Author: Daniel J. Elazar
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: polls, israel
Number of Pages: 370
Published: 1994-01-01
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0847679764
ISBN-13: 9780847679768

The results of the June 1992 Israeli elections at first indicated a normal transition of power from Likud to Labor in the tradition of Western democracies, rather than an upset. However, one and one-half years later there were signs of a major change. "Israel at the Polls, 1992" looks at the parties, election campaigns, major institutions, and analyzes the policies of the new government’s first year. Co-published with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Author: Paul L. Lavraka
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: polls, election, guide, voter
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2007-12-28
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0742547175
ISBN-13: 9780742547179

In this book Michael Traugott and Paul Lavrakas give voters everything they need to know about election polls and why it matters that we understand them. If statistics are worse than lies, just think what misreading the polls can do!

Author: David W. Moore
Publisher: Beacon Press
Keywords: truth, polls, exposes, insider, makers, opinion
Number of Pages: 196
Published: 2008-08-12
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 0807042323
ISBN-13: 9780807042328

On January 8, 2008, the date of the New Hampshire primary, media pollsters made their biggest prediction gaffe since dubbing Thomas Dewey a shoo-in to beat incumbent president Harry S. Truman. Eleven different polls forecast a solid win by Barack Obama; instead, Hillary Clinton took New Hampshire and recharged her candidacy. The months that followed only brought more dismal performances and contradictory results—undeniable evidence that something is terribly wrong with the polling industry today.It’s easy to spot the election polls that get it wrong. Equally misleading and often fa

Author: David W. Moore
Publisher: Beacon Pre
Keywords: truth, polls, exposes, insider, makers, opinion
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2009-09-02
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 0807042331
ISBN-13: 9780807042335

With a new afterword by the author. Drawing on over a decadeâ??s experience at the Gallup Poll and a distinguished academic career in survey research, David W. Mooreâ??praised as a "scholarly crusader" by the New York Timesâ??reveals that pollsters donâ??t report public opinion, they manufacture it. In this highly critical book, he describes the questionable tactics pollsters use to create poll-driven news storiesâ??including force-feeding respondents, slanting the wording of questions, and ignoring public ignorance on even the most arcane issues. More than proof that the numbers do lie,

Authors:Michael A. Genovese, Matthew J. Streb,
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: democracy, dilemmas, politics, polls
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-05
List price: $54.50
ISBN-10: 0791460835
ISBN-13: 9780791460832

A provocative examination of the use and abuse of public opinion polls.

Authors:Jeff Manza, Fay Lomax Cook, Benjamin I. Page,
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: future, american, democracy, policy, polls, public, opinion, navigating
Number of Pages: 392
Published: 2002-09-05
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0195149343
ISBN-13: 9780195149340

Do politicians listen to the public? How often and when? Or are the views of the public manipulated or used strategically by political and economic elites? Navigating Public Opinion brings together leading scholars of American politics to assess and debate these questions. It describes how the relationship between opinion and policy has changed over time; how key political actors use public opinion to formulate domestic and foreign policy; and how new measurement techniques might improve our understanding of public opinion in contemporary polling and survey research.L The distinguished contrib

Author: George F. Bisho
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Keywords: opinion, public, polls, american, fact, illusion, artifact
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2004-08-28
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0742516458
ISBN-13: 9780742516458

In a rigorous critique of public opinion polling in the U.S., George F. Bishop makes the case that a lot of what passes as public opinion in mass media today is an illusion, an artifact of measurement created by vague or misleading survey questions presented to respondents who typically construct their opinions on the spot. Using evidence from a wide variety of data sources, Bishop shows that widespread public ignorance and poorly informed opinions are the norm rather than definitive public opinion on key political, social, and cultural issues of the day. The Illusion of Public Opinion present