Yet, by doing so, he may have made himself less popular, and is being accused of elitism to boot.

His most precious resource is his personal popularity, which a flavor of consent to his authoritarian regime.

After the English Civil War saw a drop in deer populations, fox hunting grew in popularity.

With energy revenues screeching to a halt, Putin s regime will lose popularity.

Lower oil prices would mean less money to spend on domestic projects that buoy his popularity or on the nuclear program.

In the intervening years, particularly after the Asian Financial Crisis, the pro market, anti intervention Washington Consensus fell out of favor.

Blocking Telegram in Russia would surely decrease its popularity, particularly among new users and people with less technical savvy.

Ronald Reagan gained popularity by cutting social benefits for the poor (claiming that the poor cheated to receive extra payments).

Nevertheless, Russian journalist and blogger podrabinek , thinks that Putin might actually launch a small border war as a way to boost his popularity.

His career was rejuvenated in the 1990s, leading to popularity with an audience not traditionally interested in country music.

The Russian News Centre, another important initiative of the Department, was gaining in popularity among Russian users.

Putin's all encompassing popularity, which is genuine, and his blurring of all political dividing lines has given him an unassailable position.

His popularity has been bestowed, not earned, so it can be taken away as easily as it was given.

During the 1950s Winchell favored Senator Joseph McCarthy, but he became unpopular as the public turned against McCarthy.

The DPJ has now reelected incumbent Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as its president, despite his very low public approval rating.

FLORENCE The term globalization first swept the world in the 1990 s and reached its highpoint of popularity in 2000 and 2001.

At the time, his popularity was at its apex, since he was the only Italian general who had obtained significant successes during the last war against Austria.

But if he holds on to power contrary to the constitution, his popularity could easily collapse, especially as his economic policy has thrived on luck, not reform.

Allying himself with the Bush administration has increased his unpopularity, especially following missile attacks by the United States in Pakistan s tribal areas.

A mild drop in early 2011 probably reflected frustration over social injustice and a growing sense of insecurity and uncertainty about the future.

He has faced political adversity before, and he will again. And, with approval ratings in the single digits, there s nowhere to go but up.

Although demand for the C64 dropped off in the United States by 1990, it continued to be popular in the UK and other European countries.

OXFORD George W. Bush is approaching the end of his presidency mired in low popularity ratings, which partly reflects his policies in the Middle East.

And, given his abysmal popularity ratings, he may decide to play the wild card, embrace a euro skeptic and anti government stance, and try to bring down Prime Minister Mario Monti s technocratic administration.

The reason why Dylan deserves the Nobel has nothing to do with his popularity, or the fact that his works are actually still quoted, discussed and in wide circulation today.

But a new force has emerged on its flank Golden Dawn, a frankly neo Nazi party that is spreading violence on the streets and in public life, and seeing its popular support increase as a result.

Still, the AKP can be satisfied that after five years in office its popular support has climbed, while the opposition has been shown to be incapable of challenging it seriously.

Vice Presidency Vice President Henry Wallace, though popular among Democratic voters, was viewed as too far to the left and too friendly to labor for some of Roosevelt's advisers.

Initially H.323 was the most popular protocol, though its popularity decreased in the local loop due to its original poor traversal of network address translation (NAT) and firewalls.

Despite Putin's so far unsuccessful fight against terrorism, his popularity remains high, so he has the political capital to make tough internal reforms.

Musharraf admitted on television this year, Yes, my popularity has been reduced. Yet he clearly failed to comprehend that this was not just about approval ratings.

Though he took power in a bloodless coup, there was little doubt about his popularity at the time. The public had tired of a civilian regime marked by corruption and economic chaos.

His popularity ratings are plummeting, and his party, the conservative UMP, is predicted to fare badly in the municipal elections in mid March.

With the end of Ahmadinejad s second and final term fast approaching, it seems unlikely that the disgraced, unpopular president will abandon his efforts to destabilize Iran s ruling establishment.

With energy revenues screeching to a halt, Putin s regime will lose popularity. Central myths about Putin the healer of the nation and the supplier of giveaway budgets are collapsing.

So, with the Bush era winding down in a tailspin of plummeting popularity and high level resignations, has the neo conservative movement, too, run its course?

When Obama made his rousing speech at the Berlin Tiergarten in July, in front of 200,000 cheering Germans, his popularity ratings at home actually fell, especially in the old industrial rustbelt of Ohio and Pennsylvania.

His conservative and nationalist credentials sustained his popularity on the right, while his new security strategy including full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip attracted supporters from the left.

The bottom line is that Uribe thought Santos would do his bidding as president, and Santos is convinced that his (high but declining) popularity is of his own making, not borrowed from Uribe.

Besieged economically at home, where his popularity is at its lowest since his election last year, can he regain credibility, if not support, as supreme commander of French forces?

Calderón s offensive increased his popularity, but it also provoked a new rise in violence, as the drug gangs not only battled government forces, but also settled accounts among themselves.

Bush has said that history will redeem him, and compares himself to President Harry S. Truman, who left office with low poll ratings because of the Korean War, yet is well regarded today.

This dissatisfaction does not reflect a failure of François Hollande, whose approval rating stands at only 26 one year into his presidential term his two immediate predecessors, Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy, also left office in disgrace.

However, his popularity suffered from the economic downturn that followed the 1973 energy crisis, marking the end of the thirty glorious years after World War II, combined with the official discourse that the end of the tunnel was near .

Putin's all encompassing popularity, which is genuine, and his blurring of all political dividing lines has given him an unassailable position. Many bemoan this state of affairs, but his ascendancy might be less malign than it seems.