Sentence examples for opposition opinion from inspiring English sources

Despite the political opposition, opinion polls have consistently indicated that a majority of Okinawans do not favor the total withdrawal of Americans from the island.

"But if we take a closer look, we have to conclude that this is a serious situation because opposition opinion has been in a sense wiped out or must go underground".

LONDON -- In the five years David Cameron spent rebuilding the Conservative Party in opposition, opinion polls showed that as he sought to rebrand it by offering a compassionate but persistently fuzzy image, voters had trouble defining what sort of a prime minister he would make.

The fierce opposition of opinion has made my head spin.

Defying opposition parties, opinion pollsters and critics within his ranks (including this writer), he held on to government with a reduced, albeit workable, majority.

He still holds a commanding lead over the Labor opposition in opinion polling, and there's nearly three years until he has to face voters again.

With a general election looming before the summer and Mr. Brown's Labor Party lagging the Conservative opposition in opinion polls, any decision to curb spending is expected to be a political one.

He faces a resurgent political opposition, with opinion polls suggesting that the leader of the Social Democrats, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, is more trusted by voters in relation to a number of issues.

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's government, trailing the conservative opposition in opinion polls, distanced itself from Sommer this week after challenger Edmund Stoiber played up Telekom's problems in the election campaign.

In Thailand, Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai is trailing an opposition candidate in opinion polls ahead of elections in January.

There's a big division about that within the church, and opposition to that opinion has grown over the years".