Improving public opinion surveys : interdisciplinary innovation and the American national election studies / edited by John H. Aldrich and Kathleen M. McGraw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aldrich, John H., 1947-

McGraw, Kathleen M., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election forecasting--United States.

Election forecasting.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Elections--United States--Public opinion.

Elections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (402 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The American National Election Studies (ANES) is the premier social science survey program devoted to voting and elections. Conducted during the presidential election years and midterm Congressional elections, the survey is based on interviews with voters and delves into why they make certain choices. In this edited volume, John Aldrich and Kathleen McGraw bring together a group of leading social scientists that developed and tested new measures that might be added to the ANES, with the ultimate goal of extending scholarly understanding of the causes and consequences of electoral outcomes. The contributors--leading experts from several disciplines in the fields of polling, public opinion, survey methodology, and elections and voting behavior--illuminate some of the most important questions and results from the ANES 2006 pilot study. They look at such varied topics as self-monitoring in the expression of political attitudes, personal values and political orientations, alternate measures of political trust, perceptions of similarity and disagreement in partisan groups, measuring ambivalence about government, gender preferences in politics, and the political issues of abortion, crime, and taxes. Testing new ideas in the study of politics and the political psychology of voting choices and turnout, this collection is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars working to understand the American electorate.

Contents:

pt. 1. The American National Election Studies : the "gold standard" for survey research

pt. 2. Individual predispositions

pt. 3. Political orientations and the media

pt. 4. Perceptions of political institutions and groups

pt. 5. Political issues

pt. 6. Concluding thoughts and future directions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613303295

9781283303293

1283303299

9781400840298

1400840295

OCLC:

761105883