Polls and Politics

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Description

This hard-hitting and engaging examination of polls and American politics asks an essential question: do polls contribute to the vitality of our democracy or are they undermining the health of our political system? Leading scholars address several key issues such as how various types of polls affect democracy, the meaning attributed to polling data by citizens and the media, the use of polls by presidents, and how political elites respond—or do not respond—to public polls. The contributors assert that while polls tread a fine line between informing and manipulating the public, they remain valuable so long as a robust democracy obliges its political leaders to respond to the expressed will of the people.

List of Tables and Figures

Preface

1. Polling and the Dilemmas of Democracy
Matthew J. Streb and Michael A. Genovese

2. Presidents, Polls, and the Paradox of Democratic Governance
Michael A. Genovese

3. Presidential Leadership and the Threat to Popular Sovereignty
Lawrence R. Jacobs and Melinda S. Jackson

4. Continuing to Campaign: Public Opinion and the White House
Diane J. Heith

5. Do Polls Give the Public a Voice in a Democracy?
Michael W. Traugott

6. When Push Comes to Shove: Push Polling and the Manipulation of Public Opinion
Matthew J. Streb and Susan H. Pinkus

7. Are Exit Polls Bad for Democracy?
Gerald C. Wright

8. Deliberative Polling, Public Opinion, and Democratic Theory
James S. Fishkin

9. Polling in a Robust Democracy
Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb

References

List of Contributors

Index

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791485095
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Polls and Politics

The Dilemmas of Democracy

Edited by Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb

S TATE U NIVERSITY OF N EW Y ORK P RESS

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

© 2004 State University of New York

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Polls and politics : the dilemmas of democracy / edited by Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb p. cm. Based on a conference held at Loyola Marymount University in February 2002. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0791460835 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0791460843 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Democracy—United States. 2. Political participation—United States. 3. Public opinion—United States. 4. Public opinion polls. I. Genovese, Michael A. II. Streb, Matthew J. (Matthew Justin), 1974–

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This book is dedicated to our wives, who love us, understand us, and tolerate us.

To Page, with love, Matt To Gaby, with love, Michael

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List of Tables and Figures

Preface

Contents

Chapter 1: Polling and the Dilemmas of Democracy Matthew J. Streb and Michael A. Genovese

Chapter 2: Presidents, Polls, Democratic Governance Michael A. Genovese

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Chapter 3: Presidential Leadership and the Threat to Popular Sovereignty Lawrence R. Jacobs and Melinda S. Jackson

Chapter 4: Continuing to Campaign: and the White House Diane J. Heith

Public Opinion

Chapter 5: Do Polls Give the Public a Voice in a Democracy? Michael W. Traugott

Chapter 6: When Push Comes to Shove: Push Polling and the Manipulation of Public Opinion Matthew J. Streb and Susan H. Pinkus

Chapter 7: Are Exit Polls Bad for Democracy? Gerald C. Wright

Chapter 8: Deliberative Polling, and Democratic Theory James S. Fishkin

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Chapter 9: Polling in a Robust Democracy Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb

References

List of Contributors

Index

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Reagan Coalitions’ Network Preferences

The Bush Constituency

New York TimesandLos Angeles Times Stories Using Exit Poll Data

Major Newspaper Stories Using Exit Poll Data

Comparison of 1998 Voting in Florida Counties with 2000

Comparison of 1996 Voting in Florida Counties with 2000

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