Public Opinion Polls Quotes

Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.

I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won the Nobel Peace Prize.

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments.

If I were afraid of polls, I never would've been elected in two landslide elections, leading a highest percentage in our state's last election for governor. If I were afraid of polls, we wouldn't have privatized our charity hospital system, we wouldn't cut our state budget 26%, wouldn't have cut over 30,000 state government bureaucrats, wouldn't have done statewide school choice. Here's the real record.

I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.

Parliamentarians would prefer to follow the path of least resistance and vote for the myths that the public opinion polls show their constituents believe in, instead of taking the trouble to educate themselves and their constituents.

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.

With Donald J. Trump's arrival to power, many feel astonished by the growth of populism. Others analyze with extreme care the decline of companies that measure public opinion. I am saddened to watch the lack of temperament and political stability of those who 'represent' a trend or ideology.

The problem for a politician of listening to the people, is that they don’t always agree.

Politicians used to be leaders. Now they follow voters, desperate for a tick in a box.

I think film promotion has become really important in today's time. PM Narendra Modi also felt the need to do campaigning. If he doesn't do that, then nobody will give vote to him.

But I have made no plans to run for any office right now.

In a national campaign you are driven to negativism.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed. Consequently he who moulds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.

You're on the elevator of public opinion when you're in the presidency.

We are ruled by public opinion, not by statute law.

When I represented the people of Texas I voted the way they wanted. If I should be president I would represent the people of the United States and my actions would reflect their views.

The Chinese government clearly does pay attention to public opinion expressed on the Internet - the extent to which they choose to adapt their practices based on it, or ignore it, seems to vary.

In modern politics, polls often serve as the canary in the mine - an early warning signal of danger or trends. But polls can also be used to wag the dog - diverting attention from something significant.

Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion can change the government practically just so much.

Approval ratings matter for politicians, largely for good reason. A leader with plummeting approval ratings ought to take note of the needs and hopes of his people.

There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress.

The influence of every mode of thinking which is shared by numbers ought to be felt in the legislature.

No law is stronger than is the public sentiment where it is to be enforced.