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Author Eisinger, Robert M. (Robert Martin), 1965-

Title The evolution of presidential polling / Robert M. Eisinger.

Imprint New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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 2nd FL Social Science Library Books  JK516 .E37 2003    Available
Collation ix, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-208) and index.
Contents Seeking autonomy: the origins and growth of presidential polling -- Planting the seeds of presidential polling -- Checks and imbalances: congress and presidential polling -- Dodging the hill: presidential polling in the post-Eisenhower years -- Take the money and poll: parties and the public opinion presidency -- The media are not messengers -- Counting the people: the evolution of quantification and its effects on presidential polling -- White House polling in the post-Watergate era -- Presidential polling in the post-Reagan era: consequences and implications of presidential polling.
Note Gift of the Estate of Norman Wilkinson.
Subject Presidents -- United States.
Executive power -- United States.
Public opinion -- United States.
Public opinion polls.
ISBN 0521816807
0521017009 (pbk.)