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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42786250 Title: Election polls, the news media, and democracy Author: Paul J Lavrakas; Michael W Traugott Publisher: New York : Chatham House Publishers, ©2000. ISBN/ISSN: 1889119164 9781889119168 OCLC:42786250

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Election polls, the news media, and democracy

Author:	Paul J Lavrakas; Michael W Traugott
Publisher:	New York : Chatham House Publishers, ©2000.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	This is an introduction to modern polling. Focusing primarily on the 1996 US presidential election campaign, scholars and media pollsters address such topics as political campaigns, elections, voting Read more...
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Paul J Lavrakas; Michael W Traugott Find more information about:
ISBN:	1889119164 9781889119168
OCLC Number:	42786250
Description:	xv, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	Introduction 1. Why election polls are important to a democracy : an American perspective / Paul J. Lavrakas and Michael W. Traugott -- Part I. Media use of polls in covering major political news in the mid-1990s. 2. Continuing evolution in the use of public opinion polls by the New York Times : the 1996 presidential election experience / Michael R. Kagay -- 3. A review of the 1996 Voter News Service exit polls from a total survey error perspective / Daniel M. Merkle and Murray Edelman -- 4. Did public opinion support the Contract with America? / Michael W. Traugott and Elizabeth C. Powers. Part II. Trends in reporting on election polls. 5. Hidden value : polls and public journalism / Philip Meyer and Deborah Potter -- 6. Mixing literary journalism and precision journalism in coverage of the 1996 presidential election / Gerald M. Kosicki and Paul J. Lavrakas -- 7. Reporters' use of casual explanation in interpreting election polls / Sandra L. Bauman and Paul J. Lavrakas. Part III. Election poll accuracy. 8. Public attention to polls in an election year / Michael W. Traugott and Mee-Eun Kang -- 9. Who will vote : ascertaining likelihood to vote and modeling a probable electorate in preelection polls / Robert P. Daves -- 10. Improving election forecasting : allocation of undecided respondents, identification of likely voters, and response order effects / Penny S. Visser ... [et al. Part IV. Controversial issues in election polling. 11. Deliberative polling in the 1996 elections / Vincent Price -- 12. Push polls as negative persuasive strategies / Micahel W. Traugott and Mee-Eun Kang -- 13. Politics, polls, and poltergeists : a critical view of the 1996 election / Leo Bogart -- Conclusion. 14. Election polling in the twenty-first century : challenges and opportunities / Paul J. Lavrakas and Michale W. Traugott.
Responsibility:	Paul J. Lavrakas, Michael W. Traugott.

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