow lead over McCain.

Opinion polls underplay Mr Le Pen's support; almost half of respondents say they are undecided .

As many opinion polls have shown, Arabs sound keen on the idea of democracy.

Opinion polls suggest Egyptians want peace with Israel but not necessarily under the terms of the 1979 treaty.

Opinion polls show that 94 percent of Canadians support laws to protect endangered wildlife.

Senator Kerry hopes to keep it that way to offset the majority of male voters who public opinion polls show favor President Bush.

The latest opinion polls show support continuing to slide.

However, public opinion polls indicated that almost 60% of Americans wanted a deal.

The opinion polls gave the president a high rating.

Opinion polls confirm that Americans are solidly on Israel's side.

Public opinion polls show many Americans oppose the plan.

Yet opinion polls tend to show strong support for spending on just about everything.

This has only three seats in the legislature but leads the opinion polls.

Opinion polls show public support for the government falling precipitously.

And the latest opinion polls indicate they look set to do that.

With opinion polls showing previously rock solid Republican states such as Indiana and Kentucky moving into the toss-up category.

The Berlin-based pressure group's annual Corruption Perceptions Index ranks 163 countries based on opinion polls and expert assessments.

A significant minority of Republicans, according to opinion polls, hold this view.

Public opinion polls give opposition Republicans a big advantage heading in the midterm election.

Public opinion polls show many voters are concerned about high energy prices, so that is a part of this year's presidential campaign.

The party is trailing badly in the opinion polls.

In public opinion polls, some 80% of Russians supported Sochi's candidacy.

Recent opinion polls say as many as 30 percent of the 46 million eligible voters remain undecided about which party they will support.

Opinion polls suggest that is indeed how the Big Society is widely perceived.

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This week, Newt Gingrich took the lead in national opinion polls for the first time in the race for the Republican nomination.

The opposition, which is ahead in the opinion polls, has promised to sign the Kyoto protocol.

But opinion polls suggest many people believe that a new energy system can be built quickly and on the cheap.

Yet opinion polls suggest that, after a long period of Conservative advantage, voters are now unsure whom to trust to bring about recovery.

Taiwanese opinion polls put the figure at below 10 per cent.

Bush is sinking in the opinion polls already.

Opinion polls show that adding Palin to the ticket has given McCain's campaign a big boost.

It can't be exaggeration that nearly all Chinese citizens would say the reform is good thing, as shown by many opinion polls.

In 2002 opinion polls gave Lula three percentage points more votes than the first-round result; in 2006, the difference was four points.

If the DPJ wins (and it is ahead in opinion polls, see chart), it can expect dogged resistance from the LDP and its bureaucratic allies.

They are comfortably ahead in the opinion polls.

Public opinion polls indicate that he may have some work to do.

The PSD has a clear lead in the opinion polls.

On May 6, the opinion polls were borne out and Mr Brown was ousted by David Cameron, the 43-year-old Conservative party leader.

Opinion polls suggest that Ms Tymoshenko, who is no angel and mistrusted by many Ukrainians, posed no real threat to Mr Yanukovich.

Despite all these handicaps, she has risen inexorably in the opinion polls.

Opinion polls show the party with between 5. 5 and 7. 9 percent of votes, well above the four percent required to win a seat.

But Mrs. Merkel, who is ahead in the opinion polls, hopes to win enough support to form a new alliance with a smaller party.