Public Opinion

Given the partisan divisions in American politics today, any meaningful explanation of collective opinion should account for the role that partisanship plays in the dynamics of public opinion. Gregory E. McAvoy collects original data and develops a much needed model of information processing that ex..

Pathways to Polling argues that early political pollsters, market researchers, and academic and government survey researchers were entrepreneurial figures who interacted through a broad network that was critical to the growth of public opinion enterprises...

This book examines public support for democracy in transitioning and consolidated regimes. In particular, the contributions look at how democracy is understood and experienced among everyday citizens in Asia and Europe._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Electi..

This book examines public support for democracy in transitioning and consolidated regimes. In particular, the contributions look at how democracy is understood and experienced among everyday citizens in Asia and Europe._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Electi..

Do elites shape public opinion? Should they? What Determines Public Opinion? addresses these questions through a symposium on John Zaller’s pathbreaking The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion (1992) after twenty years. Contributors include leading political theorists, political psychologists, and pu..

This handbook details the key developments and state of the art research across elections, voting behavior and the public opinion by providing both an advanced overview of each core area and engaging in debate about the relative merits of differing approaches in a comprehensive and accessible way...