A common use of direct lobbying is to persuade the general public about a ballot proposal.

The challenge for all the companies, though, is persuading the public to better understand their products.

They had strong policy views that they believed would persuade the public.

The best entrepreneurs come up with products nobody has heard of and then persuade the public that it can't live without them.

The Government also appeared unable to persuade the public of its view.

It does not attempt to persuade the general public that environmental issues matter.

But the data, researchers know, has not entirely persuaded the public.

Clinton's clear intention was to persuade the American public to fall in behind her.

For one thing, time was needed to persuade the public that the debt problem would not go away.

The bank, he said, would do its part to persuade the public that this is not the case.