PLS 302Public Opinion and American DemocracyRoger C. Lowery, Ph.D.
Textbook Chapter Outlines & Handouts
1. Public Opinion in the Democratic Societies · Two Basic Summary Statistics · Centrist Public v. Polarized Government 2. Polling: The Scientific Assessment of Public Opinion · 2004 Presidential trial-heats - nationwide · 2004 Presidential trial-heats - state-by-state · Direction-of-country polls · The Case for Weighting Partisan Identification 3. Micro-level Opinion: The Psychology of Opinion Holding · Political Personality Test 4. Macro-level Opinion: The Flow of Political Sentiment · Presidential Job Approval in Historical Perspective · Job Approval for Bush/Clinton/Bush · Job Approval for 2-Term Presidents · Job Approval for President Bush, 2001-present 5. Political Socialization and Political Learning 6. Public Opinion and Democratic Society · The Iraq Syndrome