PUBLIC OPINION COURSE

For my syllabus, click here.
The Final Exam is here
Week 1, Actual Class Lectures, Intro to Public Opinion
Weeks 2-3, Actual Class Lectures, Political Polling Techniques
Week 4, Actual Class Lectures, Domestic Economic Issues
Week 5, Actual Class Lectures, Crime and Civil Liberty Issues
Week 6, Actual Class Lectures, Race, Reform, Foreign Affairs Issues
Review and Midterm Exam
Week 8, Actual Class Lectures, Public Political Sophistication
Week 9, Actual Class Lectures, Group Differences on Issues
Week 10, Actual Class Lectures, Socialization, Attitude Theories, Democratic Support
Week 11, Actual Class Lectures, Party, Ideology, President
Weeks 12-13, Actual Class Lectures, Elections and Accountability
Week 14, Actual Class Notes, Mass Media and Interest Groups
Week 15, Actual Class Notes, Public Opinion and American Democracy
Updates to on-line class notes (any new info mentioned in class)
For supplemental class notes, click here.
Professor's convention paper on public opinion and southern politics: The Transformation of Partisan Politics in the American South: Applying a Social Psychological Theory of Voting to U.S. Senate and Gubernatorial Elections.
Access to the National Election Studies is available.
You can use on-line software from the University of California, Berkeley to analyze the National Election Studies or the more sociological General Social Survey.