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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Public opinion polls"”.
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The politics of public opinion: Polls, pollsters and presidents
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Collective Memory of the War In Iraq: An Analysis of Letters to the Editor and Public Opinion Polls, 2003-2008
… for an analysis of letters to the editor and public opinion polls, seeking to tie these representations of opinion to the concept of collective memory. With a three-pronged grounded theory approach, two working hypotheses and two research questions guided the research process. The first stage …
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The Military, War and National Integration: Symbolic Treatment of the Military and War for Purposes of National Integration in Indian Mass Media
… Weekly of India, government press releases and public opinion polls.
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Trending in the Right Direction: Using Google Trends Data as a Measure of Public Opinion During a Presidential Election
During the 2016 presidential election, public opinion polls consistently showed a lead in the popular vote and Electoral College for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. Following Trump's surprise victory, the political pundits and public at large began to question the accuracy of modern public …
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The pulse of expectations: The evolution of news making in United States presidential campaigns
… transmission and the recent proliferation of public opinion polls. I argue that with the combination of heightened day-to-day coverage of campaigns (made easy by satellite technology) and the new omnipresence of poll data, campaign coverage has largely degenerated into a day-to-day series of …
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Reflections of Revolution: Le Figaro, Le Monde, and Public Opinion in France during the Algerian Conflict (1954-1962)
… Using these newspapers, as well as Gallup polls recorded at the time, this study explores correlations of what was reported in newspapers and how French public opinion evolved during the course of the war. These two major sources of information are shown to have given contradictory …
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The Middle East Peace Process and U.S. Special Interest Groups
… The quantitative data is collected from public opinion polls, the Congressional Record, government documents, the reports of the Federal Election Commission, and the monthly publications of the non-partisan Washington Report on Middle East Affairs from 1989-2011. The qualitative data is …
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Siting Community Wind Farms: An Investigation of NIMBY
… objectives increasingly focus on renewables. Public opinion polls show that a majority of Americans support wind energy development but actual wind farm projects often face intense local opposition. This dichotomy between general support for wind energy but opposition towards siting a project …
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American Opinion on Diplomatic Relations with the Vatican, 1945-1965
… with the Vatican is almost as old as the Republic. It became a matter of serious concern-especially for many Protestant leaders--when Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Myron C. Taylor to be his "personal representative" to His Holiness. This concern was increased by the continuation of …
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Contesting the European Union in times of crisis: an analysis of Facebook interactions
… at both EU and national levels and shrinking public support for the EU, as evidenced by Eurobarometer surveys, have shown that Euroscepticism has been surging in parallel with tighter cooperation of member states in crisis-ridden policy areas. Consequently, EU institutions have embraced the …
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Prayer in the public schools : the impact of Engel v. Vitale.
Conflicts concerning the role of religion in the public schools have been numerous. In 1962 the United States Supreme Court ruled in Engel v. Vitale that classroom use of a prayer composed by the New York State Board of Regents was in conflict with the establishment clause of the First Amendment. …
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The People Behind the Presidential Bully Pulpit
… of the United States and the American people as public affairs officers in the Department of the Treasury. Using interviews conducted with political appointees who served as Treasury spokespeople during the administrations of Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, civil servants who served …
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The (family) firm : representation and power in the British royal family
… political commentary, fan/anti-monarchy publications, public opinion polls and surveys, government reports, palace documents and legal archives; to more material phenomena such as monarchy memorabilia and tourist sites around the UK. Centrally, this thesis counters understandings of the …
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Learning human beliefs with language models
… stated on online platforms or captured in public opinion polls, can shed insight into present and future societal patterns of behavior. Mass media and social media both reflect and help form public opinion, which can ultimately lead to positive outcomes such as civil engagement across …
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An empirical investigation of a social accounting issue: a study of the association between energy usage and business risk
… exist was based on reviewing the energy problem, public opinion polls, writings by economists and business executives, and the stock market's reaction to the embargo. A review of the recent work of accountants in the areas of energy audits and social accounting was also presented to place this …
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Perspectives on print media and climate change in Australia
… Four empirical studies examined: how Australian opinion elites perceive the media influences climate policy, the levels of print media coverage of climate change, the role the media may play in influencing public opinion on climate change, and the link between severe weather and climate change. …
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Perspectives on print media and climate change in Australia
… Four empirical studies examined: how Australian opinion elites perceive the media influences climate policy, the levels of print media coverage of climate change, the role the media may play in influencing public opinion on climate change, and the link between severe weather and climate change. …
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A documentary analysis of the popular view of public education
… have seen increasing interest and criticism of public education on the part of the American people. This growth of interest in public education indicates a need for analysis of the nature and extent of popular concern so that it may be used as a positive force to improve the service of the …
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Origins and Use of Presidential Polling in Mexico, Presidential Approval in Mexico, Government Spending and Public Opinion in Mexico
… draws upon the presidential polling, opinion-policy and approval research done in the United States. The first paper explores a topic that has not received much attention in Mexico, the origins and use of the presidential polling unit (PPU). The second paper focuses on presidential …
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