"You're often in a very unpopular position, so I'm not surprised people have turned it down."

That could put the Republicans in the unpopular position of having to take back money from the schools.

He was about to take another unpopular position on a related issue.

He has also taken unpopular positions, including supporting a community group's plans to shelter homeless men last summer.

Too often, leaders don't think carefully before they take unpopular positions.

I think they've already locked themselves into some very unpopular positions.

She has also been outspoken on the need for an effective program of population control, an unpopular position in this largely Catholic country.

That would put the Republicans in the unpopular position of having to cut the minimum wage rather than simply preventing it from growing so fast.

But the question is, if they're going into battle in support of an unpopular position.

In a few cases he has taken unpopular positions.