
Hansen, Kasper M. (2004) Deliberative Democracy and Opinion
... comments on large parts of the manuscript. Many of Archons comments caused me to rethink the argument and make it more clear. His encouragement also helped me find the final motivation to complete the dissertation and to continue the work on deliberative democracy. The dissertation was defended on A ...
... comments on large parts of the manuscript. Many of Archons comments caused me to rethink the argument and make it more clear. His encouragement also helped me find the final motivation to complete the dissertation and to continue the work on deliberative democracy. The dissertation was defended on A ...
Advertising Effects - Deep Blue
... life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.” Applied to this subject, despite those who are worried about the possible misuse of campaign ads, they remain an essential form of liberty, the annihilation of which would be folly. This research examines how Americans are affected by campaig ...
... life, because it imparts to fire its destructive agency.” Applied to this subject, despite those who are worried about the possible misuse of campaign ads, they remain an essential form of liberty, the annihilation of which would be folly. This research examines how Americans are affected by campaig ...
THE RELIABILITY OF THE ANES FEELING THERMOMETERS: AN
... Krosnick (1991) examined the temporal stability of symbolic versus non-symbolic attitudes. The former category included party identification and ideology. Krosnick included attitudes toward social groups in the latter category, and six of his seven measures were based on thermometer ratings. He rep ...
... Krosnick (1991) examined the temporal stability of symbolic versus non-symbolic attitudes. The former category included party identification and ideology. Krosnick included attitudes toward social groups in the latter category, and six of his seven measures were based on thermometer ratings. He rep ...
Causal Inference with Measurement Error: Nonparametric
... In this paper, we study the nonparametric identification of the average treatment effect (ATE) when a binary treatment variable is measured with differential error. Contributing to the methodological literature about nonparametric identification in causal inference (e.g., Robins, 1989; Manski, 1990; ...
... In this paper, we study the nonparametric identification of the average treatment effect (ATE) when a binary treatment variable is measured with differential error. Contributing to the methodological literature about nonparametric identification in causal inference (e.g., Robins, 1989; Manski, 1990; ...
Democratic Deliberation Procedures : Theoretical and Practical
... deliberative events that took place in the New Haven metropolitan area, organized by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the League of Women Voters aided by Yale’s Institutions for Social and Policy Studies and the Center for Deliberative Polling at the University of Texas. Beginning ...
... deliberative events that took place in the New Haven metropolitan area, organized by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the League of Women Voters aided by Yale’s Institutions for Social and Policy Studies and the Center for Deliberative Polling at the University of Texas. Beginning ...
Variability or Moderation? The Effects of Ambivalence on Political
... unpredictable in opinion surveys. In this respect, ambivalence is widely viewed as an explanation for the seemingly random responses that individuals often given when answering questions about their political attitudes. In this study, I offer an alternative account of the effects of ambivalence on o ...
... unpredictable in opinion surveys. In this respect, ambivalence is widely viewed as an explanation for the seemingly random responses that individuals often given when answering questions about their political attitudes. In this study, I offer an alternative account of the effects of ambivalence on o ...
GEORGE GALLUP
... the United States and in many European countries, there are people who have been calling him friendly as Ted and who are still alive and working. There are people who have listened to his speeches. There are people who have begun mastering the polling technology on the basis of his books and article ...
... the United States and in many European countries, there are people who have been calling him friendly as Ted and who are still alive and working. There are people who have listened to his speeches. There are people who have begun mastering the polling technology on the basis of his books and article ...
CREATING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (PACs) FOR
... 2. Determine whether there is a preexisting PAC that your coalition could easily get involved in, such as a local or state tobacco control association or cancer victims group. If smokefree air is a well-represented interest within a pre-established PAC, consider directing contributions through that ...
... 2. Determine whether there is a preexisting PAC that your coalition could easily get involved in, such as a local or state tobacco control association or cancer victims group. If smokefree air is a well-represented interest within a pre-established PAC, consider directing contributions through that ...
Negative Advertising and Voter Choice
... We find evidence that negative advertising positively affects both the turnout and the likelihood of voting for the featured candidate in House and Presidential elections. However, a decomposition of the effects of negative advertising on turnout and voter choice shows the effects are markedly diffe ...
... We find evidence that negative advertising positively affects both the turnout and the likelihood of voting for the featured candidate in House and Presidential elections. However, a decomposition of the effects of negative advertising on turnout and voter choice shows the effects are markedly diffe ...
Immigrant Resentment and Voter Fraud Beliefs in the
... Garand, Xu, and Davis 2015). Currently, the foreign-born share of the total population in the United States is higher than it has been in almost one hundred years. As a result, immigration attitudes are likely more salient among Americans than they were in the more distant past. On the second condit ...
... Garand, Xu, and Davis 2015). Currently, the foreign-born share of the total population in the United States is higher than it has been in almost one hundred years. As a result, immigration attitudes are likely more salient among Americans than they were in the more distant past. On the second condit ...
Implicit attitudes and inconsistent issue voting: the example
... Glantschnigg, 2013; Schmitt-Beck and Kraft, 2014). What all these studies have in common is that they first and foremost examine consistent voting as a result of an individual’s deliberative/explicit cognitive components that underlie its decision-making processes. In other words, they only focus on ...
... Glantschnigg, 2013; Schmitt-Beck and Kraft, 2014). What all these studies have in common is that they first and foremost examine consistent voting as a result of an individual’s deliberative/explicit cognitive components that underlie its decision-making processes. In other words, they only focus on ...
A Poll Tax by Any Other Name: The Political
... South; and the ways that the Democratic Party used its dominance and power over the election process (e.g., controlling who served as election judges, poll locations and times, etc.) to disenfranchise blacks. We consider the first of these mechanisms as especially important, as scholars have long th ...
... South; and the ways that the Democratic Party used its dominance and power over the election process (e.g., controlling who served as election judges, poll locations and times, etc.) to disenfranchise blacks. We consider the first of these mechanisms as especially important, as scholars have long th ...
Group Rhetoric and Public Opinion
... al. 1960; Converse 1964; Conover & Feldman 1984; Conover 1988). For example, Converse (1964) found that when Americans were asked to evaluate political parties and candidates, they typically named benefits and deprivations that parties had visited upon social groups. Likewise, more than a quarter of ...
... al. 1960; Converse 1964; Conover & Feldman 1984; Conover 1988). For example, Converse (1964) found that when Americans were asked to evaluate political parties and candidates, they typically named benefits and deprivations that parties had visited upon social groups. Likewise, more than a quarter of ...
Frequency of Tweeting During Presidential Debates
... represents an important campaign communication activity for citizens in a healthy democracy. Thus, understanding activities that contribute to favorable attitudes about engaging the political process is potentially important. Previous research has found that tweeting a debate (compared to not tweeti ...
... represents an important campaign communication activity for citizens in a healthy democracy. Thus, understanding activities that contribute to favorable attitudes about engaging the political process is potentially important. Previous research has found that tweeting a debate (compared to not tweeti ...
The Authority of Public Opinion – why Weber declined to take part in
... on public opinion he did not apply his formidable sociological insights to an explicit discussion of this subject. This reluctance is all the more surprising since in his political writings he continually relies on the insights of commentators such as Bryce, who wrote at length on the subject of pub ...
... on public opinion he did not apply his formidable sociological insights to an explicit discussion of this subject. This reluctance is all the more surprising since in his political writings he continually relies on the insights of commentators such as Bryce, who wrote at length on the subject of pub ...
Images of Media Power: The Third-Person Effect and the Shaping of
... mass media seem to set up the political agenda, influences people’s pictures of politics and forces the politicians to play along with the media logic (Thompson 1995, Asp & Esaiasson 1997, Mancini & Swanson 1997). This picture is also nourished by the news media. Research show that media explanation ...
... mass media seem to set up the political agenda, influences people’s pictures of politics and forces the politicians to play along with the media logic (Thompson 1995, Asp & Esaiasson 1997, Mancini & Swanson 1997). This picture is also nourished by the news media. Research show that media explanation ...
Non-Presidential Political Advertising in Campaign 2004
... 2004; Nesbit, 1988) and none examine gubernatorial commercials. However, political advertising is arguably more important in non-presidential than presidential races because the news lavishes most attention on the presidential contest. Political advertising, which has been shown to inform the electo ...
... 2004; Nesbit, 1988) and none examine gubernatorial commercials. However, political advertising is arguably more important in non-presidential than presidential races because the news lavishes most attention on the presidential contest. Political advertising, which has been shown to inform the electo ...
Americans Roundly Reject Tailored Political Advertising
... discuss politics in digital venues if they believe their comments are being collected for analysis by and even sale to political marketers. A third concern is that the high cost of political data and related political consulting activities add yet another bar to political races for all but the wellh ...
... discuss politics in digital venues if they believe their comments are being collected for analysis by and even sale to political marketers. A third concern is that the high cost of political data and related political consulting activities add yet another bar to political races for all but the wellh ...
The Threat of Terrorism, Presidential Approval, and the 2004 Election
... By August 2004, the threat of terrorism and the effectiveness of antiterrorist policies and practices became virtual everyday topics in both the Bush and Kerry campaigns. The two quotations at the top of this paper endorse the conventional interpretation that the more threatened Americans feel, the ...
... By August 2004, the threat of terrorism and the effectiveness of antiterrorist policies and practices became virtual everyday topics in both the Bush and Kerry campaigns. The two quotations at the top of this paper endorse the conventional interpretation that the more threatened Americans feel, the ...
"The Endogenous Relationship of Campaign Expenditures, Expected Vote, and Media Coverage"
... Scholars have proposed various solutions to this problem of simultaneity bias. Arguing that Jacobson’s estimate that congressional incumbents’ expenditures have minimal effects on voter support was biased due to expenditures being endogenous to his models, Green and Krasno estimated a two stage leas ...
... Scholars have proposed various solutions to this problem of simultaneity bias. Arguing that Jacobson’s estimate that congressional incumbents’ expenditures have minimal effects on voter support was biased due to expenditures being endogenous to his models, Green and Krasno estimated a two stage leas ...
How do negative political ads impact public trust in candidates?
... Scholars have repeatedly voiced concerns about the detrimental impact of negative campaign tactics, especially attack advertising, on citizen participation and democratic processes (Ansolabehere and Iyengar 1996). They argue that negative advertising turn voters off and keeps them away from the poll ...
... Scholars have repeatedly voiced concerns about the detrimental impact of negative campaign tactics, especially attack advertising, on citizen participation and democratic processes (Ansolabehere and Iyengar 1996). They argue that negative advertising turn voters off and keeps them away from the poll ...
An Asymmetric Nonlinear Process - American National Election
... generally decreased in magnitude as the total number of beliefs increased. For example, the average difference between attitudes based on one favorable belief and those based on two favorable beliefs was 7.19, whereas the difference between respondents with four favorable beliefs and those with five ...
... generally decreased in magnitude as the total number of beliefs increased. For example, the average difference between attitudes based on one favorable belief and those based on two favorable beliefs was 7.19, whereas the difference between respondents with four favorable beliefs and those with five ...
An Overview of the Survey of Consumer Expectations
... survey respondents’ willingness and ability to answer questions expressed in this way. Finally, the SCE is implemented as a monthly internet survey in order to provide more flexibility for question design and more real-time capabilities for data collection. An internet platform enables the researche ...
... survey respondents’ willingness and ability to answer questions expressed in this way. Finally, the SCE is implemented as a monthly internet survey in order to provide more flexibility for question design and more real-time capabilities for data collection. An internet platform enables the researche ...
Myth of the Level Playing Field - University of Missouri School of
... as he shook out thefolds of his toga, and then, as the senators admired its size and beauty, said that the country where it grew was only three days' sail from Rome. And in one thing he was even more savage, namely, in adding to his vote on any question whatsoever these words: "In my opinion, Cartha ...
... as he shook out thefolds of his toga, and then, as the senators admired its size and beauty, said that the country where it grew was only three days' sail from Rome. And in one thing he was even more savage, namely, in adding to his vote on any question whatsoever these words: "In my opinion, Cartha ...
MEDIA MANAGEMENT * MCM 601
... re: narrative bias above). Whenever one faction or politician does something or says something newsworthy, the press is compelled by this bias to get a reaction from an opposing camp. This creates the illusion that the game of politics is always contentious and never cooperative. This bias can also ...
... re: narrative bias above). Whenever one faction or politician does something or says something newsworthy, the press is compelled by this bias to get a reaction from an opposing camp. This creates the illusion that the game of politics is always contentious and never cooperative. This bias can also ...
Opinion poll

An opinion poll, sometimes simply referred to as a poll, is a survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence intervals.