Some in the coalition are pressing Turnbull to go to an early election, to get a mandate for his own agenda and cash in his soaring poll majority.
However, Sir Tom suggested that only an "entrenched" opinion poll majority in favour of independence of around 55 per cent or more over a period of months would be enough to persuade the SNP that it was worth holding another vote.
The AP story reporting the results was headlined, "The Big Story: AP Poll: Majority harbor prejudice against blacks".
When polled, a majority of Palestinians do not see that as a possibility.
Ultimately, the job of our elected leaders isn't to poll the majority and act accordingly, like responsive droids.
Even among those polled, the majority said it would not affect their vote.
The anti-welfare opinion poll majorities will begin to dissolve.
In recent public opinion polls, majorities of Americans have expressed strong support for maintaining or increasing financing levels for Amtrak.
In polls, majorities of Uri Party legislators have identified themselves as "progressives," and have said South Korea's relations with China are more important than ties with the United States.
According to an earlier Gallup poll, majorities of Catholics found divorce, pre-marital sex, stem-cell research, out-of-wedlock births, the death penalty and homosexual relations morally acceptable.
