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9780791460849

Polls and Politics: The Dilemmas of Democracy

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791460849

  • ISBN10:

    0791460843

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-04-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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This hard-hitting and engaging examination of polls and American politics asks an essential question: do polls contribute to the vitality of our democracy or are they undermining the health of our political system? leading scholars address several key issues such as how various types of polls affect democracy, the meaning attributed to polling data by citizens and the media, the use of polls by presidents, and ow political elites respond--or do not respond--to public polls. the contributors assert that while polls treat z fine line between informing and manipulating the public, they remain valuable so long as a robust democracy obliges its political leaders to respond to the expressed will of the people.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
ix
Preface xi
Polling and the Dilemmas of Democracy
1(14)
Matthew J. Streb
Michael A. Genovese
Presidents, Polls, and the Paradox of Democratic Governance
15(14)
Michael A. Genovese
Presidential Leadership and the Threat to Popular Sovereignty
29(26)
Lawrence R. Jacobs
Melinda S. Jackson
Continuing to Campaign: Public Opinion and the White House
55(22)
Diane J. Heith
Do Polls Give the Public a Voice in a Democracy?
77(18)
Michael W. Traugott
When Push Comes to Shove: Push Polling and the Manipulation of Public Opinion
95(22)
Matthew J. Streb
Susan H. Pinkus
Are Exit Polls Bad for Democracy?
117(28)
Gerald C. Wright
Deliberative Polling, Public Opinion, and Democratic Theory
145(12)
James S. Fishkin
Polling in a Robust Democracy
157(8)
Michael A. Genovese
Matthew J. Streb
References 165(16)
List of Contributors 181(4)
Index 185

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