POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Opinion Polling

Paper · Semantic Scholar

The social media platforms have turned out to be the fields of massive public discussion, distributing information and also inclusive of opinion-making. At the heart of the impact are algorithmic processes that filter, rank, and suggest the content to users per the data on behaviors, measurements of engagement, and predictive modeling. Such algorithms influence a lot what people see, thus influencing opinion, faith,…

Reference · Wikidata

A human research survey of public or target audience opinion using predefined and structured sampling or feedback methods

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll, is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence intervals. A person who conducts polls is referred to as a pollster.

Book · DOAB

After a period of relative calm in congressional elections prior to 2006, America has experienced a series of highly competitive, volatile national elections. Since then, at least one of the US House, US Senate, and presidency has flipped party control—often with a large House or Senate seat swing—with the exception of the 2012 election. In Waves of Discontent, Jacob F. H. Smith argues that a pervasive feeling of di…

Image · DPLA

John M. Alford was born in Pemiscot County, Missouri, on January 18, 1938. He was among five reform candidates elected to Pemiscot County government during the remarkable 1970 election, which involved vote fraud. Since the county clerk plays a crucial and central role in elections, Mr. Alford offers some keen insight into his job and the abuse of the election system that preceded his own successful run for office. T…