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== Conducting and interpreting public opinion polls ==
== The practice of polling ==
*Asher, Herbert. ''Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know'', 7th ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2007.
*Asher, Herbert. ''Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know'', 7th ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 2007.
* Bradburn, Norman M. and Seymour Sudman. ''Polls and Surveys: Understanding What They Tell Us'' (1988)  
* Bradburn, Norman M. and Seymour Sudman. ''Polls and Surveys: Understanding What They Tell Us'' (1988)  
* Cantril, Hadley. ''Gauging Public Opinion'' (1944)
* Robinson, Claude E. ''Straw Votes'' (1932).
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=71288534 Traugott, Michael W. ''The Voter's Guide to Election Polls'']  3rd ed. (2004)
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=71288534 Traugott, Michael W. ''The Voter's Guide to Election Polls'']  3rd ed. (2004)
* Webster, James G., Patricia F. Phalen, Lawrence W. Lichty; ''Ratings Analysis: The Theory and Practice of Audience Research'' Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59669912 Young, Michael L. ''Dictionary of Polling: The Language of Contemporary Opinion Research'' (1992)]
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=59669912 Young, Michael L. ''Dictionary of Polling: The Language of Contemporary Opinion Research'' (1992)]


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* Converse, Jean M.  ''Survey Research in the United States: Roots and Emergence 1890-1960'' (1987)
* Converse, Jean M.  ''Survey Research in the United States: Roots and Emergence 1890-1960'' (1987)
*Igo, Sarah E. ''The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007.
*Igo, Sarah E. ''The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public''. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007.
*Robinson, Daniel J. ''The Measure of Democracy: Polling, Market Research, and Public Life, 1930-1945''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
*Squire, Peverill. "Why the 1936 Literary Digest Poll Failed, ''Public Opinion Quarterly'' 52 (1988) pp. 125-133.


== Commentaries and controversy ==
== Commentaries and controversy ==
* Bourdieu, Pierre. "Public Opinion does not exist" in ''Sociology in Question'', London, Sage (1995)
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8971691 Crespi, Irving.  ''Public Opinion, Polls, and Democracy'' (1989)]
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8971691 Crespi, Irving.  ''Public Opinion, Polls, and Democracy'' (1989)]
* Gallup, George. ''Public Opinion in a Democracy'' (1939).
* Gallup, George. ''Public Opinion in a Democracy'' (1939).
* Irwin, Galen A. and Joop J. M. Van Holsteyn. ''Bandwagons, Underdogs, the Titanic and the Red Cross: The Influence of Public Opinion Polls on Voters'' (2000).
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8540600 Moore, David W. ''The Superpollsters: How They Measure and Manipulate Public Opinion in America'' (1995)]
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=8540600 Moore, David W. ''The Superpollsters: How They Measure and Manipulate Public Opinion in America'' (1995)]
* Robinson, Matthew ''Mobocracy: How the Media's Obsession with Polling Twists the News, Alters Elections, and Undermines Democracy'' (2002)
* Robinson, Matthew ''Mobocracy: How the Media's Obsession with Polling Twists the News, Alters Elections, and Undermines Democracy'' (2002)
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=89021667 Rogers,  Lindsay. ''The Pollsters: Public Opinion, Politics, and Democratic Leadership'' (1949)]
*Warren, Kenneth F. ''In Defense of Public Opinion Polling''. Westview Press, 2002.
*Warren, Kenneth F. ''In Defense of Public Opinion Polling''. Westview Press, 2002.


== Polling data ==
== Polling results ==
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98754501 Cantril, Hadley and Mildred Strunk, eds. ''Public Opinion, 1935-1946'' (1951)], massive compilation of many public opinion polls from US, Britain, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere.
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98754501 Cantril, Hadley and Mildred Strunk, eds. ''Public Opinion, 1935-1946'' (1951)]
* Gallup, Alec M. ed. ''The Gallup Poll Cumulative Index: Public Opinion, 1935-1997'' (1999) lists 10,000+ questions, but no results
* Gallup, Alec M. ed. ''The Gallup Poll Cumulative Index: Public Opinion, 1935-1997'' (1999)  
* Gallup, George Horace, ed. ''The Gallup Poll; Public Opinion, 1935-1971''  3 vol (1972)  summarizes results of each poll.
* Gallup, George Horace, ed. ''The Gallup Poll; Public Opinion, 1935-1971''  3 vol (1972)   
* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=28621255 Niemi, Richard G., John Mueller, Tom W. Smith, eds. ''Trends in Public Opinion: A Compendium of Survey Data'' (1989)]

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The practice of polling

Public opinion polling history

  • Converse, Jean M. Survey Research in the United States: Roots and Emergence 1890-1960 (1987)
  • Igo, Sarah E. The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007.
  • Robinson, Daniel J. The Measure of Democracy: Polling, Market Research, and Public Life, 1930-1945. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
  • Squire, Peverill. "Why the 1936 Literary Digest Poll Failed, Public Opinion Quarterly 52 (1988) pp. 125-133.

Commentaries and controversy

Polling results