When the consumption tax was introduced in 1989 at 3%, and raised in 1997 to 5%, the moves undermined the popularity of the governments of the day.
Such actions undermined the popularity of governments in Brazil, Venezuela, and Argentina, and although the neopopulists kept winning elections, it was with increasingly narrow margins.
If anything, Mr. Yushchenko's efforts to equate "pro-Western" with "anti-Russian" probably did more to undermine the popularity of the Orange Revolution than any other factor.
Rising food prices and lack of progress in generating new jobs had undermined the popularity of Ennahda and its two non-religious coalition partners from the 2011 election.
But many Americans do not see it that way, and their concerns about the mandate have undermined the popularity of reform, reduced its odds of passage and raised the prospect of a backlash if it does get enacted.
Although his 76-year-old father is barred by South Korea's Constitution from seeking a second five-year term, he and his aides fear that the investigation will undermine the popularity of Roh Moo Hyun, the candidate of the governing Millennium Democratic Party.
Among the opponents is the International Salmon Farmers Association which is concerned about the reaction of consumers and that it will undermine the popularity of salmon, which commands high prices in the US.
The global crisis seems to have consolidated, not undermined, the popularity of large developing-country governments, presumably because the economic crisis was perceived to have begun elsewhere and been dealt with efficiently.Contrast that with what happened during the Asian crisis of 1997-98.
In an article published on the Investor's Business Daily, author Reinhardt Krause talks about the possibility of broadband service providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast coming up with clever taxation plans to help undermine the popularity of Netflix-like video streaming services that market themselves chiefly on affordability.
Critics of means-testing argue that such a change would undermine the popularity of the program, turning it into welfare for lower-income Americans.
