Polls and politics: the dilemmas of democracy

Polls and Politics......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Tables and Figures......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
1. Polling and the Dilemmas of Democracy by Matthew J. Streb and Michael A. Genovese......Page 14
2. Presidents, Polls, and the Paradox of Democratic Governance by Michael A. Genovese......Page 28
3. Presidential Leadership and the Threat to Popular Sovereignty by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Melinda S. Jackson......Page 42
4. Continuing to Campaign: Public Opinion and the White House by Diane J. Heith......Page 68
5. Do Polls Give the Public a Voice in a Democracy? by Michael W. Traugott......Page 90
6. When Push Comes to Shove: Push Polling and the Manipulation of Public Opinion by Matthew J. Streb and Susan H. Pinkus......Page 108
7. Are Exit Polls Bad for Democracy? by Gerald C. Wright......Page 130
8. Deliberative Polling, Public Opinion, and Democratic Theory by James S. Fishkin......Page 158
9. Polling in a Robust Democracy by Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb......Page 170
References......Page 178
Contributors......Page 194
C......Page 198
F......Page 199
L......Page 200
N......Page 201
P......Page 202
V......Page 204
Z......Page 205