Political Polling - Strategic Information in Campaigns

Informationen zum Autor By Jeffrey M. Stonecash Klappentext Professor Stonecash combines his twenty years of polling experience with academic theory to show how and why polling is done and how information can be used to help win elections. Zusammenfassung Professor Stonecash combines his twenty years of polling experience with academic theory to show how and why polling is done and how information can be used to help win elections. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Campaigns, Democracy, and the Need for Information Chapter 3 Purpose, Limited Budgets, and When to Poll Chapter 4 What Kind of Poll? Chapter 5 Writing Questions: Language and the Script Chapter 6 Pulling a Sample: Who Votes, Sample Size, and Representativeness Chapter 7 Callers and Calling Chapter 8 The Crucial Part: Analysis and Developing a Campaign Plan Chapter 9 Reports and Recommendations Chapter 10 Tracking Polls and the Undecided Chapter 11 A Final Note on Polling and Democracy Chapter 12 Appendix: A Sample Report Chapter 13 Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey M. Stonecash
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2008
• EAN: 9780742561328
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-6132-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Campaigning American Style; Campaigning American Style
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education