In reality, much of a candidate's social media "fans" are a composition of individuals who are not swayed by campaigns: reliable supporters, opposition spectators, and the growing army of non-voting 20-somethings.
This new evidence lends support to the argument we've made before that there are three kinds of people who bother following a politician on Facebook (none of whom are swing voters): reliable supporters, opposition spectators, and the growing demographic of non-voting 20-somethings.
Mr. Bush also succeeded in portraying himself as the more reliable foe of abortion in a state where opposition to abortion is strong.
At the foot of the mountain was Dasht-i-Qala, usually a reliable redoubt for opposition forces.
So he played the reliable keys of opposition to grammar schools; rail nationalisation; giving councils the power to borrow to build homes; and investment in manufacturing, engineering and innovation.
As the five cases of non-reliable cognitions (tshad min) are for the most part better explained as failures to fulfill one or more requirements of a reliable cognition, this opposition will be dealt with after the section on reliable cognition.
The most reliable and active opposition to trade agreements typically comes the AFL-CIO and other American labor unions.
The most reliable vote count comes from opposition poll watchers who observed the official ballot tabulation at almost every voting place in Yugoslavia.
So when Ed Miliband, at last relishing the chance to do a bit of opposing, demanded that reliable first resort of the opposition, a FIPI, a "full, independent public inquiry", Cameron was able to say: "Yes, we do need to have an inquiry – possibly inquiries – into what has happened".
As for non-reliable cognitions, one finds an opposition between a fivefold typology, which is the trademark of the Sang-pu school, and a more basic threefold typology prescribed by Sakya Paṇḍita.
