Word: opinionizing
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...numbers are even more impressive considering that as of early October, 72% of G.O.P. voters told Gallup pollsters they didn't know enough about Paul to form an opinion. He has been able to attract followers in the debates, where he's presented a clear, simple philosophy of personal freedom and responsibility. He bluntly refers to the U.S. as an empire. And the nerdiness lends Paul's simple message an aura of credibility, especially on a stage with more polished politicians and their nuanced positions. "He's about something that American nerd culture can get on board with: really knowing...
...view that is concience about government both in social areas, and in economic and foreign areas that tries to ask if the government is doing more harm in intervening,” Miron says. This view, based on consequences of government action is, in the opinion of Miron, not so uncommon: “I think that all economists are in a very small way consequentialist...
...It’s a personal opinion, but one that is greatly supported by judgments and polls. The Cato Institute, the leading libertarian think-tank in Washington, also sees a trend towards this broad economically-conservative, socially-liberal class of libertarianism. According to David Boaz, the Executive Vice President for the Cato Institute, “the combination of views that we might call fiscally conservative and socially liberal has substantially increased,” a fact that is supported by national polls. In a policy analysis entitled “The Libertarian Vote” by Boaz and David...
...their emphasis on only the two major parties. Boaz says that “political scientists in the media have tended to ignore people who have fairly coherent views that don’t fall into liberal and conservative.” Which results, in Boaz’s opinion, in a general misplacement of political tendencies...
...course, such comments could be simple opposition politics seeking to exploit an awkward moment for the government. Whether Montebourg's analysis actually finds resonance in public opinion should become clear when polls on the question are published later next week. And then there will be the next important demonstration of French society's enthusiasm (or lack thereof) for Sarkozy's reform agenda: the success of the nationwide strikes on Nov. 20 and the level of public support for them...