Concept information
Preferred term
polls and public opinion
Definition
- Put simply, public opinion is “what the public thinks,” and a poll is a means for learning those views. But this definition masks substantial complexity. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Polls and Public Opinion]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- bandwagon effect
- candidate image
- caucuses
- challengers to incumbents
- coattail effect
- cognitive dissonance
- dark horse candidate
- dealignment
- determinants of vote choice
- early voting
- electoral behavior
- exit poll
- favorite son/daughter
- first-time voters
- get-out-the-vote drives
- incentives for voting
- incumbent
- independent voters
- internet polls
- life-cycle effect
- media polls
- nonvoters
- obstacles to voting
- plurality vote
- political efficacy
- political ideology and voting
- polling
- polling and election studies organizations
- polling place
- poll tax
- pre-election polls
- presidential approval ratings
- protest voting
- push polls
- rational voter model
- recall
- red states
- retrospective voting
- rural vote
- single-issue voting
- sociopolitical cross-pressures
- split ticket voting
- straight ticket voting
- suburban vote
- suffrage
- undecided voters
- urban vote
- vote by mail
- voter alienation
- voter apathy
- voter disenfranchisement
- voter expectations
- voter knowledge/ignorance
- voter qualifications
- voter registration
- voter self-interest
- voter turnout
- voting
- voting by regions
- voting methods
- Voting Rights Act
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/polls_and_public_opinion
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