He made his 1958 race for reelection to the Senate a test of his popularity in Massachusetts.
The first test of the popularity of such online companies is likely to come this summer, the busy season for industries like shrimping.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi survived the first test of his popularity today when his fellow party members rode his coattails to victory in Tokyo's municipal election.
The governing party, which won 58 percent of the vote, acknowledged that the referendum was a test of its popularity before a general election next year.
It will still be a big test of his popularity, especially in eastern Baghdad and areas of the south where his militias previously held sway.
Cairo's taxi and microbus drivers have staged impromptu protests in anger at a surprise rise in fuel prices, providing an early test of the popularity of Egypt's new president, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.
Take May's local elections, the first test of the popularity of the coalition government, elections which saw Labour consolidate it's position in the north, taking councils off the Conservatives in Blackpool and Sheffield, Newcastle and Hull from Lib Dem leadership.
Members pledged their loyalty to bin Laden personally, not to the organization, so a new round of declarations will have to be made, providing Zawahiri an immediate test of his popularity.
Letizia Moratti, the incumbent center-right candidate for mayor of Milan, suffered a resounding defeat on Monday in an election that Mr. Berlusconi said he considered a test of his popularity in his own hometown.
Its enemies suspect that the BJP cares more about the interests of traders, the core of its electorate, than the welfare of consumers.Such accusations could not be more awkwardly timed for the BJP, which faces this month the first real test of its popularity since coming to power in March.
