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| List of Figures and Tables | |
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| Credits for Figures and Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Public Opinion in Democratic Societies | |
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| Public Opinion and Government | |
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| Public Opinion Defined | |
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| The Evolution of the Public Opinion Poll | |
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| The Modern Public Opinion Poll and Its Political Consequences | |
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| Sources of Information on Public Opinion | |
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| Linkage Models Between Public Opinion and Public Policies | |
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| Plan of This Book | |
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| Polling: The Scientific Assessment of Public Opinion | |
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| The Value of Polls | |
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| Sampling | |
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| Question Wording | |
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| Polls and Predicting Elections | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Microlevel Opinion: The Psychology of Opinion-Holding | |
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| Political Attention and Opinion-Holding | |
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| Liberal-Conservative Ideology and the Organization of Opinions | |
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| Party Identification and the Organization of Political Opinions | |
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| Macrolevel Opinion: The Flow of Political Sentiment | |
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| The Micro Foundations of Macro Opinion | |
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| Trends in Policy Opinions | |
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| General Ideological Movement | |
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| General Partisan Movement | |
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| Presidential Approval | |
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| Conclusion: What Moves Public Opinion? | |
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| Political Socialization and Political Learning | |
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| The Preadult Years: Socialization to Citizenship | |
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| The Agents of Preadult Socialization | |
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| College: Higher Education and Its Impact | |
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| Personal Predispositions and Political Attitudes | |
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| Socialization during Adulthood | |
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| The Persistence of Political Orientations | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Public Opinion and Democratic Stability | |
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| Support for Democratic Values | |
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| Political Consensus | |
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| Political Support: Trust and Efficacy | |
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| Personality and Democratic Citizenship | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Group Differences in Political Opinions | |
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| Socioeconomic Class and Political Opinions | |
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| Race and Political Opinions | |
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| Age and Political Opinions | |
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| Religion and Political Opinions | |
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| Geography and Political Opinions | |
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| Gender and Political Opinions | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The News Media and Political Opinions | |
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| The Evolution of the American Media | |
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| Bias and Negativity in the News | |
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| Models of Media Effects | |
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| Media Content and Political Opinions | |
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| Media Change and the Quality of Electoral Decision-Making | |
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| Political Advertising | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Elections as Instruments of Popular Control | |
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| Political Campaigns and the Voter | |
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| Policy Issues and Voters | |
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| Explaining Election Outcomes | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Public and Its Elected Leaders | |
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| Opinion Sharing Between Policymakers and the Public | |
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| Political Parties and Representation | |
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| Leadership Responsiveness to Public Opinion | |
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| Do Elected Officials Need to Follow Public Opinion? | |
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| Interest Groups and Democratic Representation | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Public Opinion and the Performance of Democracy | |
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| Assessing the Impact of Public Opinion on Policy | |
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| Interpreting the Public's Role in Democracy | |
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| The Expansion of Political Participation | |
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| Appendix The American National Election Study and the General Social Survey Questions | |
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| Questions from the American National Election Studies | |
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| Questions from the General Social Survey | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |