1.   As late as last year a narrow conference majority wanted to hold the party to unilateral nuclear disarmament.

2.   Polls had until recently shown support for Mr Patten but now a majority wants him to back down.

3.   And a majority want Congress, not the president, to set the agenda.

4.   An overwhelming majority of Israelis want the peace process to move forward.

5.   And a clear majority do not want him to resign or face impeachment.

6.   And indeed, while national polls indicate a majority of Americans want more gun regulation, it ranks midway down the scale of their concerns.

7.   As much wailing and lamentation has been done over the weekend BCS results, the system is what the vast majority in the sport wanted.

8.   Both mayors have said over and over they did what was right, what the majority of constituents wanted.

9.   A big majority want campaign finance reform that will take political power away from the big contributors and put it back in the hands of the voters.

10.   A clear majority does not want to relinquish the mark.