#polls

Just two weeks ago, millions of Iraqis defied the threats of terrorists and went to the polls to determine their own future. I congratulate the Iraqi people for the courage they've shown in making these elections so successful. ↗

— Bill Frist

#congratulate #courage #defied #determine #elections

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions. ↗

— Robert. L. Ehrlich

#instead #leaders #own #polls #sway

While it's very hard to know exactly how to measure public opinion there, because there's no really good polling, the fact of the matter is that in all the polls I've seen the vast majority of the Iraqis prefer to be free and are pleased that the coalition freed them. ↗

— Paul Bremer

#coalition #exactly #fact #free #freed

On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places. ↗

— Mark Foley

#constitutional #constitutional right #day #exercised #february

If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert, the current prime minister - who stands at 2 percent in a recent poll - and the enduring weaknesses of the Labor Party. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#current #election #enduring #his #labor

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#back #country #creation #everglades #front

These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls. ↗

— Jacques Delors

#days #enough #groups #guided #individual

Polls are frequently taken to try to tease out or determine likely directions and trends, but once taken, they belong to the past, requiring that new polls be taken. ↗

— Alan Dundes

#determine #directions #frequently #likely #new

You can't depend on polls. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#polls #you

And I think the rolling polls put more pressure on them to sustain their beliefs and to improve their delivery of the policy and their delivery of the ideas so that they can garner support for whatever principle they're articulating. ↗

— Jim Bolger

#beliefs #delivery #garner #i #i think