In that decade the partisan zeal to defend Mr. Hoover, and the party's failure to anticipate or cope with the depression, caused a great majority of Americans to see the Republican party as cold and lacking in any sympathy for the problems of human beings caught up in the distress and suffering brought on by the economic crash.

Surveys show that the majority of black Americans have no preference for " African American " or " Black ," although they have a slight preference for " black " in personal settings and " African-American " in more formal settings.

The struggle for independence was a war within the upper class, although the majority of troops on both sides consisted of conscripted mestizos and native Americans.

As such, Canadian English and American English are sometimes classified together as North American English, emphasizing the fact that the vast majority of outsiders even from English speaking countries ( and even Canadians and Americans themselves ), cannot distinguish Canadian English from American English by sound.

The great majority of Americans during this time were farmers working their own land, primarily for their own needs.

Urbanized areas of Kyrgyzstan are similar to the United States in terms of religious identity ; while most Americans claim to be Christian, the majority are rather eclectic in practice.

“ In one of the most telling complaints, a majority ( 54 %) of Americans believe the news media gets in the way of society solving its problems ,” Pew reported.

According to a 2011 survey by Rasmussen Reports, a majority of Americans support profiling as necessary " in today's society ".

A Globescan BBC poll on the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall ( 2009 ) found that 23 % of respondents believe capitalism is " fatally flawed and a different economic system is needed ", with that figure rising to over 40 % of the population in France ; while a majority of respondents including over 50 % of Americans believe capitalism " has problems that can be addressed through regulation and reform ".

Findings from the Pew Center note similar findings and also note that the majority of Americans ( 80-90 %) show strong support for scientific research, agree that science makes society and individual's lives better, and 8 in 10 Americans would be happy if their children were to become scientists.

Some Chicano nationalist groups seek to " recreate " Aztlán, the legendary homeland of the Aztecs comprising the Southwestern United States which is home to the majority of Mexican Americans.

The original plan was to use workers brought in from Europe ; however, there was a poor response to recruitment efforts, and African Americans — free and slave — comprised the majority of the work force.

However, the vast majority of Americans did not live in New York City, and the decision-makers who did live there probably relied more on staid newspapers like the Times, The Sun, or the Post.

Led by the African American Ben Fletcher, Local 8 had over 5, 000 members, the majority of whom were African American, along with more than a thousand immigrants ( primarily Lithuanians and Poles ), Irish Americans, and numerous others.

As a result, Bermuda's white Anglo-Saxon population remained the majority into the 18th Century despite a continuous influx of Latin American and African Blacks, Native Americans, Irish and Scots.

After the Chicago protests, the demonstrators were confident that the majority of Americans would side with them over what had happened in Chicago, especially because of police behavior.

Public opinion polls demonstrated that the majority of Americans supported the Mayor ’ s tactics.

According to a poll taken by USA Today in 2005, majority of Americans support affirmative action for women, while with minority groups though, it is more split.

However, a slight majority of Americans do believe that affirmative action goes beyond ensuring access and goes into the realm of preferential treatment.

Britain and the Commonwealth were carrying the battle for all civilization, and the overwhelming majority of Americans, led in the late election by their president, wished to help them.

The majority of Americans now categorize themselves as part of the American middle class.

A poll of four countries in January 1990 found that a majority of surveyed Americans and French supported reunification, while British and Poles were more divided.

While Britons, French, and Americans favored Germany remaining a member of NATO, a majority of Poles supported neutrality for the reunified nation.

It is thought the majority of Valparaíso's people have non-Spanish European background, such as: British and Irish, Australians and New Zealanders, North Americans ( U. S. or Canadian ), Croats and Bosnians, Dutch and Belgians, French, Germans, Greeks, Italians, Portuguese and Scandinavians.

Draw lengths of the arrows varied between 61 and 81 centimetres ( 24 to 32 inches ) with the majority having a draw length of 76 centimetres ( 30 inches )).

The MPRP won a clear majority ( 46 of 76 seats ) in legislative elections on June 29, 2008.

It separated from Malaysia in 1965 after the federal Malaysian government insisted on giving special privileges to the Malays as part of their " birthright " as an " indigenous " people ( the majority, 76 %, of the island's population are Chinese ).

Approximately 76 % of all Sikhs live in the northern Indian State of Punjab, where they form a majority ( about two thirds ) of the population.

A majority of Medicare enrollees have traditional Medicare ( 76 percent ) over a Medicare Advantage plan ( 24 percent ).

The Labor government increased their parliamentary majority on 24 November 2011 from 75 – 74 to 76 – 73 when the Coalition's Peter Slipper became Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, replacing Labor's Harry Jenkins.

The government increased their parliamentary majority on 24 November 2011 from 75 – 74 to 76 – 73 when the Coalition's Peter Slipper became an independent MP and Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, replacing Labor's Harry Jenkins.

A majority of workers in the county ( 76 %) drive their own cars to work, 16 % carpools, 5 % works at home, 2 % walks, 1 % takes a bus or trolley bus, and less than 1 percent rides to work on a motorcycle or uses some other form of transportation.

A vast majority ( 76 %) of the current faculty of AUEB have obtained their PhD degrees from the USA or the UK, in Universities such as Harvard, Columbia, MIT, Cambridge, Northwestern University, Berkeley University, NYU, Pennsylvania, LSE, LBS, Warwick, Manchester, Strathclyde, Essex, Maryland, City, Bath, Reading, etc.

In the 2003 election, Charest's Liberals won 76 seats, forming a majority government.

The majority of the 2, 536 sei whales caught by the pirate whaler Sierra in the South Atlantic between 1969 – 76 are believed to have been Bryde's whales.

The 29 June Nova poll alloted 38 seats to the CDA, 31 seats to the VVD, and 3 seats to D66 ; a majority requires 76 seats.

The Labor government increased their parliamentary majority on 24 November 2011 from 75 – 74 to 76 – 73 when the Coalition's Peter Slipper became Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, replacing Labor's Harry Jenkins.

During November the new tanks were issued to the squadron, replacing a majority of the Tetrarchs ; however a small number of Tetrarchs fitted with a 3 inch ( 76. 2 mm ) infantry support howitzer, which were designated as Tetrarch 1 CS ( Close Support ), were retained.

A majority of families in Regent Park are classified as low-income, with 68 % of the population living below Statistics Canada's Low-Income Cut-Off Rate in one of its census tracts, and 76 % in the other ( compared to a Toronto-wide average of just over 20 %).

Since 1990, Christopher Shays has voted with the majority Republicans 76. 8 % of the time, voted with the majority of Democrats 57. 9 % of the time, and missed 2. 5 % of the votes.

Between them, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats control 363 seats in the House of Commons, with a majority of 76 seats.

The municipalities with Bosniak ethnic majority are: Tutin ( 94. 23 %), Rožaje ( 82. 09 %), Novi Pazar ( 76. 28 %), Sjenica ( 73. 34 %), and Plav ( 50. 73 %).

The largest religion in the US is Christianity, practiced by the majority of the population ( 76 % in 2008 ).

In the district races, run-off elections were held in 76 constituencies on April 2 and 9 and fresh elections were organized on April 20, and 14 to May 23, in the 199 remaining constituencies where the required absolute majority was not attained.

In the 2001 census, the population of Knin was 11, 128 in the city and 15, 190 in the municipality, and the majority of its citizens were Croats with 76. 45 % and Serbs with 20. 8 %.

The majority ( 76. 6 %) of assisted living residents are widowed, and just over 12 % are still married or have a significant other.

However, the majority of the working force which is estimated at 76 %, are still engaged in agriculture.