Chapter Five: Public Opinion
and Political Socialization
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edition)
p. 131 - The Gallup
Organization provides a good description of the
sampling error of its own polls. In particular, look at
the footnote to 1992 for Gallup's explanation of why it
was so far off in underestimating Perot's vote.
p. 136 - The Survey Research Center at the University of
Michigan has conducted extensive surveys (more than just
polls) on voter behavior in all presidential elections
since 1952. Tabular and graphical summaries of these
National Election Studies (NES) are available in the
NES
Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior.
p. 144 - Diametrically opposite views on abortion can be
found at sites maintained by the nation's largest
pro-life organization, the 3,000-affiliate National
Right to Life Committee (NRLC), and by the National
Organization of Women, NOW
and Abortion Rights/ Reproductive Issues.
p. 147 - Go to our web site uspolitics.org for our
computer program, CROSSTABS, to conduct your own research
on public opinion. CROSSTABS accesses responses to over
50 questions from the 1996 election survey, including
questions on abortion and on government guarantee of
employment. See how other social or political groups
divide on these issues.
p. 154 - Go to our web site at uspolitics.org and use the "Ideology"
variable in the CROSSTABS program to learn which groups fall into
which types, based on their answers to the questions in Figure 5.5.
You can also access the IDEAlog program at this site.
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