Researching Electoral Politics

Roughly two decades after the first issue of the American Political Science Review, sampling theory emerged to encourage learning about the many from the few. Once social scientists had worked out the selection procedures to deal with large and far-flung human populations, the stage was set for the...

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Published in:The American political science review 2006-11, Vol.100 (4), p.605-612
Main Author: CONVERSE, PHILIP E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrator Surveys
Behavioral Science Research
Behavioral Sciences
Behaviourism
Candidates
Congressional elections
Counties
Elections
Electorate
History
Ideology
Interviews
Liberalism
Parliamentary elections
Partisanship
Party identification
Political behavior
Political candidates
Political parties
Political partisanship
Political representation
Political Science
Politics
Presidential elections
Primaries & caucuses
Psychologists
Race
Sampling
Scientists
Selection Procedures
Social Class
Social psychology
Social research
Social Science Research
Social sciences
Social Scientists
Sociology
Statistical variance
Studies
The Evolution of Political Science Essays
Voter behavior
Voters
Voting
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Summary:Roughly two decades after the first issue of the American Political Science Review, sampling theory emerged to encourage learning about the many from the few. Once social scientists had worked out the selection procedures to deal with large and far-flung human populations, the stage was set for the scientific study of citizen behavior in national elections, as initially demonstrated by George Gallup in predicting the 1936 presidential race. This development unleashed a growing torrent of literature, which by now is simply overwhelming. The many high points in this literature could scarcely be listed, much less abstracted, in the brief compass allowed this essay. So I must invoke some severe selection principles in order to proceed.
ISSN:0003-0554
1537-5943
DOI:10.1017/S0003055406062484