Evolution of Presidential Polling

Klappentext Explains how presidential polling evolved. Zusammenfassung The Evolution of Presidential Polling is a book about presidential power and autonomy. Since Roosevelt! virtually all presidents have employed private polls in some capacity. This book explains how presidential polling evolved as presidents sought to gain autonomy from the institutions that measure public opinion by conducting their own polls. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Seeking autonomy: the origins and growth of presidential polling; 2. Planting the seeds of presidential polling; 3. Checks and imbalances: congress and presidential polling; 4. Dodging the hill: presidential polling in the post-Eisenhower years; 5. Take the money and poll: parties and the public opinion presidency; 6. The media are not messengers; 7. Counting the people: the evolution of quantification and its effects on presidential polling; 8. White House polling in the post-Watergate era; 9. Presidential polling in the post-Reagan era: consequences and implications.

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• Authors: Robert M. Eisinger, Robert M. (Lewis and Clark College Eisinger, Eisinger Robert M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2003
• EAN: 9780521017008
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01700-8
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / General, Regional Studies, United States of America, USA, Regional / International studies, Elections & referenda, Educational: History, Public Opinion & Polls, Public opinion and polls, Elections and referenda / suffrage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling