Both Mr Chaudhry and Mr Sharif have won popularity for standing up to a dictator, whereas Mr Zardari is despised for cutting a deal with him to come to power.
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But her social work has won her a popularity that sees her regularly compared to the legendary Eva Peron.
Despite Ms Merkel's popularity, it won just 33.8% of the vote, its smallest share in 60 years.
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But its popularity hasn't won these authors anything close to Gatsby's wealth.
Its popularity has plunged since it won a record 15% of the vote in the 2009 federal election and joined the coalition as junior partner to Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU).
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He must remember that history shows that a president must treat his counterparts on Capitol Hill with tender love and care, or they won't necessarily be there for him when his popularity diminishes and Republicans intensify their opposition to his proposals.
Manuel Rosales, who won 37% for the opposition in December, has since lost popularity.
He won on the fiscal cliff and he is riding high on the popularity of his social policies.
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Appeasing motorists may win politicians some short-term popularity but, if accident figures continue to rise, won't do them any long-term good.
Omar Ayub Khan, whose father Gohar Ayub Khan won the Haripur seat five times in earlier elections, saw nothing surprising about the democratic popularity of the family of a former military ruler.
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Though she probably won't do so well next time, she could still prevail thanks to her personal popularity and a recent spurt in GDP growth (despite some spillover from the East Asian financial crisis).
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