Polls and Politics: The Dilemmas of Democracy

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Contents List of Tables and Figures ix Preface xi Chapter 1: Polling and the Dilemmas of Democracy 1 Matthew J. Streb and Michael A. Genovese Chapter 2: Presidents, Polls, and the Paradox of Democratic Governance 15 Michael A. Genovese Chapter 3: Presidential Leadership and the Threat to 29 Popular Sovereignty Lawrence R. Jacobs and Melinda S. Jackson Chapter 4: Continuing to Campaign: Public Opinion 55 and the White House Diane J. Heith Chapter 5: Do Polls Give the Public a Voice 77 in a Democracy? Michael W. Traugott Chapter 6: When Push Comes to Shove: Push Polling and the 95 Manipulation of Public Opinion Matthew J. Streb and Susan H. Pinkus Chapter 7: Are Exit Polls Bad for Democracy? 117 Gerald C. Wright Chapter 8: Deliberative Polling, Public Opinion, 145 and Democratic Theory James S. Fishkin vii Chapter 9: Polling in a Robust Democracy 157 Michael A. Genovese and Matthew J. Streb References 165 List of Contributors 181 Index 185 viii Contents ...