Numbered Voices: How Opinion Polling Has Shaped American Politics

by Susan Herbst

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Quantifying the American mood through opinion polls appears to be an unbiased means for finding out what people want. But in Numbered Voices, Susan Herbst demonstrates that the way public opinion is measured affects the use that voters, legislators, and journalists make of it.

Exploring the history of public opinion in the United States from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, Herbst shows how numbers served both instrumental...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226327434

ISBN13:9780226327433

Release Date:August 1995

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:235 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Education & Reference Government National Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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