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• majority opinion — In effect the opinion of the court; an opinion prepared or approved by a majority of the judges sitting in the case. 20 Am J2d Cts § 71 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• opinion — opin·ion /ə pin yən/ n 1 a: a belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b: a formal expression of a judgment or appraisal by an expert see also opinion testimony at testimony compare …   Law dictionary

• Opinion polling in the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 — began just over a year before the election in January 2010. The major difference between the polls before 2011 and the polls before previous elections was the larger than expected support for the True Finns. Contents 1 Polling information 2 Polls …   Wikipedia

• Bradley effect — Tom Bradley speaking at AIDS Walk LA at the Paramount Studios lot in 1988 The Bradley effect, less commonly called the Wilder effect,[1][2] is a theory proposed to explain observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and el …   Wikipedia

• Bandwagon effect — The bandwagon effect is a well documented form of groupthink in behavioral science and has many applications. The general rule is that conduct or beliefs spread among people, as fads and trends clearly do, with the probability of any individual… …   Wikipedia

• Concurring opinion — Legal opinions Judicial opinions Majority opinion Dissenting opinion Plurality opinion Concurring opinion Memorandum opinion This box: view · opinion by one o …   Wikipedia

• Scientific opinion on climate change — This article is about scientific opinion on climate change. For public perception and controversy about the scientific consensus, see Public opinion on climate change and Global warming controversy. For opinions of individual dissenting… …   Wikipedia

• public opinion — the collective opinion of many people on some issue, problem, etc., esp. as a guide to action, decision, or the like. [1560 70] * * * Introduction       an aggregate of the individual views, attitudes, and beliefs about a particular topic,… …   Universalium

• Popular opinion in the US on the invasion of Iraq — This article is about the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. For more information on this topic, see Views on the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The United States public’s opinion of the invasion of Iraq has changed significantly since the years preceding the… …   Wikipedia

• Moral Majority — Jerry Falwell, whose founding of the Moral Majority was a key step in the formation of the New Christian Right The Moral Majority was a political organization of the United States which had an agenda of evangelical Christian oriented political… …   Wikipedia

• Spoiler effect — The spoiler effect describes the effect a minor party candidate with little chance of winning has in a close election, when that candidate s presence in the election draws votes from a major candidate similar to them, thereby causing a candidate… …   Wikipedia